Scott Frost doesn’t want soft players who wear hoodies in warmups

October 28, 2019

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Scott Frost is going through a tough time in his second season as Nebraska’s head coach. His team is 4-4 after going 4-8 last year and coming off a home loss to Indiana on Saturday.

Frost is having some issues with his program and wants tougher and more talented players. He said as much Saturday, saying that he doesn’t want guys who wear hoodies in pregame warmups at Minnesota.

This soundbite from Scott Frost, my goodness.
"I don’t want guys that go out in Minnesota with hoodies on and everything for warm ups. That just says to me just OK is enough, I’m a little cold so I’m going to come out here in that." #Huskers pic.twitter.com/9Vjl6P7isS

— Andrew Ward (@AndrewWardKLKN) October 27, 2019

“I told them ‘just OK never existed in the locker room that I was in when I was at Nebraska,'” Frost said. “I want guys that live and die for it that want to be great and are tough. I don’t want guys that go out in Minnesota with hoodies on everything for warmups. That just says to me that ‘just OK is enough.’ You got ridiculed or beat up when I was playing if you did that. We gotta keep getting tougher. We gotta keep getting more talent in here. And we gotta keep working. We’re just OK right now, and I’m not going to be happy with ‘just OK.'”

Frost has received criticism from some over his comments. Some pointed out what they felt was irony in Frost’s comments because the coach was wearing a hoodie indoors while commenting on his players wearing hoodies in pregame warmups.

Here’s the thing: I have absolutely no problem at all with Frost’s comments. The guy is coaching a FOOTBALL team. You need tough players in football. You especially need tough players willing to endure tough conditions when you’re playing in the Big Ten as Nebraska is. And Frost wearing a hoodie indoors while speaking with the press has nothing to do with the matter. If you have video of Frost wearing a hoodie before a game when he played for Nebraska, that would be a different story. The guy knows what kind of players it takes to win at Nebraska. The guy was a great offensive coach at Oregon and turned around the UCF program before you could blink. He’ll get it turned around at Nebraska too, once he gets some talented and tough players in there, which he will.