Turd and NU at a crossroads

[Irv]

He's been around and in charge for 2 football seasons, which just happen to be the 2 worst football seasons of the modern era. He failed to take decisive action last season, which he publicly admitted was not likely to be a successful path. As much as I hate the "close loss" stuff, it's pretty evident that the team is worse this year after his refusal to make a change. And the roster does not appear at all conducive to a rapid turnaround. The sellout streak is hanging by a thread.

I know he likes to present a calm "everything is fine" demeanor, but he has to be feeling the pressure, right? I don't think it's hyperbole to say we are in the midst of the biggest crisis this program has faced in the modern era. If he fully grasps the gravity of this hire, he has to be fucking nervous.

People love to say that no matter who the hire is, the fans will ultimately rally around him. I'm not sure that's the case. There is a real level of apathy that feels unprecedented. Making the hire that "doesn't win the press conference" is only going to exacerbate that. (Perhaps ironically, I think whoever the hire was would've gotten a lot more slack last year. Allowing the program to rot for another year just hurt things in so many different ways).

Maybe more importantly, the next guy has no room for error, because there are going to be fewer fans around if there is another search in 3-4 years.

Anyway, it feels like everything is riding on this hire in a way that is even bigger than Turd imagined when he decided to kick the can down the road. I really hope he has something good up his sleeve.

 

[DrinkItIn]

I was told by someone that I trust, that Turd was going to fire Frost last year, but the oldest Peed, Scotts buddy, threatened to pull $50M from the new facilities. I dunno man. 🤷‍♂️

 

[tman87]

Go big, or Go HOME, Turd. There is no other path.

A meh, middling hire, is like buying a lottery ticket with a snowballs chance in hell of working.

150 million dollar plus new facilities don't do much without a Whale coach running the program.

IDK if Turd is really serious about a Munkin or Leipold or Cambpell level of hire, but if he is, he has not done his job well.

 

[Irv]

I was told by someone that I trust, that Turd was going to fire Frost last year, but the oldest Peed, Scotts buddy, threatened to pull $50M from the new facilities. I dunno man. 🤷‍♂️

I hear that a lot and it may be true. But I still think he fucked up.

The facilities weren't worth letting the program wither. Right now we are building facilities for a program that is about to be declared dead. Might as well be a $165 million mausoleum.

Would've been much better off to get a coach in here turning the program around and kick the can down the road on facilities, rather than vice versa, IMO.

 

[...TrueColors...]

The whole “Turd didn’t fire Frost last year so he’s clearly bad at his job” line is so stupid.

We will see where this hire has us. Then we’ll get an assessment as to how good of a job Turd has done thus far.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I hear that a lot and it may be true. But I still think he fucked up.

The facilities weren't worth letting the program wither. Right now we are building facilities for a program that is about to be declared dead. Might as well be a $165 million mausoleum.

Would've been much better off to get a coach in here turning the program around and kick the can down the road on facilities, rather than vice versa, IMO.

haven't we already kicked the can down the road on facilities? this was something that was planned when Frost was hired and 5 years later it's not close to being done

 

[Irv]

The whole “Turd didn’t fire Frost last year so he’s clearly bad at his job” line is so stupid.

We will see where this hire has us. Then we’ll get an assessment as to how good of a job Turd has done thus far.

Whoever the hire is, his job has been made substantially more difficult by letting the program flounder for another year.

Edit to add: I didn't say he was bad at his job. I do think he made mistake last year, and that mistake has significantly raised the stakes for his decision this year.

 

[Irv]

haven't we already kicked the can down the road on facilities? this was something that was planned when Frost was hired and 5 years later it's not close to being done

Ideally, you would have both the coach you want and the facilities you want. But if I am him, and I am being forced to choose between getting facilities a year or two sooner, or consigning the program to a sixth consecutive losing season, I would choose a new coach. JMO.

 

[iruletheskool]

You'll all be back and you know it

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I think Turd thinks he's in it for the long haul and while this year has sucked on the field, if Turd sized it up and made a long term play on facilities and "booster unity" at the expense of one football season, that seems fine to me. The UNO wrasslin cut (sorry @jw3) wasn't popular but it was to position UNO for a move up to D1 that seems to have gone pretty well for them over the long run.

Ideally, you would have both the coach you want and the facilities you want. But if I am him, and I am being forced to choose between getting facilities a year or two sooner, or consigning the program to a sixth consecutive losing season, I would choose a new coach. JMO.

I don't think your calculation is irrational or bad or dumb or whatever. it's just a different play. Of course I don't talk to Turd so instead of him moving long term chess pieces last year, it could be that he's an idiot.

 

[Interloper]

All signs seem to point to another mediocre "Nebraska way" hire that will keep our irrelevancy current. Should we hire Urbs/Lane/Rhule/Aranda, etc. and not Leipold/Monk/BOB/Mickey, et al. then I will be wrong...and never happier about it than anything in my life.