[NU Sports] New OC - Mick McCall?

[Eric West]

At 03:00 PM 1/11/2008, DPENDERG at aol.com wrote:
>
>I know many want to rationalize the choice of McCall and we all hope  that it
>turns out well.  But he still only has one year of offensive  coordinator
>experience at a non-BCS conference school and has a huge  responsibility 
>because
>the head coach himself is not a offense  guy.  There is no time for
>"on-the-job" training or the luxury  of  "growing into the position" over 
>several
>seasons.  He  (and Fitz's decision) will be judged by what unfolds next 
>fall,  so
>stay tuned.   The jury is out.

There's no time? What, is some big clock ticking somewhere that we don't 
know about? Are you late, late, for a very important date? Judging anyone 
by their first year, for good or bad, falls on the low end of the "making 
sense" meter.

In all seriousness: was anyone expecting Dan Mullen? Calvin Magee? Josh 
McDaniels? I've barely even heard of *those* people, so I certainly wasn't 
planning on having heard of whoever we got. In 1992 I'd never heard of Gary 
Barnett, either.

I can understand being noncommittal or wary about the choice, but 
out-and-out pessimism isn't any more warranted than any amount of optimism. 
Call it "rationalizing" if one must, but at least that means it's rational.

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Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu