You can agree or disagree, but this is the outside opinion of a writer for Sports Illustrated... He also discusses Scott Frost...
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...miami-college-football-mailbag/#ixzz2jEbdLr51
The big question regarding coach Bo Pelini and Husker Nation is who out there is better? I would like to throw this wrinkle out and see if it sticks. Oregon has a pretty good team and has an assistant coach who has been working up the ranks. If Oregon makes it to the championship game and looks good, would this coach be looked at? Yes, Scott Frost has had a frosty relationship with Husker Nation, but the guy did win Nebraska's last national championship. -- Collin Lacher, Sioux Falls
Who out there is better? Gosh, where do I start? I give Nebraska fans credit for continuing to support Pelini for as long as they have, but come on. Enough is enough. This is Pelini's sixth year, not his third. He has done some nice things for the program, but his reputation was built on dominant defenses. Nebraska's defense just keeps getting worse. And the Huskers don't do anything particularly unique on offense. Nebraska is not the plum job it was in 1997, but it's still awfully attractive. There is no shortage of innovative coaches out there who would gladly come to Lincoln.
Which brings us to Frost, Nebraska's national championship quarterback in 1997 and Oregon's first-year play-caller (and fifth-year assistant) in 2013. I've been impressed that the Ducks' offense not only hasn't regressed so far post-Chip Kelly, but the play-calling actually seems more imaginative than ever before. It's logical to make the connection and suggest Frost, 38, could come in and have a Kliff Kingsbury-like effect at Nebraska.
But a head coach is responsible for much more than simply calling plays. Kingsbury's suave personality suits him perfectly in his roles as a media representative and program ambassador. Frost, as Collin aptly put it, is quite frosty. I've noticed that he's getting better with the media this year with his increased visibility, but he clearly remains uncomfortable with that part of the job. Still, that might not be enough to negate his credentials.
To this point, it's strange but true that no major program has hired away one of Kelly's former assistants to install the wildly successful Oregon system at another school. That seems like a no-brainer. At Nebraska, where it can be sometimes be difficult to recruit, that offense could be just what the program needs. Heck, it's like a second cousin to Tom Osborne's triple-option.
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...miami-college-football-mailbag/#ixzz2jEbdLr51
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