[Husker] Coaching Staff, Recruiting, SOS, Etc...

[Tommy Thompson]

Jeff...what a great post.

Remember in Ground Hog Day, bad stuff kept happening until he got it right. 
Hopefully, TO got it right the first time.

Some quick comments:

ASSISTANT COACHES:  I think so many former Huskers coaches were selected to 
satisfy the boosters.  Not for their ability.  If they were so great, why 
weren't they employed in big time programs (some weren't employed at all)? 
Personally, I like Ron Brown...as a person and as a coach.  The rest, only 
time will tell.

SHAWN WATSON:  Again, only time will tell, but he does know the 
offense...and the players.   A major problem with Callahan was that he was 
unwilling to gradually work in his offense with the players already in 
place.  That first season could have been better if he had run something a 
little different.  I think this is a good hire.

RECRUITING:  For those on the list...name former Husker scholarship (not 
walk-on) players from Nebraska who were not highly recruited by other 
programs and yet were stars under Osborne.  I can't think of any.  Not 
saying there weren't great players from Nebraska, just saying that they were 
recruited by a lot of other folks.  I think this recent recruit from 
Nebraska was done for show.  He may turn out to be a superstar, but the only 
reason he was offered a scholarship at this particular time was to show the 
Husker Nation that recruiting in Nebraska has resumed.  As for 4-5 star 
players...hmm...Turner Gill, Tommie Frazier, Mike Rozier, Christian Peter, 
Lawrence Phillips, Ahman Green(actually from Nebraska!), etc.  Gotta have em 
if you want to win championships.

BCS:  I like it...I hate it...no wait...I like it...I can't make up my mind. 
Kind of like boxing.  No one knows who the real champion is, but it's fun to 
talk about...ad nauseum!

SOS:  When I lived in Alabama during the 80's, I took a lot of crap about 
Nebraska's nonconference schedule.  Yeah, it's better than K-St's, but in 
reality, it's usually pretty light.

FAN EXPECTATIONS:  I don't know about anyone else, but I want to see 
championships...every year.  With a good defense this year, Nebraska would 
have had one, I think.  Let's hope Pelini can right the ship.  I would like 
the Huskers to win the Big XII immediately.  Believe it or not, but I think 
that should have happened this year...Cosgrove's defense...especially the 
DB's playing off the receivers...ARGHHH.

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"