The job interview continues!
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I think it means HuskerWed fell from a very high distance and landed on his head..
So the seven previous years were worth it but if Mickey is hired you have to consider if it is worth it? Weird take.... To each there own
No, and that's exactly what I'm talking about. It's already been 8 years of crap I've wasted my time on. Don't have patience for much more. If we mess this next hire up, I'm probably done with this program. There's no point in following a program that's given up.So, the 7 previous years were worth wasting your time?
Agreed, we just played the two worst teams on our schedule. I don't think we win another game all season with how they've been playing.
Hypothetically speaking, Urban Meyer could come in and get 8 wins out of this team.
I like to look at it this way, MJ passed the first 2 levels of Mario Bros. Pretty easy levels, but can still get ya if you clown around. We didn’t, and are on to level 3 which get substantially harder from here on out. He did not immediately disqualify himself from consideration, but the true job interview begins now.
I think to get the job he needs to get us bowl eligible and surprise one of the better teams we play.
I think that is probably the most likely scenario.
Watching the Illinois/Iowa game I’m thinking an upset will happen somewhere along the line. ALOT of average play in the B1G West.
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What they’re saying is that because the last 7 years sucked so much with Riley (who no one wanted) and with Frost (who everyone wanted but was utterly negligent and incompetent) and with this truly golden opportunity to get a great hire for the future of the program, that if Nebraska went ahead and hired MJ because the “fans liked him” and because he “beat Rutgers and Illinois and Iowa” and has “Nebraska spirit”, that we need to “give him a few years as interim HC to get his guys in and then let’s see what he can do”, then it means the Husker admin continue to not care all that much about winning and will continue to scam you out of your money.
So no, it may not be worth it
as an Interim, MJ has a super tough job, so he's being evaluated on how he handles this mess.. So far, he's done an admirable job.. there isn't much he can really change, except the mentality, practice habits, and getting rid of a DC..
It's like asking a chef to make a meal with a mostly empty pantry.. so to get a couple of wins so far, to get the ship turning, in the kind of storm we are in, is pretty impressive.
The decision won't be made for awhile yet, but for now, we are starting to move in the right direction, a little bit at a time, which is what this program needs.
It's like asking a chef to make a meal with a mostly empty pantry.. so to get a couple of wins so far, to get the ship turning, in the kind of storm we are in, is pretty impressive.
The decision won't be made for awhile yet, but for now, we are starting to move in the right direction, a little bit at a time, which is what this program needs.
To quote Joseph..."we play every week to be 1-0". 2 down, 3 more to go to extend the season.
Kind of a premature statement. If he loses the remaining games I agree.
He gets the team to a bowl game I think that warrants strong consideration. He wins the West, I think he signs a permanent contract.
I am fascinated with him right now. He seems to be pushing the right buttons, the players are responding to his coaching. The biggest question I have for his permanence is who do retain on the staff and who do you want to finish installing your vision of the future.
There are 6 more stops on this train ride, lets see how they play out before decesions are made about his future. He is making his stamp on this team. The players will determine his future.
This team does not know how to instill their will on an opponent, SF made sure of that. MJ needs to take 5 years of horrible coaching and game prep and reprogram these players to believe in themselves. The ladt time this program won back to back conference games was in 2018, let that sink in. The previous staff NEVER won 3 games in a row!!!!
Say what you want, but everyone really needs to look at exactly how bad this program has sunk to. Every victory will be a fist fight in a phone booth and will not be pretty, but MJ knows this. He is being extremely realistic with these players and holding them accountable for their play. He has a 180 piece jigsaw puzzle to put together mid-season, the problem is that there is no picture to use a reference to complete the puzzle.
I don't think we win another game all season. We squeak by two of the worst teams on our schedule and people all of a sudden think we're world beaters. Like I have said repeatedly now, we need to find a real head coach.
There are 2 more games that I think are winnable... Illinois and Iowa. Illinois will be a MMA cage match. Illinois has a good offense but their defense will be suspect. Iowa is a train wreck of an offense but a proven defense. Both teams are one dimensional and if you get them out of their game plan could prove to be interesting.
The defense will dictate the remaining season. As the D goes, the team goes.
Nobody in their right mind thinks we're world beaters old poopy pants. Stop pissing on everything
He’s decided to take the negative view on virtually every topic. His status as a high school position coach gives him amazing credibility
I agree with your statement on the wins so far. And I also agree that we have a higher chance of success by hiring a proven experienced head coach, and there are a few out there.
But if MJ can win the west, and get Nebraska to a bowl game I don't see how you can say he isn't worthy to be given a shot. Because accomplishing all that with this team is a small miracle and I would not be surprised if some program picks him up after a performance like that with what he had on his hands.
It is more an indication that with the huge pool of money for the next head coach, assistants and staff(more than 20 million for the right candidates) that no accomplished candidates think that winning championships in Lincoln is possible given our inherent lack of population in our 500 mile radius and lack of difference-makers produced in this state. A lot of risk to your coaching career with the hope of titles nil.
It has been on-going for decades but so many dismiss it out of hand for convenience sake. Lol. Giving up? Man join the crowd and say it is all coaching, the S & C program or in-game calling plays or adjustments. It can’t possibly be our failure in producing talent to compete nationally. LSU won a recent national championship with Joe Burrow and 15-16 starters from the state of Louisiana. Many draft picks too.
If that were all there is to it, no coach would take a job in the north outside of OSU given the only other teams to win a natty in the north were Mich and Neb over 25 years ago.
Who he retains on the staff IF he gets the job is a great question. You have to think that he keeps Whipple and Busch in their current positions since arguably they are the ones who got him the job.
Fish and Applewhite have also done a very good job and I don’t know why you would replace them.
The two line coaches are probably history and I wouldn’t be surprised if he dialed up some of his old LSU connections to replace them.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if he reached out to Joe Brady and threw a ton of money at him to be the co offensive coordinator/receivers coach.
Just my thoughts.
I could see him canning Whipple if the offensive doesn't pick it up going forward.
Good thoughts.
I think he keeps Busch, possibly as co-DC or Safeties/ST. Don’t think he will be the DC. I think a new DC comes in with a whole new staff outside Busch. And even then Busch coach go back to stand alone ST coach.
I would also like to see us go to 2 OL coaches to fix that mess, even if that means sending Beckton packing to do it.
I love the Joe Brady as WR Coach/Co-OC thought.
This! He took over a train wreck and if he gets us to a bowl - that's nothing short of a miracle. What could he do with a year to hit the portal for Olinemen, and his choice of coaches?
The one thing most are completely forgetting is Mickeys ability to attract and sign top
Recruits. We NEED that We haven’t had that since Callahan really aside for a guy or two year for Pelini.