HuskerNation1
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I'm not saying it's guaranteed that he would fail, but the odds and evidence don't point towards Deion having success here imo.
Right now he's essentially succeeding as a cheat code. At that level, with his brand name, he's able to do the one thing he's good at which is out-recruit everybody else in a low division (already an unfair fight), and then just use that massive talent gap to sleepwalk into wins against teams drastically outmatched (even more of an unfair fight). Those advantages would be drastically equalized at the P5 level and at a place like NU which is not in rich recruiting territory.
I basically see him as similar to that coach in the first two seasons of Last Chance U.
I agree with you as its much tougher to lead and win at the P5 level. Could he succeed...sure. But after the Frost failure, I am not sure fans are up for a coach that has not been a proven winner at the P5 level.