[Husker] Bill:From New York

[Dick Karre]

John Lovstad wrote:
The record of the last two years, indicates (at least to me) that 
coaching is  the difference.


No doubt. The old-timers on the list will recall that Bill Jennings 
coached NU to a 3-6-1 record in 1961 (one of his better years in 
Lincoln). The next year, the Huskers went 9-2 under Bob Devaney, with 
essentially the same talent, thus starting one of the longest eras of 
sustained greatness in the history of college football.

Bum Phillips once praised Don Shula as follows: "He can beat yourn with 
hizzen, and he can beat hizzen with yourn." Some coaches can get their 
teams to play above the level of their individual abilities; most can't. 
As a head coach, Callahan was in the latter category.

-- 
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net