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I dont think i new coach will have that bad of a record. When Callahan came in i dont think he had much talent, but the one good thing Callahan has done is bring in some good talent. I think the new coach will come in unite these players, get some passion and fire back on the field and the talent will start showing up on the field i would predict atworst 7-5 and best 9-3 season.

Ok here are the facts on why Bob Devany was probably not even being considered to be fired and everyone is demanding Callahan be fired. 1952-1962- NU goes 38-60 over this decade Devany takes over 1962-1965(7 games into the season) Devany goes 35-5 Fastforward through the greatest time as a husker 2003-1994 Nu goes 108-21 over this decade Callahan takes over 2004-2007 (7games into the season) Callahan goes 24-18 Devany won 3 conference titles in his first 4 years Callhan has been to one title game Given that Callahan is playing in a different age and what Devany did would be unbeleiveably hard in these days, there is no way they were going to fire Devany for 2 bad years after what he did for the program.

Don't kid yourself....Most already do! haha good point

If Bill is out after this year and i think he will be gone and we bring in another coach, whoever it is. If that coach goes 9-3 or even 8-4 then everybody is going to look at Callahan and say WOW Callahan couldnt win with a senoir QB that he brought in and veteran O-line, WR, LB and DB groups. Then they bring in BLANK(new coach) and does a great job installing his system, with a new QB, all new LB and mostly new WR and DB. If this happens people are going to look at BC with very little respect, he will be lucky to pull an Ohio Bobcat type job after all this.

Sorry this jumps around a bit but i needed to say all of this. Everyone keeps talking about "Ohh i want Pelini cause we need a denfensive minded coach" or "I dont want Pelini cause we need an offensive minded coach" and neither of these are well thought out. What we need is a coach to emphasize all three phases of the game. Along with that we dont necessarily need a great head coach but what we need is a good defensive minded coach and a good OC or visa versa. We need balance, you dont see championships teams with an unbeleivable defense and a terrible offense, and how many weeks has Texas Tech spent at the top of the polls lately. Look at the 2005 Tennessee Volunteers, they finished 7th in total defense and 2nd in rushing defense that year and overal in the column that really matter finished 5-6 and didnt even get to go bowling. Ok having said that everyone has to realize we still live in Nebraska, and unlike almost every single other top notch program in the country we are not blessed with great highschool athletes in our backyard, or even our neighbors back yard. So this means we are not going to have the #1 recruiting class every year, TO probably never had a #1 recruiting, but he got the most out of his plaryers. That right there is what we need, a coach that can get his players to over-acheive, we need kids playing the best football of their lives while they are still in Lincoln Why do you think you hardly saw TO kids go to the NFL and suddenly blow up and just become All-Pro players, given i am sure there are a few here and there but overall TO's players played there best football while playing for TO. Great example, look at the all-time best NFL players you would be hard pressed to find one NU alum on that list, now look at the list of greatest college football players of all time and names like Johnny Rogers, Tommie Frazier, Mike Rozier pop into your head immediately. Now the reason i think we need a guy like Bo Pelini is because it is much easier to get kids to overachieve on defense than it is to get offense players to play above their ability. If you take an offense and get them pumped up sometimes this doesnt work in your favor cause offense is about execution and know what to do on this play and what the snap count is. There are many more X's and O'x on offense so those kids need to be smart and know what they are doing. However, defense is about passion and heart, along with knowing where to go. You can have the best scheme in the world but if your kids arent passionate about playing then it really doesnt matter, but if you have 11 fierious kids out there running around they will make 10 times as many plays as those kids who just dont care, but know exactly where to be on every play. Every coach in college football can do a decent job of preparing week to week or they would be in college football, but the ones that are great can prepare their kids and then light a fire under their ass on saturday. Before a game you cant make a kid remember that play he is going to forget during this upcoming game because you dont know what play it is going to be and that is where offense is all about preparation and then when you are in the right spot natural ability to make the play. On defense though you can inspire a kid right before the game to want to go out there and just dominate the guy accross from him. Anyway one coach is not going to make this program great again, every great coach is surround by great coaches. So i hope we not only get a great head coach(Bo Pelini) but also i hope he has some connections and can bring in great assistants and is very loyal to these guys so they dont jump ship for other oppurtunities.

Ok we dont need simply a defensive coach or an offensive coach we need a coach that emphasizes all three phases of the game, Defense, Offense, and Special Teams. I think we can see that with the coach we have right now, all Bill Callahan thinks about is offense, he even brought in a DC that thinks offense, jsut look at what he is doing for opposing offenses. Personally i think Pelini would be a great hire because i beleive he has been around enough great programs to know that you need to perform in all three phases to win.

OK i know that if/when we bring in a new coach he will probably get to pick his own assistants...........but i want to who you think should atleast get a look to stay on the husker staff? I have heard a lot of rumors that eveybody likes Shawn Watson and i think he is a good pick to stay on the team but we really havent seen what he can do because Billy is basically the OC and Watson is just that little voice in his ear that he rarely listens to. He did do a great job at CU esp. around thanksgiving in 2001 when CU put up 62 on Nebraska. Two other coaches i like are Buddy Wyatt and Bill Busch. I have heard Wyatt is a good recruiter, but i dont know that for sure, but i did hear Adam Carriker commented about how much they learned from Coach Wyatt about using your hands on the D-Line, even in the very small amout of time he was with Coach Wyatt. Busch is a proven recruiter, just look at what he has gotten out of the state of Arizona and the rest of the West Coast which is a part of the country that we have to get kids from. I dont know as much about his coach ability, maybe somebody can fill me in here.

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