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.

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

WR Jordan Westerkamp:

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

WE ALL CAME HERE TO PLAY FOR COACH BO! — Samuel Hahn (@daHAHNi) November 30, 2014

OL Samuel Hahn:

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:

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.