[Husker] Coach question

[Mike and Kelly Petersen]

My guess is that how Coach Callahan is treated by fans during the "down
years" will to some extent determine if he stays around after the "good
years".

Here's hoping that he is around to replace Osborne as Governor when he
retires.... Unless of course Frank Solich returns to run against him and
causes a Nebraska civil war. :)

Mike

P.S. Is there a game this weekend?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
To: "jfpgroup" <jfpgroup at cox.net>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Coach question


> I'll give my contrarian viewpoint.  My opinion of Bill
> Callahan has steadily dwindled over the last 18 months
> or so.  It's not hatred.
>
> >From what I've seen, Callahan's strength is in
> recruiting.  Recruitniks love the guy, and he has
> obviously makes an impression with high school coaches
> and players.  You do have to like some of the players
> that Callahan and his team have brought in.
>
> However, I have 2 major criticisms of Callahan.  First
> is in game planning.  In my opinion, Callahan's
> coaching has lost us more games than it has won to
> date.  I will acknowledge that Callahan inherited a
> team that wasn't suited to his offensive scheme, but
> he also insisted that the offense was flexible and
> could adapt to any talent level.  But he didn't adapt
> his offense; he tried to adapt his players.  Look at
> last year's game plan against Oklahoma, and compare
> that to the plan against Iowa State.  Most people
> generally agree that if Callahan had used the OU game
> plan against the 'Clones, we would have won that game
> in Ames.  And gone to a bowl game.  And had another 15
> practices to master the West Coast Offense.
>
> The second is the man himself.  He now has 3 gaffes to
> his credit over the past 24 months:  "Gesture Gate",
> "F-n Hillbillies", and "Dumbest Team".  He says
> Harrison Beck is his backup quarterback, yet he keeps
> putting Joe Ganz #2 on his depth chart.  He thought
> our rushing performance against Pitt was "inspiring"
> and that "when you run the ball for over 150 yards,
> good things are happening".  Last year, after a 14-8
> win over Kansas, he opened his post game comments with
> a "WOW!"  There have been many other comments that
> he's made that make me wonder about his integrity as
> well.
>
> Perhaps he'll turn things around and prove me
> completely wrong.  (Won't be the first time.)  My
> fear, though, is that in 5 or 10 years, we'll look at
> the Callahan era like Oklahoma fans view the Howard
> Schnellenberger and John Blake years.
>
> I hope I'm wrong.
>
> --- jfpgroup <jfpgroup at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I would like to know what the sentiments are here
> > for or against Coach Callahan.  Is there that much
> > hatred and animosity?  I myself think he is a great
> > guy and that his plan will eventually work very
> > well.  I also liked Solich and Osborne, etc.  I
> > support the University regardless of the coach.  I
> > am a Husker fan.
> >
> > What does everyone else think?
> >
> > Steve
>
>
> Mike Jaixen
> Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com
>
>
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