[Husker] Pelini is not better than both of the last 2 coaches, IMHO

[Scott Stewart]

I have demonstrated to be an easy sell on "character." But I will give my
.02.

I was frustrated with Solich. Call it youth, passion, etc, I don't know.

I felt at the time that the offense depended too much on the QB's running.
However, in hindsight he did have Crouch, and that was not a bad bet.

I don't think Frank was a bad guy, or a bad coach, just he in my opinion
leaned too much on the QB's running (This is totally based upon my watching
previous TO offenses where the tendency was to pitch vs. EC's tendency to
run). I think that despite rough patches, time has proved me wrong, and FS
was a pretty good coach. Could he survive at NU, I don't know. We are a
pretty tough sell.

On a personal level, that is a lot harder. From what I have read, there
were not a lot of ETOH concerns while he was at NU. Drugged or not, I can
give the guy a pass on the DUI. Heck he was coming off losing the NU job,
and he has not had any bad press since. Losing a job like NU could drive a
guy to drink, and assuming the worse case scenario I can give a guy one bad
decision.

BC...Wow, that is a much tougher call. While he had few ("f" Hillbillies)
downsides, he seemed more of a politician (I apologize if I offend
politicians), than a football coach. He was too polished, and did not
accept responsibility (as Mr. Nolan has identified). I wanted him to be
successful, but it appeared quickly that it wasn't going to happen.

I think the most telling statistic is that the most productive NU coaches
are the ones that have the longest tenure (TO and BD). One can easily
critique a coach early in their learning cycle. The key is to be able to
identify the ones that will develop into champions. Or of course you can
buy them (Sorry "Nick Saban" War Damn Eagle).


On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Lawson, Scott R <slawson at albany.edu>wrote:

> I too wished Solich was treated better, but speaking of character, do
> listers just give him a mulligan regarding his being passed out drunk in a
> running vehicle? That's kind of a big deal if you ask me, whether he was
> "poisoned" or not as some have suggested. I would have never even thought
> about this again if someone didn't bring up Pelini's "character" when
> making comparisons to previous coaches.
>
> Scott in NY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:50 AM
> To: Andrew Smith
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini is not better than both of the last 2
> coaches, IMHO
>
> > > 1.  He's a better coach than the last two coaches at Nebraska.
> > > 2.  He's got more character than his predecessor, possibly the last two
> > >      coaches at Nebraska.
> > A better coach than Callahan - Yes!  A better coach than Solich - No.
>
> I liked Frank, and I thought he deserved another year, but when your AD
> clearly hates you, the writing is on the wall.
>
> I've often said that Osborne didn't do Frank any big favors when Tom
> convinced all of the assistant coaches to commit to stay several seasons
> after Tom retired.  I think Frank needed to decide on his own what his
> coaching staff should be.
>
> But I just didn't think Frank had the drive to take the Huskers to a
> national championship, and there were rumors about his personal life that
> were unsettling.
>
> I don't think anyone doubts that Bo has the drive, but it took Osborne
> 20 years to win a national championship and coaches at schools that want
> to be elite probably don't get that long any more.  (And there were several
> times during Osborne's first 20 years that a number of Husker fans would
> have willingly fired him.)
>
> > Regarding character, I hesitate to pass judgement on a person's
> > character without a lot of evidence, but I can't see Pelini having a
> > better character than Solich.  And while I don't like his coaching, I
> > don't know of anything to make me consider Callahan a person of bad
> > character.
>
> Callahan had one personality trait that IMHO is unacceprable for a head
> coach, NOTHING was ever his fault!  Read his post-game statements after
> losses, he never took responsibility for any of them!  Sorry, dude, if you
> want to sit in the big chair and get the big bucks, you have to take the
> responsibility too.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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