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Bill O'Brien

Jimbosc said:
I agree you hire coaches you know. But not always - Urbie put Luke Fickell back at DC when hired at tOSU because he knew he was a stud coach. My point was you hire guys you trust that are qualified. In retrospect Frost favored guys he knew and kept them even when the results were not acceptable. Pelini converted grad assistants to full time assistants - I really questioned that move at the time - the results in terms of level of coaching and recruiting tend to indicated Bo cared more about yes men vs. results. And don't give me the 9 win BS - the team Bo had Year 2 was MUCH better than team he had his final season - regardless of record. Trend was down - part of why he got fired.
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Urban had been out of coaching for awhile. He had no staff to bring with him. All of his assistants were somewhere else. How many were at OSU that had been at FLA? I dont have a clue. My guess is a few. But I bet he had a lot different staff. And I bet he has a completely different one again in the NFL. Probably a new one again if he comes back to college.
 
Bill O'Brien would be my #1 attainable target. O'Brien's offensive scheme would give Nebraska its first true offensive identity since the middle of the Pelini era. Our quarterback play would be the best its been since Joe Ganz was here. We would stop hemorrhaging signal caller turnovers like we have the past 13 or 14 years. Receivers would be coached extremely well, with a lot of emphasis on teaching how to exploit defenses. O'Brien would recruit just as well as Frost, perhaps even a tick better.

There are some downsides to O'Brien. He is very prickly (although nothing near as abrasive as Bo was). I'm not sure he'd be the guy who would stay 6+ years if he got us rolling.
 
skrzfan said:
Rivals.com - Coaching carousel: Farrell's picks for the job openings

Yeah sounds like O'Brien might be the pick IF a change is made
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Campbell and Fickell would be good choices as well IMHO. Fickell understands the B1G - as does O'Brien. Campbell is a good coach - enough there to say he'll win games in Lincoln. Any of the 3 could succeed. Campbell and Fickell would be less likely to go job hunting. BO'B could job shop another NFL head coaching gig fairly quickly - but up to Big Red to accept that possiblity.
 
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UNK Lopers said:
Bill O'Brien would be my #1 attainable target. O'Brien's offensive scheme would give Nebraska its first true offensive identity since the middle of the Pelini era. Our quarterback play would be the best its been since Joe Ganz was here. We would stop hemorrhaging signal caller turnovers like we have the past 13 or 14 years. Receivers would be coached extremely well, with a lot of emphasis on teaching how to exploit defenses. O'Brien would recruit just as well as Frost, perhaps even a tick better.

There are some downsides to O'Brien. He is very prickly (although nothing near as abrasive as Bo was). I'm not sure he'd be the guy who would stay 6+ years if he got us rolling.
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Yeah I will pass on O'Brien. His offense is an nfl style wco and we don't need that crap here again.
 
O'Brien has two years experience as a college head coach in which he went 15-9 including an impressive turn around of a troubled program. So much so that he was named coach of the year. He's worked under some all time great coaches.

Frost had two years experience as a college head coach in which he went 19-7 including an impressive turn around of a troubled program. So much so that he was named coach of the year. He's worked under some all time great coaches.

Kennedy shot Lincoln in his Ford. Ford took some shots while getting out of his Lincoln. Chilling.

Seriously, are we going to pick up a head coach based on 'that one magic season' again?
That just seems a bad idea considering.
 
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UNK Lopers said:
Bill O'Brien would be my #1 attainable target. O'Brien's offensive scheme would give Nebraska its first true offensive identity since the middle of the Pelini era. Our quarterback play would be the best its been since Joe Ganz was here. We would stop hemorrhaging signal caller turnovers like we have the past 13 or 14 years. Receivers would be coached extremely well, with a lot of emphasis on teaching how to exploit defenses. O'Brien would recruit just as well as Frost, perhaps even a tick better.

There are some downsides to O'Brien. He is very prickly (although nothing near as abrasive as Bo was). I'm not sure he'd be the guy who would stay 6+ years if he got us rolling.
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Bill O'Brien seems like the most vanilla coach in the country

Give me Matt Ruhle and pay whatever it takes

GBR
 
I dont care who we get at Head coach as long as the OC is Cale Gundy at OU ( Co-offensive coordinator/inside receivers/recruiting coordinator) and the DC is Eric Chinander and the DL is Tony Tuioti. Gundy could bring the Rattler with him. Would Trev consider coaching? I am sure he is better organized than Scott and he could not be any worse on game day.
 
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Husker99 said:
Yeah I will pass on O'Brien. His offense is an nfl style wco and we don't need that crap here again.
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Have you seen Alabama play? NOT NFL style WCO - part of the reason he took that job under Saban was to learn the power spread game. Anyone thinking we are going to run T.O.'s offense under the next coach is dreaming. RPO, Zone Read and some under center plays is the right mix.
 
Someone needs to explain this "culture building" concept to me.

I didn't like it the first time I heard Frost talk about it and that has never changed.

I get everyone needs to be on the same page, but, it just seems a little to similar to a cult or whatever.
 
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