Kendall thinks it is, but I don't know about that. Rob certainly has ties to NU, and seems very fond of the place

Rob coached at NU for 8 years
Rob's hitting coach played at NU
Rob's offensive coordinator played at NU
Rob and his staff recruit Nebraska
Rob's daughter graduated from NU
The NU job is open

I dunno. Doesn't seem all that crazy to me

The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Nebraska would be a big step down for Childress but a huge step up for Bolt. I'm not a betting man but I think Bolt takes the Nebraska job. Then a lot of you guys can get that new assistant coach you've been begging for.

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Nebraska would be a big step down for Childress but a huge step up for Bolt. I'm not a betting man but I think Bolt takes the Nebraska job. Then a lot of you guys can get that new assistant coach you've been begging for.

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Bolt leaving would be a good start

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The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Erstad took a lower salary because he didn't need the money and wanted more for his assistants. The coach before him made twice what he did.

RC has two seasons left on his contract. A&M has 4 options right now:

1. Fire
2. Extend, and then probably have to fire with a larger buyout in a year
3. Let him coach with only one year left on his contract
4. Encourage him to take the Nebraska gig, where he can be at a place he likes, would be welcomed with open arms, and would probably be successful at.

#4 is the most sensible option for everyone involved

BoozingAg said:

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RC has two seasons left on his contract. A&M has 4 options right now:

1. Fire
2. Extend, and then probably have to fire with a larger buyout in a year
3. Let him coach with only one year left on his contract
4. Encourage him to take the Nebraska gig, where he can be at a place he likes, would be welcomed with open arms, and would probably be successful at.

#4 is the most sensible option for everyone involved

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I think there is a chance this happens

I wouldn't be surprised if NU is Rob's dream job

I live and work in Omaha, fwiw I've been talking to the locals here this morning. They seem to be ecstatic about the idea of "stealing" Childress from us but are worried that they can't afford him. I guess we'll see what happens.

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LRC has two seasons left on his contract. A&M has 4 options right now:

1. Fire
2. Extend, and then probably have to fire with a larger buyout in a year
3. Let him coach with only one year left on his contract
4. Encourage him to take the Nebraska gig, where he can be at a place he likes, would be welcomed with open arms, and would probably be successful at.

#4 is the most sensible option for everyone involved

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I think there is a chance this happens

I wouldn't be surprised if NU is Rob's dream job

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Childress is a Texas boy with an Aggie wife. He is in his dream job. Nebraska is Bolt's dream job.

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BoozingAg said:

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LRC has two seasons left on his contract. A&M has 4 options right now:

1. Fire
2. Extend, and then probably have to fire with a larger buyout in a year
3. Let him coach with only one year left on his contract
4. Encourage him to take the Nebraska gig, where he can be at a place he likes, would be welcomed with open arms, and would probably be successful at.

#4 is the most sensible option for everyone involved

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I think there is a chance this happens

I wouldn't be surprised if NU is Rob's dream job

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Childress is a Texas boy with an Aggie wife. He is in his dream job. Nebraska is Bolt's dream job.

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Then he better well find some offense quick or else he won't have his dream job, especially if we have the same offense next year sans Shewmake.

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Well yeah he'd have to get paid

I assume when Kendall said he'd turn it down, it wasn't because of a pay cut

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And you could be off base in that assumption.

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And I could be spot on

I doubt NU is going to insult a currently employed Rob by offering him a job and a pay cut

Seems a lot more plausible to me

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I should have been more clear. The other items all seem to be inline. My position is that Nebraska may not be willing to pay enough money to lure R.C. away.

I say this after reading reactions from their fans on their message board. The idea of approaching 750k is alien to them. I don't doubt that there might be a pay cut number that R.C. is willing to take to be back in Nebraska. But, none of us know what that number is and if NU can match it.

We also don't know if R.C. is actually willing to take a pay cut at all. People's bias against R.C. might be making people project their own fantasies of RC leaving onto what RC wants to do.

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Nebraska may not offer as much or more salary, but what they will offer is a much longer contract than what he's got or going to get here. He will also be much appreciated there, it will be seen as a home run hire by their fans.

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And a grand slam hire by you.

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Dude. Is that necessary?

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technoviking said:

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technoviking said:

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Well yeah he'd have to get paid

I assume when Kendall said he'd turn it down, it wasn't because of a pay cut

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And you could be off base in that assumption.

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And I could be spot on

I doubt NU is going to insult a currently employed Rob by offering him a job and a pay cut

Seems a lot more plausible to me

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I should have been more clear. The other items all seem to be inline. My position is that Nebraska may not be willing to pay enough money to lure R.C. away.

I say this after reading reactions from their fans on their message board. The idea of approaching 750k is alien to them. I don't doubt that there might be a pay cut number that R.C. is willing to take to be back in Nebraska. But, none of us know what that number is and if NU can match it.

