[Husker] Showing the ropes

[Andrew Smith]

I find this "showing the ropes" concept a bit comical.
(1) There's no secret "ropes" that a head coach hides from all but his 
chosen successor.  If you're one of the top coaches of a team, you see 
the "ropes" every day you work with the team and the other coaches.
(2) The only way to fully see the "ropes" is to be a head coach.  I'm 
not convinces that being an assistant head coach shows you much more of 
the "ropes" than being, for example, the defensive coach IMHO.  The 
other coaches are not going to see you and treat you as a head coach 
unless you ARE the ultimate decision maker for the team AND their 
continued employment, and you're not going to fully understand what it 
takes to be a head coach until you have those responsibilities.

Further thoughts...

I'm fairly certain that coaches grooming their successors is NOT the 
norm.  Most head coaches get their first such position by switching schools.

I agree that getting a SUCCESSFUL head coach from another IA team would 
provide a greater degree of confidence that they were up to the job, but 
there aren't a lot of those available and interested.  More important, 
it is my understanding that there are quite a few coaches (and players) 
with connections to TO, and whom he trusts, that can provide insight to 
Bo's personality and abilities.  That provides a certain degree of 
confidence that may be as valuable as the former.

Andy


Tony Lambert wrote:
> Bob Wrote: On the other hand we are
> talking about a guy being hand picked and groomed for the
> subsequent Head Coaching job and shown the ropes.
>
> Bob, How do you know that coach Les Miles was not showing Bo the ropes ?
> Have you been to the meetings that the coaches have ?
> Have you been there in the the one to one meetings ?
> You are just Assuming that he has not been shown the ropes as you say.
>
>
> Tony Lambert
>
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> From: <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:34 PM
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>>
>> ***** ORIGINAL "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net> MESSAGE
>> FOLLOWS *****
>>
>> Bunch o' nobodys like Seifert, Carroll, Sherman, Solich, Stoops,
>> and Miles.
>>
>> It sucks that he's never had any good bosses to learn from.
>>
>> -- 
>> Skylar
>> mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net
>>
>>
>>
>> In response to "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net> message on 28-
>> December-2007 10:15:50p
>>
>>   You and I both know we are talking about two different things.
>> On one hand we are talking about a guy being an assistant coach
>> under a great Head Coach or Coaches.  On the other hand we are
>> talking about a guy being hand picked and groomed for the
>> subsequent Head Coaching job and shown the ropes.  Devaney knew
>> TO was going to be his replacement.  TO knew, or at least hoped,
>> Solich was going to be his replacement and they were groomed
>> accordingly.  I doubt Seifert, Carroll, Sherman, Solich, Stoops,
>> and Miles were grooming Pelini to be the next Head Coach.  If
>> they were they failed miserably because Pelini moved on.
>> Learning football is one thing.  Learning how to be a Head Coach
>> is an entirely different thing.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Bob Beach
>>
>> mailto:<baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
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