Nebraska Defensive Secondary Coach Marvin Sanders Resigns
by Jon Johnston on Feb 3, 2011 3:59 PM CST
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PrintMarvin Sanders has resigned, releasing a statement through Bo Pelini, stating "personal and family reasons".
"Marvin Sanders has resigned his position on our coaching staff for personal and family reasons. Marvin has decided the most important thing for him at this time is to take a break from coaching and spend more time with his family.
"Marvin is an excellent football coach, and he has been a key part of our defensive success here at Nebraska. The success of his secondary on the field speaks for itself, and he has a great rapport with his players and other members of the staff.
"I am working toward finding a replacement for Coach Sanders, and we will have an announcement on that once the University hiring process is completed."
"Personal and family reasons" is typically code for "affair", which will lead to speculation that perhaps it did involve sex with cheerleaders, a common cause amongst coaching staff resignations, third behind losing and health. Sarcasm? A little, but unfortunately that's what happens when the cause is left to the imagination.
It's not as if we as fans are owed any further explanation in this case, but there is a sense of general frustration around the way things are handled at Nebraska. Maybe we should accept the constant shroud of secrecy as the way that all things must be handled and let it go at that.
Marvin Sanders in one helluva coach. One need only look back to last season when Nebraska's Blackshirts were first in pass efficiency defense, lead by Prince Amukamara who is sure to be a top NFL draft pick in April.
Hopefully he'll get things straightened out and resume his career, although somewhere else besides Nebraska. We at CN wish him the best of luck with everything.
As for Shawn Watson and Ted Gilmore? It appears that's only a matter of time before Pelini makes another announcement.
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Job openings:
Current job openings at Nebraska: LB coach, Secondary Coach.
Requirements: 5 years on the job or related experience. No drama queens.
I guess it goes without saying, too
No history of sex with cheerleaders.
by Cheeseandcorn on Feb 3, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
Well, Cheerleaders at your school...
I mean, its ok if they are from another school right? I am just say’n..
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
Replacements
I love Bo’s comment; “I am working toward finding a replacement for Coach Sanders, and we will have an announcement on that once the University hiring process is completed.” Just a shot in the dark that its Corey Raymond, while youre at it Bo go ahead and name the replacements for Watson and Gilmore before Kevin Wilson does it for you. Marvin was a great coach who made a poor choice and put himself in this position I hope he learns from his mistake and is able to coach again down the road.
Wait, where are we getting off assuming anything about Sanders' affairs (double entendre, you see)?
Weren’t people saying the same thing about Carl and his alleged infidelity last year? That it was imminent that he was going to be fired? That sure panned out.
Nice one!
Could have gone with what everyone else has – which is just say “family and personal reasons” – and leave it at that, but let’s be honest, is it code for “affair” – isn’t it? Or am I wrong about that?
They could have simply said he resigned, but not given a reason, but saying “personal and family reasons” gets Pelini off the hook – because Sanders is not a coach he could have fired for performance reasons. It would increase the angst about the way that Pelini handles things. I’m re-iterating, aren’t I?
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I wouldn't assume
That “personal and family reasons” means an affair. Seems fairly clear Sanders isn’t leaving just because he wants to golf more, but an affair seems a bit too specific to assume at this point.
by Cheeseandcorn on Feb 3, 2011 9:54 PM CST up reply actions
true....
to be honest, I was baiting….. hoping that someone would flat out refute the comment. :)
Completely unfair? Yeah.
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by Jon Johnston on Feb 3, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
Always interesting to see what comes out after everything's official
According to the Journal Star, Sanders has been off the recruiting trail since early January, and their reporters asked Osborne about the situation a full two weeks ago.
Hey Jon,
why doesn’t the ‘z’ button work on CN?
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
And go Shawn Watson and Barney Cotton! Seriously, leave Lincoln. Now.
Super Bowl here we come!
On all the other SB sites I frequent you can hit the z button and it will take you to the next new comment.
That doesn’t work here for me.
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
And go Shawn Watson and Barney Cotton! Seriously, leave Lincoln. Now.
Super Bowl here we come!
