Nebraska gutless??

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Originally Posted by Raider Assassin

Let me remind you of something while you're talking about Callahan taking Grudens players and system with the Raiders to the SB,Gruden took Dungy's players and system to the SB and won,but what the hell has he done on his own ,not a dam thing,Thus Callahan had to coach and prepare the Raiders for an entire season to get them to the SB regardless of whose players or system it was. One thing that all you Callahan doubters are discounting is the fact that coaching is made easier when you have quality skilled players and that's what Callahan has recruited in his first year.

Let me clue you in on one other note of significance,you know why USC is all of a sudden recruiting and getting some of the top high school talent in the country,it's because Carroll is an ex-NFL coach and players feel that such a coach can better prepare them for the next level of competition which is their dream.That's exactly why NU,Callahan,Norvell and Jordon currently have the top recruiting class for 2005 and is why Callahan will be a successful collegiate coach and the better players you get to commit to your program,the better coach you'll be.Just ask Carroll because he sure as hell never had the type of NFL success that he's had at USC.So you can come up with all the lame ass excusses you like and doubt as much as you like,but starting next season,Callahan will start to build the NU program back to what it once was just as Carroll built USC back to what it once was in the 60's,70's and early 80's.It's all about the NFL connection and preparation for the next level that kids are looking for.As great a recruiter as Osborne was for NU in the 80's and 90's,not even he had a recruiting class as impressive as what Callahan and his staff have put together and within a couple years he'll have NU on the same level as Carroll has USC.

So you're point about Gruden was the same point I made about Callahan. Each had success with another's players. Except Callahan ran virtually the exact same offensive system after Gruden left. The big difference between Callahan and Gruden is/was that Callahan's players didn't/don't like him. They don't want to play for him so they quit on him. Gruden's players in TB didn't quit. Gruden had to install his own offense, similar to the one he installed in Oak, and get his type of players to run the offense. Why do you think Brad Johnson is no longer the QB? TB won the SB mostly on defense. When Gruden lost a couple of defensive players after that season and revamped the offense, of course there will be some stumbling. But Gruden's players in TB never quit on him. Don't cite Keyshawn as a rebuttal, either. That's only one player, not an entire team like Oakland did to Callahan.

So, to be fair, Callahan deserves a bit of rope for installing a completely new offensive system in Lincoln. He needs to get his type of players to run his type of offense. Fair enough. But you have to agree, Callahan has yet to really prove anything as a HC. Pro or college. He took a veteran-ladened team to the SB, led by an MVP QB that knew the offensive system at least as well as Callahan did. They didn't need a whole heck of a lot of coaching. Thus, the team excelled with Callahan as coach and Callahan got credit for it. But when it truly came time for him to step up due to injuries and the like, he failed. His team quit on him.

Maybe Callahan will do something in Lincoln. He does have a top ten recruiting class coming in. So, so far he has proven he can recruit.

He has yet to prove he can coach, IMO.