Realistic Coaching Hires with the AD

[Cdog923]

Prepare your salt. The rumor here in kansas on why Venables can't go home

From what I heard, and it's murky ASF,  is that Venables had a fling with either a major boosters daughter or an upper administration officials daughter while at KSU and it didn't end well. The most recent version of the rumor was that it's a big boosters daughter and that his name is on some buildings at KSU. 

I like the thought of hiring him. Though if we do we might need to keep him away from the co eds and boosters daughters so that he doesn't get shot.

Carl and Frank say Hold my Beer son.

I was going to say, sounds like the Carl/Frank/Tim Miles coaching tree. 

 

[HuskerPowerVA]

Yep.  If they don't get Frost, I'm done with Husker football.

Is this like the Hollywood weirdos who threatened to move to Canada?  Promises, promises. 

 

[Cdog923]

Do some research on Richt, and then report back.

Consistent winner in the toughest conference in the country during his tenure. At his alma mater which would be super-tough to pull him away from.

What have I missed? 

 

[NebraskaHarry]

My only thought would be he wants to finish what he started at UCF and doesn't want to leave after this seaon. Now I am not sure if he feels that way or not but that would be my only fear of us being turned away by him.

That's understandable but doesn't worry me too much.

 

[Isle of View]

I don't really get it. If you don't care to watch the Huskers, just their physical style of play and old Huskers who won championships, why don't you just hop on the Wisconsin band wagon? They have everything you want. It looks like Husker football, you have a Husker pulling the strings at AD (the coach in Camp Randall doesn't matter) Heck they even wear red and white. I know I know it's not scarlet and cream, but you don't seem to care much about that. You just want the team that wins with toughness right? 

No, that's way too simplistic.  And I have no connections to Wisconsin.  If Frost went there I would reconsider.

 

[Nebfanatic]

No, that's way too simplistic.  And I have no connections to Wisconsin.  If Frost went there I would reconsider.

You have the same connection to Wisconsin as you do to UCF? Unless you are actually Scott Frosts wife????

 

[Isle of View]

Is this like the Hollywood weirdos who threatened to move to Canada?  Promises, promises. 

Nope

 

[HuskerPowerVA]

No, that's way too simplistic.  And I have no connections to Wisconsin.  If Frost went there I would reconsider.

Well you have provided all of us at least one reason to be encouraged if Frost doesn't come here. 

 

[Isle of View]

You have the same connection to Wisconsin as you do to UCF? Unless you are actually Scott Frosts wife????

Scott Frost, former Husker NC Champ, is their coach and I live in Orlando.  That's the connection.  

Well you have provided all of us at least one reason to be encouraged if Frost doesn't come here. 

I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with that.

 

[Nebfanatic]

Scott Frost, former Husker NC Champ, is their coach and I live in Orlando.  That's the connection.  

And my point was Barry Alvarez also played for great Husker teams (68 under Devaney), Wisconsin AD! The Orlando angle makes much more sense. 

 

[Isle of View]

And my point was Barry Alvarez also played for great Husker teams (68 under Devaney), Wisconsin AD! The Orlando angle makes much more sense. 

Barry Alvarez was also before my time.  But I do admire what he's done.  He's implemented the Nebraska blueprint pretty well.

 

[StPaulHusker]

If "fit" matters I don't know how Leach could be considered a candidate. Leach is great. Yet, seems like an odd fit at Dear Ol' NU.

Leach is not in the mix.  He's going to get calls from the SEC, though.

 

[Xmas32]

Holgorsen is another version of Leach.  If your going to get a version, you might as well buy the original.  RichRod couldn't get the his spread to take at Michigan and compete against the Big 10 heavies.  We should learn from our mistakes as well as others who tried similiar paths and failed.  Richrod is not a great coach, but has had some success while at all his stops other than Michigan.  B1G recruiting is way different than most other conferences.  Weather is a factor.  SEC. Big 12, ACC, and Pac 12 all have more consistent climate ranges than the east coast and upper midwest.  Even though I don't think the climate is that big of a deal, the football does when its freezing and you can't catch the darn thing because you can't feel your fingers.

Ehhhh, not quite.  Holgorsen has shown a much higher propensity to run the ball than Leach ever has.  Holgorsen has seemed to do a good job of adjusting his scheme depending on who he has at the skill position.  When he had Kendall Hunter @ OSU?  Dude was a Doak Walker finalist.  Wendell Smallwood?  1500+ rushing yards.  He had a 1000 yd rusher last year as well.  Did you know that WVU has rushed for more yards than Nebraska these past 3 years?  I know it's easy to see Holgorsen and think, "Mike Leach with a mullet".  The numbers simply suggest otherwise.  I do agree with @HuskerPowerVA that his teams seem to struggle on defense.  That being said, he plays in the Big XII and no one really plays any defense except for TCU. 

I understand your point on the weather, at the same time, Morgantown is only 75 miles away from Pittsburgh.  The weather gets pretty crappy there in the winter.

 

[Nebfanatic]

Leach is not in the mix.  He's going to get calls from the SEC, though.

Lexington here he comes 

 

[Undone]

Appreciate all the debate over offensive identity, but Nebraska's freefall to a bottom dwelling defense is probably the bigger story. The Blackshirts WERE the Husker identity, and it translated to the offensive line and overall attitude. 

I sort of agree. I've always said that Bo was in reality incredibly close to winning back-to-back conference titles in 2009 & 2010. In 2009, if McCoy scrambles for one extra second, that's a conference title.

In 2010, we were beating Oklahoma at halftime but then if memory serves couldn't score a single point on offense in the second half.

Those two defenses were roughly on par with what we had from '93 - '99. Even still, our offensive lines limited some of what were were able to do in the zone read (even though were were admittedly very high nationally in rushing rank under Bo most seasons).

 

[Isle of View]

Consistent winner in the toughest conference in the country during his tenure. At his alma mater which would be super-tough to pull him away from.

What have I missed? 

Consistently underperformed relative to the quality of his recruiting classes.

 

[brophog]

Leach is not in the mix.  He's going to get calls from the SEC, though.

He might, but I don't think he should answer them. He's a rebel. He's best when he's not in the big corporate structure of football, and that's not the kinds of teams that would be an upper move for him in the SEC. He's one stubborn dude, and he'd just clash down there. 

 

[StPaulHusker]

He might, but I don't think he should answer them. He's a rebel. He's best when he's not in the big corporate structure of football, and that's not the kinds of teams that would be an upper move for him in the SEC. He's one stubborn dude, and he'd just clash down there. 

I really don't care what Leach does.  As long as it isn't at Nebraska

 

[teachercd]

Leach is not in the mix.  He's going to get calls from the SEC, though.

I think he would be a perfect fit at Ole Miss.  That school is thrilled with bowl games and about 8 or 9 wins.  Anything on top of that is a cherry on top.