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About Frost’s resume…he played QB in college at both Stanford and Nebraska, under Walsh and Osborne. He was 24-2 as a starter for Osborne. He coached under Chip Kelley at Oregon for 3 years.
Played free safety and special teams in the pros, including stints for Parcells, Belichick, and Gruden.
Most everyone expects Nebraska to put the full-court press on Frost. That is who a lot of fans have wanted since before he even became a head coach.
Coaching your alma mater is a tough gig. On one hand you get the opportunity to run the team you want to succeed most, but on the other hand you will almost certainly become an enemy of the state. There are a lot of coaches who have or have had hard feelings toward where they played for that reason.
Hatfield and Nutt are good examples of how difficult it is to return home.
Interesting situation.
I personally wouldn’t want to coach the hogs, because I wouldn’t want to ever jeopardize my love and passion for the program. I’m also not a coach, so…
What about Charlie Strong. He can coach. Texas was a basket case while he was there. He has recruiting Arkansas connections, Florida connections and may still have some Texas connections.
He’s from Arkansas as well.
I think CHarlie is a good coach, but a better recruiter. I think his time at Texas doesn’t sit well with many people.
both were successful
just wore out their welcome for various reasons
but yeah
big swing up and swing downs for sure
would be tough
Strong might do well here. I like a defensive mentality. When the job was open in the past, he didn’t show much interest.
Although it absolutely shouldn’t matter, his family situation (interracial marriage) would almost certain be something his inevitable haters would make swipes about.
Who he’s married to doesn’t concern me. Can he do the job at Arkansas? Who knows.
I would be concerned that he failed at a program that is typically too big to fail.
I know that some national reporters have (in propping up Hermann) labeled what he left at Texas as a huge mess and a culture Hermann had to change.
Then again, the same writer wrote the same type article in favor of Strong cleaning up a mess when he took over at Tx.
Strong did nothing with Texas talent
I don’t think he’d do well
I think Charlie was unable to overcome the atmosphere of arrogance and entitlement at Texas: “We’re Texas, we’re going to win big no matter what we do.” When you think like that, you get outworked, outhustled, out-physicaled, out-gameplanned, you name it, and that’s what’s been going on at Texas since before Mack left. That’s why Saban at Texas would have been so scary. He does not let that kind of attitude develop at Bama. They have more talent than anyone and they leave no stone unturned in preparation, anything.
Bingo.
I agree.
If Strong is the best we can do then we might as well keep Bielema.
I think he would be a good DC here. Not so much a HC, but what do I know?
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I think Charlie was unable to overcome the atmosphere of arrogance and entitlement at Texas: “We’re Texas, we’re going to win big no matter what we do.” When you think like that, you get outworked, outhustled, out-physicaled, out-gameplanned, you name it, and that’s what’s been going on at Texas since before Mack left. That’s why Saban at Texas would have been so scary. He does not let that kind of attitude develop at Bama. They have more talent than anyone and they leave no stone unturned in preparation, anything.
[/quote]Not only that - he was sucker punched before he even had a chance to move into his office. When perhaps your highest profile doner/booster goes on a televised interview and states that the hire is a “kick in the face” 3 days after he is announced, it was clear that he never had the “honeymoon” vote of confidence ANY coach deserves to get in and set up his program.
I’m neither a huge “Charlie fan” or critic; but I just don’t think you can judge him off of that situation.
To refesh your memory, here is what else Red McCombs said of Charlie’s hire:
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"I don’t have any doubt that Charlie is a fine coach. I think he would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator.
“But I don’t believe [he belongs at] what should be one of the three most powerful university programs in the world right now at UT-Austin. I don’t think it adds up.”[/color]
He did well with a special talent at Louisville…a booster’s wife!
You can see right there with the special talent Petrino was a perfect fit to go back to Louisville.