Turner Gill to Nebraska?

Hello Husker Nation!!

Glad to be back where the cornfields are plentiful. Congrats on a solid season in the big 10. I'd say your team is in great position to compete for the Big 10 Crown next season. But enough about that.....has anyone heard any rumors about former KU Head Coach Turner Gill returning home to coach your QB's??

I ask, because there has been some grumblings that something might already be in the works. I wish Coach Gill nothing but the best of luck wherever he ends up. He is a great mentor and teacher of life. However, I feel he was in over his head as a head coach in the big 12.

Just curious if you all have heard anything.

-JGS30
Or your basketball school has too high of expectations for its football team and didn't give him a chance to get his players in there. Mangino overachieved there and they will never be that good again.
:yeah

 
I don't want to derail this more than I already have (inadvertently), so we can take it to politics and religion if we need to continue the discussion. I must clarify one thing, though, since a few are taking exception to my description of Liberty University.

Living down here in Alabama, I get the opportunity to meet many Liberty graduates. I stand by my description. Mind you, I'm not describing Baylor or TCU or even BYU as "whack job U." Liberty is a factory for extremists, and was founded as such by the same clown that gave us The Moral Majority, and who said that his god allowed the 9/11 attacks to succeed because of this country's "acceptance" of the gays. I think "whack job U" is a fitting monicker for a university that has "liberty" in its very name but has banned a student Democratic Party club.

I hope Gill brings to Liberty University the same level of success he enjoyed at KU.

/derail off

 
I don't know about the philosophies or politics of Liberty U. But I know that Lynchburg VA is one of the neatest little towns in outstate Virginia. It would be a great place to live. I hope Turner prospers there.

 
Gill announced his coaching staff today with some former Nebraska associates worth mentioning. Another somewhat surprising twist is Carl Torbush is back with Gill again after retiring before the 2011 season at Kansas due to prostate cancer.

The following people on the Liberty staff have either played for or coached (Assistants, GA's & Interns included) at Nebraska.

Dennis Wagner (OC/OL)

Aaron Stamn (Co-OC/TE)

Joe Dailey (QB Coach)

Mike Minter (STC)

Liberty U Coaching Staff

 
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Gill announced his coaching staff today with some former Nebraska associates worth mentioning. Another somewhat surprising twist is Carl Torbush is back with Gill again after retiring before the 2011 season at Kansas due to prostate cancer.
The following people on the Liberty staff have either played for or coached (Assistants, GA's & Interns included) at Nebraska.

Dennis Wagner (OC/OL)

Aaron Stamn (Co-OC/TE)

Joe Dailey (QB Coach)

Mike Minter (STC)

Liberty U Coaching Staff
Love to see Minter getting into coaching ( previous stop at Johnson C smith). Following him at NU and then Carolina, I always thought he would be a good one. Best of luck to a classy guy in Gill. Good fit for him and some others on he staff.

 
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How did I miss this? Liberty/Lynchburg is less than an hour down the road from me. Mixed emotions. I'm surprised Gill dropped to this level. He was at least proven at the MAC level, but maybe he was looking for something different and thought Liberty is a good fit. I'm not a fan of the Falwells, but I run some trail races put on by Liberty people and it's all good. Might have to go see a game next year. I think they play my kid's school (JMU).

 
Gill announced his coaching staff today with some former Nebraska associates worth mentioning. Another somewhat surprising twist is Carl Torbush is back with Gill again after retiring before the 2011 season at Kansas due to prostate cancer.
The following people on the Liberty staff have either played for or coached (Assistants, GA's & Interns included) at Nebraska.

Dennis Wagner (OC/OL)

Aaron Stamn (Co-OC/TE)

Joe Dailey (QB Coach)

Mike Minter (STC)

Liberty U Coaching Staff
Love to see Minter getting into coaching ( previous stop at Johnson C smith). Following him at NU and then Carolina, I always thought he would be a good one. Best of luck to a classy guy in Gill. Good fit for him and some others on he staff.
Minter is class as well. Both as a Husker and a pro. Seem to remember an article where he moved back to Lincoln in order to get his son right under the noses of the Husker staff. Hope joining TG doesn't move Junior out of state.

 
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