OT - Nebraska fires AD effective immediately

[huskymedic]

Chancellor calls for higher level of competitiveness, begins search for new director of athletics

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Quick let's stash AD Dave in a closet.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Interesting development just a week or so after Nebraska approved a contract extension for head coach Mike Riley

"Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst: 'The extension given to Mike is indicative of our great belief in his leadership of our program, and in our future with him at the helm.'

While it doesn’t guarantee that the 64-year-old Riley will be at the university through the life of his contract, it does show that Bounds, (President Hank Bounds) Eichorst, and Chancellor Ronnie Green were willing to extend Riley to take care of any lingering questions in things like recruiting and such."

Someone covering his own backside, or ushering in a new AD and potential new coaching staff ???

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I wonder if Beth Goetz is a candidate? Lots of Big10 experience, over qualified for role here.

 

[CL82]

Diaco effect.

BOT: " Who the approved hiring this guy?!"

 

[whaler11]

The Riley hire was maybe the worst hire of the decade. Just laughable on the day it happened.

 

[huskymedic]

I'm getting in on the Trev Alberts/Scott Frost lottery...

 

[Doggie Style]

Quick let's stash AD Dave in a closet.

Move along.... Nothing to see here! Disregard those 7 locks on that door over there

 

[Drew]

As a Nebraska fan that's followed this very closely since the day Eichorst was hired:

A LOT of people in both the state and the BOR were not happy with Eichorst and the way he handled the Bo Pelini situation. He wound up framing Bo as the bad guy for essentially cussing him out behind closed doors when he was fired but Bo was 100% correct- Eichorst was a coward. Refusing to speak to media, refusing to meet with coaches, etc.

The Mike Riley hire was made completely by Eichorst. One man decision. He was more concerned with hiring the anti-Pelini personality wise than he was with hiring the best available football coach. Truth be told in every coaching search (except maybe Pelini's) it's felt like Nebraska has done this. Can't win with Frank Solich? Look to Bill Callahan. Horrible D under Callahan? Hire Bo Pelini. Pelini is a jerk? Hire the nicest coach in football.

Fans are done with HCMR. This essentially feels like the make or break period for Nebraska football moving forward. Now that UNL has a full share of B1G revenues and boosters are ready to step up, Nebraska needs to flex its financial muscle and go get itself a real coach. It finally feels like Nebraska is going to start playing with the big boys financially. The recruiting budget is the highest in the B1G currently (and its not just because of location- Nebraska has increased their staff and investment in this area tremendously the past few years) and the analyst/support area is growing as well.

Nobody in Lincoln or anywhere in the state expects for Nebraska to consistently replicate the 90's. But there is no reason with the infrastructure and financial strengths Nebraska has that it can't be at least Wisconsin level on a consistent basis, occasionally achieving more. If Nebraska is finally willing to open up the check book and put its full fledged support behind whoever the next HC is, there is no reason the Huskers cannot be the class of the Big Ten West moving forward.

As far as the next AD- I'd say the favorite in the clubhouse is Trev Alberts. He's currently the AD at Nebraska-Omaha and played football at UNL. Last go round there were rumors Nebraska approached Barry Alvarez but wasn't willing to spend the $ to get him out of Wisconsin. This was under a different chancellor and regime. Ronnie Green seems like he means business. Hopefully he makes the right hires. I'm a believer that college football is better when traditional powers like Notre Dame, Nebraska, Texas, USC, etc are good. There are plenty of examples of teams going through dry stretches before turning it around. With the proper level of commitment- there's no reason Nebraska can't be one of them as well.

 

[Vowelguy]

Diaco reign of terror continues

Damn, why couldn't BD have gotten a job at Syracuse or UNC?

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Diaco has this scam running smoothly. Once Riley (and thus Diaco) is fired in December, he can then find another DC job from some other sucker school/coach. Thus, in 2018 he will be getting paid by 3 different schools that he was originally under contract for in 2018 (UC0nn, Nebraska, and whatever school is dumb enough to hire him).

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

Diaco has this scam running smoothly. Once Riley (and thus Diaco) is fired in December, he can then find another DC job from some other sucker school/coach. Thus, in 2018 he will be getting paid by 3 different schools that he was originally under contract for in 2018 (UC0nn, Nebraska, and whatever school is dumb enough to hire him).

He's made a cottage industry of incompetence.

 

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[whaler11]

All in Nebraska is one of the 5 hardest jobs in the country. Good luck.

 

[manbyrd]

Some are saying Mike Riley is likely gone by the end of the year, fire the AD early to start the HC search. I've been watching the Nebraska games for my sports hate schadenfreude fix and haven't been disappointed.

 

[SubbaBub]

All in Nebraska is one of the 5 hardest jobs in the country. Good luck.

A prime example that tradition doesn't necessarily mean it will continue. They were once one of a handful of national programs that were actually broadcast on TV. Not the case anymore. There are probably two dozen schools that a recruit would pick over NU. There are 4/5 in the Big Ten alone.

The coaching staff shouldn't sign any long term leases.

 

[whaler11]

Fire up the BY time machine

Nebraska fired Pelini?

 

[gioff23]

I wouldn't want to be a UCF fan, player or recruit right now.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I'm getting in on the Trev Alberts/Scott Frost lottery...

I'd put a LOT of money on Alberts. He's been sitting down the road as the AD of Nebraska-Omaha for nearly a decade and has led that school to a lot of athletics department success including the building of a new arena. Former UNL football player too.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Riley hire was maybe the worst hire of the decade. Just laughable on the day it happened.

Stop. Riley is a solid coach. There is no time machine back to 1983, so Nebraska should get used to this.

They have no natural recruiting home field advantage that matters. Recruits' parents were kids last time Nebraska was a perennial national power. Osbourne saved this program, because there is no way they get in the Big 10 if they tried to join today.

 

[whaler11]

Stop. Riley is a solid coach. There is no time machine back to 1983, so Nebraska should get used to this.

They have no natural recruiting home field advantage that matters. Recruits' parents were kids last time Nebraska was a perennial national power. Osbourne saved this program, because there is no way they get in the Big 10 if they tried to join today.

He is a solid coach at Oregon St. He has no business coaching in the Big 10. It was an obvious swing and miss and it's worked out exactly how most people expected.

 

[huskymedic]

$81k a month...
$170k a month...