(02-11-2018 01:53 PM)HarborPointe Wrote: Sadler won 89 games his first 5 years at Nebraska, which was all-time record high. He was just the 2nd coach since WW II to put up 3 winning seasons out of his first 4. It was freaking Nebraska. Going to the NIT 3 out of 5 years as he did was high cotton for them at the time. Things did go south, but Nebraska was also moving/had moved to the Big Ten during that time. Nebraska athletics in general had a difficult time making that transition, not just Sadler.
Who cares about fluffing a schedule w/ a bunch of wins against NOBODY to inflate your overall record....those 89 wins came against the likes of:
Lubbock Christian, Omaha, Ark-Pinn Bluff, UNT, Alabama A&M, Wyoming, Savannah State, Presbyterian, Ft. Wayne, UNC-Central, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Alabama State, South Carolina State, San Jose State, Florida A&M, South Carolina Upstate, UMKC, Hofstra, Eastern Washington, Grambling, UT Rio Grande Valley, Jackson State, Southern Utah, SE Louisiana, Norfolk State, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Alcorn State, CMU...yeah. Talk about inflation.
...and Nebraska wasn't in the B10 until the '11-'12 season...his last season there. And CONFERENCE games are what is important. Here, let's look at the actual data for Sadler's conference record at Nebraska:
06-07 (still Big12): 6-10
07-08 (still Big12): 7-9
08-09 (still Big12): 8-8
09-10 (still Big12): 2-14
10-11 (still Big12): 7-9
11-12 (Big10): 4-14
Total conf. record while at Neb: 34-64
(.347 winning %)
He's not a good coach, that's why Nebraska fired him. And what makes anyone think that's going to change while at Southern Miss!!??? Everyone keeps on wanting to use the Tyndall-excuse...but that's just rantings of ignorance if you ask me. Look, he's done admirably for us in the wake of the Tyndall-gate. But it's time for a new coach. He was only a means to an end. It's a tough business.