[NU Sports] coaches leaving

[Roy Lamberton]

Interesting Mike, I agreed with that thought about the Husker program - JoPa's
success at State Penn also was an outgrowth of low turnover among his top
assistants, notably Sandusky. Even now Jo Pa doesn't lose many coaches - altho
they're approached all the time.

However, I think the days of coaching stability are almost gone - look at all
the changes happening not only at our place, but up the road in Madison...

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:33 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] coaches leaving 
> 
> 
> > Randy Walker's team, despite what you read, and his comments about 
> > being the only assistant left in 10 years is not a negative comment 
> > about running off staff, but a belief that for his 
> assistants and the 
> > NU program to continue growing under his leadership, there 
> has to be 
> > turnover among those assistants.
> 
> For years (possibly decades) it was an article of faith among 
> Husker fans that stability within the coaching staff was a 
> large component of the Nebraska success story, despite quite 
> a bit of evidence to the contrary.
> 
> Point 1:
> When the head coach (Osborne) retired and Solich was elevated 
> to take over, 
> all of the assistant coaches stayed on, and within a few 
> years they 'led' 
> the Huskers to a 7-7 record.  Wholesale changes among the 
> assistant coaches 
> followed, and the team rebounded to 9-2, but the new AD fired 
> Solich anyway.  
> 
> Point 2:
> When the head coach (Devaney) retired and Osborne was 
> elevated to take over, 
> most of the assistants left.  Osborne never won fewer than 9 
> games a year in his 25 seasons at Nebraska.
> 
> I find it interesting that the same assistant coaches that so 
> many were willing to dump are now a cause of concern because 
> they're leaving.
> --
> Mike Nolan
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