The new HC will have a very full plate when he arrives at NU.
First, he has to be at NU very early in order to put a coaching staff together. This assumes he will be making a lot of changes with his own team. If he is a current coach, he will no doubt be in a bowl game and would probably want to coach his team in a game.
Second, he will have to be here to recruit. That is more difficult than it seems because he and his new team will have to evaluate the players on the current roster, then get a list of potential recruits that fill that need. The new staff may be able to convince kids that have committed to them to come to NU.
Third, he may have a lot of players on NU's current roster who leave if MJ isn't the new HC. This will make recruiting even harder.
There could be other challenges with which I am not familiar.
This brings us to the announcement timing. I think it has to be done well before the end of this season. Maybe after Minnesota or Michigan. The longer Trev waits the higher the bar will be. Of course he may feel it's OK to go through another miserable season and start building for 2024.
First, he has to be at NU very early in order to put a coaching staff together. This assumes he will be making a lot of changes with his own team. If he is a current coach, he will no doubt be in a bowl game and would probably want to coach his team in a game.
Second, he will have to be here to recruit. That is more difficult than it seems because he and his new team will have to evaluate the players on the current roster, then get a list of potential recruits that fill that need. The new staff may be able to convince kids that have committed to them to come to NU.
Third, he may have a lot of players on NU's current roster who leave if MJ isn't the new HC. This will make recruiting even harder.
There could be other challenges with which I am not familiar.
This brings us to the announcement timing. I think it has to be done well before the end of this season. Maybe after Minnesota or Michigan. The longer Trev waits the higher the bar will be. Of course he may feel it's OK to go through another miserable season and start building for 2024.
