“This guy was not for whatever reason committed to doing what he was supposed to do as the head coach of Nebraska. I don’t know why. I don’t know why but he hasn’t been. And I’m not talking about this year after they forced him to make changes, I’m talking about every year he’s been here. Every year he’s been here it’s been stuff like that. …This is a lack of commitment on his part. He wanted to be the head coach, he wanted to make the money but the commitment to everything else was not there."
This guy's eyes are farsighted, he can't see things that are too close. God, he squints so hard he almost makes it out, calls it by name!, commitment, but means lack of organization, lateness to meetings, not making recruiting calls. He comes soo close: "I'm talking about every year he's been here." Argh! "He wanted to be the head coach"--NO HE DIDN'T! That's what this guy can't see.
Talk to Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel. He didn't want to leave. He gave every tepid, hesitant second thought that came to mind: "Nebraska isn't Nebraska anymore"--the firing of Frank Solich; the difficulty recruiting in Nebraska.
What he didn't say was what he really meant: "You can never go home again." Think back to Frost leaving Lincoln, the town he was born in, and the
university located there to play his first two years of college football
at Stanford, in California! His dad was a high school football coach in Lincoln. Scott wanted to get out of there. He was not committed to Lincoln, the state or the university of Nebraska.
He didn't say (to Nebraska people, but he did to Bianchi and Central
Florida people): Recruiting at Oregon or Nebraska you have to fly all
over the country; recruiting in central Florida is as easy as picking
oranges off a tree in your backyard.
He didn't say, "I loved Jenny in high school in Lincoln but have you seen the girls in hot climates!" It was true, deep, reciprocal love-at-first sight between Frost and Orlando.
Arizona-born, Arizona wed, and central Florida married life--wonder how much Ashley liked Lincoln?
He didn't say, "The average temperatures in Lincoln in November are 49/29, the average temperatures in Orlando are 78/59."
He didn't say (to Nebraska people, but he did to Bianchi), "Orlando has Disney World!" Pretty popular thing with kids, Disney World. Frost's son is five years old.
Recall Frost coaching UCF's bowl game rather than getting a running start at Nebraska. He didn't want to leave, had second and third and enduring thoughts, doubts. "I'm talking about every year he's been here."
Remember the look on his face when he stepped off the bus for the first time in Lincoln as the prodigal son new coach. He was showing up for his own forced wedding to his (second) college sweetheart. “This guy was not for whatever reason committed..." "I don't know why. I don't know why..."
