[Husker] DB coach

[jon johnston]

Come on, guys. The guy has no real coaching experience. You don't  
start your coaching career at one of the big-names in Div IA college  
football. Start as a grad assistant, or as a position coach at some  
level and then work up.

That's why the negativity.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Dec 7, 2007, at 6:21 PM, David Strong wrote:

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>> On 12/7/07, Scott R Lawson <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> wrote:
>>> I think this is a matter of phrasing to be honest- I would say  
>>> that being a great player doesn't GUARANTEE one will be a great  
>>> coach- perhaps that is what this poster was trying to say? I would  
>>> agree with that for sure, but it's also true that many great  
>>> players have gone on to become great coaches (in most all sports).
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>>> Scott in NY
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>> Scott, yes this is exactly what I meant to say, but you obviously  
>> said
>> it more clearly. :)
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>> There is little correlation between great playing and great coaching.
>> You can find plenty of examples of one without the other in all
>> sports.
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>> Being a great player does not automatically disqualify Mike Minter
>> from being an effective coach at NU (or anywhere else), but neither
>> does it qualify him.
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> So then the suggestion offered of Mike Minter being the DB coach  
> wasn't necessarily a bad one, was it?  It didn't sound like the  
> person suggesting it was guaranteeing anything, just offered the  
> idea.  So since we've established that a great player can be a great  
> coach, why the negativity?
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> Dave
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