Orlando Sentinel with an Interesting article on Scott Frost and the Husker job

Guy Chamberlin said:
Callahan, Pelini and Riley were/are unworthy coaches for an institution like Nebraska, except of course, when they were actually hired.

Callahan had just coached an NFL team to the Super Bowl (and would go back to a respectable professional coaching career) so suggesting the University of Nebraska was above his station is kinda silly. I don't think Callahan was a good fit, and frankly he needed a place to land after his firing, but only hindsight lets you bemoan his hiring over our preferred candidate, the coveted college football genius Houston Nutt.

We didn't "settle" for Bo Pelini. We wanted him. Many already considered him a Husker from his last stint with the team -- and many wanted him hired back in '03 — and when we got our second chance he was the Defensive Coordinator for the National Champion LSU Tigers, part of a resume that included the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers. There wasn't much handwringing at the time: Bo was no doubt about to be hired by a P5 program, and we got to claim him as proven Husker. 

The year we hired him, Mike Riley was voted the second most underrated coach by his college football peers. His reputation for doing more with less was enough to make him a candidate for HC jobs at USC, UCLA and Alabama. His recruiting reputation was so respected that Rivals called the hiring a huge win for Nebraska. NFL superstars like Kurt Warner, Keyshawn Johnson and Chirs Spielman send their sons and nephews to Nebraska to play for Riley. 

None of these guys has worked out. Not at the level Nebraska fans demand. But every hiring was defensible at the time, and if we're applying hindsight, the guy you supposedly thought we should hire in 2003, 2007 and 2014 often went on to post records unacceptable by our lofty Nebraska standards.  

The only thing sadder is fans who think the University could cut a check and get Nick Saban or Urban Meyer to jump at the opportunity. 

It's not easy hiring a legendary coach. 
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He was also the same guy who the season after the SB had his whole team quit on him.  The Raiders literally would not play for the guy any longer, that should have been a tell right there.

 
BigRedBuster said:
OK...I'm already tired of seeing Bo's ex players on twitter celebrating the firing.....not because the team was losing....but because of how he treated Bo.
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I wondered how much it actually had to do with their love of Bo rather than a real hatred for Eichorst.  We may never really know if they disliked/hated Eichorst or if they are just towing Bo's line.

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Callahan, Pelini and Riley were/are unworthy coaches for an institution like Nebraska, except of course, when they were actually hired.




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Cally was an eleventh-hour hire after Steveo completely botched Solich's firing.  SP was very much incorrect in his thinking that we are Nebraska and anyone would fall at our feet to coach here.  

Gotta agree with you about BP, in fact, were TO still the AD I have little doubt he'd still be the HC.

Riley was the safe hire.  He was well respected among football wonks and nerds, even though not well-known outside of that realm.  His age precludes him from being here for more than 5-7 years.  Were he to turn the team around he'd announce an heir apparent and retire, if it goes poorly he decides he's to old for this and steps down.

 
Well assuming Frost gets a call at the end of the season one would think it would be tough for him to turn down. Coming back to his home state and alma mater is something a huge majority of coaches want to do. I guess the next 4 months will interesting times around these parts. Lets just hope Riley and Co. can put a decent product on the field to give us something good to talk about. 

 
wiuhusker said:
Well assuming Frost gets a call at the end of the season one would think it would be tough for him to turn down. Coming back to his home state and alma mater is something a huge majority of coaches want to do. I guess the next 4 months will interesting times around these parts. Lets just hope Riley and Co. can put a decent product on the field to give us something good to talk about. 
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Doesn't mean he does.

 
Hingle McCringleberry said:
Cally was an eleventh-hour hire after Steveo completely botched Solich's firing.  SP was very much incorrect in his thinking that we are Nebraska and anyone would fall at our feet to coach here.  
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Agree, but the article and a lot of fans seem to be suggesting that Nebraska should get back to that way of thinking. 

I was fine with Pelini's hiring. I was also fine with his firing.  

 
Scott Frost would be a safe choice for Nebraska, but I'm not sure Nebraska is a safe choice for Frost. 

Warm weather, recruiting hotbeds and lower expectations might be hard to leave.

 
Steve Spurrier had just one more year of college head coach experience when he was hired at his alma matre than Frost does now.  It worked out. 

 
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