We also don't know if R.C. is actually willing to take a pay cut at all. People's bias against R.C. might be making people project their own fantasies of RC leaving onto what RC wants to do.

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Nebraska may not offer as much or more salary, but what they will offer is a much longer contract than what he's got or going to get here. He will also be much appreciated there, it will be seen as a home run hire by their fans.

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And a grand slam hire by you.

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Dude. Is that necessary?

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What are you getting defensive for? The guy has made his position on RC clear for a while now on this forum.

It's ok Pablo. He's mad.

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technoviking said:

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Well yeah he'd have to get paid

I assume when Kendall said he'd turn it down, it wasn't because of a pay cut

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And you could be off base in that assumption.

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And I could be spot on

I doubt NU is going to insult a currently employed Rob by offering him a job and a pay cut

Seems a lot more plausible to me

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I should have been more clear. The other items all seem to be inline. My position is that Nebraska may not be willing to pay enough money to lure R.C. away.

I say this after reading reactions from their fans on their message board. The idea of approaching 750k is alien to them. I don't doubt that there might be a pay cut number that R.C. is willing to take to be back in Nebraska. But, none of us know what that number is and if NU can match it.

We also don't know if R.C. is actually willing to take a pay cut at all. People's bias against R.C. might be making people project their own fantasies of RC leaving onto what RC wants to do.

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Nebraska may not offer as much or more salary, but what they will offer is a much longer contract than what he's got or going to get here. He will also be much appreciated there, it will be seen as a home run hire by their fans.

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And a grand slam hire by you.

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Dude. Is that necessary?

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What are you getting defensive for? The guy has made his position on RC clear for a while now on this forum.

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Not defensive. Just curious as to why so antagonistic toward other posters. Not just this post. Many before this. There was nothing wrong with his post

So what if he wants Childress gone? And so what if he says so?

Do you want Childress gone? Why can't you just state your opinion on the matter without mockery and antagonism toward other posters?

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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technoviking said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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technoviking said:

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The crux is the salary and assistants salary. Childress makes around 750k, Erstad made 225k.

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Well yeah he'd have to get paid

I assume when Kendall said he'd turn it down, it wasn't because of a pay cut

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And you could be off base in that assumption.

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And I could be spot on

I doubt NU is going to insult a currently employed Rob by offering him a job and a pay cut

Seems a lot more plausible to me

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I should have been more clear. The other items all seem to be inline. My position is that Nebraska may not be willing to pay enough money to lure R.C. away.

I say this after reading reactions from their fans on their message board. The idea of approaching 750k is alien to them. I don't doubt that there might be a pay cut number that R.C. is willing to take to be back in Nebraska. But, none of us know what that number is and if NU can match it.

We also don't know if R.C. is actually willing to take a pay cut at all. People's bias against R.C. might be making people project their own fantasies of RC leaving onto what RC wants to do.

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Nebraska may not offer as much or more salary, but what they will offer is a much longer contract than what he's got or going to get here. He will also be much appreciated there, it will be seen as a home run hire by their fans.

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And a grand slam hire by you.

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Dude. Is that necessary?

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What are you getting defensive for? The guy has made his position on RC clear for a while now on this forum.

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Not defensive. Just curious as to why so antagonistic toward other posters. Not just this post. Many before this. There was nothing wrong with his post

So what if he wants Childress gone? And so what if he says so?

Do you want Childress gone? Why can't you just state your opinion on the matter without mockery and antagonism toward other posters?

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I don't think he started the "mockery and antagonism" earlier this season, but I could be wrong.

No - it is not that far fetched. When Erstad started with Nebraska, the Huskers (I believe) were still in the Big 12. Since they've moved to the Big 10, their athletic department revenues have nearly tripled ... similar to the financial boom we've seen with our move to the SEC.

(Side note - amazing what great things happen to you when the folks in Austin don't make all of the decisions on your behalf...)

Anyway, with the increased dollars NU has in it's pocket, it's my guess they can now afford to commit resources to non-football sports. They made a splash hire in basketball by landing Fred Hoiberg. I can see NU wanting to do the same in baseball ... and by their standards, hiring Childress would be the splash baseball hire to end all splash baseball hires.

And ... on top of that, Childress would likely be very successful in the Big 10. The chances of making the post season and hosting are much greater than they are at A&M. He would probably be the best head coach in the league and the competition level isn't that great. If he did his scheduling the way Texas Tech and East Carolina do, they'd have a regional in Lincoln 75% of the time. Make high-profile road trips in February and early March, then win a lot of league games and you're golden in the eyes of the committee. If RC will take the Huskers on the road to play LSU (for example) and maybe a California tourney before Big 10 play starts, he'll skate to the post-season every single year.

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BoozingAg said:

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It's ok Pablo. He's mad.

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Not mad at all. I'm just pointing out obvious bias based on a season's worth being on this forum.

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Yep. I have a bias that was reaffirmed by Duke.