OT: Looks like Nebraska is sticking with Frost

[rgarlitz]

Restructured contract. He took a million dollar pay cut and a 50% reduction in his buyout.

Huskers stick with Frost, restructure coach's deal

Despite Nebraska being stuck in last place in the Big Ten West, Scott Frost will remain coach of the Cornhuskers after this season but with a restructured contract, athletic director Trev Alberts announced Monday.

www.espn.com

I'm surprised.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Not something I think you see in the college game much. More in the pros where a declining player will take a cut so the team can have more cap flexibility.

 

[rgarlitz]

I guess it benefits both sides. Frost gets another chance, but he becomes much cheaper to fire if things don't improve next year.

 

[jmohlman]

Smart move
He has ‘just missed’ in so many games. Some crazy statistic someone told me yesterday, like almost every single loss was by 1 TD or less???
Why wouldn’t you stick with him and stay with someone who absolutely loves to be there, who isn’t going to leave now or even when they get hot and start to really build it up?
He’s young and the coaching ranks and he’s so so close, when he starts to get it going he’ll never leave and he will build a dynasty and they will have a recruiting base again. No doubt, Tom Osborne had a bunch of input

 

[BCfanatic2020]

Smart move
He has ‘just missed’ in so many games. Some crazy statistic someone told me yesterday, like almost every single loss was by 1 TD or less???
Why wouldn’t you stick with him and stay with someone who absolutely loves to be there, who isn’t going to leave now or even when they get hot and start to really build it up?
He’s young and the coaching ranks and he’s so so close, when he starts to get it going he’ll never leave and he will build a dynasty and they will have a recruiting base again. No doubt, Tom Osborne had a bunch of input

With a senior laden defense that can’t stay for a seventh year

 

[New Pal Boiler]

With a senior laden defense that can’t stay for a seventh year

Got to hit the portal hard, with NIL deals to pass out like Halloween candy.

I guess Trev wasn’t too excited about hiring a coach that TCU just fired.

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

Restructured contract. He took a million dollar pay cut and a 50% reduction in his buyout.

Huskers stick with Frost, restructure coach's deal

Despite Nebraska being stuck in last place in the Big Ten West, Scott Frost will remain coach of the Cornhuskers after this season but with a restructured contract, athletic director Trev Alberts announced Monday.

www.espn.com

I'm surprised.

Nebby was screwed either way.

To satisfy the fan base if they fired Frost (Which would be like Purdue firing Drew Brees) they would have to get an A list coach which they would have to pay premium +20% to get as the Nebraska job isn’t what it used to be and they would be competing with USC and LSU (and probably Florida).

Now that they’ve kept Frost, he’s almost in lame duck status which means getting quality assistants and good recruits (their class is awful) will be a challenge

 

[DAG10]

Smart move
He has ‘just missed’ in so many games. Some crazy statistic someone told me yesterday, like almost every single loss was by 1 TD or less???
Why wouldn’t you stick with him and stay with someone who absolutely loves to be there, who isn’t going to leave now or even when they get hot and start to really build it up?
He’s young and the coaching ranks and he’s so so close, when he starts to get it going he’ll never leave and he will build a dynasty and they will have a recruiting base again. No doubt, Tom Osborne had a bunch of input

They, like so many other once proud and dominant programs, live in the past and have a difficult time accepting reality...it is why Pelini was fired (despite winning games) and they have been chasing the past since.

To your point, they have been in a number of games and lost a ton of close ones...at the same time, Frost is in part at least why they have lost more than a couple of those.

Your last paragraph is why this has a chance to work for them.

 

[DAG10]

I guess it benefits both sides. Frost gets another chance, but he becomes much cheaper to fire if things don't improve next year.

Indinia should be taking notes on how this works...won't be long before they need to do it for football AND basketball.

 

[pboiler18]

Got to hit the portal hard, with NIL deals to pass out like Halloween candy.

I guess Trev wasn’t too excited about hiring a coach that TCU just fired.

They could do a lot worse than Gary Patterson. Mostly they are by sticking with Frost. Just can’t get over the hump and you have to assume that continues next year too.

Patterson basically changed TCU football forever, for the better. Now, maybe the fire and resolve to continue that is gone but if you could get 5 years of 7-8 win football from him it could set you up to have success into the future too.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Indinia should be taking notes on how this works...won't be long before they need to do it for football AND basketball.

If I’m Tom Allen, what’s the incentive for me to take one dime less than the $30 million owed, when i know I'm not getting another P5 HC gig?

 

[BCfanatic2020]

Got to hit the portal hard, with NIL deals to pass out like Halloween candy.

I guess Trev wasn’t too excited about hiring a coach that TCU just fired.

I think in a lot of cases there will be more bs than you think with some of those incoming high NIL portal types

 

[rgarlitz]

I think in a lot of cases there will be more bs than you think with some of those incoming high NIL portal types

I suspect you're right.

 

[rgarlitz]

Nebby was screwed either way.

To satisfy the fan base if they fired Frost (Which would be like Purdue firing Drew Brees) they would have to get an A list coach which they would have to pay premium +20% to get as the Nebraska job isn’t what it used to be and they would be competing with USC and LSU (and probably Florida).

Now that they’ve kept Frost, he’s almost in lame duck status which means getting quality assistants and good recruits (their class is awful) will be a challenge

Just reading the online tea leaves, it seems that while some Nebraska fans are still reluctant to fire one of their own the number who are ready to be done with him increases each week.

I wonder if the AD will funnel that million Frost gave up back into increasing staff salaries for the exact reason you stated. It has to be hard for him to attract proven assistants in his predicament.

 

[BCfanatic2020]

Just reading the online tea leaves, it seems that while some Nebraska fans are still reluctant to fire one of their own the number who are ready to be done with him increases each week.

I wonder if the AD will funnel that million Frost gave up back into increasing staff salaries for the exact reason you stated. It has to be hard for him to attract proven assistants in his predicament.

Or players .. as someone posted yesterday.. “gotta protect that 77th ranked recruiting class” lol

 

[rgarlitz]

If I’m Tom Allen, what’s the incentive for me to take one dime less than the $30 million owed, when i know I'm not getting another P5 HC gig?

I'm pretty sure Darrell Hazell had that exact same idea---perhaps from the moment he signed his Purdue contract.

 

[PaBoiler78]

I'm pretty sure Darrell Hazell had that exact same idea---perhaps from the moment he signed his Purdue contract.

kept Frost but he got rid of 2 offensive coaches