I don't think anyone hates him. He's a good, not great, coach and he's a safe hire. I think many just feel that we can do better.
His record in the Big 12 is 44-34. He’s defeated some good teams but also has also lost to some bad ones. Also 1-6 all-time vs. Iowa. That’s not “great” or “10 best” in my opinion.
I have reservations on Campbell as well. I think there's a lot of relevance to your perspective.
Cause for pause.
Both of the guys you mentioned went to LSU where it is extremely easy to locate talent. Nebraska doesn’t have that luxury. You really think Campbell can lure elite recruits to Lincoln? I don’t.
the only elite coach we have a shot at is Urban Meyer and it’s highly doubtful that Trev will even reach out to him because he doesn’t have Nebraska values
I wouldn't blame him! You have other more appealing options that I prefer over Meyer.
There is nothing more appealing then a 3 time national championship winner. Nobody period. Watch all you guys in favor for the border coaches will be let down when it takes another 3 or 4 more years to win and then we have one good year and then not so great year. Nebraska won't have sustainable success and then we will have marginal expectations that greatness isn't needed 8 wins is fine. Imho the border coaches won't have sustainable success bc like scarlet pimpernel said do you think they can get elite recruits here? I don't either they might get area recruits that are highly ranked but Nebraska will always need kids from all over the country to help them succeed. Rarely do we recruit Cali or Florida or even Texas anymore. They is talent all over the country but schools can only sign so many kids for their local schools in those big states. Nebraska needs to do better and be better in order to have sustainable success.
While the boarder coaches may consistently get us to 7-8 wins, I have a hard time seeing them making us a regular contenders. Of course beggars can’t be choosers as they say—I’d love to see 8 wins again. But maybe I’m putting the cart before the horse. We need the right coach and culture for where we are now. Maybe the boarder coaches aren’t the splashy/sexy/big news exciting hire- perhaps they are the turtle and not the hare and they just get the job done and get us over the finish line. IDK. I go back and forth between Meyer(the hare) and the boarder guys + Mark Stoops. Meyer is probably the only elite coach out there at this point. So if Meyer is unrealistic and we take him off the board, then the boarder guys, Stoops, Gundy would be my next level. I think we need good P5 experience before we look at G5 or DC/OC options
I think there are bigger differences between G5 and P5 that people discount. At G5 you have less superstar 4/5* egos that need to be fed and managed and it has to be easier to create a team first culture. You get outtalented sometimes but you can also get teams like Boise and App State playing together and good team football. That is much more difficult to create at a place like Nebraska, without having an established culture of winning first. I would suspect a lot of coaching jumps from G5 to P5 fail for similar reasons and they aren't really talked about it seems.