We won the games we were supposed to win and lost the ones we should have won, and failed to be competitive for the ones we could have won.

I agreed with the AD'S reasoning

1. Frequent angry outbursts on the sideline. 2. Vulgar language 3. The ill speaking of some Nebraska fans. 4. The inability to take Nebraska to an elite level. (The 3 blowout losses to Wisconsin were terrible and telling)

I voted for this side only because there is no "HELL YES" option.

Pelini's hotheaded act has gotten old, as well as his lack of being competitive in big games, Getting blown out time and time again and losing to Minnesota 2 years in a row? Ridiculous. Pelini just isn't a good game day coach. Always unprepared when it matters most.

He didn't embrace the fans, he fought them. He didn't win big games. The program was stagnant.

He should have fired at least either OC or DC last year.

He is a good coach. But Nebraska needs one that will be consistently in the running for a national championship and always in the top ten. The fans deserve this. We gave him a chance. What I don't like about it is that they didn't let him coach his last game. He deserved it.

I don't mind losing, it's the way we lost that I couldn't stand. I like Bo and think he is a hellva coach (look what he did with special teams this year), but he needed to surround himself with better coaches. Bo's biggest fault was being too loyal. Osborne went 9-3 plenty, but never got smacked around like we have. There is a difference.

Thought Bo won a lot of games against lesser appointments, he was just over .500 against teams with winning records, and 5-16 against teams which finished the season ranked. He had no signature victories, and got blown out on a regular basis. Its time for Nebraska to move on.

it was time

Bo couldn't win the big ones.

The program isn't in any better shape in year 7 than it was in year 2 with Pelini at the helm. Nebraska needs a really really strong recruiter to make it back into the top 10 of college football.

We need to compete for championships, not mediocrity.

Bo was not the right face of the program....He was done when he said the program was going in the right direction after yet another blow out loss to Wisconsin. Also, his "angry little man" approach to press conferences and other interviews was embarrassing. Additonally, while we did get 9 wins per season, it was against teams that, frankly speaking, did not matter in the scheme of things. Bottom line, he hurt the "Brand" of NU and that had to stop, whatever the price....

He was not able to have his team ready to play in the big games. He seemed to have a NFL mentality about losses. Good couch just not who Nerasable needs to lead them to championships.

I liked Bo, but for me the single most important factor would be being absolutely OWNED by Wisconsin. Losing a close game, or even winning a close one does not offset the THROTTLING that Whisky can just seemingly do at will

9 wins over mediocre caliber teams is not impressive. Not looking competitive against like-talented or slightly more talent teams is not impressive. Most of all 7 years and no rings to show for is why he deserves to go. You wouldn't get away with this at OU, Texas, Bama, or Ohio State. Why should Nebraska think any differently?

consistent blow out losses against above average teams.

The program record the past 7 years speaks for itself; not just the win/loss, but the lopsided defeats by quality programs.

He hitched his wagon to two inexperienced coordinators and refused to get rid of them. His inexperience at being a head coach and misguided loyalty cost him his job. He won't be so arrogant at his next job. I wish him Godspeed.

"Stay the course" it was clear that player development was not taking place, it was clear that Pelini needed to bring in fresh blood who were skilled in developing talent, it was clear he planned to stay the course with who he had on staff. Time to move on as Nebraska Football was clearly off course under Pelini.

This was the best move for Nebraska. I am tired of getting destroyed by anyone who has a decent team. We have not just been losing but getting blown out!

His consistent loses and the manner of how it happened was what cost him his job. Bo is a great defensive coordinator but head coach is a touch business and, in the end could not do it.

His sideline antics were not the behavior of a leader. The man is a coordinator not a head coach. Had he been willing to change up his staff, perhaps he could've remained as coach.

7 years to conquer temper has lead to unpredictable play and collapses - of course you will lose focus if you get yelled at that way - I could not recommend my son to play for him. Too many bad loses to ranked teams and general lack of on field discipline - he was the face of the university to the nation and it is not what I want representing Nebraska

Much to like about Bo. But his and his team's inconsistency and lack of excellence even when plenty talented signaled that the peak had been reached, and it was not enough.

the paradox is that a program like Clemson is Ok with a 9-3 season beating the rival en-route And Nebraska a program that is accustomed to using the top 10 as being a measuring stick for a programs success

Beating the teams you're supposed to beat and losing (ugly) to equal or better teams, year after year, is a coaching problem, period.

GOOD ..BUT STOP LOSING THE big GAME

Off the field issues weren't consistent with the University or culture of Nebraska. I think he is a good coach but struggled to attract top coordinator talent, IMHO.

