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So What Are You REALLY Thinking, HuskerNation?

After the Iowa State game, I met up briefly with Corn Blight and said that if the Huskers didn't improve significantly, they might go 0-for-October.  He poo-poo'ed that talk at that time, but now after Missouri Mizery, I'm not so sure about that either.

Let's be honest here.  None of the three remaining games this month are automatic wins or losses.  If they play well, they can take all three.  But considering they haven't really played will since Labor Day, they can just as easily lose all those games.

Furthermore, I've noticed that while the Ball State game raised a lot of questions, the Missouri game convinced a lot of fans that there are serious, serious problems with the football program.  (91% of responses graded the Missouri game a 0 or an F... Yikes!)  Radio talkshows are full of calls for heads to roll from defensive coordinators to athletic directors.

Not that anything can be done now...we've still got half a football season to play and there aren't a bunch of out-of-work football coaches sitting around waiting for a call from Lincoln.  Besides, can outsiders really turn this thing around this season?  But the calls keep coming.

So what do you guys think?  Let's see some comments as to what folks want to see happen?

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What should happen with the Husker football program?
Everything's fine! No need to do ANYTHING!
3 votes
Hey, the times are tough right now, but this staff will turn it around, hopefully by next season.
9 votes
Time to start thinking about replacing some assistant coaches at the end of the season.
37 votes
Time to start thinking about replacing the entire staff at the end of the season.
26 votes
Fire the athletic director!
53 votes
Fire some assistant coaches NOW!
9 votes
Fire Callahan NOW!
7 votes
Fire EVERYBODY (Callahan, Pederson, Cosgrove, etc.) NOW!
196 votes

340 votes | Poll has closed

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my options in the poll.  Why isn't there a "Get rid of Cosgrove" option, either for now or at the end of the season?  The D needs quite a bit of work, and it's not obvious to me that Cosgrove has figured out what needs to happen to motivate the D to do their job and do it well.  It's also not obvious to me that he is making the right moves in constructing defensive strategies, or that he can make alterations on the fly when it becomes clear that his strategy is not producing results.  They wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't a smart guy, so I do not say this to impugn his knowledge, but it does seem like the D is adrift at the moment, more so than the offense, and the ultimate responsibility for that lies at the defensive coordinator's door.  He's their leader, after all, especially since Callahan seems to pay more attention to the offense, and I doubt that you have a good defense if you do not have effective leadership.

I'd suggest that at the least, Cosgrove ought to be reduced in rank if the defense continues to sputter until the end of the season, and that someone else be brought in at that point.  I'd be hesitant about doing more, even though I do think that the actions and attitudes of the staff are questionable.

GBR!

by Nous on Oct 11, 2007 10:27 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Both are there...

...I genericized it to "assistant coaches" to be a little more encompassing and to keep the number of options in check.  Since Coz is an assistant coach, you could select one of those options if you felt Callahan was alright.  

by Husker Mike on Oct 11, 2007 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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