[Husker] Monte Kiffin ?

[Tony Lambert]

Was Pete Carroll an NFL coach ? If so he is the only one that has had 
any success in College.

                   Tony Lambert

Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:
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>  
> 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?  
>  
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> In a message dated 11/10/2007 8:00:24 AM Central Standard Time,  
> gbrlist at hotmail.com writes:
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>>  Was "The Callahan Experiment" basically a failure because of 
>>
>>  1) He failed as a coach ? (0-16 record if losing at halftime, etc.)
>>  
>> or
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>> 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
>>     
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> 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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