Unnecessary. That’s what you do when you feel you cant win.
Scott Frost
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Glad to see him lose. Ever since he claimed winning the national championship by beating one decent team in 2017, I’ve wanted to see him get his. Karma is rough. Maybe he should have stayed at UCF beating nobody and claiming how great he is. Dude just can’t seem to put it together in close games anymore.
Nebraska can still recruit decent talent. The problem is Frost had one good year at the right time with the right QB that made him look like a genius. That’s his only winning season in 7 years as a HC. I really thought it would work at the time , but Frost’s ego doesn’t allow him to learn from his mistakes.
If Nebraska stops going for the flashy hires and picks someone with proven experience they can be respectable again.
If Nebraska stops going for the flashy hires and picks someone with proven experience they can be respectable again.
You don't offer someone and have it turned down. IMO, based on everything I have read about Luke Fickell, his wife, and 6 kids, Fickell wasn't leaving Cincinnati and uprooting his family for South Bend, Indiana.
Don't hold your breath on Nebraska offering over 10,000,000.00 per season. You may perish.
And for that money, they will shoot much much higher than Luke Fickell.
There is no way on Gods geeen earth that Fickell was going to turn down ND. It’s a job of a lifetime. It’s THE catholic university. It’s the best job or one of the top in all of CFB. He would have been on every Pro radar in 5 years. He coaches at Cinci. They are a stepping stone.
Nebraska could not afford the buyout to fire him last season.
Frost is now 10-26 (.277 winning percentage) in conference. That is absolutely brutal. You want to give a coach plenty of time to install their own system and players they have developed. 4 years worth of conference games seems like more than enough time.
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He made it clear he was not interested when ND came calling. Never even had a face to face. Told his agent no thanks.
Horrible call given the circumstances. Terribly low percentage chance at recovering. At least he owned it after.
“Unless they recover it...right?”
No, 88, not “unless they recover it”. It was stupid and I said it as soon as he kicked it. The upside was marginal at best. You get the ball back on your own 40. So what? The momentum had swung and he gave it right back. It was a dumb call. I like frost, and want him to to do well, but that was dumb.
No, 88, not “unless they recover it”. It was stupid and I said it as soon as he kicked it. The upside was marginal at best. You get the ball back on your own 40. So what? The momentum had swung and he gave it right back. It was a dumb call. I like frost, and want him to to do well, but that was dumb.
I frankly doubt that outside of a truly great coach that Nebraska can ever become what it was.
In this day and age of speed and passing games I do not think they can ever recruit well enough there.
I look at a school this way if they are trying to be a true national power: how bit a population is there within 400 miles(Basicall;y a days drive)? Look at all the top powers in College football and they all have a huge population base in that respect compared to Nebraska.
As regards Frost, after four full seasons you can pretty much sum up a coach.
In this day and age of speed and passing games I do not think they can ever recruit well enough there.
I look at a school this way if they are trying to be a true national power: how bit a population is there within 400 miles(Basicall;y a days drive)? Look at all the top powers in College football and they all have a huge population base in that respect compared to Nebraska.
As regards Frost, after four full seasons you can pretty much sum up a coach.
No doubt in my mind this program can be turned around. A coach who on side kicks when up 11 is not the one to turn it around. He needs to join the BK Tulsa, USF, club. That call should be an immediate firing. Flat out stupid. If it had worked it was stupid.
Kind of like going for 2 when up 11. Kelly did that against North Western also, and naturally went on to lose the game.
How about being down 1 point with the ball at Tulsa's 20, and 42 ticks left on the clock? Think about it....4th down and 20 yards to the endzone...and Kelly chooses to throw into the end zone. This call was worse than Frost's on-side kick call....because Tulsa saw it coming. There wasn't even the element of surprise attached to the stupidity. This wasn't a 45 yard attempt....Notre Dame had the ball at the 20.
No...a Brian Kelly head-scratcher makes one from Scott Frost look like swatting a fly.
I remember a softball league game, we were in the 8th inning an the other pitcher had like 18 strikouts of 21 batters faced . 2 more k-out in 8th and our coach yells to the batter “take 2 strikes and then hit to right!”. Both teams fell down laughing! That call became the team slogan!
Nebraska should have played the long game, going to the Big 10 made them WORSE.
And on top of being the HC he is the Special Teams guy. So that was absolutely 100% him.
Nope. BAD. Period. Up by 11 against a team known for plodding offense and good D. You don't risk giving them the ball in your territory when they have to score 3 times to tie you. A FG. A TD and a 2 point conversion.
One of the biggest things that hurt Nebraska is the roster cap rule. They were famous as a developmental program with an extremely high rate of success turning walk-ons into bonafide D1 players. But now they can;t put enough on the roster.
"The onside kick was just an awful awful call by Frost. Changed the game"
But, if Nebraska recovers and ultimately wins, it was a gutsy call and he is a genius. Easy to 2nd guess after the fact
But, sometimes it is really not a calculated gamble; sometimes it is just damned stupid! This was in the stupid category.
Were they up 11 going against a Northwestern type offense?
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