[personal] [Husker] Who says you can't change defensive coordinators mid-season?

[Alan Siporin]

On 9/25/07 5:09 PM, "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Concerning a new DC, look at Callahan's hiring record. He hires people he
>> worked with before. I doubt most of the names being bandied about have much
>> of a chance.
> 
> Most coaches hire people they've worked with, under, or over before,
> or with whom they have some strong connection. Still, in the small
> world of coaching, that leaves a lot of people out there.

I concede that I haven't followed the dozens and dozens of assistant coach
hiring's each year, so I have no way of knowing if that's true. I do know
from OWH and LJS articles at the time, that Solich spent an enormous amount
of time, searching and researching, before he settled on someone (Pelini) he
had never worked with before, and who turned out to be a very hot commodity
today, after being a comparative unknown when Solich hired him.

By the way, I made a point not to attach judgment to my original phrase.  I
assume there are pros and cons to both methods. If you worked with someone,
you should know them pretty well. On the other hand, it does shrink the
talent pool, big as it may be.

Alan Siporin