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If anyone would get the title of DC it should be Marvin. He is by-far the most qualified out of him, Ekeler, Carl, and Papuchis. I wonder what is going-on with the last hiring. Is there somebody in the mix we don't know about? I'm not sure about the love-affair with Grant but if they offered I'm sure he'd take it. Is Bo still giving Jordan the chance to pull this out? Is Rudolph still in the mix at-all?

Reminds me of Sports Sound-Off from a couple years ago. Zatecha was saying BC, in his first year, basically gave a couple wins and bowl eligibility away by caring more about implementing his system than winning games. Making Dailey a dropback, make twenty reads guy was a recipe for losses. In '03 Cotton wanted to run a different offense but Lord couldn't handle it. So we ran an O Lord could handle and got our share of W's. They weren't pretty W's but they were W's. I like the latter attitude better.

It's Altmania down there. A couple of "done deals" have flown the coop for that job now. IMO they should offer Bud Foster. He is the most proven DC in college football.

Depends on whether Pedey feared for his job. If Harvey and the boosters are bringing real heat BC could get thrown under the bus. If not then BC is back with a different DC.

Pedey definitely falls in the "too arrogant to learn" category. He is stll pimping his guys no matter the on-the-field product. He is fortunate that Pat White got hurt, thus getting Pitt that win. Ya Pitt still played solid D but they wouldn't have won against a healthy White.

Wow, hadn't heard his name come-up for that job. He is a good hire for them though. He'll win there.

So why are Papuchis and Eckler more qualified other than already knowing Bo's schemes? Who knows, maybe one of these USC-guys has done some solid coaching and just took the USC-GA job as a foot-in-the-door to bigger things like Albin did. Plus the article said several other staff-members. You can only have two GA's. I wonder what the other guys do. Are they current assistants or somebody like Eckler that does stuff with the coaches but is officially a S&C guy. I'm not saying you may not have a point. But I doubt the guys Carroll likes are really any different than guys we are seeing getting jobs because of their connection to Bo. Don't forget that Carroll is one hell of a coach and he is a good guy, he wouldn't go out of his way to recommend a guy to Bo if he didn't believe in that guy.

Eppley is kinda like Bobby Bowden, he is a legend that did undisputedly great things, but eventually he became a figurehead that needed to move-on. I'd like to see Bailey back here. He was moved-aside for no reason other than not being pedey's guy. Some have said Kennedy is the victim of coaches ordering the wrong things from him, that he didn't have a choice. Questionable, but if true I could give him some benefit of the doubt. IMO the players need to make a stink if they are doing the same crap come winter conditioning.

Callahan is a good NFL-OC, he has proven that. He did get that offense a huge year of production and into the Superbowl. He would be a good hire for a NFL team. He just isn't a HC, I was scared of his hire back when the rest of huskerland was jocking him after his last team quit on him. Some guys are fine at one level of management but not another, look at Wannstadt. He was a quality NFL-DC that has lost at all three of his HC-stints. IMO KC could definitely do worse than BC.

Bo coaching for the championship is an advertisement for Neb-football and would be good for recruiting. Ohio State wins with tough D, playing field-position, and an OK offense that doesn't blow it's leg-off. They have a shot of winning but aren't likely to put up many points. I like the chances of Bo looking good in this.

Jimmy Williams is a hell of a coach but I'm surprised TO would be down with raiding Turner's DC. Also, I'm kinda surprised since Buffalo is primed for a winning year in 08 that would get Turner a nice promotion and likely get Jimmy the Buffalo-HC job or the DC job where Turner goes. Jimmy would be a good asset though.

I believe you mean 2003 not 2001. We played Miami in the national championship game after the 2001 season, and 2002 was 7-7. Other than the date I thought HANC did a great job answering the concerns of buzzkill and the others. I agree also. I think this staff should be one of a kind and we should dominate again. Really? Lets see.... Cotton -- unemployed (with respect to coaching) --- Sanders - unemployed --- Ron Brown -- unemployed. Usually making up your staff of people who are not currently employed (in the field that you are hiring within) raises some red flags. Are these people not competitive enough to find employment elsewhere? I am concerned that the staff being assembled (or , at least purported to be assembling) will be a staff that will really struggle recruiting. I am also hard-pressed to see these hires (if in fact these are the hires) being Pelini's choices --- it is more like they are Osborne's choices. If they are and Pelini accepted the job under those conditions (re: Grobe) ..... Anyway, I love the enthusiasm on the board --- but I am unconvinced that the events of the past few days are indeed good for NU football. Lets give them their shot, but really I am rather, well.... unconvinced that what we are seeing (or think we are seeing --- since these hires have not been made official) is all that good. Also, the recent recruits are well... not awe inspiring. The lack of team speed (perhaps the slowest in the conference?)is a problem and it is not seemingly being addressed. Anyone else getting squeamish out there? Marvin is not unemployed. Up through '09 he gets paid to be NC's DC. If he takes another job that ends. Hell Marvin is actually getting close to becoming a vested civil servant for that state. You saying he should give that up for any coaching job that came along? I wouldn't . Barney is still getting paid by ISU. How can you not support the Sanders hire? Do forget us leading the nation in take-aways? Bullocks leading the nation in picks? A top-rated pass-efficiency defense? Ricketts being a solid cb? That was Marvin working. When Ron Brown was here he got several nice offers to coach elsewhere, including the pro's. He didn't because he had an allegiance to Nebraska and his ministry. Those were his priorities. I'd say that is commendible.

