No backing down: Pelini has no patience for losing
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The Associated Press/Orlin Wagner
Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini speaks Monday during Big 12 Media Days in Kansas City, Mo.
By Terry Douglass
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Posted Jul 22, 2008 @ 12:06 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ?
While Bo Pelini offers no predictions about how quickly he might be able to turn Nebraska's football fortunes around, just know that the first-year coach wants to see the Cornhuskers get back on track sooner rather than later.
Asked Monday at the Big 12 Conference's preseason media days if Nebraska's knowledgeable fan base equals greater patience, Pelini cut the question short.
"I don't worry about that," Pelini said. "I'm not a very patient person myself. Just ask the guys that played in that golf tournament with me on Saturday.
"I'm not a real patient guy and I understand. (Fans) have expectations and they want to win, and I want to win. We don't want to wait."
Pelini, who is one of three new Big 12 coaches this year along with Mike Sherman of Texas A&M and Art Briles of Baylor, was the first to be interviewed by print media Monday at the Kansas City Downtown Marriott. Predictably, the prevailing message he conveyed to regional and nation press didn't stray from what Husker fans have been hearing since Pelini was hired by athletics director Tom Osborne to replace Bill Callahan last December.
The focus is not the end product, Pelini said. Create a winning culture of respect and accountability and the positive results are sure to follow.
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