6 for 6

[HuskersVsTheWorld]

There should be only one goal for SF next year, and it should be very simple. Six wins for sixth year. A bowl game would be enough to satisfy most of the Frost-haters, who wouldn't be able to deny that a December football game is tangible progress. It's a very achievable goal, and a fair one. Even I, an ardent Frost supporter, will say right here right now that another sub .500 record should close the door on this chapter.

Let's look at '22.
Must wins: North Dakota, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Purdue & Illinois, all at home.
You hate to say it, but opener vs NW may be the most important game of the year again. If you win, then you can go 4-3 at home instead of 5-2, and take away one of those must-wins. Then you've just got to find one win on the road.

 

[WHCSC]

With such an easier schedule in '22 I would not see 6 wins as progress

 

[jonesy5960_rivals300379]

There should be only one goal for SF next year, and it should be very simple. Six wins for sixth year. A bowl game would be enough to satisfy most of the Frost-haters, who wouldn't be able to deny that a December football game is tangible progress. It's a very achievable goal, and a fair one. Even I, an ardent Frost supporter, will say right here right now that another sub .500 record should close the door on this chapter.

Let's look at '22.
Must wins: North Dakota, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Purdue & Illinois, all at home.
You hate to say it, but opener vs NW may be the most important game of the year again. If you win, then you can go 4-3 at home instead of 5-2, and take away one of those must-wins. Then you've just got to find one win on the road.

What about 5 wins, 1 loss, 6 moral victories and hiring a special teams coach? Three wins was enough this year and the hiring of a special teams coach would be a sign of better things to come. Baby steps my man.

 

[FargoNDHusker]

8-9 wins and competing for the West is about as low as my bar is to consider progress. The West is bad and only winning 6 games with the schedule next year shows me no real progress.

 

[rrthusker]

I’m at the point gust show me , don’t tell me. Every preseason Husker fans predict 8-9 wins. Based on Frost’s tenure I doubt we get close to those numbers. Until he can beat Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota consistently it isn’t happening.

 

[mgbreeze]

Nebraska is among the worst programs in the conference and every team in the West that everyone thinks "we should beat" are either better than us or at least our equal. Oh, and we have the worst head coach in the conference. Just my opinion, but I would currently trade Frost for any other coach in the B1G. Talk is cheap and I don't believe anything other than what I know: five years of losing records and no bowls; the best play under Frost was year one; and we still have the option of bringing back a QB who has proven time and again he can't deliver a winning record.

6 wins would be fantastic. 8-9 wins would be cause for convening a worldwide celebration of a miracle.

 

[Bill_Callahan2.0_rivals121792]

It is completely asinine to truly believe at this time that we can win any more that 6 wins next year. We will be anywhere from 4-8 to 6-6.

 

[HASSAN CHOP]

We are so pathetic what we will accept now. Not another program in the country would have retained Frost. His arrogance disgusts me.

 

[99_BoothBalloons]

Six wins next year would be progress relative to this year because it implies we beat bottom tier B1G teams, which we failed to do this year.

Is six wins next year progress when compared to year one? Not really.

 

[TheNewNU_rivals50820]

He should be fired if he wins any less than 8 games.

 

[Husker_in_OK]

With such an easier schedule in '22 I would not see 6 wins as progress

Let's be honest, the bar has been set so low, that beating Purdue, Illinois and Minnesota is considered progress

 

[mgbreeze]

Let's be honest, the bar has been set so low, that beating Purdue, Illinois and Minnesota is considered progress

Yeah, because it WOULD be progress. I'm not a setting a bar, whatever that means. Those teams have consistently beaten us, no?

 

[9and4_rivals188421]

Frost's lowered buyout kicks in on Oct. 1, 2022, before and on which the Huskers play five games:

1. vs. Northwestern
2. North Dakota
3. Georgia Southern
4. Oklahoma
5. at Rutgers
6. Indiana (Oct. 1)

If you were Alberts, what record would get you to pull the trigger and fire Frost after that sixth game, the earliest possible date to save $7.5 million on the buyout. We have a bye week Oct. 8, so an early dismissal would likely be after Indiana.

I'd be tempted at 3-3, even with six games left, because the six remaining games, in no particular order:

• Wisconsin (assuming a switch in venue)
• @ Purdue (assuming a switch in venue)
• @ Iowa
• Illinois
• Minnesota
• @ Michigan

That back end has 0-6 or 1-5 written all over it if we don't improve significantly.

 

[Blindcheck]

You almost have to be a bare minimum of 4-2 after the first 6 games....and 5-1 is obviously where he needs to be....

