olddominionhusker
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That’s completely different then what the post we were replying to was inferring. Frost is the lowest risk hire Nebraska could make outside of the ludicrous and unrealistic examples you cited. If your point is all hires outside of two guys(I would argue Dabo is pretty close to them risk wise) are high risk fine, but for this school and this fan base this is the lowest risk option. The overwhelming majority of this fan base is demanding the guy. He is a native. A past football hero. What this translates into the ability to get someone here who is not only qualified but also is going to be afforded the time and patience that is likely to be needed to turn this thing around. People hate to admit they are/were wrong. Frost will get the time other similarly qualified guys like Fuente likely would not.Every coaching hire other than Nick Saban and Urban Meyer is a big risk. It's all about making the best guess you can and being comfortable with what you gamble.
http://www.omaha.com/huskers/carriker/carriker-chronicles-all-the-clues-seem-to-lead-to-a/article_166d64aa-d626-11e7-adf4-2737b98604fe.html
Charlie Strong was wanted by everybody.
P.J. Fleck was wanted by everybody.
Jim McElwain was wanted by everybody.
Bret Bielema was getting elite results at Wisconsin.
Tom Herman was wanted by everybody.
Kevn Sumlin was wanted by everybody.
There are plenty of other examples, but reality is that all coaching hires are gambles, and coaching hires from G5 schools even more so. What big time splash hires from G5 schools in the last 10 years have won championships? Can you tell me?
So yeah all hires are risks but this was the lowest risk hire we could conceivably make in our current situation.
To answer your other question Chris Peterson. PAC 12 champion year 3 at Washington. Unless you are talking only about national championships, but by your own admission in the Fisher discussion that’s a pretty harsh metric as the only measure of success
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