[Husker] Monte Kiffin ?

[Kaufsss at aol.com]

Callahan had college coaching experience - don't remember where - and he  was 
touted as a great recruiter.  I would say it is a little of 1 and 2 -  but 
maybe it was that Nebraska just wasn't the place for it either.  There  was just 
to much tradition that had to be pushed away to get this system of  coaching 
to work.  But thinking now - it doesn't seem like any of the  current NFL 
coaches - turned college coaches has really worked out --- so  far.  Weis, 
Wannstead, Callahan.  Would you call Al Groh a success at  Virginia?  
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/10/2007 8:00:24 AM Central Standard Time,  
gbrlist at hotmail.com writes:


>  Was "The Callahan Experiment" basically a failure because of 
> 
>  1) He failed as a coach ? (0-16 record if losing at halftime, etc.)
>  
> or
> 
> 2) NFL means & methods don't work so well in  college ball ? (players more
> emotional, don't keep 1st string in  constantly, one loss is more
> devastating to ratings, complicated  schemes take too long to learn, etc.)
> 
> 
> I'm not expert  enough to know, but I suspect 2) is more key here. If so,
> unless  Kiffin would be willing to shift gears and coach with a 
> college-level  mentality, I don't know how much more successful he'd be. 
> 
>  His name surely strikes a great deal of respect, though. Too bad  indeed
> that it wasn't him in place of BC at the end of the Solich era.  Then we
> would have found out sooner if ab NFL coach can be equally  successful
> coaching at the college level.
> 
> Bill  Laughlin
> Wichita, KS

While I disagree that #2 was more key than  #1 in Callahan's case, I see your 
point.  At least Monte has college  coaching experience at Nebraska, 
Arkansas, and as the head coach at North  Carolina State.  That would certainly serve 
him well if he ever returned  to college  coaching.

Dave

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