But If I am Trev Alberts 4-2 is the line ( i would assume a loss to Oklahoma and that allows one slip up...and since this team hasn't learned how to win, I think you can give grace on game that was given away.

After that, 3-3 for the final six to get to a bare minimum of 7-5 otherwise I think you have to cut bait.

 

[HuskersVsTheWorld]

We are so pathetic what we will accept now. Not another program in the country would have retained Frost. His arrogance disgusts me.

You're telling me you wouldn't be happy with a bowl invite next year? For a team that is one of the worst in the conference this year? That would be a big step forward. It's not the end game where we want to be, but big step in the right direction. No one you hire is walking in that door and winning a Big 10 title in the next year or 2. The quicker you accept that the better.

 

[HuskersVsTheWorld]

With such an easier schedule in '22 I would not see 6 wins as progress

Even if we end with 3 wins this year and we double it next year? Even if it would be the first time Frost would reach a bowl? Seems like progress to me. We don't have an "easy" schedule next year, wake up. Nebraska is now considered the easy team on other schedules. We're in the dumpster. Ryan Day can say nice things about how dangerous we are, but look at our atrocious record vs Wisconsin, Iowa and OSU. We're not good right now. A bowl game is progress.

 

[JOHNNY N]

With such an easier schedule in '22 I would not see 6 wins as progress

What about next year's schedule do you think is easier than this year's schedule


Edit: nevermind. Just pulled it up. For some reason I thought PSU was taking the place of OSU.

It does appear to be an easier schedule.

 

[WHCSC]

Even if we end with 3 wins this year and we double it next year? Even if it would be the first time Frost would reach a bowl? Seems like progress to me. We don't have an "easy" schedule next year, wake up. Nebraska is now considered the easy team on other schedules. We're in the dumpster. Ryan Day can say nice things about how dangerous we are, but look at our atrocious record vs Wisconsin, Iowa and OSU. We're not good right now. A bowl game is progress.

They've been underachieving so just getting to the level where you should have been is not progress.

 

[HuskersVsTheWorld]

They've been underachieving so just getting to the level where you should have been is not progress.

It's a team that's underachieved for 4 years. So to finally "achieve" and play like us and Vegas thinks they should is progress in my mind. Achieve. Achieve. Funny word. Idk dog, I just want to see Big Red play December football, I'll be happy about it anyway.

 

[redfanusa]

Nothing is easy for Nebraska. If Frost wins more than four games next year they should rename the state "Frostska."

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

Is a bowl invite really that big of a deal?

To me, I want to see us beating who we are supposed to be beating and at least being competitive on toss ups and underdog situations.

that kind of gets you to 8 or 9 wins a year, depending on the schedule.

bowl games should be automatic, and are already based upon the season’s progress, so they don’t make an evaluation point to me when you get eligible at 5-6 wins.

 

[CameronKrazie86]

He should be fired if he wins any less than 8 games.

I agree which is why we'll be looking for a new coach this time next year.

 

[oldjar07]

There should be only one goal for SF next year, and it should be very simple. Six wins for sixth year. A bowl game would be enough to satisfy most of the Frost-haters, who wouldn't be able to deny that a December football game is tangible progress. It's a very achievable goal, and a fair one. Even I, an ardent Frost supporter, will say right here right now that another sub .500 record should close the door on this chapter.

Let's look at '22.
Must wins: North Dakota, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Purdue & Illinois, all at home.
You hate to say it, but opener vs NW may be the most important game of the year again. If you win, then you can go 4-3 at home instead of 5-2, and take away one of those must-wins. Then you've just got to find one win on the road.

**** no. If that's the standard, I'm done. No point wasting my time on a program that doesn't even try to be successful.

 

[JOHNNY N]

To me, I want to see us beating who we are supposed to be beating and at least being competitive on toss ups and underdog situations.

 

[HuskerBruce81]

Even if we end with 3 wins this year and we double it next year? Even if it would be the first time Frost would reach a bowl? Seems like progress to me. We don't have an "easy" schedule next year, wake up. Nebraska is now considered the easy team on other schedules. We're in the dumpster. Ryan Day can say nice things about how dangerous we are, but look at our atrocious record vs Wisconsin, Iowa and OSU. We're not good right now. A bowl game is progress.

Every single coach prior has been canned for less. I expect 5-1 and to finish with 8 wins minimum in year 5 or pack your bags. It will allow you to go to western nebraska to hunt to your heart's desire

 

[Husker_AMG63]

8-9 wins and competing for the West is about as low as my bar is to consider progress. The West is bad and only winning 6 games with the schedule next year shows me no real progress.

I felt this way in YEAR 2.....welcome to the party.

