[Husker] Callahan to Vikings? (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> I would not blame Callahan for leaving for any other job based on the rude 
> crude reception he receives from the so called Nebr. fans. He is a good 
> coach and person and should be respected as such. Notice how there is no 
> Solich noise after his Ohio incident, do you suppose that could have been 
> part of his sudden firing? 

I'm not sure what you mean by 'noise', but I count over 20 posts here
dealing with Frank's arrest.  It made big headlines in the papers and 
was well covered by the TV stations, too.

If Callahan got a rude reception it was in large measure due to the
lack of success in his first year, especially after the HUGE expectations 
placed upon him by Steve Pedersen's statement after firing Solich that 
the only acceptable level of performance is for Nebraska to compete for 
the national championship, a level that BC is still a bit away from,
though I think they may be ranked about 22 in the final polls later 
this week.

While I think many fans don't hold the decision to move to the WCO against 
BC personally, since that's the primary reason he was hired (over some 
option-offense-type coach), he didn't help himself by dissing (some would
say gutting) the walkon program the way he did.
--
Mike Nolan