Just because
Sanders retired, was asked to move on, or whatever happened doesn’t mean that more moves are inevitable. It will be interesting to see what does happen though moves or no moves. Patients my fellow fans and Bo will take care of it. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
the rumor that i am hearing...
is that tim beck will be the new OC in a few days
And it just keeps getting better...sigh.
that one is on Sanders
if he knew he effed up, then he should have at least had the guts to tell a recruit even if it was private and not to be shared.
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Does anyone read the Big 12 blog on ESPN?
The one run by David Ubben? If so, did you read the artice he published about the Sanders firing? Not the article so much, really doesn’t say anything we don’t already know, but the comments below it? There was some real venom being spewed. Check it out.
http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/25337/huskers-secondary-coach-resigns
LTC Kilgore: How you feelin' Jimmy?
Door Gunner: Like a mean motherfucker sir!
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -Hunter S. Thompson
by Look_A_Red_Squirrel on Feb 4, 2011 12:16 AM CST reply actions
I don't
David Ubben is about as lazy as it gets – I don’t bother with him.
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Does Anybody Remember...
….if there was that type of venom spewed when Mack Brown shook up his staff? My guess is no. But Nebraska ends up being the “bad guy.”
As I commented here a while back, the haters might as well go the full Monty….Python, that is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWBUl7oT9sA
"This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse at a burlesque show." --Foghorn Leghorn
I gave up on ESPN message boards
I still read the actual content on ESPN, but I never waste my time reading the message boards. There are so many people there who still think we left the Big 12 because we couldn’t beat Texas. Also on ESPN message boards- complete morons. Uneducated idiots. 12 year old kids. Grown men who live in their mother’s basement. People who are deliberately out to make other fans upset. To sum it up, the ESPN message boards are dominated by trolls.
That’s why I like to hang out here. And not only here, but at other SB blogs. I like SB sites because they are managed well and for the most part trolling gets stomped out before it takes over like it has at ESPN. I can even go to burntorangenation and have a pretty civil conversation about football. Even Missouri fans who use SB sites seem to be fairly normal.
There’s other good message boards out there, but the ones on SB sites are definitely well-run and full of great people. There will always be a few jerks, but they get BANNED!!!
by Billgrip on Feb 4, 2011 9:26 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
A friend of mine said once, “I only comment on real sites, like ESPN. I don’t comment on the blogs.” Uh, sorry, man, the comment sections of those “real” sites are cesspools of myopia and illiteracy. The comment sections on the blogs (at least the SBN ones) is where you’ll actually find intelligent thought.
by Cheeseandcorn on Feb 4, 2011 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
Oregon newspaper say Pelinin has contacted Frost
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/sports/25851133-41/frost-oregon-coach-nebraska-receivers.csp
Says Oregon would try hard to keep Frost.
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
Man I just wish we knew what was going on
Most of this is all still speculation. A source said that Taylor Martinez quit the team…just because a source says it doesn’t make it true.
But in this case
We have two sources, one on either side of the equation, that are saying the same thing. And those two sources were trusted enough by those two reporters to go to print with their info. The Martinez quitting rumor never got to that point – no news organization ever felt close to confident enough in the story to run a report of it. The only thing they ever published were refutations.
Not all sources are created equal.
by Cheeseandcorn on Feb 4, 2011 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
Good point
Well if it is true…sweet!!!! I think pretty much any Husker fan likes the idea of Frost coming back to coach. He’s a guy who knows Nebraska tradition as good as anyone…because he lived it! Plus he just coached at a team that made it to the national championship, and it is a team that runs the same offense that we are trying to run. I think having Frost around would be so great for this team. Especially kids who grew up in Nebraska watching him play QB and watching him win us a national championship.
I hope he's coming, too
But he’s in a really, really good situation at Oregon, so we’re going to have to bowl him over with an offer, I think.
by Cheeseandcorn on Feb 4, 2011 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
Since it's all over Twitter
Thought it was worth noting here. UNL posted a job listing today that looks a lot like an offensive coordinator (or co-coordinator) position.
A post on the subject by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.
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