Fire Callahan!

[junior4949]

Nobody told Pud or BC that the offense had to be completely changed. This falls on them. They made the choice to try and make a 5'9 or so QB into a drop back passer.

Just so you have your facts straight Joe Dailey was 6'0 and was brought in by the previous staff to be more of a passing threat so we could change up the offense. <_<

I was nearly crucified for calling Taylor a bandaid QB a year ago. Now, it seems everyone after he's gone wants to say how mediocre and average he was. Well of course he was average. Now, everyone is putting all their eggs in the Keller basket. Keller is nothing more than a bandaid QB as well.

You are so quick to call Taylor and Keller "band-aids" which I assume you mean they were brought in to stop the "bleeding". So did you consider Solich's coaches that were brought in to replace the Ole' Boys "band-aids"? Because weren't they brought in to stop the "bleeding"? I asked this of some other dude on this board that always brings up Solich's boys. If they were such top level guys how come 2 of his Top 3 are out of work? One of the 2 is the guy that was "given" the keys to the offense as well, who by the way has played a part in getting his last 2 HC fired. Also if they were such Top Level guys how come 3-4 of them are now coaching at the Division 2 level. :madash Or the fact that 3 more wouldn't have jobs if it wasn't for Frankie getting another HC gig. <_< I'll give you that "Super" Bo was a Top Level DC but other then that they were pretty questionable.

On a side not if anyone says anything but good thing about Zac Taylor deserves this. :nanalama

Also for the record the Huskers ended the 2005 season rated #24 in both major polls. Just thought I would point that out.

Crap it is 2007 can we please move on and jump on board for this season?

If Joe Dailey is 6'0, then I'm at least a good 6'5. He's closer to 5'9 to 5'10. I've stood relatively close to him and he was quite a bit shorter than me and I have to stretch to reach 6'2.

Bandaids are used to stop the bleeding. How well do you suppose Tommie Frazier would have excelled in BC's WCO? We would have been searching for a bandaid there as well. Brook probably could have handled it, but Frazier; Crouch, and Frost would have struggled. All Nebraska greats in terms of QB's, but all would have struggled in a WCO setting.

Dailey was brought in to run a spread option. I believe this is where Solich was going with his "new" style offense. We were still going to be an option team, but we were going to add a little flare with the spread option passing more with wider sets.

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/2005_ar...r_rankings.html Here's the link showing Nebraska at #30 in the computer poll using win/loss record and strength of schedule. Nebraska ended up in 2005 with the 48th toughest schedule.

 

[trouble]

I think many of you are missing the point of my topic. I stated that we MUST win 10 games or we need to fire Bill Callahan. I don't believe he is the right coach based on the decisions he has made and lack of winning a big game. Do you realize we cannot beat a team that finishes in the top 20. That is over the course of 3 years. Yet, teams ranked below us manage to beat us when we are ranked higher than we should have been.

The point of the thread and the website is to remind Husker fans we need to hold any coach to the highest possible standard and we need to make sure BC knows that. For some reason everyone seems to be giving him a free pass on his decision making and lack of winning big games.

I do believe he should be our coach this year but I am making sure that if we don't consistently win 10 games a year then please fire Callahan.

His "let's not lose by too much" and terrible decision making is no longer acceptable.

I agree that we should win 10 or more games but you are missing the point also. He needs time to get his sh#t moving, and this is the first year that he has people in all the skill positions. But yeah, I mean if he wins 9 games again lets fire him, and see what level headed intelligent coach would come here. GTFO

 

[Pedro Guerrero]

And while you guys slam Zac, he was a VERY decent college QB. He did make some poor decisions, and a better coach I feel would have put him in a better position to make plays.OH AND WHY IS CALLAHAN GIVING UP SOME PLAY CALLING DUTIES THIS YEAR IF HE IS SUCH A GENIUS??

So Zac Taylor winning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year had nothing to do with Callahan putting him in a situation to make plays?

Also he is NOT giving up any of the playing calling. Read up on the articles about Watson and you will see that he is not calling any plays. He is going to be giving down and distance as well as defensive schemes. NO PLAY CALLING.

I said it before if anyone is slamming Taylor they deserve a :nanalama

 

[I Bleed RED]

Seriously, we should keep him for fear we wouldn't get any good coaches.

Is anyone here ok with us only winnin 8-10 games a year and never winning a championship? I don't think so but it sounds like they are. I am ok with giving him another year but at least we should be critical. Why all the BC apologists?

This is a big year for him. I think unless we win 8 or less games he should get another year BUT NO EXTENSION until he wins 10 games.

 

[Necava Husker]

I think many of you are missing the point of my topic. I stated that we MUST win 10 games or we need to fire Bill Callahan.

