coaching rumor...
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O'brien has a much better resume. He coached a Penn State team with 15 transfers and restricted to 50 scholarships to back to back winning seasons, in the BIG. He left for the pros because his AD lied to him and was a dick. That program was saved and resurrected by him. They had a near death penalty that most thought would take 10 years to recover from.
Then he took a losing NFL team and got to the playoffs several times. Now he is observing and learning about how Saban runs the best program in all of College Football. Cambell has a high floor but a lower ceiling. I am not crazy about O'brien's persona but he is a very good coach and could really turn things around in Lincoln. And I think he matches what Trev has stated he is looking for. I doubt the rumor is true, but I think he has to be a frontrunner at this point. I cannot imagine initial feelers were ignored as he wants another head coaching job. And some of the names on lists probably were not too interested about a move, eg Fickell, Aranda etc. JMO, but I would be very happy to have him.
That was his tenure as GM and Head Coach. He turned them into a contender as just a coach. Not many men have been successful doing both. Look at Holmgren for example, and there have been others.
Why worry about his staff and therefore his recruiting? He has a ton of connections and with a decent budget would hire a great staff. It is great to have a great recruiter as head coach, but having a great recruiting staff can be just as effective. He has a lot more connections than someone like Cambell in all likelihood just based on where he has been. When I see folks speculate on different candidates staff I wonder about where that judgement comes from.
Correct. And Josh McDaniels was also their OC for some Super Bowls. Should we add him to the short list too after the Raiders are done with him?
What a great fan! Just a peachy outlook. Maybe you should be a part of the team recruiting a new coach!
So that is the criteria for the next hire? That is one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen here, which is pretty high praise.
That wasn’t your argument though. Your argument was how bad he was with the Patriots, and headcard actually showed he good he was with the Patriots.
Yes, he had the good fortune of having the best QB in the history of the game as well as the best HC in the history of the game as did McDaniels. These guys are nothing special as is evidenced by their careers as Head Coaches.
This has to be bs. Why? Because 80% of our fans would not approve of anybody.
Our fans are dumber than ****.
Many don’t want an unproven Leipold or Kleiman, iffy on Leach or Doeren, etc but a guy whose entire head coaching record in college is 2 whole years, with an 8 win season then a 7 win season… and he’s supposed to be good?
If he’s hired, I hope he wins a ton of games. Call me skeptical though.
Many don’t want an unproven Leipold or Kleiman, iffy on Leach or Doeren, etc but a guy whose entire head coaching record in college is 2 whole years, with an 8 win season then a 7 win season… and he’s supposed to be good?
If he’s hired, I hope he wins a ton of games. Call me skeptical though.
Lol. You think we can win a national championship with a better hire with more pull with kids? I want to see if we can ever come close to winning a conference championship. With USC and UCLA joining our conference in 2024, we are in no position of dreaming that big, right now. This coaching hire has to be at least a two run homer and NIL has to be a Nebraska difference-maker. Your red Koolaid is heavily spiked and you have been watching DVD’s of those bygone championship years.
No on Cambell he can't beat Iowa except this year with Iowa having the worst offense in the country
Thank you - wasn’t my intentionTrolled the entire thread
the sad thing is that if we don’t have a conf championship under our belt in 5 years with the new coach people will come out of the woodwork assuring us that had they chosen their preferred coach X Y or Z we would have been well on our way to a natty
Let’s win the division more times than not is mainly what we first need to strive for before we start thinking we need to win a conference championship who ever becomes head coach in the next 5 years..
First look where we are right now at this point in time in the conference..
**** Tennessee just won a huge game and they haven’t even won their division yet.
If it was between Gundy or Kiffin or Tressell I would be quite pleased with the hire..
Well believe it or not, if you are a long time subscriber here or elsewhere some people put out crazy ideas that don’t drip of sarcasm or trolling. Lol. Reading the article on BOB and this current two year indoctrination with Sagan at Alabama makes this possible choice for Nebraska even more attractive. You do a recent stint with Saban, and even earlier with Belichick, , it enhances your ability to lead a former underdog blue blood overachiever of the last century. His resume is pretty extensive and he would be the best hire since Osborne.
Yeah, this is not that big of a deal.
People act like PSU was playing with 11 walk-ons that were going both ways.
I think Tressell has been out of the game a bit too long, but I really like Kiffin.
Tressel also 69 years old and announced his retirement from Bo Pelini State, effective 2023.
I posted this in a couple of other threads so I apologize for the redundancy
in reading, Mississippi law prohibits any public employee from signing a contract of more than 4 years - Kiffin is paid 7.5 million per year which means he has 30 million guaranteed. An 8 year, 8 million per year contract more than doubles his current contract value. From a pure business standpoint Lane would have to seriously consider that kind of offer
80%? A name that has been out there, but not talked about much? This checks all the boxes; can’t wait to welcome Coach Kiffin to Lincoln.
No … if it is standard it would be the value of the contract .. if he leaves before the auto renewal it would be 22.5 million or after 30 million
If the law prohibits you from getting a long term contract - it would be foolish to agree to a contract with a huge buyout
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The difference is O’Brien is VERY gettable and no buyout. He makes way too much sense and checks too many boxes. Has already succeeded in the B1G.