Phil the Red
Walk-on
Ron Brown is my neighbor, and he shows no signs of slowing down that I can see. He looked good and healthy at Prairie Life last night...
Frost/Warinner
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Ron Brown is my neighbor, and he shows no signs of slowing down that I can see. He looked good and healthy at Prairie Life last night...
Dr. Tom/Bo will offer Frost the following:
Title:Co-offensive Coordinator
Duties: Quater Back Coach/Running Game Coordinator
Salary: $300,000.00-$350,000.00
Future bright for major promotion
Done Deal???
One would think!!!
Saw this on another board thought I'd share.
Title:Co-offensive Coordinator
Duties: Quater Back Coach/Running Game Coordinator
Salary: $300,000.00-$350,000.00
Future bright for major promotion
Done Deal???
One would think!!!
Saw this on another board thought I'd share.
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Husker_x
All-American
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huskerjack23
Starter
Lil' Red
Starter
If that's what we're offering Frost would be nuts to turn it down. That's a big step up from WR coach and will help spring board his career a lot faster.
That's a pretty damn good offer... Of course, Oregon could easily counter with a similar promotion, and then advantage: Ducks. I think UO could easily offer more money than that, even without the promotion.
The best thing Nebraska can pitch is a clear path to offensive coordinator and head coach after that.
Ratt Mhule
Heisman Trophy Winner
Why would Bo tell him he can be head coach when he leaves? This is Bo's job until he doesn't want it anymore and who knows Bo even wants to leave Nebraska, eventually? He might want to be here til he retires, who knows?
Assuming this offer is true, I can't help but think that T.O. hasn't already had private talks with Frost about the long-term potential of this offer short of it being a head coach-in-waiting title. My guess is T.O. would like Frost to be the next HC at NU whenever Bo leaves. By the time that happens, T.O. will likely have retired as A.D. Therefore Frost's experience up to that point will benefit him for assuming the HC role when it becomes available.
This is a nice chunk of change to start with not including whatever bonuses for winning conference titles and BCS bowl game appearances. Watson left NU making $380,000 as an OC. Frost could basically step right in and make almost as much and isn't even considered a full-on OC.
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I'm not saying the money is bad. I'm saying that we're going to have to compete with Oregon for Frost. This past year, he made over $250,000 and he was the lowest paid assistant on the staff. UO has made it publicly clear that they will negotiate hard to keep Frost, and whether that's because they really want to keep him or because they like him enough to get him the best deal possible at Nebraska, I'm guessing Osborne isn't going to be a huge fan of the number they finally settle on.
Maybe the 350 K will be enough, I don't know. Just remember that money probably won't be an issue for Oregon, even if it means giving their entire coaching staff raises (which they were probably going to do anyways after having the best season in school history).
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Bo wouldn't. TO might. I don't think there's much doubt about the idea that if Frost comes back to Nebraska and is successful, he would put himself in a very good position to be head coach someday, whether it's after Bo retires or leaves for someplace else.
I hear where you're coming from but I wasn't even debating $$ and counter-offers in my assumption piece. I was looking at it from a long-term perspective as it pertains to his future goals. The hint from his dad saying he'd like to come back to Lincoln and coach is proof enough to assume his ultimate goal is to one day become the HC at NU. So with this supposed offer, I've surmised that T.O. discussed the long-term potential of this offer short of it being a head coach-in-waiting at NU, money aside. If Frost wants to be HC at NU in the future, this offer basically sets him up for that, effective immediately.
Of course he can shun the NU offer now and stick with Chip Kelly or wait until another coordinator or HC position opens up in the near future while keeping an eye open for the NU HC job in the future whenever it becomes available. He's got options, so it's not like he's screwed if he decides not to accept the NU offer today.
i've seen your house...i used to walk a big white dog in that neighborhood(friends parents lived near there)
Interesting... even Sipple said Warinner was "fading from the radar." Maybe he was never on it to begin with...
Frost or bust?
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zoogs
Assistant Coach
My suspicion - and it is growing stronger - is that Frost is a 'good guy' that we want to have on the staff, rather than a hot coaching prospect we are trying to chase to solidify the future of our offense. Remember, there are 2 offensive positions that need to be filled (or is it zero? I don't remember :LOLtartar ). While it may take a nice sized carrot to get him here, I think he's viewed as a top positions coach candidate rather than the solution to our offensive woes...in that department, it seems like the "promote from within" philosophy that was predicted by many before the season was over, is likely the route we are taking.
Not totally a bad thing. I wasn't too pleased with that idea at first, but acknowledged then that I didn't like the idea of total upheaval either.
Not totally a bad thing. I wasn't too pleased with that idea at first, but acknowledged then that I didn't like the idea of total upheaval either.