Why Eichorst was fired.

Because he's a ginger... NO NOT BECAUSE OF THAT!

The saying, "The simplest explanation is useually the correct one."  I have it.

All athletics at Nebraska with the exception of volleyball and track have noticeably declined on his watch.  He didn't care enough about the programs that matter to Nebraska.  Let's examine the programs Nebraska wants to be competitive in..

Football. Low hanging fruit here but in year 5 of Shawn we're losing the games that don't matter.  With Shawn gone I think that'll change unless Mike Riley totally packs it in and I don't think he'd do that.

Men's Basketball.  Seriously what the heck happened here?  Tim Miles comes in and takes the program into March Madness!  Shawn Eichorst arrives and back into the shit tube it goes.  Probably not a big deal if it wasn't for the investment of that kick ass practice facility.  Not to mention that beautiful arena down town is occupied by two sub-par basketball programs.

That brings me to Women's basketball.  We fired Connie Yori because she was a tough coach going through a tough stretch in her life.  So what did he do?  Hired a new coach that took the program back to the dredges of obscurity.

Baseball.  Granted some of its problems can and may be traced to the move to the Big Ten but that can't be the whole story can it?  Our climate bodes well for baseball and our northish direction didn't stop us from making the CWS before.

The other sports listed being abject failures points to one common point, the AD.  The higher ups made the right call at the right time.  If we want to be competitive in these sports we need an AD with a vision capable of seeing it through.  Eichorst is too green for a program the size of Nebraska.  Nebraska needs a proven leader, maybe not somebody from a sports background, but who can handle big picture programs.  Being great at football isn't good enough for Nebraska anymore.

I want Dave Rimington. There I said it.