FW: [personal] [Husker] The latest from Bill

[Pat Gaule]

Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:
> But that is from the defensive side - HE MUST GET RID OF COSGROVE -  If 
> he does that(fires Cosgrove) -  I Hope he stays!   The offense is a good 
> idea- He is learning and he wanted to invite the Alums back... but it 
> was not allowed.  HE coaches it well. He has learned - But if he 
> can't  fire cosgrove  he has to go. 
>  

The only way to say this is...........NO!

I do not want Callahan in charge of hiring the next defensive 
coordinator because he botched it so badly the first time.  He hired 
Cosgrove simply because he was a good friend, not because of his 
performance at Wisconsin.   Furthermore, he has neglected to do anything 
about it to this point!

Callahan had plenty of chances to dump Cosgrove, and he chose to stick 
with a sinking ship.  No competent coach would have stuck with Cosgrove 
for this long.    He should have been given the boot after the first 
season (2004) when NU finished 56th in total defense and 71st in scoring 
defense.  Craig Bohl, a respected coach who was an 8-year assistant at 
NU got the boot for a similar performance in 2002 (55th in total defense).

If that wasn't enough reason to let him go, 2006 saw Nebraska finish 
56th in total defense.  Again, this ranks *below* the performance that 
got Craig Bohl canned in 2002.  Yet, Callahan refused to make any 
changes and that got us to where we are today.  Nebraska is currently 
ranked 112th in total defense.  I believe they have been below 80th 
since the Ball State game.  At the very least, changes should have been 
made in the middle of this season.  There is absolutely no way that 
Nebraska could have done any worse if an assistant was appointed on an 
interim basis.  At the very least it would have sent a message that this 
performance is completely unacceptable at any level of football.  This 
is what Texas Tech did and their defense currently sits at 47th (which 
is at least servicable, even if it's not good by Nebraska's standards).

There is absolutely no reason to believe that Callahan can make a good 
defensive hire, and there is absolutely no reason that NU should give 
him that chance.

And all of this talk about the offense performing great is humorous. 
One game against an awful KSU team that will likely finish with a losing 
record is not indicative of a great offense.  Where was this offense 
during the losses to Missouri, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M an extremely 
important part of the schedule that saw the Huskers goes 0-4 in October?

Callahan will be gone at season's end and nobody will miss him.  Let him 
"learn" his offense somewhere else.