[Husker] Article

[jon johnston]

Consider me on the Pelini bandwagon if for no other reason than he's  
our head coach. He doesn't have head coaching experience, but he sure  
acts and sounds like he wants to be the head coach at Nebraska and  
right now that's good enough for me.

Otherwise.... I think we made the right move in hiring a defensive- 
minded head coach. Look at the Big 12 right now. Other than Oklahoma,  
there isn't a great defense in the conference and every year the  
Sooners compete for the Big 12 title. (Disclaimer: statistically, KU  
has a pretty good defense, but hey, other than Mizzou, what great  
offenses did they play?)

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Dec 28, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Tommy Thompson wrote:

> Callahan had coached, mostly successfully, at many levels prior to  
> coming to Nebraska.  With the exception of his last year in Oakland,  
> his resume looked quite good.
>
> I haven't jumped on the Pelini bandwagon yet either, however, prior  
> coaching experience, whether or not as a Head Coach, does not seem  
> to indicate whether or not a coach will be successful.
>
> I'm hoping for great things...just not getting my hopes too high.
>
> Tommy Thompson
> "GO BIG RED"
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Stone" <sstone at pvtnetworks.net 
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> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 4:11 PM
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>
>> Bob wrote:
>>
>>>     I am not going to disagree with you on whether coaches know
>>> coaching and what it takes to succeed moreso than someone who has
>>> never been in coaching.  That is a given.  But I also do know the
>>> coaching fraternity is a lot like a good ole boys club.  Rarely
>>> are you ever going to hear one coach criticize another.  The only
>>> time you might hear this is if a coach believes he has been
>>> wronged by another coach.  But, generally they stick up for each
>>> other.  I don't see how anyone could possibly know what kind of
>>> Head Coach Pelini will be.  Because he has never been one no one
>>> has anything to go on.  There is no track record.  I am not
>>> against Pelini and am not going to unduly and hopefully not
>>> unfairly criticize him.  But, I haven't seen anything yet to
>>> completely hop on the bandwagon either.
>>
>> If memory serves, Dr. Tom had never been a head coach at any level  
>> nor had he coached at any level at any other university.
>>
>> Please correct me if my memory has skipped a beat.
>>
>> Steve Stone
>>
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