Is Mickey Joseph. I think if Mickey can get us to to 5 wins that interim title will get removed. Trev wouldn't have done this for Mark Whipple or Erik Chinander.
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I think he is cheering for the guy.
I think everyone should listen to Joseph’s post game press conference. You have to like the guy and cheer for him.
I think everyone should listen to Joseph’s post game press conference. You have to like the guy and cheer for him.
Mickey’s pressers are gold.
They were teammates. Hiring Mickey would be very easy IF he can post enough wins. I would love it. From a program and recruiting standpoint it would be least disruptive. That said maybe we need disruption
Like Server was mentioning this morning he‘s not sure if Mickey is ready to run a B1G football program at this point..
Still need to have a wait and see what happens for the rest of the season and hopefully he can get us to a 6 win season and the job should be his if he can accomplish that..
Still need to have a wait and see what happens for the rest of the season and hopefully he can get us to a 6 win season and the job should be his if he can accomplish that..
Well obviously Nebraska fans all hope Mickey succeeds and he's been given every chance to do so. But it's premature at this point to anoint anyone. Let the season play out. We've made too many rash coaching decisions in the past.
I don’t have a problem with that.
It kind of all depends on how he does. It is in his hands.
Mickey should at least have a winning record before getting the job. I say he should have 8 wins minimum. 7 wins is kind of sketchy. 6 or less is unacceptable.
Anyone we hire might not work out, no matter the hype (see Frost, Scott).
If Joseph can engineer a turnaround and get us bowl eligible he absolutely deserves a contract.
THIS. I have been thinking along the same lines. If we can get to 5 wins and Trev continues to see growth....give MJ a 2 year contract. Can always renew after year one. I dont want Leopold here...I think he would have more success and peace at Kansas.
6 wins and he gets the job. Given that we were headed for a one win season 6 would be a miracle
So the expectation is that he takes over this mess.....completely change everything in a couple of weeks....and win all the remaining games? I do not think that is a realistic expectation, nor do I think that is what Trev will expect. We have 7 more games. If we will 4....that will make us bowl eligible. To me that is a good goal.
No it shouldn't be his for just 6 wins, not that I think we'll get there anyway. There's better coaches out there we need to be pursuing and can't afford to take yet another longshot project as head coach.
8 wins minimum before he should even be considered. And I'll go out on a limb and say there's zero chance of that happening. We need to be focusing on real head coaching candidates.
I’m not questioning that there isn’t better or more qualified coaches out there..
But you also can’t be serious of not considering him if he beats Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ioway on his way to 6 wins either..
We really don’t know if there are better coaches for NU out there. Mickey’s unproven.
For me it's 6 total wins (5 wins which would be Mickey's) and a bowl game and I don't know how you don't give MJ at least a short term contract going forward.
I don’t think there’s any doubt that he’ll get head coach offers if he wins 3-4 more games. Might be at a directional school. NU needs Mickey to make us retain him
If he wins 4 more he’ll be proven in my book. Personally I have my doubts he’ll end up with the job but man I’m rooting for him. One way or another he needs to be on our staff.
Thank god some of you are not in charge of the hiring process!
Years ago, because of some bad luck and bad timing, I got "promoted" and became head coach, it sucked, I sucked, it was horrible, The people that thought it was a good idea had no idea what they were doing. It was the 3 longest seasons of my life.
Years ago, because of some bad luck and bad timing, I got "promoted" and became head coach, it sucked, I sucked, it was horrible, The people that thought it was a good idea had no idea what they were doing. It was the 3 longest seasons of my life.
One week at a time. The season will answer if Mickey’s ready or not. He’s got the best addition anyone could ever ask for.
With that in mind. I think Mickey offers something we haven’t had since TO left. A guy who can sell talented kids and their parents NU football. When we take the mentality that Nebraska is about “hard working walk-ons” we end up with less talented teams. The way to sell Nebraska is taking talented kids always from distractions and selling parents that our staff will help them mature. Trey Palmer is the poster child for this. Mickey understands it. Routing for him because if he can continue to win, I think he could get us to the next level talent wise
With that in mind. I think Mickey offers something we haven’t had since TO left. A guy who can sell talented kids and their parents NU football. When we take the mentality that Nebraska is about “hard working walk-ons” we end up with less talented teams. The way to sell Nebraska is taking talented kids always from distractions and selling parents that our staff will help them mature. Trey Palmer is the poster child for this. Mickey understands it. Routing for him because if he can continue to win, I think he could get us to the next level talent wise
Damn, that was awesome, hope these kids realize they can win going forward and Mickey just might be their permanent HC for years to come. Going to be interesting the rest of the way.
That's the key, Joseph has to force Alberts hand to make a strong decision for him to be Nebraska's next head coach.
I've definitely been vocally against him getting the job because I think we need an experienced winner to run this program from top to bottom. But I agree with what you say, in that scenario we're all gonna be in love with the guy.
If Joseph gets us to the second round of the playoffs, then he certainly should be considered for the job. But anything short of that, is just fluff, as there are lots of candidates out there that can do better.
Which of those coaches you are thinking about could get this years team to the second round of the playoffs? I'm guessing zero. Let this season play out and see what happens.
It’s sarcasm.Which of those coaches you are thinking about could get this years team to the second round of the playoffs? I'm guessing zero. Let this season play out and see what happens.
We have people on here literally saying eight wins minimum and anything else isn’t good enough.
To turn this massive dumpster fire of a team around 4 games into the season and win 8 games as the minimum. Seems like we might as well not even settle for that, why not set the bar higher?
2022 HUSKER FOOTBALL | ||
|---|---|---|
| 04/09 | White 43, Red 39 | * flag football |
| 08/27 | @ Northwestern* | L 28-31 * onside kick |
| 09/03 | North Dakota | W 38-17 |
| 09/10 | Georgia Southern | L 42-45 |
| 09/17 | Oklahoma | L 14-49 |
| 10/01 | Indiana | W 35-21 |
| 10/07 | @ Rutgers | W |
| 10/15 | @ Purdue | W |
| 10/29 | Illinois | W/L |
| 11/05 | Minnesota | W/L |
| 11/12 | @ Michigan | L |
| 11/19 | Wisconsin | W/L |
| 11/25 | @ Iowa | W |
mickey j will have to W one of the W/L..and get to a bowl...then I don't see how you don't hire him, unless aranda says yes
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I’m still skeptical he’ll find many more wins- let’s not forget the raw clay (from the bottom of the burning dumpster) he was given to mold in the middle of a season. To make a bowl or post a winning record would be remarkable.
It’s not ideal at all to think in short term extension, but being that we’re a total rebuild anyway, giving MJ 2023 to prove something more is not super high stakes, relatively. It’s just delaying the rebuild one more year. Maybe the available coaching landscape changes some, but there will always be someone they can get.
If I’m being honest, I’m less focused on W’s and more focused on improvement, development, upward trajectory. That will be a winning formula, even if it takes a little longer.
What we’ve seen before is nothing but stagnation and regression.
It’s not ideal at all to think in short term extension, but being that we’re a total rebuild anyway, giving MJ 2023 to prove something more is not super high stakes, relatively. It’s just delaying the rebuild one more year. Maybe the available coaching landscape changes some, but there will always be someone they can get.
If I’m being honest, I’m less focused on W’s and more focused on improvement, development, upward trajectory. That will be a winning formula, even if it takes a little longer.
What we’ve seen before is nothing but stagnation and regression.
And if he is offered a HC job elsewhere....I hope he takes it if that is his dream.
All the games other than Michigan are winnable. 8 wins is not an unreasonable expectation.