[personal] Re: [Husker] Could this Husker team beat...

[David Redding]

George...

I don't disagree with a single thing in your post, you have it dead on.  The
coaching changes are brutal.  It all makes me appreciate how fortunate we
were when the Bobfather  blessed  Husker Nation with Tom and knew that he
was good and he was.  We were not near as fortunate when TO passed the torch
to Ffank.  A great guy but just not a head coach (though firing himself as
OC was his best move and it would have been interesting to see where that
went.)  I was in favor of replacing Frank.  And I am dismayed that we made
such a poor hire ...for just the reasons you mention.  It is awful to have
to replace the head coach.

Dave

On 10/10/06, George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/10/06, David Redding <jamtrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for this post Skylar.  The responses that I got attacking me as a
> > person that wishes to see the Huskers fail were numerous and alarming.
> >
>
> [snip]
>
> Dave -
>
> I think folks are using the pattern we've observed ever since Solich was
> replaced by Bill Callahan, and extrapolating that something like 2004 will
> happen again if Callahan is fired.
>
> Let's take your two points of comparison, 3 years apart: 2003 (NU was 5-0
> at
> this point in the season) and 2006 (5-1).  If Nebraska fires Callahan in
> 2007 or 2008, there will be another 1-2 years of transition to a new head
> coach, new assistants, and new offensive and defensive schemes.  The new
> guy
> will want his own type of players, and as we all know, that doesn't happen
> immediately because of the need to scout and recruit who's available (even
> if you rely heavily on JUCO players, as Callahan has done).
>
> Where does that leave us in 2009, another 3 years from now?  We have one
> quality opponent already scheduled (@Virginia Tech on 9/19/2009); assume
> that's an automatic loss with an unproven coaching staff.  If we have a
> sub-.500 conference record, like NU had in 2004, we're now 4-2 at best,
> headed into the meat of the Big XII schedule, where we may not win another
> game.  And now your new coach who succeeded Callahan is on the hot seat.
>
> How is this an improvement?
>
> George
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