Nebraska Fires Pederson

[midgetlover]

Joke or no joke the reason so many people were walk ons for the Huskers is because of The Great Tom Osbourne.

Not only did he PERSONALLY visit his recruits but potential recruits as well. He went to their hom,es he went to their high schools, he talked to the parents and was probably the most respected coaches out there. He didnt send recruiters he was the recruiter.

Even though Solich was under him for 25yrs and was hand picked to continue their dominance over the other teams he just was not respected as a replacement of Osbourne and honestly who is? The man won back to back Nat'l Championships plus 1 more in his last four years and had a record of something like 255-49-3 NEVER had a losing season and Solich was a main reason that they were so successful BUT Pederson had to come in and screw it up by firing Frank Solich who i might had had the saem 6 yr record as Osbourne before he was fired.

I believe that it will take a homegrown hardcore old school Husker to bring it all back and that is going to take 10 yrs to rebuild and I hope Osbourne stays on as AD so it can be achieved.

As long as Osbourne has some form of control over the athletics there, players will come

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by midgetlover

Callahan took the number 1 walk on program and destroys it in 5 years. Thank you!

Nebraska doesn't have as many players as they used to have. They used to recruit home grown, corn fed, country boys to play, get the hometowns to give them a scholarship and walk them on..and give the university scholarships to the RB's/QB's and such (skill positions) They would have 100+ kids there. Callahan doesn't want to coach that many kids.

The running game was a lot of option football which in my opinion was exciting to watch but with the speed and skill of the defense's stepping up had to go away. The West Coast offense is the way to go. He's going through the growing pains of change...it doesn't happen over night. I'm not his fan or anything I just think it takes awhile to change a program that much.

[Made in the USA]

Was there any program where Callahan was successful? I know he came from the Oakland Raiders, and they were terrible.

I have met Tom Osborne a couple of times. I was very impressed with him. A great guy! I think though, at his age, he will just want to temporarily help with the AD duties until they can hire a new person.

I do remember the times when Nebraska kicked our butts all the time, and then the fans would rub it in. Feels a little good, and revengeful, now that KSU and KU are the more feared programs!!

[Flying Dutchman]

He went to their hom,es he went to their high schools, he talked to the parents

He also went to their probation hearings, their first appearences, he talked to the victims and convinced them they weren't............oh yes, the good old days. lol

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

He also went to their probation hearings, their first appearences, he talked to the victims and convinced them they weren't............oh yes, the good old days. lol

Hey, the were winning...does it matter....lol.