IMO being line-coach and OC is just too much. OC/qb-coach works well since you gotta be in heavy contact with the qb anyway. But teaching/orchestrating the line is a big job by itself, trying to to that while you run the whole offensive show is spreading yourself too thin. I think Barney will do well not having to worry about the rest of the offense

From what I've heard, Eckler was pretty much Pelini's right-hand man. Was involved a lot in developing game plans for the defense. So... take it FWIW... So Eckler was a football-coach that got snuck in under-the-pretenses of a strength-coach? That works I guess. But I can't say I'm without reservations. When we promoted Albin from GA he'd already been HC of a NAIA national champ. He not only had Solich's seal-of-approval he had credentials. This is the first "real" coaching job for a couple of guys, Bo obviously has faith in them but I'm still a bit nervous.

The Neb-ties guys are all at-least quite qualified. Every one is a vet. I think Cotton should do well with the line without having to worry about being OC as-well. Watson I'm meh on but will give TO the benefit of the doubt on. TO has no ties to him so he should be an unbiased evaluator. Bo's d-hires after Marvin have much to prove. A strength-coach, a grad-assistant, and his brother? I can't say I'm wowed by this. I expected Carl but at-least Carl has been a 1A-coach, the other two? Ya maybe they'll be money, I certainly hope they are, but I'm not excited.

Sanders will obviously coach db's, whether he'll be DC/co-DC is hard to say. Some have said Peveto from LSU would be DC. Though it appears Bo will act as his own DC like Carroll does and have Sanders, Peveto, or whomever act like Watson and Norvelle did-gameplan and have input but not actually call plays. I would imagine Carl Pelini gets a job. Some have said Williams for LB-coach but he is DC at Buffalo and TO may not be down with raiding Turner's team(Carl doesn't count since we are talking about brothers). Others I'd be interested in as DC/co-DC/position coach-Dan McCarney, Phil Bennett, and DeWayne Walker. I think Jon Tenuta is already getting snatched-up by Miles but maybe he had some position-coaches worth snatching. Ga Tech generally had one of the better D's in the nation. .

It says a lot that Ron Brown got so many nice job-offers while coaching wr's at an option-school. He is definitely of the the better position-coaches we've had and good addition to the staff.

Frank is the one that made Bohl his DC not Osborne. Charlie McBride was there for another two years after T.O. left. Frank didn't want Bohl though, he wanted Gary Gibbs(former OU-coach, current New Orleans DC). McBride and Osborne wanted the internal-hire. Frank gave-in. TO only backed Frank for HC with the stipulation Frank kept the staff together and TO continued to push the guys he wanted down the road. Frank never staffed as he really saw fit til 2003. Tom is a great guy and a smart guy but he isn't without blind-spots.

We have plenty of guys with husker-ties. Hire the best guys you can find for the last couple slots. We'll probably get Carl Pelini, that is enough for buddy-hires.

Mike and Turner are having wacky misadventures on a road-trip to Vegas first. VEGAS BABY

This strategy didn't work so well when Solich got the job. It definitely hindered him. Frank never wanted Bohl as DC and I have doubts about Barnes. TO should've learned a lesson from this. Grobe is known for keeping his staff with him, telling him who to hire ended any shot at him. Would probably hurt hiring other guys like Kelly too. Under those hiring-conditions it was down to Bo, Gill, or some non big-name guy who would do about anything for a shot at a major school. I like the staff we are putting together(seems like a stand-out crew as long as Watson works-out) but I'll always wonder what would've happened if we just hired the most proven guy and trusted him to hire as he saw fit with maybe a provision of hiring a one or two coaches from the current staff or previous staffs.

Great coach, good to have him back in the ranks. I'd like to see the TE's become a force in the offense again.

Maybe Cotton shouldn't have made the "real big red" comment but if you went 10-3 only to get canned you'd be pissed too. Bo allegedly said some unkind things when he was recruiting Dillard, I don't know Dillard personally but I don't see why he'd make something up, but that appears to have been forgiven. When folks get dicked-over they get mad and say vindictive stuff about whomever dicked them over. Over time wounds heal.

BC was one of the better OC's in the NFL. Not being a good HC doesn't change that. He'll get a job IMO.

I would like to know too who was interested and how much they were interested. But I don't think that will get out. If it turns-out we let a money-hire get away it will look bad. If no big names were particularly interested or weren't willing to coach on TO's terms it will look bad. I'd imagine some semi-truths will eventually sneak out but probably nothing very concrete unless one of the candidates mentions it himself. Personally, I think we could've gotten a proven winner HC to take the job. But I like Bo and think he can succeed for us.