12-04-2014, 11:25 AM
Before Riley arrived at OSU, they had 26 straight losing seasons. They reached a bowl game 8 out of the last 12 seasons and Riley has NFL HC experience. He is great at finding under-the-radar recruits especially from Texas so coaching at more storied football program may lead to better talent.
The problem here is that Nebraska just fired a coach that had several nine win seasons; that is a very high bar! The drop in recruiting and performance is probably more connected to Nebraska leaving the Big12 and playing frequently in fertile recruiting states like Texas than it is a coaching issue.
Pelini was a bit prickly and had a few missteps on the PR front, so perhaps Nebraska feels Riley will not be an issue on that front and will perform better overall given the upgraded in resources available to him.
The problem here is that Nebraska just fired a coach that had several nine win seasons; that is a very high bar! The drop in recruiting and performance is probably more connected to Nebraska leaving the Big12 and playing frequently in fertile recruiting states like Texas than it is a coaching issue.
Pelini was a bit prickly and had a few missteps on the PR front, so perhaps Nebraska feels Riley will not be an issue on that front and will perform better overall given the upgraded in resources available to him.
If I had a dollar every time I was distracted, I wish I had some ice cream.