I was all for Frank being let go, but it's no secret as to whom I was hoping would succeed Solich. At the very least I was hoping we would've hired a defensive minded HC.
Back in 2004, I told myself that the jury will be out on Callahan until at least 2008...the year in which all the players in the program are all Callahan-era recruits. We saw what happened in 2002, the first year that the team was completley made up of Solich players, a disaster happened..7-7.
The Cotton Bowl was the final straw for me though. I think Callahan is a heck of a recruiter, but not much of an ingame coach. I think there are things he could to do help this..ie; delegating the play calling duties elsewhere. I feel that NU needs a better blend of recruiter and coach to be successful, not just a HC who can recruit well. There's no denying Callahan is knowledgable, but that doesn't always translate into being a good teacher/coach. In school, there were always teachers I had that I knew were brilliant but just didnt' make for a good teacher. I think Callahan is better suited for a coordinator position, but I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of the WCO system as I feel it's often times "soft."
