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7 minutes ago, notcorn said:

Most of his statements are fact.  On the record fact.

Waaaaaay better degree than UN homey.  Again.  Wiki is your friend.

I'm glad a guy with your high end Illinois degree uses Wiki for research 

2 minutes ago, notcorn said:

Frost can't carry Deion jock, as a player and certainly not as a coach.

Prior to Frost's disappointing run at Nebraska, this would have been laughable. Frost was coming off an undefeated season at UCF, beating Auburn in a bowl game, in his 2nd year as HC. He was the hottest up and coming coach on the market. It was considered by everyone to be a fantastic hire by Nebraska. Unfortunately it did not work out. Deion has now coached 2 season at Jackson State and has success as well. When you look at their coaching resumes side by side, prior to Frost being at Nebraska, there's no way you can make that claim. And that's not even including his time as a coordinator 

21 hours ago, Danny Bateman said:

I don’t view Deion’s personality as a fit for Lincoln at all. Especially when we just fired a coach largely because due to disinterest.

Deion doesnt strike me as the time to be disinterested. I think the reason he would struggle in Lincoln would be is larger than life personality might not mesh well 

1 minute ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

And I agree with you but Im not taking anything away from him and his success. People have talked about certain coordinators who could potentially get hired. If your going to talk about coordinators as potential candidates then people are going to bring up Sanders bc he has experience. It may be little but little is better then none. I don't honestly think that Sanders could/will be a candidate but I do feel he will eventually lead a power 5 program bc of his success at Jackson State.

Ive read that if Auburn fires their coach, he is a serious candidate for that job. I think if/when he gets a P5 gig, it'll be in the south

I think at Nebraska more importantly than getting an offensive or defensive minded coach, Nebraska needs a developer at HC. A guy who takes classes ranked between 20-30 and develops them from there. That is how Nebraska is going to get back into the upper echelon of CFB again. Nebraska will always struggle to pull the same caliber players as the Ohio Sts, Michigans, and Oklahomas of the CFB world. BUT I think it can pull the same caliber athletes as Arkansas, Kentucky, and other schools that are in the top 15. If Nebraska gets a coach that can develop what some might consider a little lesser talent, you'll see the wins increase, and with the wins, the recruiting gets better.

But if I had to choose, I'd prefer a defensive minded coach.

1 hour ago, 87skers said:

 

I've mentioned Leipold on a couple different threads now. I think he's the best program builder that we have a realistic shot at getting. I know a lot of people like Campbell and rightfully so, and the comparisons between him and Riley are totally unfair. BUT I think Leipold is a better hire. He understands what it takes to build a program from the ground up, as evidenced by his time at Buffalo and short time at KU. Two years ago KU's program was in a worse spot then NU is right now and right now they would beat NU. They have less talent, less resources, and less of pretty much everything than Nebraska. The turnaround he has performed there in less than 2 years from where they were when he got there is nothing short of miraculous. Hire this guy away from KU and I'd bet almost anything that in 3 years we will see a ton of player development and in 5 years were in the BIG championship 

If he only loses to OU or Michigan then Trev will be forced to keep him. I am rooting for him, but it's no secret that Trev was reaching out to coaches last year, and unless Mickey sets the world on fire and we go on a tear, I think he already has a pretty dang good idea who's interested and probably even has it narrowed down to a pretty short list

Somebody said Fuke Lickell in another thread! 

9 minutes ago, ZRod said:

But was it the best week of practice so far?

I heard it was not only the best practice so far, but lineman were puking everywhere!

3 hours ago, huskerfan702 said:

Eric Bieniemy

Luke Fickell

Byron Leftwich
Dave Aranda 

Sam Pittman

 

Would love to somehow get Pittman, but he is from Oklahoma (meaning he's closer home) and has them heading in the right direction. No way he leaves Arkansas for frankly right now is a much lesser program in terms of current situation and forever recruiting difficulties

Watching Chadwell's offense (thanks youtube!) I think IF he was hired he would be successful. I say that because a lot of NU's players would translate over. The QB's that Frost recruited could definitely run it as they are pretty athletic. The biggest question would be the OL, but I think that will be universal for who ever is hired. I do like that his OL is aggressive and appear to be asked to do a lot more down blocking, pulling, and trapping. When Frost would throw out the triple option looks they usually were positive plays if they were executed properly. I know that it was a wrinkle and not a staple of the offense but the more I watch, the more I'd be good with Chadwell getting the gig. Idk why, but I get the feeling it won't happen though

22 minutes ago, Mavric said:

Dave Doeren said to be one that we have a lot of interest in.

