[Husker] Another One Bites the Dust? Gilmore Gone?

[Derek Ryter]

You also have to look at the experience and quality of assistant coaches
that come with a head coach.  I was worried from day 1 about Norvell because
he was a coach in Oakland with Callahan and seemed to have so much talent
working with players and a deep knowledge of the offense.  If you look
around at guys like Stoops you know he wasn't going to be standing on the
sidelines for long. The good news is that a guy like Callahan will replace
his assistants with high quality assistants.

There's also the type of head coach to consider.  Callahan might be a guy
who grooms assistants for head coaching positions and attracts assistants
who want to go that route. As opposed to Osborne who had at least two former
players on his staff.  I'm not saying one is better than the other, but keep
in mind the situation before extrapolating.

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Derek Ryter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Knox, Chuck
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:24 AM
> To: todd strong; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Another One Bites the Dust? Gilmore Gone?
> 
> I heard on the radio this morning that the University of Iowa football
> team just lost an assistant coach to an NFL position.  The relevance to
> this discussion is they talked about a "rare opening" on the coaching
> staff -- the first since 2002.  So I don't think coaching staff
> stability is necessarily a thing of the past.  So much of the "loyalty"
> comes from who the coaches are.  You look at the coaches we had prior to
> this staff.  Most had ties to Nebraska before they started coaching
> there, and you got the impression that they were more interested in
> staying at Nebraska (Ron Brown, Turner Gill, etc.), than trying to move
> up the ladder.  I would venture a guess that not all of us have
> aspirations to be the company president (I know I don't!), and that
> there are many other aspects of a job that give us the fulfillment we
> need.  I think it can be the same in coaching.  It's not necessarily
> enjoyable to move a family around every 4-5 years.
> 
> This is in no way an indictment on the current coaching staff.  I
> haven't seen any hint of Coach C. looking to move on -- to me, that's
> where it begins.  I think if Bill stays for many years, more stability
> will set in, maybe more people with ties to the Callahan Nebraska years
> will be hired as coaches, and we may see a return closer to the way it
> once was.  Who knows.
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> Chuck Knox
> Pella, IA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: todd strong [mailto:strongtodd at msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:09 PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Another One Bites the Dust? Gilmore Gone?
> 
> With all due respect Bob. It just didn't have to happen. Certainly not
> the way it did.
> "Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
> 
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