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

[Kaufsss at aol.com]

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!
>This is bogus - when he was hired we never really  thought this - he had 
experience and he could have been >a good choice at the  time.It just did not 
work out.


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).
 
>I believe any friend and guy who believed he was  the right guy would have 
stuck with him and thought it >would work.  He  believes in it - I am sorry - 
he might be wrong about the defense - but you try  to make it >work... This 
went south pretty quickly - Do you think they ever  foresaw this happening?  And 
don't say we >or he should have - no one  did...  This was a true anomoly (sp?)
 


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).
 
>I think it just fell apart built on itself and  really crashed.

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.

>With Osborne's help - maybe he can

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?


I think it was a monumental mistake not playing Ganz...  I think he kept his 
word to one player --- and the other player  understood.   We would not be 
here if Ganz was the starter all year -  but a little bit of you has to admire 
how he stuck with Sam and Joe was OK with  that. Not from a trickery 
stand-point, but Joe  bought in.


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

I am afraid of what can come next - I remember OU,  Alabama, The Cowboys , 
Notre Dame, White Sox... the names go on and on and  on.....
 
Steve  Kauf
A Husker fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE  GLORY



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