Better Job: Arizona State or Nebraska?

Better Coaching Gig?

  • Nebraska

    Votes: 29 63.0%

  • Arizona State

    Votes: 17 37.0%
  • Total voters
    46
Knight&Day said:
ASU, all mfkn day. NE's too cold in the fall, corn fans are weird
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Nebraska.

They are committed to football.

Get the right coach.
 
101stAB said:
Nebraska.

They are committed to football.

Get the right coach.
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Never going to be able to get consistent top 10 classes at Nebby.

At least the talent is around for ASU
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
Never going to be able to get consistent top 10 classes at Nebby.

At least the talent is around for ASU
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Can they get enough talent to beat Iowa and Wisconsin and win B1G West? The answer is yes.

They should at the very least be able to out recruit their B1G West rivals and win 10/11 games similar to how Wisconsin or Iowa have done lately.

Sure, they aren't going to get the recruits Alabama, Georgia, or Ohio State are pulling without something major happening but they should at least be able to win their division.

I don't see how they can't achieve what Iowa and Wisconsin have done recently.
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
Never going to be able to get consistent top 10 classes at Nebby.

At least the talent is around for ASU
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Theres coaches that do more with less (Nebraska needs this), and there are coaches who do less with more, ASU in this case.

I'm looking deep in the future and never seeing ASU in a place where they are consistently better than Nebraska.
 
Volbound1700 said:
Can they get enough talent to beat Iowa and Wisconsin and win B1G West? The answer is yes.

They should at the very least be able to out recruit their B1G West rivals and win 10/11 games similar to how Wisconsin or Iowa have done lately.

Sure, they aren't going to get the recruits Alabama, Georgia, or Ohio State are pulling without something major happening but they should at least be able to win their division.

I don't see how they can't achieve what Iowa and Wisconsin have done recently.
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If winning the division is the ceiling, tough to imagine that being the correct answer.
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
If winning the division is the ceiling, tough to imagine that being the correct answer.
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You said 9 wins, Iowa and Wisconsin have had >10 win seasons in recent history. Iowa won 12 games in 2012 for example and 10 games the last 2 out of 3 seasons. Wisconsin won 13 games in 2017.

I agree with you that Iowa and Wisconsin level of success might be their ceiling but many programs would kill for that success.
 
I think the issue with Nebraska is the playstyle. Over and over again they are trying to run a high powered offense like you would see from programs in the Southeast. That just doesn't fit in the B1G West. They need to go back to a more smash mouth style offense and try to out Wisconsin, Wisconsin.

It won't 100% be as extreme as the 1990s because teams just can't win anymore doing that but perhaps a blend.

A coach that can bring physicality would work there.

Nebraska is better than Arizona State right now because they are in the B1G which is a far more commercial successful conference and is stable. Pac12's future is still uncertain.
 
You kind of have to say ASU. If you take the Nebraska coaching position you know you are going to be out in 4 years. Seems Nebraska has unrealistic expectations for where they really are.
 
Uh, I’m not going to try and promote 21st Century Husker football…

…

But….

ASU hasn’t finished Top Ten since Jake Plummer.
 
Not an easy call.

But I'd go with Nebraska.

There is something not quite right with ASU's football program, but it's difficult to figure out what.

For as long as I can remember, ASU has been considered a "sleeping giant" in football. Even back before they joined the PAC they were looked at that way.

They've had times where they have looked like they might be ready to take that last step and finally get there, but it never seems to happen for them. The last time I remember them getting at all close, the Pete Carroll era was happening at USC.

Nebraska is a blue blood and simply has more resources available to them. Nebraska (and the rest of the B1G) is also going to start having access to that Southern California recruiting ground that the other PAC schools currently rely on.

At the same time, much of that recruiting ground will likely be lost to the PAC because they won't have regular trips to SoCal to play USC and UCLA anymore. San Diego St. is probably already fielding more calls than they can handle from PAC teams wanting to schedule them after 2024. lol
 
trojanfan12 said:
Not an easy call.

But I'd go with Nebraska.

There is something not quite right with ASU's football program, but it's difficult to figure out what.

For as long as I can remember, ASU has been considered a "sleeping giant" in football. Even back before they joined the PAC they were looked at that way.

They've had times where they have looked like they might be ready to take that last step and finally get there, but it never seems to happen for them. The last time I remember them getting at all close, the Pete Carroll era was happening at USC.

Nebraska is a blue blood and simply has more resources available to them. Nebraska (and the rest of the B1G) is also going to start having access to that Southern California recruiting ground that the other PAC schools currently rely on.

At the same time, much of that recruiting ground will likely be lost to the PAC because they won't have regular trips to SoCal to play USC and UCLA anymore. San Diego St. is probably already fielding more calls than they can handle from PAC teams wanting to schedule them after 2024. lol
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Along those lines I'd expect week 1 games at SoFi/Allegiant to become a thing for remaining pac teams
 
wazzu31 said:
You kind of have to say ASU. If you take the Nebraska coaching position you know you are going to be out in 4 years. Seems Nebraska has unrealistic expectations for where they really are.
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Wrongful thinking.....you will be out in four years but still get paid obscenely for another four years to coach someplace else.... :nod:
 
I'd take Arizona State. Recruiting is better. Boosters are easier to deal with. 12 months of summer vs Nebraska weather. Expectations are better. Money is likely better at Nebraska but you get 20 years going 8-4 at ASU with a career in Tempe and you get kicked out after 5 years in Lincoln for the same results. Its better money in Lincoln but we are talking $40 million vs $50 million in lifetime earnings so yeah I'm taking the job that loves me for being good over the job that fires me for not being perfect.
 
Nebraska is gonna give you the most money and history/tradition (which doesn't count for too much more anymorw but it's something).

ASU you've got far less pressure and theocratically better geographical location being by the west coast recruiter, but Cali also isn't quite as good of a recruiting bed anymore.

Also you've got the remains of the Pac-12 vs. the Big 10.
 
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