[Husker] Looks like the Bowden Era at FSU will end this year

[Jon Johnston]

So..... they're going to get rid of the legendary head guy so they can
promote the offensive coordinator to head coach, presumably so they can fire
him in another two years since he's obviously contributed to their lack of
success so far.

unless you think that Fisher has been purposefully undermining Bowden to get
the job. At which point, he'll fail anyway because no one will trust him
as a head coach.

This will be very intersting. :)


Jon Johnston

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:41 AM, j j <jjj112665 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > How much "coaching" is either one really doing though? Do either even
> wear a head set on the sideline? Do either even call a play during a game?
> All I ever see either do anymore is pace the sideline and yell at refs. I
> think both are more figure heads then anything.
>
> While I'm surprised that there isn't more talk/anxiety/hubris about
> the game on Thursday, I'll weigh in on this subject just to keep my
> fingers warm.
>
> In Bowden's case, that's certainly the impression I get when I saw FSU
> on TV earlier this year.  My comment to myself at the time was
> "Exactly what does that guy do down there?"  I think figurehead
> probably fits him well.  On the other hand, I haven't watched much of
> Penn State this year, but my impression of Paterno is that he's
> actively coaching.
>
> Not all head coaches call plays (Bo doesn't call the offense, and Carl
> calls the defense pretty much on his own) because we have coordinators
> for offense, defense and special teams, then we have line coaches, TE
> coaches, receivers coaches, backs coaches, etc.  The head coach tends
> to lead that bunch and makes decisions about when to go on 4th down,
> special plays, changes in play calling, and all that.  And frankly I
> don't see Bowden doing that.  It may surprise me, but it seems like
> he's a well paid spectator.  But I wouldn't be surprised that Paterno
> actively coaches.  And I think Paterno said something a couple of
> years ago about not wearing headphones because he can't hear the game.
>  But then, he was coaching before Marconi invented radio so its not
> like he grew up wearing them.
>
> Nick
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