Here's my take on these three guys (Gill, Pelini, Callahan), and how they stack up to each other.
Gill has been a loyal husker coach and has always done a great job for us... but he's not head coach material... sorry.
Pelini did a good job all season and showed some talent in the bowl game, but his antics and his overreactions tell me he was desperately trying to get anyone who was watching (NFL guys) to give him a shot as a head coach, if he did get the job at Nebraska though.. my guess is he'd be gone as soon as he got an offer in the pro game. And again, he's never head coached before. I think SP wants someone proven as a head coach, and proven in turning programs around.... which leads me to Callahan.
This guy is a great coach, and look at Oakland.. very physical football team, akin to Nebraska in a lot of respects... and he took the team to the SuperBowl in 2003! His team did fall apart this year though 4-12? But, there's a lot of things that have to go wrong for a team to go 4-12.. that aint a coaches fault really, plus I've read alot about players intentionally missing blocks, etc.. etc. This guy got a bad wrap this year, and if he came to Nebraska.. he'd have a damn good chance of redeeming himself, and that's just what he'd do.. turn the NU football program around and get his name back up there.... so he could go back to the NFL.
Wow, once I look at it.. I don't think I want any of these guys.. dangit NUTT why'd you turn us down!! :-)
later.
-Tk.