[Husker] The Big Red is Awfully Little

[Mike Jaixen]

There are two things to think about:

1) Tom Osborne used to note that it took five to six
years to transform a football program, and that most
colleges gave up on a coaching staff after four or
five years, starting an endless cycle of firing and
hiring until somehow found a coach that caught fire
early.

2) Many people are assuming that Steve Pederson and
Bill Callahan are "great leaders".  Right now, that
would be better stated as "hoping".  Likewise, other
people are concluding that Pederson and Callahan are
"horrible leaders".  That is probably the result of
impatience and a potentially narrow frame of view. 
What's the truth?  Like everything else...somewhere in
the middle.

Change doesn't necessarily mean that things will be
better.  Change merely means that things will be
different.


--- Omar Sharieff <ramo49 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> creating successful change in any organization
> requires many many factors to come together. the
> first element requires great leadership. the other
> thing that is required is "getting the right people
> on the bus" who will help you make that change. and
> then it takes time to implement little changes that
> will eventually lead to the permanent and hopefully
> successfull change.
>  
> I believe what we are seeing at nebraska is this
> process in action. Changes in "culture" don't happen
> overnight, and this cultural change has certainly
> been significant gut wrenching and difficult to
> swallow. Is there going to be light at the end of
> the tunnel?
>  
> i know many fans have become incredibly impatient
> with this process, but I honestly think we are not
> going to be great for another few years. We are in
> the middle of the process and we won't really know.
> If we prematurely end it now (eg firing
> callahan/cos/crew) that will just extend that
> timeframe. do we really want to continue waiting?
>  
> I think nebraska's issues, particularly on defense,
> are fixable. the coaching staff needs to do whatever
> it takes to make changes to fix the problems. i
> don't necessarily see a problem on offense, except
> for the lack of a consistent run game. we did have
> some melt downs last year defensively, but was the
> defense this bad? so we know the defense has the
> potential to play great, but it comes in fits and
> starts (last year) or not at all it seems like (this
> year)
>  
> Omar

Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


       
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