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Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:08 pm to LandofDixie
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Sure, recruiting will be easier at Nebraska than OSU
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:09 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Had no idea Mike Riley was 61 years old.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:10 pm to GenesChin
Riley may be a strange hire, but he is a good coach. Oregon State was a shitshow before he took over. He has the experience and he's also the anti-Pelini. It could go very well, it could go very badly.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:14 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Recruiting in Nebraska is a lot easier than Corvallis, a small town nestled between the rushing waters of the Willamette and Nike's big fricking shadow.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:14 pm to DyeHardDylan
quote:I'm sorry, but good coaches don't go 2-2 against D2 schools over the past 4 years.
but he is a good coach
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:15 pm to DyeHardDylan
If Mike Riley was a good coach he wouldn't have been stuck at Oregon State for so long
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:16 pm to LandofDixie
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Recruiting in Nebraska is a lot easier than Corvallis, a small town nestled between the rushing waters of the Willamette and Nike's big fricking shadow.
This is true. When I saw OSU, my brain instantly jumped to Ohio State, and I was just very much confused as to what was going on.
It's been a long couple days.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:18 pm to joeyb147
Nebraska with Pelini:
.710 win %
3 10 win seasons
39-26 W/L vs .500+ teams
3 Bowl wins
Oregon State with Riley:
.523 win %
0 10 win seasons
37-31 against .500+ teams
2 Bowl wins
The hire looks really bad on paper. The only thing that makes it decent is that Riley is genuinely a great person and the fans and school won't be polarized by his personality. But that also could be said for a thousand other coaches.
.710 win %
3 10 win seasons
39-26 W/L vs .500+ teams
3 Bowl wins
Oregon State with Riley:
.523 win %
0 10 win seasons
37-31 against .500+ teams
2 Bowl wins
The hire looks really bad on paper. The only thing that makes it decent is that Riley is genuinely a great person and the fans and school won't be polarized by his personality. But that also could be said for a thousand other coaches.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:19 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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When I saw OSU,
I personally thought Oklahoma State
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:20 pm to TheJones
It didn't help that people kept saying he was 61. I was like, there aren't any 61 year old coaches at OK State or Oregon state. I was obviously wrong.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:24 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Riley looks 45 with a cap on, 65 without one.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:25 pm to TheJones
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Riley looks 45 with a cap on, 65 without one
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:49 pm to joeyb147
Was this like how we hired chizik
Posted on 12/4/14 at 1:54 pm to HailToTheChiz
Chizik was probably the most shockingly bad hire of all time. Never really had a chance to succeed here long term because of that 5-19 attached to his name.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:02 pm to DyeHardDylan
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Never really had a chance to succeed here long term
If Chizik took the time to evaluate players, managed the roster effectively and didn't have gaping depth issues and taught his players to play defense as they did in his first stint at Auburn he would still be at AU.
He probably wouldn't be half bad either.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:02 pm to GenesChin
I will also say that I love how this coordinator search isn't as bad as when we hired Loeffler.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:05 pm to GenesChin
The primary problem with the Chizik era was that we never had a solid identity. In 2009, we were a wide-open spread team, then in 2010 we were more of a spread option team. In 2011, halfway through the season we slowed down the offense and focused on a defense-first mentality. 2012 just became a muddled mess. No consistency in 4 years. Chizik's lack of control and organization is what did him in. But he was never really given that much of a chance to begin with because he was a 5-19 coach going against probably the greatest college football coach of all time.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:10 pm to DyeHardDylan
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primary problem was that we never had a solid identity
No.
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. In 2009, we were a wide-open spread team, then in 2010 we were more of a spread option team. In 2011, halfway through the season we slowed down the offense and focused on a defense-first mentality.
No.
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2012 just became a muddled mess.
Yes
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Chizik's lack of control and organization is what did him in
Somewhat yes.
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was never really given that much of a chance to begin with because he was a 5-19 coach going against probably the greatest college football coach of all time.
No.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 2:17 pm to TheJones
Sumbitch should look old, he played for Bryant at Bama.
Which reminds me, was Sully the last Shug player/assistant still with a HC gig?
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