 

He must be an amazing head coach if he can do that good of a job overcoming such a handicap as having Tim Beck as his Offensive Coordinator.

He’s done a nice job at NC State but could he recruit to Nebraska and then develop said recruits? That’s got to be a must on our next HC. Lots of guys are successful in the south but struggle in the Midwest where talent isn’t as abundant 

2 minutes ago, The Rut said:

Agreed. RU fans are comparing Lance Leipold to Schiano because he was another name we were looking at, but Schiano was just the right guy for the job. 

 

Was Bo really that bad? I thought Nebraska had some really solid teams with him. I guess it's a little different when you're so close to the situation, but I wanted RU to hire Bo at one point in time. 

Bo has some some success but his attitude and demeanor was not popular. That and the blowouts in big games cost him the job

Just now, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

All depends on how much we're willing to pay. Now isn't the time to take the cheap route and hire an unproven commodity and hope it works.

I agree we can't take the cheap way out. But I'm afraid these big name coaches arent willingly to take a chance at a place that has a reputation of being impatient with their HC's with Frost (the homegrown boy) being the exception. We haven't done much in the last 20 years, and nothing in the last 10 to make NU as attractive of a job as we fans like to think it still is

6 minutes ago, Undone said:

Chris Petersen.

Does he want to come out of retirement? 

Just now, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Way too risky, imo, but that's just me.

I understand and respect where you're coming from. I'm just not convinced that NU is going to attract a big name "splash" hire that is bing thrown out right now, and I'm game for hiring a guy that has resurrected programs in the crapper and appears to be able to develop players

5 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

You really want to risk hiring a guy who had a worse record than Frost last year?

He was at KU, the worst program in all of P5. It was his first year there, and he wasn't there for their spring ball season even. Look at the improvement they've made already in 1 year. He's shown more capability to develop players in 1 year then any coach we've had since Osborne has left. So yea I'd take the risk. 

1 minute ago, RedDenver said:

 

Agree. There's no guarantee that Urban Meyer or Bob Stoops or Tom Osborne time traveled from 1993 would succeed. It's fun to debate the merits of different coaches but at the end of the day no one really has any idea.

 

Really, Scott Frost was the biggest home run hire the Huskers could have made, and it didn't work out.

This is extremely true! I think we forget that Frost was considered a sure thing, and that he would have been at Florida but he chose to try to come home and save his alma mater. Frost had a long leash at NU but was under extreme pressure to be the savior. He will end up somewhere else as an OC where he'll have success and probably be a decent HC somewhere else. 

11 minutes ago, runningblind said:

I am excited to see what he can do also, actually provides interest in the rest of the year.  I do not seev him staying on unless he is hired permanently for the job though.  If it's a new coach, that coach should decide his own guys.  Maybe Mickey would be a choice, but would he accept that?

He's a darn good WR coach and excellent recruiter who brought in some quality players that will most likely transfer if he's not retained. I would think the next HC (if its not him) would be wise to retain him, and I think he'll stay if the price is right. That is unless he does a good job and another school offers him a HC gig

39 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

If we narrow the list to the guys currently not coaching....

 

Urban Meyer

Tom Herman

Chris Petersen

Dan Mullen

Ed Orgeron

Bob Stoops

 

anybody else?

 

 

I am interested by Leipold. I brought him up in a different thread, the dude has won everywhere he has went. He turned Buffalo into a quality program while he was there, and in just his 2nd year at KU (the worst program in P5 and maybe the FBS) he has them playing decent football. He doesn't need great recruits to win and he apparently develops his players. Plus he seems to be a physical run first type of coach which is what nebraska needs to get back to

What about Lance Leipold who is at KU? All the guy has done is win and he has KU looking like an actual football team in just his 2nd year. I’d rather have Urbs or Bob Stoops but I’m not positive it’ll happen. We need a guy who doesn’t need big time talent to win a lot of games if we want a coach who’ll start to win early and actually develop the talent Nebraska brings in

Frost needs to let his position coaches and OC decide who plays and when. I'm afraid he can't stop getting too involved in the offense and causing issues

3 minutes ago, lo country said:

 No idea what Liewer was thinking grabbing that ball.

I really wonder if he thought the ball hand been downed and was just picking it. Or at least I hope that was the case

It looks like we actually decided to play football in the second half and the score will tell a different story then how the game really went

1 minute ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

all depends on whether MJ stays. Same holds true for all of the Louisiana kids he convinced to come.

If Frost gets fired during the season and MJ becomes acting HC what's the chances the team is competitive and he gets the gig?

Just now, olddominionhusker said:

Onside this thing and put it away

If they do and it works I'll venmo you $100