Last year OU and UT were the only Big 12 teams to win 10 games. Should we fire the other 10 coaches? What about the Big 10—only three of them won 10 games. Fire the other seven uh, er, eight coaches? How about the SEC? Do we only keep the three SEC coaches who won 10? What if we had held TO to this standard? I can remember quite a few years under Osborne when we won 9 games.

And in case you didn't notice, we played a pretty tough schedule last year.

 

[I Bleed RED]

I agree Taylor was a very good quarterback. I am upset with those who say Taylor sux and that is why we handed off the ball so much and we were conservative against USC. I think we should have let Zac throw more b/c I believe he had the talent to do so. My other point was BC should have used him MORE against USC and OU in better play calls not just a roll out pass with 2 drag receivers to the short side of the field.

I think BC didn't have enough faith in Zac at times. That was my point. He could have done more in big games. I disagree with people pointing the finger at Taylor.

 

[I Bleed RED]

Oh, so we shouldn't hold ourselves to the Texas, OU, OSU, Michigan, WISCONSIN, LSU, Forida standard? No those other coaches shouldn't get fired. They are at schools with mediocre expectations. I don't ever want to have those other schools ecpectations. DO YOU?

At I said consistently win 10 games, not EVERY YEAR. And TO went 9-3 not 9-5. Realize 10 wins will mean we are 10-4. That will barely make the top 25! Doesn't anyone realize this?

 

[Necava Husker]

My other point was BC should have used him MORE against USC and OU in better play calls not just a roll out pass with 2 drag receivers to the short side of the field.

note to self: Coaches should call plays that work.

Nice. //roll eyes.

 

[skersfan]

Thank god this moron was not around when TO was having a lot of problems. We most likely would not have the last three NC. He would be working in Ogden, raising mud puppies.

This is the most useless post I have seen in long time. Reminds me of ******* Husker.

Now is the time to be positive. We do not need this nor does the program. Give the man a chance to fail before you condem him. He is doing a great job, the wins will come and these morons will go away. Well maybe, they still seem to be here after 3 years. Who knows.

The man gets at least 6 year period. We gave the midget that much time to destroy it, BC gets that much time to right the ship. But my guess, is within the week the contract extension will be on his desk. Man won't they whine then. Thank god people with inteligence make the choices, and not knee jerk reactionaries.

 

[DaveH]

This is a big year for him. I think unless we win 8 or less games he should get another year BUT NO EXTENSION until he wins 10 games.

How the hell is that supposed to work? He is supposed to work while not getting paid? Unless I am missing something, that's the richest thing I have heard in this whole argument since 2004.

Oh and who is "The MVP Team"?

 

[I Bleed RED]

Quick question:

Has anyone on this board played or coached college football? Perhaps many of you aren't looking at the important subtleties that are showing BC's major flaws.

HUSKERS IN '08 SUGAR BOWL!

Trust me I hope I am wrong and I will pay up my bets and gladly place my face, name and adress on here. I WANT to win. I pray I am wrong.

 

[captain obvious]

edited by mods: no name calling

 

[I Bleed RED]

Seriously Captain? I mean seriously, you resort to name calling.

I will take that as a no. I am not saying you need to play football to have a comment but perhaps many of the comments are coming from a macro perspective or based on the kool aid influence of everyone else.

 

[junior4949]

I think many of you are missing the point of my topic. I stated that we MUST win 10 games or we need to fire Bill Callahan.

Last year OU and UT were the only Big 12 teams to win 10 games. Should we fire the other 10 coaches? What about the Big 10—only three of them won 10 games. Fire the other seven uh, er, eight coaches? How about the SEC? Do we only keep the three SEC coaches who won 10? What if we had held TO to this standard? I can remember quite a few years under Osborne when we won 9 games.

And in case you didn't notice, we played a pretty tough schedule last year.

I'm almost positive when Pud "promised" that NU wouldn't surrender the Big 12 to the likes of OU and Texas that he meant we would be at or above them. So, yes we should be winning at least as many games as them and ranked as high or higher than them. When Pud "promised" we would not allow ourselves to slip to medoicracy, I'm pretty sure he meant we wouldn't lose each and every friggin BC coached year to a 49th ranked or lower team.

I couldn't give two sh#ts and a giggle about what the other 9 schools do in the Big 12 if they don't win 10 games. I could absolutely care less about the Big 10 or any other conference for that matter. Since when does it matter what other schools do? If they jumped off a cliff, would NU jump off the cliff also? Hell no! Schools like NU, Notre Dame, OU, etc. do expect certain things from their football teams. When the man leading the team does not live up to those expectations, they replace him. I will not lower my expectations to that of an Iowa State fan or a Kansas fan. Years like 2002 and 2004 have dulled the pain, but the pain is still there nonetheless.

 

[EbylHusker]

skersfan, people like this will never completely go away. Every fanbase in every sport at every school has them. The best thing to do is just ignore them. In fact, this forum provides us with just such a handy tool...