[Husker] Pelini blames NU AD for loss of Pitt job

[Bob Beach]

At 11:53 AM 1/15/2005, Sean McGrath wrote:
>What qualifications doesn't Bo have to be a head coach? If it's over
>calling Bill Snyder an a-hole then we can say Callahn has his problems
>since he call the OU fans a bunch of f*#cking hillbillies.



      That incident with Snyder is certainly included in the reasons but it 
isn't the only reason.  I doubt anyone would say a person shouldn't be a 
Head Coach based on one incident and one incident only unless it was 
something really monumental.  One thing certainly working against Pelini is 
his resume.  To this very day the highest position Pelini has held on the 
pro or college level for a complete season is DC at NU.  He doesn't even 
have that high of position now.  And no, I don't condone what Callahan did 
but I don't think one incident is worth firing him over either.  Pelini 
must be lacking something, though, as NU isn't the only one passing him 
by.  If he was an out and out world beater somebody would snatch him up.





>  If it's his
>coaching style then I would have to disagree because as DC then interim
>HC he was able to get the most out of his players which I haven't seen
>here at NU with Callahan yet.



      I would agree he had a good run as DC for one season.  As far as HC 
it was just a continuation of the season.  I would believe in the bowl game 
Bo had the title "Interim Head Coach" but in reality Barney coached the 
offense and Bo coached the defense.  And, I guess I would ask how you would 
know Callahan didn't get everything out of his players they had to offer?



>At least Bo knew what he was getting into
>and what traditions the Huskers had unlike Callahan who was overwhelmed
>by the pressure of being the Huskers HC.



       How would Bo be more aware of that than Callahan prior to getting 
here?  Bo had no more Nebraska ties or background than Callahan did.  Bo 
didn't come here with the pressure of being Head Coach.  That's true, but I 
don't know how that makes one more aware of traditions.  The only reason it 
probably was impressed on Pelini more is he was coaching with a lot of 
coaches that had NU ties and coaching under a Head Coach that went way back 
so it would have been pretty straight forward to pick up on the traditions.




>  The biggest reason Callahan got
>this job was he was a HC for two seasons in the NFL one of which was an
>incredible disaster.



       Most coaches get hired because they have Head Coaching experience in 
their background.  Don't just major on the negative.  One season was a 
Super Bowl Season as well.


>  I bet within five years Bo will have his HC job. He
>is a good coach and showed it last season with the Huskers.



      Bo IS a good coach and someday undoubtedly will be a goo Head 
Coach.  He just needs more seasoning.  He is still young, 38, as coaches 
go.  He has time.  Bobby Bowden, for example, didn't become a Division-IA 
Head Coach until he was 41.


Bob Beach