Scott Frost - a very rich unemployed person

[Nivek 16859]

28 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Aggie should pitch in some $$$ and talk corn into hiring jimbo 

shut your mouth.

[Deej 76568]

2 hours ago, immamac said:

They should have left him in Dublin. 

I mean, fuck the Irish, but that would have just been cruel. 

[DanTheHorn 4901]

16 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Why would it take years of lawsuits? Is it not clearly written that if he's fired before 10/1, he's due $15M. If after 10/1, he's due $7.5M?

If Nebraska did not negotiate an agreement with Frost to only pay $7.5M as a buyout and get to fire him early then that whole administration is full of very stupid and inpatient folks. Then you turn around and must trust the same folks to make a good hire. Glad it is happening to a bunch of cry babies that got tired of losing to Texas.

Edited September 11, 2022 by DanTheHorn

[Wally Fairway 5524]

Good luck to my huckleberry @mulletpelini

[Radical Larry 28529]

[Rhinotx 499]

[The Hot Dog Buffet 1291]

5 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

 

Amazing 

[ztejas 43266]

13 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

 

That's insane to me. Guess a booster or two was like "I don't give a fuck - fire him today. Here's a blank check.

[Lhorn 4886]

For the uneducated…. Was he still on his original contract or did they go full aggy and throw an extension at him for absolutely no reason?

[Dewey 3280]

Maybe I read the ESPN article wrong, but it seemed liked they wanted to negotiate his buyout and Frost said nope. And rightly so. 

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

2 hours ago, Tex-19 said:

All-time weird decision. Season is fucked, why not wait 4 weeks? 

Those cornfuckers better not steal Patterson from us before the season ends

It’s not the ADs money. Dropping $7.5m to get the donors to stop calling might be worth it out of his budget.

[TrashMaster G 17388]

2 hours ago, ultimaton said:

Never forget that idiots actually pay Tim Brando to talk about football.

Fify

[MonkeyDoughnut 10145]

2 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

I don’t think that’s an Alberts-Frost discussion. He just says, “we’re letting you go now”. Conversations have either already occurred between his camp and Nebraska, or more likely will be occurring now. $7.5 million is nothing for them or any big school, especially when compared to the National laughingstock they are. Michigan and Tennessee never fell this far. We never came close. When you think it couldn’t get worse under Strong or Sark last year, it most definitely can. Much harder at Texas just due to the athletes Texas HSFB puts out, but it can be worse. 

 

2 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

No way that happens people with money like money. They could let him know hey we're starting official search whether you leave or not. As sucky a coach as he's been, he's still a Nebraska alum.

No one's paying him 7.5M when they could just as easily say we're paying you but don't come to work until Oct 1st.

Apologies @Porterhouse you were correct and I apparently underestimated how stupid the NU AD and boosters truly are.  Just wow... giving him extra $7.5M is just like aggy level stupid.

[Aqua Buddha 14520]

32 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10145]

 

[Lhorn 4886]

Wow!!!!! Pony up an extra 7.5 mil just to get him to empty his desk a few weeks earlier when you could have just told him to take a vacation. I guess Casey was right, NU got a lot of money.  

[immamac 42519]

Nebraska and Aggy imploding at the same time is so incredible 

[Asithappens 974]

2 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

I’m sure they negotiated the buyout down.  They told him look, we ARE going to fire you Oct 1.  But do you really want to be here for 3 more weeks knowing you’re gone?

For $7.5 million? 

Yeah, I would really want to be there.

[WhatTheBuck 28712]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

Trev Alberts didn't become Nebraska AD until 2021. Frost was hired in December, 2017.

When was his contract restructured?

Never mind, let me help you with that.

”After a 3-9 season in 2021, Alberts restructured Frost’s contract. The Wood River native’s salary dropped from $5 million to $4 million, and his buyout was cut in half from $15 million to $7.5 million after October 1, 2022. Alberts chose the more expensive buyout option.”

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/after-31-losses-in-five-seasons-nebraska-fires-scott-frost/

Edited September 11, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[thunderlounge 7758]

7 minutes ago, immamac said:

Nebraska and Aggy imploding at the same time is so incredible 

Time to update the thread title.

[Skipper 6103]

Just now, longhornmatt said:

Trev Alberts should be fired for this.  Or at least that should be a much more fireable offense for an AD than a coaching hire just not working out.  Dude just lost the department $7.5 million for no reason. 

And if it's Booster money that's even worse.  Imagine what $7.5MM in the NIL coffers means in the current environment.  If they are actually paying him the entire buyout it is just pure insanity.

[Nivek 16859]

Tom Herman would be a good hire for them if he could keep it together.   

[thunderlounge 7758]

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immamac changed the title to Scott Frost - a very rich unemployed person

nice

[ClubWhatever 12087]

Emotional hire, emotionally timed fire.  Both stupid decisions.  

[WhatTheBuck 28712]

37 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

It’s not the ADs money. Dropping $7.5m to get the donors to stop calling might be worth it out of his budget.

Maybe thy can pull a big upset rivalry win out of their hat. It’s been done before. But I don’t know if the Nebraska players care enough to don headbands that say “Scott.”

[Billy Pilgrim 1913]

I hope Patterson is happy in his current gig. He’d probably do well there.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Aggie should pitch in some $$$ and talk corn into hiring jimbo 

Shit Alabama fans would fully fund bill obrien’s Nebraska contract. 

[Francisco 2.0 32341]

21 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

Trev Alberts should be fired for this.  Or at least that should be a much more fireable offense for an AD than a coaching hire just not working out.  Dude just lost the department $7.5 million for no reason. 