In some ways I think Bo is the modern day Marty Schottenheimer. A guy who always made their team choke up and play too tight in big games. Bo, also was a hot head, and after last year I think his comments about fan and daring the administration to fire him. Coaches not putting players in a position to succeed. no identity as a team or program. Lastly lack of development, I think this team hit a point and didn't develop anymore. When Ameer went down, Newby wasn't really the answer was he? I don't blame Newby. I feel he was never developed or put in to get meaningful snaps. We saw this with out QB.

It seems like the program was in idle.

As much as we don't like to think it, college football is business. I wouldn't keep a sales guy employed in my business if (a) he only closed the "low hanging fruit" sales opportunities, and (b) he continually embarrassed my company. Good guy, good values, just not able to be a consistently positive influence on his players, both on the field execution and mentally, to compete with any but middle of the road teams.

Too many bad losses and the defense was pathetic. I would have settled for a change at DC but this forces the issue.

I just didn't see us every winning the important games under Pelini, we weren't even close on most of them. the players seem to be "ok" with 9-3 and not competing for a title, not even the west division title. but the university and fans should not be ok with that. we can, and should, do better.

This should have been done last year - Bo hit his ceiling, and it was obvious he was not getting us over the hump anytime soon. The OC and DC had to go, and if Bo wanted to remain loyal, it was his ass on the line. Thanks for the 7 years in Lincoln, but, time for a change.

We are not getting any better. 9 win seasons does not make a championship team. Winning the big games does that. It is time to move on. Keep in mind 4 of those nine wins are, for the most part, sure wins. It takes more than that and the Huskers can do a lot better. This is a coaching problem, not a player problem.

Good is not good enough, need to win some games against top 25 teams. Also too many blowouts. The Nebraska facilities are top notch, Talent is not far off, but the coaching is subpar.

If Bo was unwilling to replace coordinators or assistants the AD has no choice. Blow out loss (70-21) to a 7-5 Wisconsin team should have been the end of Tim Beck and John Papuchis but NU had to suffer 2 more seasons of inept schemes with great talent.

We deserve better than 3 or 4 really bad losses every year. I am sick of hearing the announcers try and hold back their laughter when we play games with any national implications and lose by 35 points.

OMG this staff was a sham.

I like BO as a person and a coach but it just wasn't clicking. After 7 years and 2 sets of coordinators, BO has given us nothing to show that he is capable of taking us to the National championship. At some point in time, you have to take a step back and look at the big picture of what BO has and has NOT done while he has been here. While BO does win 9-10 games a season, they are mostly wins against poor-mediocre teams. It seems that we as a team choke in big games and get blown out in them often. That all comes back to coaching. I like BO a lot and wish him the best where ever he goes. In the end, it's all just business.

It was time!

No signs of bringing Huskers back to relevancy!

It was time , LOVE BO and the job he did after he who shall not be named screwed the pooch, but man the losses and they were monumental losses. Good Luck to him. GBR

After 7 yrs the Nebraska Cornhuskers are still irrelevant in college football and trending down. It is a tough move to say the least and everyone including myself wishes Bo and his family nothing but the best, but the fit just wasn't quite there and as a program none of us should be happy with being irrelevant.

9 wins isn't the issue. It's how you win/lose that's important and shows progress/regress. 26-25 against all teams with winning records, regardless of conference/ranking isn't a sign of a program on the rise. Each year we knew what would happen - an ultimate breakdown and blowout loss somewhere. Time to make a move.

Just couldn't get over the hump. I don't think that Pelini's temper did him any favors either. Eichorst is right to look for a different energy.

The problem went a lot deeper than some defensive staff changes (and btw, Bo really was the DC there, with Papuchis coaching in name only); the offensive scheme is broken too, with poor results in the last month; recruiting, the lifeblood of any program, has been mediocre since he got there (no Top 20 classes), and Bo has done himself no favors with the Big 12 and Big 10 refs over the years. He'd had plenty of chances, we were showing no signs of competing with Top 20 schools, and it was time to move on. And if these players loved Bo so much, why did they continually lay down in big games? Jerry Kill's players fought Wisconsin to the bitter end, and they had significantly less talent on the roster. Why did only Nebraska routinely give up 600 rushing yards to Bucky?

Side act getting old. Feel sorry for the players, Bo is loved, but we can't continued to get blown out in big games.

Without willingness to make improvements where needed....Bo's program was stagnating (even regressing) over the last few years. It's tiresome to watch getting embarrassed in big games and the same mistakes happening over and over and over again. Change was needed.

Without a doubt...3-4 losses per year is unacceptable. Pelini's defensive stats vs Top 40 competition were eerily similar to the Cosgrove experiment!!!