[Husker] Callahan to NY

[Mike Jaixen]

Bill Callahan is 51 years old and failed twice at his
last two head coaching gigs (one a major college
program), and other than Wade Phillips, every head
coach that has been hired in the NFL in the last few
years has been a young 30 or 40 something hot
assistant.

The most likely scenario for Bill Callahan to become a
head coach again is to be appointed interim head coach
after the head coach he was assisting became
incapacitated (health/family problems, etc.)  The NFL
and most major colleges simply aren't interested any
more in guys who have a past history of failure.  It
sounds rough, but that's where things stand.

Don't believe me?  Think that's too harsh?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=3202494

Here's a quote from that article:
"Take a look at what's going on," said one former head
coach who wasn't a candidate in Miami and hasn't been
contacted by any of the three clubs still conducting
head coaching searches. "It seems like the obvious
preference now is for the so-called 'fresh face,' the
new guy who doesn't come with any baggage or track
record, and hasn't been fired by anybody.

"Having 'former head coach' on your résumé, which used
to be enough to at least get you in the door when
there were job openings, is like having a third eye in
the middle of your forehead or something. I don't get
it. When did it become such a stigma to actually have
experience running the show?"

And Callahan's end at Nebraska will likely make him
rather unattractive to most colleges in BCS
conferences.

--- Pat Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:

> That has about as much chance of happening as the
> possibility that 5 or 
> 6 teams would have gone undefeated in college
> football this year.  (I 
> believe that was something you also predicted before
> the season 
> started).  Bill Callahan will never be a head coach
> in the college or 
> the NFL.


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


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