And he would have been a great option last year, but some fans would have complained that he hasn't led a big enough program. There are plenty of viable coaching candidates who don't meet "every" standard our crazy fans have.
No s#!t!
Good point. I was just thinking that about his Fresno stint - he wasn't long there but he showed progress. Last year would have been perfect timing. So who is the new Fresno State LIKE candidate. Is it Chadwell at Costal Carolina or Army's coach or ??? Basically we are looking for the next Devaney type guy. Devaney was an assistant coach at MSU then got the Wyoming gig and showed great progress. Then made history at Nebraska. The $8-10 million question is - will an established, successful P5 coach leave his position to take over a Nebraska program or do we need to go the G5 route to find the next Deboer??
I'm fine going either route. I would be surprised if someone like Aranda is hired. So, I'm guessing it's going to be someone from G5.
Why would you be surprised with an Aranda, Leipold, Campbell, or another Power 5 coach? I don't think NU will have to go to a G5 coach, if Trev doesn't want to. I am not advocating either way, both routes can be successful.
YES BUT...... Has he consulted HuskerBoard yet :smokin ? And particularly this thread.
Yep, the more I think about it the more I think it may be a G5 coach - why? Ask why would a SUCCESSFUL, EXPERIENCED coach leave his current P5 gig. There are more reasons for them to stay then to move - esp wt the 12 team playoff coming. We sure don't want an UNsuccessful, INexperienced P5 coach. Thus we go after a SUCCESFUL, EXPERIENCED G5 coach who fits the requirements TA has laid out.
You aren't completely off base, but just last year, two successful coaches at all-time top 5 institutions were poached away by other schools. Money talks (yeah, there were probably other factors at play as well, but come on, it's the money more than anything).
Given where we are in the season, I would love to know the percentage of time Alberts is spending talking to prospective candidates vs. the time he is speaking with non-candidates about how they built their programs.
Both at once. The whole country knows about the job. Has for a year now as a practical matter. I’m sure a bunch of contacts preceded the firing(s).
The job will be filled shortly after the season ends in late November. Trev isn't going to wait until January.
Agree as long as the new coach isn't coaching in the playoff. Not sure how it would be handled at that point or if that would change the potential new coaches decision.
He (and myself and others) would be incredibly surprised because Nebraska football has been a dead-end job for 20 years. Give these good coaches some respect because they are smart enough to stay away when they have a good thing going already. How is that so hard to accept? Just look at records and history. Actually, since the last few seasons of turmoil with Bo and him getting fired, it hasn't been "the good life" for coaching at Nebraska. There is enough data from the past 8-10 years to stay away.
