[Husker] Could this Husker team beat...

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

Hmmm..... didn't think I was being that venomous.  With regards to seeing 
us fail, how else am I supposed to interpret that the call for Callahan's 
head will grow louder? 

I'm not 100% sold on Bill Callahan as being the right coach for the 
Nebraska Cornhuskers. I'm certainly not 100% sold on Kevin Cosgrove, in 
fact, he's making me crazy.  However, if we were all embarassed by Solich 
being fired after a 9-2 record, do we really want to see Callahan fired 
for the same record so we can be embarassed all over again?  I don't think 
so, especially when it is clear he's making progress. 

Rewind - back to the appearance of Bill Byrne. EVERYONE hated the man when 
he came to Nebraska because he made us change the way we'd been doing 
things since just about forever. Was he the right guy to be our AD for 20 
years? No, but the evolution he put in place is reaping huge rewards now 
when everyone said it would fail miserably. 

 
When you start this stuff, like SP did when firing Solich,  it may be an 
evolution that fails, but you still have to let it play out. Otherwise, 
like I've said before, we become Alabama. Who wants that? 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

"David Redding" <jamtrack at gmail.com> wrote on 10/10/2006 07:38:11 AM:

> Jon...why the venom?  And what's up with the "people who want to see
> Nebraska fail" stuff?  I'm a 37 year fan, good times and bad.  But I
> am far from a homer and follower, or as Mike would say a "kool-aid 
> drinker."  I thought FS was a good guy but a terrible game coach. 
> In the past two years I have seen some of the worst coaching on a 
> major college level I have ever seen on any team.  BC is improving 
> and is learning, I also hope he continues to do so.  I was at the 
> USC game, but I was not foolish enough to think we would win.  We 
> are not even close to being at a level where we could roll USC at 
> their place.  But I went and cheered loudly and had a great time and
> love my team.  I do not think BC will succeed, I don't think he is a
> good enough coach.  My opinion only, and I won't be "proud" of being
> right if I am.  And as far as being an "embarrassing 5-1", it was 
> like being an embarrassing 9-3 in 2003.  We had a good record but 
> couldn't beat anyone any good.  This year, we just haven't beaten 
> anyone any good yet, we may.  It "remains to be seen". 

> On 10/10/06, jonlists at cbsol.com <jonlists at cbsol.com> wrote: 
> Okay, I'll bite.
> 
> It's always great when people ask a hypothetical question such as you 
> have, knowing it can never be answered.
> 
> Embarassing 5-1? We're 5-1. It would have been nicer if we'd "looked"
> better against USC, but I guess that depends on how you saw the game. I
> didn't see it that as being that bad. 
> 
> I don't know if we're back to where we started, all we can do is to keep
> winning games, even if they're against "inferior" competition. We can't 
do
> anything about the level of competition in the Big 12, and the schedule 
> we've played is pretty comparable to that we've played for the last, oh,
> 30 years. What you want out of that I don't understand.
> 
> Missouri is definitely improved, but if we happen to beat them, people
> will say that they weren't really that good in the first place, so 
> 'failure' becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. I don't know if our 
defense
> is good enough to stop Texas's running game, and that's what will have 
to
> happen for us to win that game.
> 
> I guess if it comes apart as the season progresses, you can be proud 
about 
> being right and get louder. It's always wonderful to see people wanting 
to
> see Nebraska fail, but I don't understand it.
> 
> Are there specific parts about this Nebraska team you don't like? Four
> usable, capable running backs? A good quarterback? Good receivers? 
> 
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.cornnation.com
> 
> husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 10/09/2006 10:44:53 PM:
> 
> > the 2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers? 
> >
> > Interesting.  In three years, has the team "improved" enough to where 
it
> was
> > when the previous coach got fired?  I'd be really interested to hear 
the
> > input and opinions of other listers on this.  My answer is that it 
> probably
> > remains to be seen.  We have played one team of any distinction at 
all,
> and
> > the best thing we can say about that is that we didn't look too bad 
and
> only
> > lost by 18.  About the only team who has played a weaker schedule is 
the 
> > Missouri Tigers.  We are a somewhat embarrassing 5-1.  If pressed, my
> answer
> > would be no, we are not back to where we started.  I don't think this
> team
> > could beat the 2003 Husker team...the players are as good but it is 
not 
> > nearly as well coached.  I don't mind being the first to publicly jump
> on
> > the G.R.O.C. bandwagon, and I expect it will pick up steam this year 
and
> > next.  I'm hoping for a new coach in 2008.
> >
> > Dave
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