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Is Scott Frost too young and inexperienced?


1standten said:
Frost is the son of two long time HS football coaches. He played college football as a QB in both a West Coast scheme and also a triple option attack and won a National Championship in one of the most dominant programs of all time. He then switched to the defensive side and played 3 years in the NFL, where he also played on special teams.

He's been coached by Bill Walsh, Tom Osborne, Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, and Jon Gruden.

He's coached college football for 15 years including being a DC, an OC, and now HC.

He took over a 0-12 UCF team and went 6-7 his first year and is now 5-0 in his second.

"Inexperienced" is a buzz-word thrown out a lot when discussing potential coaches, but it doesn't seem to fit with Scott Frost. I'm not sure how much more actual quality football exposure a guy could have.
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I agree 100% with this.
 



Riley's first staff here was exceptionally experienced. He had three guys who had been defensive coordinators in the DB coach, DL coach, and the DC. And the DC had been a long time coordinator and a coordinator in the NFL. The Special Teams coordinator also had many years of experience in college and the NFL. Bray was easily the least experienced. Same for the offense. OC has plenty of experience and had done some good things with the Giants. OL coach has lots of experience. RB coach had a nice combination of college and NFL experience. The WR coach was far from a green horn but less experienced than the others.

Bo had a good deal of experience on his initial offensive staff but far less on defense than Mike's. In the first few years, Bo's less experienced guys produced much better than Mike's guys.
 
Plague of Crickets said:
He would certainly be less experienced than many (probably most) new coaches at P5 programs. Whether he is as experienced as Devaney was is a bit irrelevant. The real question is: is he experienced enough to lead a P5 program. That's a question that can only be answered after the fact. He seems promising, but promising isn't a guarantee.
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Which seems to be the plight of our current team.
 
NU will be fortunate if Frost is interested.

Let's be honest, NU hasn't really attracted the biggest, brightest and most successful HC's in past 20 years.
 




Scott Frost is neither too young or too inexperienced. He's older than both Tom Osborne and Barry Switzer at the time they became head coaches. His experience exceeds both of those guys also.
 
  • Way back in the day Oklahoma hired this 36-year old kid as their head coach. That know-nothing wet-behind-the-ears guy had no experience as a head coach yet he figured out how to win 3 NCs and 12 conference championships.
  • 26 years later Oklahoma did it again and hired another 38-year old kid with no head coaching experience. He won a NC and played for a few more. Also won 10 conference championships.
  • How about one more? Last summer Oklahoma hired a 34-year old with no head coaching experience.
Nebraska's current head coach had 14 years of experience being a head coach at the D1 level before being hired by Nebraska.
 
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The Big Red Lebowski said:
It's more of a "win now" culture than ever, so I don't think NU is going to have the luxury of waiting for a guy like Frost to get older and more experienced. If UCF keeps not just winning but dominating AAC opponents, he's going to get a P5 offer.

For possibly the first time in program history, there is a candidate that has almost no downside from the AD's perspective. The hot candidate is a Nebraska guy. It's like a unicorn. If Moos hires Frost and he succeeds, everyone is happy. If Moos hires Frost and he fails, nobody is going to second guess the hire.
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Agreed 100%.
 

You skipped right over TO because he didn't have any experience as a head coach and it didn't help your argument
 
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