for what its worth.
Here is the thing. And I'll get some pushback on this but if you look at it without the Bo hate there is some sense to it.
1. Bo had a temperament that was in check the first 5 years. Within tolerable ranges. It was his last 2 years while working under SE that it really came out. His frustration with no support and SE's management style put him over the top. When he was bitching about the fans that was taken out of context and he was referring to the few fans that had high expectations not understanding some of the limitations being put on his program.
2. Bo didn't mind the recruiting as much as he hated the recruiting game. He probably had one of the best ideas in regards to recruiting when he said there should be no NLI day. Make an offer to a kid and if he accepts then sign the papers. Bo was a straight shooter and didn't like playing some of the recruiting games such as flipping and tweeting and having to cuddle recruits egos.
3. Bo didn't have Andy Vaughn. He had to use Ross Ells as his recruiting coordinator. Everyone knows the coordinator job, to be done right, needed to be full time but somehow it only became available once MR was hired. In fact he was hired in the first few weeks that MR was here making him an early addition. Imagine if Trent Bay was having to do all the Recruiting Coordination in addition to linebacker duties and linebacker recruiting. My understanding......and I can't prove this......is the Andy Vaughn connection was with SE and that SE held out hiring him until Bo was fired. Now what I don't know in this equation is why a recruiting coordinator wasn't hired when TO was still AD. I'm really not sure when the NCAA started allowing that or if money was a problem early on in the entry into the B1G. Maybe it was new enough or just the way TO and Nebraska had always done it.
SE was hired for one reason and he got it done. He alienated resources and support away from Bo. Many fans didn't understand what was driving much of this anger and frustration but only saw how it played out. And that was some pretty ugly sideline stuff. If he would have provided the same support and dollars to Bo......especially on the recruiting coordinator side it could have been a totally different outcome.
Now what he did at Northstar. Well I can tell you this. Its nothing most all of us wouldn't have done. If you got fired from work because some guy had done what SE did to limit resources and support to your entire team many of us would have probably sat around over a couple of beers calling that Boss the c word too. However.......it wouldn't have been secretly taped and leaked to the news media. Also......was he really wrong about what he said there?
Here is the thing. And I'll get some pushback on this but if you look at it without the Bo hate there is some sense to it.
1. Bo had a temperament that was in check the first 5 years. Within tolerable ranges. It was his last 2 years while working under SE that it really came out. His frustration with no support and SE's management style put him over the top. When he was bitching about the fans that was taken out of context and he was referring to the few fans that had high expectations not understanding some of the limitations being put on his program.
2. Bo didn't mind the recruiting as much as he hated the recruiting game. He probably had one of the best ideas in regards to recruiting when he said there should be no NLI day. Make an offer to a kid and if he accepts then sign the papers. Bo was a straight shooter and didn't like playing some of the recruiting games such as flipping and tweeting and having to cuddle recruits egos.
3. Bo didn't have Andy Vaughn. He had to use Ross Ells as his recruiting coordinator. Everyone knows the coordinator job, to be done right, needed to be full time but somehow it only became available once MR was hired. In fact he was hired in the first few weeks that MR was here making him an early addition. Imagine if Trent Bay was having to do all the Recruiting Coordination in addition to linebacker duties and linebacker recruiting. My understanding......and I can't prove this......is the Andy Vaughn connection was with SE and that SE held out hiring him until Bo was fired. Now what I don't know in this equation is why a recruiting coordinator wasn't hired when TO was still AD. I'm really not sure when the NCAA started allowing that or if money was a problem early on in the entry into the B1G. Maybe it was new enough or just the way TO and Nebraska had always done it.
SE was hired for one reason and he got it done. He alienated resources and support away from Bo. Many fans didn't understand what was driving much of this anger and frustration but only saw how it played out. And that was some pretty ugly sideline stuff. If he would have provided the same support and dollars to Bo......especially on the recruiting coordinator side it could have been a totally different outcome.
Now what he did at Northstar. Well I can tell you this. Its nothing most all of us wouldn't have done. If you got fired from work because some guy had done what SE did to limit resources and support to your entire team many of us would have probably sat around over a couple of beers calling that Boss the c word too. However.......it wouldn't have been secretly taped and leaked to the news media. Also......was he really wrong about what he said there?