 

[realHuskerDrew]

I love how everyone complained about the old 9-10 win coach every year because we couldn’t win the big games and we expected more as Nebraska… now 6 wins for a sack of **** coach might get an extension. I’m officially out if that happens. As it is, I am here in the free board again because I am not paying for this site as I won’t pay money to follow a piece of **** loser program.
This whole thing has been a **** show for four years and what do they do? Give another year. Those “metrics” they have better ****** include 8 wins or more.
Bama would fire Saban if he went 3-9, and he won 6 titles

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

Jmo I don’t think frost respects schools like Purdue Minnesota northwestern among others that’s what you see his team play the way they do uninspired compared to how they played against Michigan Ohio st Oklahoma

 

[redwine65]

I love how everyone complained about the old 9-10 win coach every year because we couldn’t win the big games and we expected more as Nebraska… now 6 wins for a sack of **** coach might get an extension. I’m officially out if that happens. As it is, I am here in the free board again because I am not paying for this site as I won’t pay money to follow a piece of **** loser program.
This whole thing has been a **** show for four years and what do they do? Give another year. Those “metrics” they have better ****in include 8 wins or more.
Bama would fire Saban if he went 3-9, and he won 6 titles

4 years? more like 23, run the ball , stop the run, win the game

 

[JOHNNY N]

8-9 wins and competing for the West is about as low as my bar is to consider progress. The West is bad and only winning 6 games with the schedule next year shows me no real progress.

I agree that 8-9 wins should be that standard. But is the west really that bad?

 

[FargoNDHusker]

I agree that 8-9 wins should be that standard. But is the west really that bad?

It lacks the top heavy talent the east has obviously but I suppose it's not as bad as I seem to think it is just off the top of my head. To me it just feels a good team should run through the west with 2 division losses tops and always competing for the division like Wisconsin or Iowa do. Minnesota, Purdue, Illinois and Northwestern are generally decent at best and Iowa and Wisconsin even at their best are teams that don't scare you.

 

[Boiler_B]

You're telling me you wouldn't be happy with a bowl invite next year? For a team that is one of the worst in the conference this year? That would be a big step forward. It's not the end game where we want to be, but big step in the right direction. No one you hire is walking in that door and winning a Big 10 title in the next year or 2. The quicker you accept that the better.

No, only the Frost Fanatics would be happy with 6 wins. You need to stop and look at what you are typing.
By year 4, we may finish with only 3 wins.
You dont REWARD a coach in year 5 just because he wins 6 games. This is not Vanderbilt or Kansas where 6 wins in year 5 is a decent or good mark. It is terrible.
If you are in year 5 and you have 4 straight previous losing seasons..you better win at least 7 games or more before we even think about talking about retaining you.

The whole fact that 6 wins next year would double this years win total..is the whole point WHY you fire the guy in year 5...cuz he obviously cant get it done.
And the 6 wins should be EASIER with the easier schedule so 6 isnt and shouldnt be the goal..it should be 7 plus.

 

[Spartanhusker]

I’m at the point gust show me , don’t tell me. Every preseason Husker fans predict 8-9 wins. Based on Frost’s tenure I doubt we get close to those numbers. Until he can beat Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota consistently it isn’t happening.

This

 

[HuskersVsTheWorld]

No, only the Frost Fanatics would be happy with 6 wins. You need to stop and look at what you are typing.
By year 4, we may finish with only 3 wins.
You dont REWARD a coach in year 5 just because he wins 6 games. This is not Vanderbilt or Kansas where 6 wins in year 5 is a decent or good mark. It is terrible.
If you are in year 5 and you have 4 straight previous losing seasons..you better win at least 7 games or more before we even think about talking about retaining you.

The whole fact that 6 wins next year would double this years win total..is the whole point WHY you fire the guy in year 5...cuz he obviously cant get it done.
And the 6 wins should be EASIER with the easier schedule so 6 isnt and shouldnt be the goal..it should be 7 plus.

Don't be so mad bud our win expectation is only a 1 game difference

 

[Boiler_B]

Don't be so mad bud our win expectation is only a 1 game difference

With Frost 1 game may as well be 100 miles..

lol

 

[Fed-Up]

This thread is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen on here (by a Frost apologist anyway)....6 wins in year 6????? What an absolute delusional ideas posted during this wasted horribly coached year. Only at Nebraska is a 6 year rebuild even legitimately discussed....

 

[Harry Caray]

Yeah I remember when Frost was hired, we were all just hoping he would go 6-6 by Year 5.

If that's considered success, we might as well have just kept Mike Riley. Or we could have just hired the coach from UNK and saved millions of dollars a year.