Huskers hire.... Mike Riley?

[IAStubborn]

This is my stat of the day:

Pelini never lost more than 4 games a year at Nebraska. Mike Riley has lost at least 4 games a year at Oregon State.

Maybe that was peelings problem. Teams that aren't Alabama try to load classes to have a good year, that one special year an alright year and a bad year in 4 year cyCles. Peking seemed to balanc classes and just always have good years but never great years. I think Nebraska fans would trade the occassional subpar season for the occassional great season. I think Rhoads does this too our good year just fell flat and we ended up with 4 ok years and a couple bad. Look at Riley's 4 year cycle, I would love that as an ISU fan and I think that is what Rhoads is aiming for. Word is he was in the hot seat there though because he was on the same pattern and never raised the bar. I think that is the difference of ceiling that a Nebraska has and an OSU has. I think this is bennies best shot at winning another title so may end up being a smart hire.

 

[Cybyassociation]

"Go get me the guy from Oregon.""We got him! Meet Mike Riley!""I meant Scott...Damnit. Go Big Red."

 

[Clark]

If the team you take over has not had a winning season in three deaceds, and you manage to post a plus 500 record for the next decade in a half with the notable bad starts, you are a pretty good coach. He is OSU's Bill Snyder. They will fall back into the whipping boy after he leaves.

Dennis Erickson didn't seem to have a ton of trouble winning there.

 

[Bret44]

They actually fell back to mediocrity the following year while Erickson was still the coach.

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[TD]5[/TD]
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[TD].583[/TD]
[TD]5th[/TD]
[TD]347[/TD]
[TD]277[/TD]
[TD]Oahu Bowl[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]Oregon State University[/TD]
[TD]Dennis Erickson[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD].917[/TD]
[TD]1st-T[/TD]
[TD]400[/TD]
[TD]212[/TD]
[TD]Fiesta Bowl[/TD]
[TD]#4[/TD]
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[TD]2001[/TD]
[TD]Oregon State University[/TD]
[TD]Dennis Erickson[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD].455[/TD]
[TD]7th[/TD]
[TD]287[/TD]
[TD]259[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]2002[/TD]
[TD]Oregon State University[/TD]
[TD]Dennis Erickson[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD].615[/TD]
[TD]4th[/TD]
[TD]414[/TD]
[TD]267[/TD]
[TD]Insight Bowl[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Face it - it will probably never be better than it was in 2000 for Oregon St, regardless who the coach is.

Dennis Erickson didn't seem to have a ton of trouble winning there.

See above Clark. That was one year.

 

[CycloneWarning]

Dead man walking.

This^^

He is lucky he is walking into a mediocre conference and a weak division. But after seven years of 9 win seasons, an 8 win season will have fans on his *** right out of the gate. NU made itself into a bad place to go compared to Michigan or Florida.

 

[isuforlife]

he is 61 he coaches for 4 years gets fired ,takes his buyout form Nebby and laughs his *** off and retires a rich man

 

[JP4CY]

See above Clark. That was one year.

DE won 65% at Oregon State, Riley won 54%.

 

[awd4cy]

he is 61 he coaches for 4 years gets fired ,takes his buyout form Nebby and laughs his *** off and retires a rich man

Well said, and that is how I see it playing out.

 

[greatshu]

This hire is little better than Florida hire. This isn't much of upgrade compare to BP.

 

[Cy$]

this guy is a little better than PR, there are a lot of eerily similar things between the two though like losing to FCS schools and 2 conference wins in the past 14 games.

 

[roundball]

this guy is a little better than PR, there are a lot of eerily similar things between the two though like losing to FCS schools and 2 conference wins in the past 14 games.

PR 2 OSU?

 

[Cy$]

PR 2 OSU?

I'm not going to make this a PR thread. Sounds like message board people are excited he's gone. Also probably because the rumor is Riley is taking his DC with him, who is terrible.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=182&f=1704

 

[awd4cy]

I'm not going to make this a PR thread. Sounds like message board people are excited he's gone. Also probably because the rumor is Riley is taking his DC with him, who is terrible.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=182&f=1704

Yippie, exactly what Nebraska needs. Another crappy d-coordinator. Would be funny if Nebraska reverts back to the defenses when Bill Callahan was coach. Might go back to giving up 70+ against the conferences top offenses.

 

[Cycsk]

Seems like a Chizik-esque hire. Wonder who will be the Husker's Scam Newton?

 

[Spam]

If we hear about Brett Bielema getting a new contract tomorrow, we know Knebraska got shot down, and made a rush hire disguised to look like "we knew who we wanted the second we fired Bo"

 

[Bret44]

DE won 65% at Oregon State, Riley won 54%.

Remove the high and the low and you get your answer. I am not arguing coaching ability, just saying that going 11-1 that one year and following it up with a 5-6 season is not really saying he didn't have a ton of trouble winning there.

And you cannot really compare the sample sizes between the two. Remove the high and lows from each and you get 60% and 55%

 

[SplitIdentity]

This is AWESOME on so many levels.

 

[CyBobby]

I would tell Coach Riley not to buy just rent because he may be moving in 4 years.

Riley had better win 14 games in a row or else its DOWN THE ROAD 4 ex coach for Riley....good luck U gonna need it.

 

[sabulba]

This is an excellent hire for the Huskers. OSU was decent in the Pac12 with a few really good years. He is going to have better resources, better players, a weaker schedule, and far greater fan support. Riley is a well respected coach and good recruiter and the best thing is he is a complete 180 from Bo personality wise. Time will tell but IMO this is a great hire.

 

[heitclone]

this guy is a little better than PR, there are a lot of eerily similar things between the two though like losing to FCS schools and 2 conference wins in the past 14 games.

Lol...CPR isn't in Riley's category, this is a bad hire for NEbby, would be a home run hire for ISU.