Experience is overrated at times. Look how experienced Riley is, and he’s terrible. Sometimes, if you see some really high upside potential in an individual, it’s worth the risk.
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.
Which seems to be the plight of our current team.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.
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.