Corn Flakes Follows Bill Callahan and Kevin Cosgrove Around To See Whose Brains They’re Eating Next

by Jon Johnston on Jan 7, 2009 1:38 PM CST in Corn Flakes Comment 10 comments

According to Husker Extra's Steve Sipple, Kevin Cosgrove could be headed to Minnesota to replace Gophers’ ex-DC Ted Roof who’s headed to Auburn.

I know what you’re thinking. Someone would hire the guy that took a Blackshirt defense and turned it into the biggest pile of steaming poo in over 100 years of football? Someone would hire that guy?

Yes, and it may not be a bad deal for either. Minnesota has now gone through three coordinators in two seasons. Their defense has been awful for many, many years. What they need now is someone that’s going to stick around for a while and build some consistency. Who’s that guy?

Kevin Cosgrove.

Of course, it could be the same rumor we heard last year, or it could be as early as this afternoon!

It’s a good deal for Nebraska, too. As long as Minnesota continues to suck, we’ll get players like Nate Swift. I’m all for that!

You know Bill Callahan is going to be the next head coach of the Jets, don’t you? Nah, he’s going to Cleveland with Jets ex-head dude Eric Mangini.

Or somewhere. Pretty much all you hear about Callahan is that he's a great coach, especially from other coaches, but then, have you EVER heard a coach say anything negative about another coach?

Here’s the thing about coaches like Callahan and Cosgrove. They’re going to end up somewhere, despite how much Husker fans hold them in ire. Maybe they were a bad fit at Nebraska. Maybe they were asked to work in horrific conditions under a megalomaniac. Maybe they fit the Peter Principle all too well.

Mediocre coaches are like zombies. No, not the walking around eating brains part - the hard to kill and make sure they’re dead part. Just when you think they’re never coming back, there they are somewhere else doing the same thing again, sucking the life out of some other poor bastard.

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The only

real way to get rid of a zombie? Shotgun blast to the chest. But thats assuming they are the slow easy to get away from zombie and not the super fast world class sprinter zombie such as in Dawn of the Dead.

The latter is a little harder to do away with because they are fast and agile and generally in a foul mood. They also have super strength, so you have that against you too. The key to defeating these zombies is to ensure you are faster than your friends. And alot of ammo.

"Where do you put the bayonet?" (upon seeing a flamethrower fo the first time)

by 96operator on Jan 7, 2009 2:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sounds more like...

…‘Shaun of the Dead’ to me…..

"...don't TAZE me, bro..."

by zE bOp on Jan 7, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Callahan isn't a bad assistant coach...

…he’s just not a head coach.

by Husker Mike on Jan 7, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh...and the Star-Tribune is also reporting Coz will be a Gopher...

What is it about Minnesota? Governor Jesse Ventura, Senator Stuart Smalley, and now the return of the Coz?

by Husker Mike on Jan 7, 2009 11:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's

as good as I think they can do. Brewster seems to be able to recruit decently, but the University of Minnesota really isn’t committed to a good football program. They talk about it like they are, they’re building a new stadium, but the attitude of the place is that if you have a good football team, you automatically have a stupid university.

Which is why the lose to Northwestern on a regular basis.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!

by Jon Johnston on Jan 8, 2009 7:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

check out this

comment from the Star Tribune:

Here’s a clue: Clint Cosgrove is a current graduate assistant

This is nothing but a ‘crony hire’ based on the fact that both Brewster & Cosgrove are Illinois alums, throw scholarships and favors around like no one is watching, acceptable and expected in the State of Illinois, but hopefully, not blown-off in Minnesota. It took some creativity to bring a winner, Tubby Smith to Minnesota, and it’s not unusual to hire a son, (Saul for example) or a brother, as an assistant as the stakes are pretty high for failure. Hiring Cosgrove tells the entire coaching community what Brewster is all about. Are you telling me that not one of the current position coaches are better candidates for promotion than Cosgrove? An earlier post sited that the 2007 Nebraska defense was 112th. I didn’t think it was that good. Carl Pellini, younger brother takes over, and suddenly, the same players are playing respectable (not great) defense, winning the Gator Bowl. This hire has "ol’ boy, crony, incestuous, insider" written all over it. The only good thing about it is that it will provide Maturi the ammunition to admit the mistake made with Brewster and bring in someone with experience as a head coach, such as a Turner Gill—a mistake that Auburn will regret for many years to come.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!

by Jon Johnston on Jan 8, 2009 10:17 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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I think this is Brewster attempting to find someone who will stay in Minnesota for more than a year. This is a huge problem for them.

Is there a place where it’s more evident where pro sports have killed a college program? This state is a Vikings state. The Gophers aren’t much more than an afterthought. If Brewster is to ever be successful, he’s going to change the attitude of the state, and Minnesotans are as reluctant to change as anyone.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!

by Jon Johnston on Jan 8, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares

if he stays for more then a year? He sucks. This whole “we need coaches who will stay around for years” is overrated if the coaches suck. You need GOOD coaches who will stay around for years. If the coach is no good why do you want him around for one year let alone more then that?

by taflorom on Jan 9, 2009 10:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Golden Goofer

fans are gonna puke when Cosgroan won’t get out of his base defense even though they are getting shredded.

Say goodbye to a decent defense Goofers.

"Where do you put the bayonet?" (upon seeing a flamethrower fo the first time)

by 96operator on Jan 8, 2009 1:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

My condolences to the Golden Gopher faithful...

They get to go from Ted Roof’s aggressive but prone to giving up lots of yards defense that at least forces turnovers to what will, in time, be a passive, reactive defense prone to giving up lots of yards that can’t force turnovers.

Sounds like the transition from 2003 to 2004 at Nebraska. Except, that instead of good to mediocre, they get to go from mediocre to mediocre-er.

Got Corn?

by huskerlibrarian on Jan 8, 2009 1:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs