Dan Patrick Show: SOURCE links Urban Meyer to *POSSIBLE* upcoming head coaching vacancy at Nebraska

Husker03 said:
He values winning.

Me too.

But seriously.. I am as die hard Husker fan as there is. In fact, I am embarrassed to say that due to the current product on the field, it will ruin my fall/winter. One of the few happiness' I have in life is following all things Husker, but in particular football. I do not plan to watch much more this season. I can't detach enough to handle it without completely walking away for a bit. It's like and ex you want to still be friends with but it just won't work. If I am at this point, I'd bet 75+% of the fanbase is as well. And that is a fanbase that has been hemorrhaging followers for years.  The department needs to put a good product on the field for sure, but each week that passes without an injection of hope will cost the program and state of Nebraska millions of dollars. Urban checks a hell of a lot of boxes, more than likely anybody else will. If he's talking, you talk back.. And you talk with your big boy pants on with a blue ink pen in the pocket. 
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You literally destroyed mcbridemafias argument guess I’m following you from now on well done sir. Not sure what was more lopsided Oklahoma beating Nebraska today or the points you just made

 
The Scarlet Pimpernel said:
It's obvious that Nebraska writers don't want him, so they're doing everything they can to convince the public and Trev and Urban himself that they won't want it, either.
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Exactly especially when they come up with names and he isn't even on their list. I can understand if you don't want him but as long as he is out there and available (not coaching) he will always be an option for anybody. 3 National Championships tends to show them you know how to get to the mountain top.

 
ndobney said:
Cause he is one of less than a handful of coaches that can go anywhere he wants and win. he’s on the same level as Nick Saban. If you want national championships or even a hope of sniffing a college playoff birth he is your guy. There are a lot of other good candidates capable of making Nebraska a 9 win football program, but if you want the chance to be a national contender again he’s the only option out there
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UncleTito said:
Bingo. There’s not another coach out there that could turn this awful program around. He’s won championships. In the Big Ten. Want Matt Campbell or the likes? Cool. As long as you don’t care about wins cuz those coaches won’t trailer in good players
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The bolded parts are just silly. Every coach that has ever turned a program around or won a championship was at some point a coach who had not yet done those things like a Matt Campbell. I get that people think Urban would be a savior for Husker football, but the idea that he's the only coach who could possibly do it is just dumb.

 
RedDenver said:
The bolded parts are just silly. Every coach that has ever turned a program around or won a championship was at some point a coach who had not yet done those things like a Matt Campbell. I get that people think Urban would be a savior for Husker football, but the idea that he's the only coach who could possibly do it is just dumb.
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Matt Campbell with a record of 34-44 isn't the one to get it done either. We need some one who has already proved that they can do it.

 
Cornbred said:
Matt Campbell with a record of 34-44 isn't the one to get it done either. We need some one who has already proved that they can do it.
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You're welcome to that opinion, but it has nothing to do with the point I'm making in the post you replied to.

 
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RedDenver said:
The bolded parts are just silly. Every coach that has ever turned a program around or won a championship was at some point a coach who had not yet done those things like a Matt Campbell. I get that people think Urban would be a savior for Husker football, but the idea that he's the only coach who could possibly do it is just dumb.
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You are right that every highly successful coach has to cut his teeth somewhere and stumble a time or two. For every middle aged coach who finally steps up to the top shelf and turns a program into a winner there are 30 who never move past a.600 record. A legacy coach only comes along once or at most twice a decade. I trust Trev to do the background checks and make sure Urb is willing to stay till the program gets on its feet (minimum 3 years and hopefully 5) and has a successor in place to make a smooth transition.  

 
RedDenver said:
You're welcome to that opinion, but it has nothing to do with the point I'm making in the post you replied to.
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My point was that he could do it immediately. Which kind of makes your point moot. We need someone here with national visibility to right the ship in the very, very near future.

 
TonyStalloni said:
You are right that every highly successful coach has to cut his teeth somewhere and stumble a time or two. For every middle aged coach who finally steps up to the top shelf and turns a program into a winner there are 30 who never move past a.600 record. A legacy coach only comes along once or at most twice a decade. I trust Trev to do the background checks and make sure Urb is willing to stay till the program gets on its feet (minimum 3 years and hopefully 5) and has a successor in place to make a smooth transition.  
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I'm not a fan of hiring Urban Meyer, but I can understand that point of view. It's the inane posts that nobody else can possibly succeed that I'm criticizing.

 
Cornbred said:
My point was that he could do it immediately. Which kind of makes your point moot. We need someone here with national visibility to right the ship in the very, very near future.
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Like I said, that's your opinion and that's fine. The fact is that other coaches could also succeed. Saying that other coaches cannot succeed and only Urban could is ludicrous.

 
RedDenver said:
I'm not a fan of hiring Urban Meyer, but I can understand that point of view. It's the inane posts that nobody else can possibly succeed that I'm criticizing.
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I can't honestly say I am enamored with the Urban mystique. The more I think about it I find my dislike of him was always more that he developed nearly invincible teams that were well coached in football fundamentals.....and the Huskers haven't been. If I remove my jealousy then I would love for him to coach Big Red. I doubt he had more players at Florida who were arrested than any 5 or 6 year period than what Tom Osborne did (or were questioned and released to Tom's custody). We just didn't hear about it often in those days. Urban is no saint don't get me wrong. As long as he understands that this is his chance to clean up his act and that the local media would love a good "Urban Meyer in a pickle of his own making" then he would do well and keep his nose clean. If Urban truly wants to coach I fear Notre Dame will have a coaching vacancy soon and I don't want to say "What if.......

 
Huskerfollower4life said:
We dont question that another coach can't win here we question any coach other then Urban Meyer turning us back into a powerhouse program.
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It's simply not true. Coaches not named Urban Meyer have won championships at lots of schools including at Nebraska. Saying that Urban is the ONLY coach that can do it is absurd. It's starting to sound more like a cult than a coaching discussion.

 
RedDenver said:
It's simply not true. Coaches not named Urban Meyer have won championships at lots of schools including at Nebraska. Saying that Urban is the ONLY coach that can do it is absurd. It's starting to sound more like a cult than a coaching discussion.
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We are talking availability not just coaches named Urban Meyer.

 
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