Scott Frost Fired
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No. Twitter is abject garbage. You’ll get more reasonable takes from the drunk at the end of your local watering hole.
I think nebby has to make that call. Not sure he says yes, but I think it could be a grind it out process.
I love BB but he has to be pretty far down on Nebraska's wish list although I'm sure some of the names on their list are beyond wishful thinking.
Wow. It's going to be huge down the road. If your program is hamstrung because it can't put together a robust NIL program for recruitment, you're not going to land top coaching talent.
This would be one of the biggest understatements ever put forward on this board.
Replace IMO with AKTAH (As Known To All Humanity)
In an interview in October, Frost said “ I just want to workout so badly” . . .
he got his wish
he got his wish
Someone who wants to coach at a place with a rabid fanbase and also make mucho $$$$$.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Ah nebby , I can't talk now ...........
Priorities baby.................................Priorities................................................
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It really feels like a hopeless situation at Nebraska because it's more than just a down program, it's an identity crisis.
Places like Florida State and Tennessee have just lost the ability to do the things that make them good from a strategic and talent acquisition perspective. The things that make Nebraska good don't even exist anymore, they are lost to college football's past. Frost was the way to synthesize that in theory but it's just been a total disaster from game 1 there, stunning.
The punishment of their panicked blasphemy against their program's identity when they fired Frank Solich and started playing pro-style with Bill Callahan borders on the biblical at this point.
Places like Florida State and Tennessee have just lost the ability to do the things that make them good from a strategic and talent acquisition perspective. The things that make Nebraska good don't even exist anymore, they are lost to college football's past. Frost was the way to synthesize that in theory but it's just been a total disaster from game 1 there, stunning.
The punishment of their panicked blasphemy against their program's identity when they fired Frank Solich and started playing pro-style with Bill Callahan borders on the biblical at this point.
Illini_1979
- Oregon
It appears he will get the full $15M. That's how bad they wanted to get rid of him.
Nebraska fires Frost; coach to get $15M buyout
Nebraska fired coach Scott Frost on Sunday, a day after the Cornhuskers' 45-42 home loss to Georgia Southern.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's an unimaginably stupid use of $7.5M, especially after buyout avoidance was the only reason he got another year in the first place.It appears he will get the full $15M. That's how bad they wanted to get rid of him.
Nebraska fires Frost; coach to get $15M buyout
Nebraska fired coach Scott Frost on Sunday, a day after the Cornhuskers' 45-42 home loss to Georgia Southern.www.espn.com
OMG. Their AD is an idiot.
Nebraska plays Oklahoma on 9/17 then Indiana on 10/1.
We're you really that worried he would beat Oklahoma?
Also, you could have fired him at 12:01 am on 10/1 (right before the Indiana game).
In any event, you just fire him after his next big 10 loss. They play Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, then Illinois. It is totally justifiable to fire him after losing to any of those teams. After all, they are Nebraska. No way would Nebraska run the table.
Nebraska plays Oklahoma on 9/17 then Indiana on 10/1.
We're you really that worried he would beat Oklahoma?
Also, you could have fired him at 12:01 am on 10/1 (right before the Indiana game).
In any event, you just fire him after his next big 10 loss. They play Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, then Illinois. It is totally justifiable to fire him after losing to any of those teams. After all, they are Nebraska. No way would Nebraska run the table.
Maybe Warren Buffett foot the bill.
Either the athletic department is paying the reported 7.5M buyout difference, in which case is there nothing better to do with that money other than give it to a coach you don't want anymore? Or, if booster's agreed to pay the buyout difference then that is even worse. Booster money could go to pay for NIL for the next coaches first recruiting class. It makes no sense if it's true the buyout drops Oct. 1
Nebraska had better get the next hire right for their own sake. If they don't, current recruits will never remember a time when Nebraska was good, let alone a national powerhouse.
Nebraska had better get the next hire right for their own sake. If they don't, current recruits will never remember a time when Nebraska was good, let alone a national powerhouse.
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
Barring a Shirley Maclaine scenario, there's no chance any recruit is going to remember them being a national powerhouse. It's been a looong time.
I'd argue that current recruits don't really see Nebraska as a powerhouse. I suppose if they visit, they get that sense, but most haven't had the experience of seeing Nebraska as a top program.
Here's Nebraska's AP poll data.
https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/teams/summary.cfm?teamid=15#.Yx6EE3bMI2w
If their next coach is good, for them, this downturn will just be an anomaly from bad coaching.
If their next coach is bad, it will be a generation of failure.
An anomaly implies that this was a singular coaching failure. Mike Riley wasn't good. And Pelini wasn't great, which is why he was fired.
In the last 20 years their highest finish was 14 and only one other time were they better than 20. That's no longer "an anomaly".
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Seriously. To put it into perspective, we have a conference title more recently than Nebraska. Their last one was in '99. We won in '01.
I saw a list of Meyer, O'Brien, Fickell, Mullen and Lebby. I don't see Meyer taking a job in the BIG after being at Ohio St. and would Fickell walk away from what he's built to start over at Neb? Is O'Brien waiting for Saban to retire? I could see Neb. hiring a OC from the NFL, but I really think they are going to find it tough to bring in a coach that will be considered a home run hire by the fans. I think most of the coaches on Thamel's list will stay where they are. 20 years ago, it would have been a different story, but what coach who is building something at his current school wants to start over in that pressure cooker?
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