[Husker] Wah Wah Wah

Tue Jan 1 19:58:45 CST 2013

OK... Wisconsin winning the B1G last year does not mean they're a good team this year, especially sans Russell Wilson.  They're 7-6...7 and freaking 6.  That screams mediocrity. 

Second, Tom Osborne finished his first 16 seasons in the AP or Coaches top 10, Bo had not finished higher than 15 and will finish unranked... Again... After year 5.  Osborne didn't have a single week unranked in 25 years and only finished lower than 15th once.  To compare them is a flat out insult to Tom and what he accomplished over 25 years.  Tom never and I mean never bit blown out by mediocre teams.  Bo has set record after record after record for futile defensive performances.  As had been aptly pointed out, only one team allowed more yardage to Georgia all year.  

I repeat, Bo shouldn't be fired...yet, but everything is not right in memorial stadium.  This year's recruiting class is mediocre so far and is missing the biggest component we need, defensive tackle.

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rczeranko at juno.com wrote:

>What teams that beat Nebraska this season were mediocre? UCLA played in the Pac-12 Championship, Ohio State went undefeated, Wisconsin was the defending B1G Champion, and Georgia played in the SEC Championship. 
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>Focusing on loses makes this season seem a lot worse than it was. There were 10 wins. Injuries hurt the defense late in the season and impacted both the B1G Championship and the bowl game.
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>Personally, I don't understand all the negativity about the past 5 seasons. Tom Osborne was the AD. He hired Coach Pelini and game him pay raises. If Tom Osborne didn't think that Coach Pelini was worth it, then he would not have given raises and let him leave. This did not happen.
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>I just don't know what the fans want. We have been through this before, so I am not getting it. It is very rare for a team to win 3 national championships in 4 years and no one has done it since Nebraska did it. It only took Nebraska over twenty years to win a national championship after 1971.
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>Once Coach Pelini gets things figured out, it took Coach Osborne about 20 years and he did it with a lot less scrutiny, he too will have a run of conference and possibly national championships.
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>I recalling reading Tom Osborne's first book 'More than winning" a while ago.
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>Go B1G Red!
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>Rob Czeranko
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>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
>To: rczeranko at juno.com
>Cc: shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net, husker at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [Husker] Wah Wah Wah
>Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:26:05 -0600
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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
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>rczeranko at juno.com wrote:
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>>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:
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>>> Eric Martin
>>> Cameron Meredith
>>> Sean Fisher
>>> Will Compton
>>> Alonzo Whaley
>>> P.J. Smith
>>> Daimion Stafford
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>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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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