care to share some of callahan's insincere quotes?
"What throat slash?? That was not a throat slash"
He later explained that at the time he did that, he was making a reference like he does sometimes with his kids, saying "I've had it up to here." He said he didn't make an intentional throat slash gesture and when the tape was reviewed that was the explanation he gave. He said this on Big Red Report w/Jim Rose.
Back to the topic: Are you happy with this coaching staff? I'm glad that 99% of the fan base is. And if not, please give a reason why not?
I guess I need to recant my "done with this topic" statement (my apologies), as I feel you were directly asking a question of me. Im not sure about 99.9% of people being satisfied with the staff (I guess maybe 99.9% of fans on the internet are :blink: ), but I feel that more people have become accepting of him in the last year, due to NU getting a few more wins and an increasing comfort level.
I guess the best way to answer would be to discuss topics brought up by a couple of other posters:
On recruiting.... Rankings dont mean nearly as much as people think.
Not that I disagree, but I I remember how last year people were pretty exuberant about NU having the 5th best rated class by Rivals and this year it seems a little less than important since NU will be lucky to finish in the top 20.
I know that talent is a big issue to many, but after watching the Alamo Bowl,
IF Wichigan
actually is one of the top 10 most talented teams (according to so-called recruiting gurus), then NU is not far off, and we were sold a line. With the exception of UMs pass rush vs NUs pass blockers, and possibly Breaston, UM was not a more talented football team then NU. While NU certainly isnt at par with Texas or USC, NUs problems the past couple of years are not from being outmanned. Even OU (which is supposedly a very talented team) didnt blow NU off the field from an athletic standpoint.
Pluses-Recruiting (It seems many are watching NU on who to recruit)
Even though recruiting has picked up some, Im not sure about his philosophy. I could be wrong, but it seems more like an "offer everyone, see if we get lucky" system.
Besides, quite a few of the starters from this year are not billy c's recruits.
-Team Unity (Haven't seen such team unity since TO)
2004??
Motivation (These guys want to win and won't give up)
I think that the team does. The coaches seem to game plan and call plays that are contrary to this at times. I think that the HC wants to prove that
HE is a winner and
HIS system is a winner.
-Beginning to reach out to schools in Nebraska
:blink:
-Impact over Seniority (Solich is definately gone)
Maybe, but why did some of the highly touted freshman not see the field this year?
-Emotion (Good to see a coach get emotional, shows he really wants to win)
Disagree. Normally when they show billy c on TV, he either has his head buried in the playbook, or is spitting.
Questions-Game strategy (getting better, but still question)
HUGE question :thumbs
Im not sold on the offense, it never has worked very well in college and still is very difficult for full-time college students to learn. Even though I have been hearing about how much progress it made during the last 3 games, they only averaged 29 PPG. Thats not going to get NU back to the upper echelon of college football.
-Longevity:NU or NFL-Big XII Championship
-Compete for a NC (Don't see it yet but, way to early to tell, that is why I still question)
-Emotion (Good and bad moments)
:yeah