I'll state up front that I am purely speculating, but it seems to me the evidence is building ...
- Salary of around $1 million. Who, from the list of candidates being mentioned (including Pelini) is going to come to Nebraska for that money? It would be a huge salary increase for TG.
- Matt Davison snd others stated that the new coach would be in place soon. Again, most of the candidates being mentioned are still coaching games. Not Gill. And for those that say there is a requirement that any state job be posted for 5 days ... (tell that to Frank Solich). Who else interviewed for the job when Tom went over Byrne's head to hire Frank?
- Which leads to another reason I think it's Gill. Sometimes the best way to predict what a guy is going to do in the future is to look at what he's done in the past. When in doubt, go with what you know. Tom knows and trusts Turner with his most prized possession.
- The biggest message Osborne has tried convey since returning is that Husker football is about tradition and loyalty. There are no other coaches out there (with deep Husker roots) that are as qualified as Gill.
- Many former players still harbor resentment over the firing of Solich and other loyal Husker coaches. Gill would have the support of every player that played at Nebraska while he was here (this would include almost every Husker that has played in the NFL in the last 25 years).
- For better or worse, hiring Gill is the "Husker Way".
OK. Fire away. It's just an opinion based on the small amount of information that has come out since Pederson was fired. Speaking of that... How could you keep the hiring of the new HC at Nebraska so quiet? Maybe you could do it if you were a committee of one and you planned on hiring a former employee?
- Salary of around $1 million. Who, from the list of candidates being mentioned (including Pelini) is going to come to Nebraska for that money? It would be a huge salary increase for TG.
- Matt Davison snd others stated that the new coach would be in place soon. Again, most of the candidates being mentioned are still coaching games. Not Gill. And for those that say there is a requirement that any state job be posted for 5 days ... (tell that to Frank Solich). Who else interviewed for the job when Tom went over Byrne's head to hire Frank?
- Which leads to another reason I think it's Gill. Sometimes the best way to predict what a guy is going to do in the future is to look at what he's done in the past. When in doubt, go with what you know. Tom knows and trusts Turner with his most prized possession.
- The biggest message Osborne has tried convey since returning is that Husker football is about tradition and loyalty. There are no other coaches out there (with deep Husker roots) that are as qualified as Gill.
- Many former players still harbor resentment over the firing of Solich and other loyal Husker coaches. Gill would have the support of every player that played at Nebraska while he was here (this would include almost every Husker that has played in the NFL in the last 25 years).
- For better or worse, hiring Gill is the "Husker Way".
OK. Fire away. It's just an opinion based on the small amount of information that has come out since Pederson was fired. Speaking of that... How could you keep the hiring of the new HC at Nebraska so quiet? Maybe you could do it if you were a committee of one and you planned on hiring a former employee?
