[Husker] Wah Wah Wah

Tue Jan 1 19:26:05 CST 2013

I don't think any Nebraska fans expect perfection... But we do demand competitive, which they flat out are not in quite a few games.  If you lose 3-4 but are competitive, I have no problem.

I don't want Bo fired, but 4 loss seasons with mixed in blowouts and losses to mediocre teams will not buy you a lifetime contract.  At some point we need signs that we are becoming elite.

Bo has his faults, but honestly if he could bring in some stud defensive recruits, I think he could do pretty well. The offense seems to be in good hands with Beck (I am a serious fan), and Bo can coach defense when he's got talent.

The jury is still out, but "not until he has a below .500 season" is frankly absurd for a place like Nebraska and for a head coach making $3 mil.  Or standards must be better than that if we don't want to drift further into irrelevance.

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Skylar

rczeranko at juno.com wrote:

>There is an old proverb that states "Perfect is the enemy of good." It sounds to me like a lot of fans want Nebraska to be perfect. I don't see Coach Pelini resting on his laurels that the football is good enough.
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>There has been a lot of conversation about Coach Pelini's emotions on the sidelines, etc. Does anyone really think that anyone that passionate about football is happy with a 10-4 record? The previous staff''s tenure was bookended with 5-6 and 5-7 seasons, respectively. Even Coach Solich had a 7-7 season. So until this coaching staffing goes .500 or worse I am behind them.
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>Georgia is a very good team. Nebraska played well against them. We need to put the B1G Championship game behind us. Next year is a new season. I used the term 'cake walk' because Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Wisconsin is very tough schedule. Nebraska only had a loss on the road to all those teams this season. With Wisconsin and Ohio State off the schedule, it will be a lot easier. Of course, Nebraska has all their tougher games all clustered at the end of the season.
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>Nebraska needs depth and will need to start getting the back up  QB more reps in games. Hopefully, the schedule next season will allow them to do that.
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>The ship is still heading in the right direction and is not listing.
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>On a side note, Desmond Howard is a big fat jerk face! (We all know that Kirk Herbstreit is one too!)
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>Go B1G Red!
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>Rob Czeranko
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>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Shawn Sherlock <shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net>
>To: Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net>
>Cc: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
>Subject: Re: [Husker] Wah Wah Wah
>Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:50:18 -0600
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>I know it is a cliched management thought (and book), but good and great are not synonyms but antonyms. If good is good enough great will not happen.  
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>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 1/1/2013 3:54 PM, rczeranko at juno.com wrote:
>>> I heard the same thing about Nebraska when Tom Osborne was coaching. What in the heck do people want? This was a good season. In the second year in the B1G Nebraska went to the championship game and had 10 wins.
>> 
>> I bet people *want* to see Nebraska be competitive in postseason games (they're 0-5 going back to the 2010 CCG, and four of those losses were by double digits)
>> I imagine they *want* to see Nebraska give up less than 70 points to a 7-5 team they beat earlier in the year
>> I think they *want* to see Nebraska make it to a BCS bowl game at least once per decade.  Here's a surprising list of teams who have gone BCS bowling since Nebraska's last appearance in 2001 (seriously?  Looking at this list is eye-opening and just depressing):
>> 
>>   * Louisville (twice)
>>   * Kansas State (twice)
>>   * Boise State (twice)
>>   * Utah (twice)
>>   * Iowa (twice)
>>   * TCU (twice)
>>   * Cincinnati (twice)
>>   * Illinois (twice)
>>   * Kansas
>>   * UConn
>>   * Hawaii
>>   * Maryland
>>   * Pitt
>>   * Wake Forest
>>   * Washington State
>>   * Northern Illinois
>> 
>> Nebraska fans want better than 10-4 every year. *I'm sure Bo wants better.*  If he doesn't, then he's not the right man for the job.  Was this a good season?  Yea, it was.  But "good seasons" are expected and pretty much mandatory if a coach wants to stick around at Nebraska.  At some point, Nebraska has to make the leap from good to great.  Every year won't be a great season, but Nebraska needs to show some signs sooner rather than later.  I am hoping that this is the bottom, but only time will tell.
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>>> 
>>> Am I disappointed? Yes, but late season injuries hurt this team. Is is fixable? Yes, and unless Nebraska loses assistant coaches, next season should be a lot better. Nebraska played to toughest schedule in the B1G in back to back seasons. Next year will be a cake walk in comparison.
>> 
>> Nebraska is losing their fair share of defensive starters going into 2013:
>> 
>> Eric Martin
>> Cameron Meredith
>> Sean Fisher
>> Will Compton
>> Alonzo Whaley
>> P.J. Smith
>> Daimion Stafford
>> 
>> As bad as the defense was this year, I sure hope the guys behind them are better.  Next season isn't going to be a "cake walk" just because Wisconsin and Ohio State drop off the schedule.  Purdue's program is improving, and I believe Nebraska's division will be very competitive next year.  Northwestern isn't a punching bag, and we have to play Michigan in Ann Arbor.  Another 4 loss season is very possible next season.  Of course, there are some delusional fans on huskermax.com who think NU will run the table and contend for a national title next year, but I'm guessing those people are also betting on the Cubbies to win the World Series in 2013.
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>> So what am I saying here?  Pelini should keep his job, and as long as he wins 9+ games per season, he probably will.  I just want to see better results from him.  I'm sure he expects the same of himself.
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