It’s pretty standard to see an outpouring of tweets from college athletes when their coach gets fired. It makes sense: their mentor, the person who recruited them out of high school, has been taken out of a job and removed from their lives. But the outcry from Nebraska players and former players after the firing of Bo Pelini was a bit more intense and more cutting than usual.
Nebraska players are *not* pleased with Bo Pelini’s firing
Nebraska players aren’t just disappointed to lose a coach -- they’re actively critical of Nebraska’s decision-making.
Starting QB Tommy Armstrong:
Biggest mistake you ever made.... Bo was the best coach I've ever had and I'll always appreciate the things you taught me.
— Tommy Armstrong Jr. (@Tommy_Gun4) November 30, 2014 DT Vincent Valentine:
I don't see how this decision will help the program. If anything, it'll make it worst honestly.
— Vincent Valentine Jr (@TheRealVRVJ) November 30, 2014 CB Josh Mitchell:
Smh terrible decision just awful smh 9 wins gets you fired? Thank you coach Bo for everything u did for me & this team over ur tenure
— Josh Mitchell (@J_Mitch05) November 30, 2014 The fans trollin talkin about Bo y'all better hope the next coach can do what Bo did that's all ima say b4 I snap I'm out ✌️
— Josh Mitchell (@J_Mitch05) November 30, 2014 "@HuskersFB: @J_Mitch05 key for the next coach is to get talent in lincoln.." Yea Goodluck u know how hard it is to get ppl to come here smh
— Josh Mitchell (@J_Mitch05) November 30, 2014 All you ppl that say u want better recruits & it's Bo's fault look how u tweet the athletes after games u dnt think recruits see that????
— Josh Mitchell (@J_Mitch05) November 30, 2014 Bout to lose a lot of recruits that were coming here to play for coach Bo
— Josh Mitchell (@J_Mitch05) November 30, 2014 OL Matthew Finnan:
Stupidest goddamn decision I've ever seen, heard, or been a part of.
— Matthew Finnin (@StepDaddyFinnin) November 30, 2014 This'll go down as the worst decision Eichorst will make in his career. He don't care tho. Just biding his time til Wisconsin opens up.
— Matthew Finnin (@StepDaddyFinnin) November 30, 2014 At the end of the day Bo was the only one who gave a shit about us. You think Eichorst or Pearlman gave a shit? All they care about is $$$
— Matthew Finnin (@StepDaddyFinnin) November 30, 2014 I can guarantee not one of us has ever even had a conversation with either of them.
— Matthew Finnin (@StepDaddyFinnin) November 30, 2014 Make no mistake. We just lost our father-figure, role model and you have the balls to tweet us saying "don't overreact"?
— Matthew Finnin (@StepDaddyFinnin) November 30, 2014 OL Cole Pensick, who graduated in 2013:
Name one person who wants to come into this type of environment. Great choice Nebraska
— Cole Pensick (@CPensick62) November 30, 2014 WR Taariq Allen:
That's the worse way to wake up in the morning. Smh that's some Bull real talk man. I guess stability doesn't mean anything
— T. Allen (@brasko7) November 30, 2014 Unreal. Bo believed in me and I 100% believed in him. Can't believe this....
— Jordan Westerkamp (@JordanWesty1) November 30, 2014 S Leroy Alexander:
That man has always had our backs and did anything he could do to help us. If it wasn't for Bo a lot of us wouldn't even be here.
— Alexander The Great (@Lalexander_2) November 30, 2014 DB Nate Gerry:
He's the reason we came here
— Bane (@NathanGerry) November 30, 2014 
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OL Samuel Hahn:
WE ALL CAME HERE TO PLAY FOR COACH BO!
— Samuel Hahn (@daHAHNi) November 30, 2014 So the fate of our program lies in the hands of a man who is only here until the Wisconsin AD job opens up. This should turn out well
— Samuel Hahn (@daHAHNi) November 30, 2014 Punter Sam Foltz:
Most wins by any coach in the last seven years in college football... What just happened man
— Sam Foltz (@samfoltz27) November 30, 2014 And let's take a peek at recruits interested in going to Nebraska. Here's Luke Gifford, a 3-star athlete from Lincoln committed to the Huskers:
Really wanted to spend my college years playing for him
— Luke Gifford (@luke_gifford) November 30, 2014 Kendall Bussey, a three-star athlete from New Orleans committed to the Huskers:
Well......*scratches head*
— Kendall Bussey™ (@KBJ_5) November 30, 2014 And Liam Eichenberg, a four-star offensive line recruit who had an offer out from Nebraska:
All Nebraska Recruits after the head coach got fired..... pic.twitter.com/g4RUQx8bOb
— Liam Eichenberg (@Lchopfallen) November 30, 2014 Welp.
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