 

After last night, what transpired happened with full approval of boosters, donors, the Board of Regents, everyone.  Alberts didn't just decide to spend an extra $7.5 million out of the goodness of his heart towards Frost, or because he was pissed.

 

 

[CooterBrown 17913]

Their only chance going forward is to money whip recruits with top level NIL deals. No one coming out of high school views Nebraska as a destination school. No one with options wants to live in Lincoln for 4 years.

[PilotsError 2282]

28 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

Trev Alberts should be fired for this.  Or at least that should be a much more fireable offense for an AD than a coaching hire just not working out.  Dude just lost the department $7.5 million for no reason. 

 

JFC.  You think he did this unilaterally?

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

What a terrible decision by their AD. Even CDC had the patience to wait on hiring Beard from tech the day after the buyout dropped. This is a big money wannabe move irregardless of who you are. 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

holy crap! 

[WBT 20422]

10 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Their only chance going forward is to money whip recruits with top level NIL deals. No one coming out of high school views Nebraska as a destination school. No one with options wants to live in Lincoln for 4 years.

Yeah I'm sure Nebraska can just outspend the rest of college football

[Skipper 6103]

7 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

 

JFC.  You think he did this unilaterally?

It's collectively an idiotic decision.   If Booster driven he needed to tell everyone to calm the fuck down and wait 3 weeks to save $7.5MM and use that money towards building a roster.  

[TKthunder2 4981]

7 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Their only chance going forward is to money whip recruits with top level NIL deals. No one coming out of high school views Nebraska as a destination school. No one with options wants to live in Lincoln for 4 years.

I see this said on here a lot, but Lincoln is a pretty cool little town and the downtown/haymarket campus/capital area is a nice area. I travel there every other month or so and it’s not one of the areas I hate (like KC or STL).

Don’t get me wrong, I quit my job before moving to the state of Nebraska, but Lincoln is better than most people give them credit for.

[Vertuzzi 1361]

3 hours ago, TexasMan said:

A new contender emerges

 

 

 

 

I’d love to see this nut job coach Nebraska. Top quality entertainment we’d have. 

[The Earl of Texas 3131]

21 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Even CDC 

Saying “even CDC” like he’s a bad AD is some trite bullshit at this point. 

Edited September 11, 2022 by The Earl of Texas

[Francisco 2.0 32341]

Aww gee.  We all missed out.  Maybe one will turn up on eBay:

 

https://www.huskerhounds.com/Return-Scott-Frost-Comic-Book.aspx

 

 

[SHOOTER12 8789]

21 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Their only chance going forward is to money whip recruits with top level NIL deals. No one coming out of high school views Nebraska as a destination school. No one with options wants to live in Lincoln for 4 years.

Kias for all the boys!

[Neonmoon 38127]

56 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

 

This. Jesus. How incompetent can they be?

[Lhorn 4886]

39 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Tom Herman would be a good hire for them if he could keep it together.   

I was thinking the same thing.  If anything the last few years of hires has shown us, there are no sure things out there no matter how much money you throw at the next shiny object. 
If both parties are smart they should be able to get him relatively cheap. Short (3 year) contract with a lowish buy out in case you have to pull the ripcord.  Herman gets a shot at the big time and an opportunity to rehab his career and reputation without a stint in bumfuck small town program. 

[Not a cat 5619]

8 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

I was thinking the same thing.  If anything the last few years of hires has shown us, there are no sure things out there no matter how much money you throw at the next shiny object. 
If both parties are smart they should be able to get him relatively cheap. Short (3 year) contract with a lowish buy out in case you have to pull the ripcord.  Herman gets a shot at the big time and an opportunity to rehab his career and reputation without a stint in bumfuck small town program. 

Ummm, you sure about that?

[WBT 20422]

I don't understand how there can be any reason not to wait for October 1 to save $7.5 million.  How can doing it now possibly help with hiring the next coach, recruiting, or anything?

[BB65 476]

32 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yeah I'm sure Nebraska can just outspend the rest of college football

I do t know about that. NU just spent closed to $17M to get their asses beat by Georgia Southern. That would have gone a long way to help with NIL. 

[Go Pokes 979]

I don't understand how there can be any reason not to wait for October 1 to save $7.5 million.  How can doing it now possibly help with hiring the next coach, recruiting, or anything?

It could be a couple of things. They may just be doing Frost a solid because he’s a legendary player. Or there is shit going on behind the scenes and he is so fucking incompetent, think John Blake with OU, that every day he was there he destroyed the program a little more

[CooterBrown 17913]

I see this said on here a lot, but Lincoln is a pretty cool little town and the downtown/haymarket campus/capital area is a nice area. I travel there every other month or so and it’s not one of the areas I hate (like KC or STL).
Don’t get me wrong, I quit my job before moving to the state of Nebraska, but Lincoln is better than most people give them credit for.

Lincoln is probably very cool for milquetoast white folk but I’m not sure linebackers from South Oak Cliff will be swayed by antiquing at the hay market on Sunday afternoons.

[closetohumping 17401]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

Tom Herman would be a good hire for them if he could keep it together.   

Can you make vodka out of corn?

[TexasGolf 4858]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

Tom Herman would be a good hire for them if he could keep it together.   

 

[Hozz 1012]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

Can you make vodka out of corn?

I think you can make vodka out of damn near anything.

Edited September 11, 2022 by Hozz

[Landomatic 3813]

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

Emotional hire, emotionally timed fire.  Both stupid decisions.  

How was it an emotional hire? It was a no-brainer hire IMO. One of the hottest names around at that time, plus he’s an alum. How could they not make that hire?