WizardOfOsbourne Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I'm not saying Ron Brown would be any better than Pelini. Nor am I saying Pelini should leave the Husker program. I just wanted to know what people think. He's been at Nebraska almost forever and embodies what a Nebraska head coach should be much in the same ways Osborne did. He seems to have a really cool head in stressful situations and doesn't let emotions dictate his actions. He comes across as having a pleasant personality, which would be great for both recruiting and attracting better position coaches. He has done a great job as the running backs coach and would possibly, no guarantee, return Nebraska to a more power, physical running scheme. Again I'm not saying Pelini should be fired or Brown should be the head clach next year. Just something to tak about though 1 Quote Link to comment
Hujan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I have to say, this is interesting. It will probably never happen because Perlman (and, I'm assuming, Eichorst) are Left-leaning academics and therefore don't dig on Brown's views about homosexuals, but it does make for an interesting hypothetical. Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Brown's never even been a coordinator. Never been an assistant head coach. I mean, we all love the guy and he'd be great in front of the media, but come on... Quote Link to comment
admo Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I think Brown is good at being dedicated to one specific area. Managing that group. Good at being an assistant. No shame in that. Quote Link to comment
Hujan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Brown's never even been a coordinator. Never been an assistant head coach. I mean, we all love the guy and he'd be great in front of the media, but come on... But the more I watch things, the more I think there is a place for a hands-off head coach that simply provides stability and morale to the team and makes broad, command-level decisions. Imagine Brown with Pat Narduzzi as DC and Noel Mazzone as OC, for example. It would totally work. Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 But it would never happen, because as a head coach, you aren't going to get the luxury of hiring coordinators who are more qualified to be a head coach than you are. Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Too much Liberalism on campuses these days to accept an unapologetic Christian in a place of authority. Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Isn't Bo an unapologetic Christian? And Osborne? And isn't Brown in such a place of authority even now? 1 Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Yeah his Christian views almost got the man fired a few years back. Cotton will probably be the interim HC. Quote Link to comment
Danimal Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 TO always thought the world of Brown, he had multiple opportunities to move-on with his coaching career but was too involved with his ministry to worry about climbing the coaching ladder. I can't see him being HC longterm, I doubt he'd even want to be, but he'd be the best guy for the interim. Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Can we also stop pretending that Brown's faith is the problem? Nobody gives a damn that he's Christian, and that's never what got him in trouble. He got in trouble because he came out and said that it's OK for people to be discriminated against based on their sexuality. 5 Quote Link to comment
WizardOfOsbourne Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Just out of curiosity, have there ever been any good head coaches who never worked as coordinators? I kinda feel like guys like Callahan, and even Pelini unfortunately, are great as coordinators but then come up short as coaches because they lack solid leadership qualities. I admit Brown might not have great coordinator qualities, but he does seem to have excellent leadership qualities. As head coach he could surround himself with good coordinators, nullifying the fact that he himself isn't a DC or OC Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Brown's never even been a coordinator. Never been an assistant head coach. I mean, we all love the guy and he'd be great in front of the media, but come on... But the more I watch things, the more I think there is a place for a hands-off head coach that simply provides stability and morale to the team and makes broad, command-level decisions. Imagine Brown with Pat Narduzzi as DC and Noel Mazzone as OC, for example. It would totally work. You would want that staff going up against the staff of Alabama, LSU, OSU, Auburn, etc. in the playoffs if we happen to make it? Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Brown's never even been a coordinator. Never been an assistant head coach. I mean, we all love the guy and he'd be great in front of the media, but come on... But the more I watch things, the more I think there is a place for a hands-off head coach that simply provides stability and morale to the team and makes broad, command-level decisions. Imagine Brown with Pat Narduzzi as DC and Noel Mazzone as OC, for example. It would totally work. You would want that staff going up against the staff of Alabama, LSU, OSU, Auburn, etc. in the playoffs if we happen to make it? Po, what's your point? You keep bringing up the playoffs as if our current staff would fare well against any of those opponents, even though they haven't even been able to bring home a Big Ten conference title - even with Ohio State disqualified last year. Quote Link to comment
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