As of 11/7/22 - Do you want Mickey as head coach?
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I'm getting to the point where I just want a decision so the program can move forward with some certainly. I believe Trev is now on day 58 since firing Frost - by comparison, the protracted Steve Pederson coaching search fiasco was 42 days. I hope this translates to Trev making the best decision to get this program back to relevance again.
I voted yes because the things he talks about such as physical football, playing the best players, being in good condition, needing to run the ball all resonate with me. And we know he can recruit. The only thing that has made his audition so bad is the OC incapable of designing a gameplan for the players he has and insisting on slow developing pass schemes that has gotten his starting QB killed. Mickey got rid of Chinander because he had an option there with Busch and the defense is a lot better IMHO. Their problem has been staying on the field 40 minutes a game because the offense can't sustain drives. Mickey had no options really if he fired Whip, so here we are. Yes, he could have insisted on some offensive changes the last couple games, but that is 20 20 hindsight. I think it is unfair to judge him on losing due to the hand he was dealt.
That being said, I'm counting on Trev Alberts to do the right thing and will support his decision....for awhile.
That being said, I'm counting on Trev Alberts to do the right thing and will support his decision....for awhile.
I don't think it's that easy to name a coach during the season. Mathematicaly the Huskers still could make a bowl game. Not gonna happen but the chances are still there. I could see Trev waiting until they are eliminated before making an announcement if it someone else besides MJ.
Also if he does have a coach who is still coaching can't really announce that either.
If it happens to be MJ all along. Which I don't think it is. I would announce before this weekends game for sure. I have a feeling this weekend is going to be ugly. Maybe hard to Garner support after this weekend.
We could do worse than MJ as coach. MJ knows the fishbowl and the pressure he will be living in as both a former player and now coach.
MJ seems to be focused, hard working, not afraid to make difficult assistant coaching changes, good at player development and a cut above in recruiting.
I will be less nervous going forward with MJ at the helm than any other choice.
MJ seems to be focused, hard working, not afraid to make difficult assistant coaching changes, good at player development and a cut above in recruiting.
I will be less nervous going forward with MJ at the helm than any other choice.
Michigan wipeout will eliminate him if he's not already.
Would love to keep him at wr coach and recruiter.
Would love to keep him at wr coach and recruiter.
Yes, it is torture to wait for a decision for sure but it is understandable because no sitting coach is going to want an announcement made during the season. We're getting close.
I cannot imagine being put in a more difficult and nearly impossible situation than Mickey is/was. I admire him for making the tough call on Chins and reworked his staff after the season started and put injuries on top of that. Improbably, near impossible.
Was firing Chinander really a tough call? Shouldn't have been.
With Mickey's only body of work as a head coach his interim role cleaning up the disaster left by Frost, its pretty hard to not consider the idea of giving him the job high risk without having some idea on the staff he would bring in. I think alot more people would get on board with the idea of him as coach if he was supported by a solid/proven staff.
He lost me Saturday when he didn't control Whip...
If they aren't going to land Meyer, Freeze, Fickell, or Lane then they might as well go with Mickey.
Voted no but wouldn't be that upset. I think he wants to make this work. I just dont' know if an experiment will cut it at this juncture. Teetering on oblvion
i would support MIckey as well - but anyone we hire will want to make this work
the notion that a coach tries harder if they are coaching at their alma mater or in their home state is grossly overstated - most coaches couldn't have given 2 shits about the school they are at prior to being named head coach -- where someone played shouldn't even be in the equation
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Literally impossible to answer without a list of actual candidates/interested parties. Until another solid candidate or candidates come along, I don't see why not. If there are better candidates, choose one of those.
But don't give us another hire for the sake of hiring. See: Mike Riley.
But don't give us another hire for the sake of hiring. See: Mike Riley.
Had to chuckle on this one. We have fired that last five head coaches and are the only team to not make a bowl since 2017, oblivion is still here and everyone will be an experiment for Nebraska.
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Completely different situation given that it was early in the season when Frost was let go.
Personally, I love how Trev has conducted this so far. From all accounts it's been professional, systematic, and kept confidential (which I love). I think that Trev really knows what he's doing and is going to hire someone who will return us to respectability.
Having said that, I'm beginning to think that our program is actually cursed for whatever reason. I have no idea how you can have the resources and fanbase that we have and be so godawful.
Mickey has to try and work miracles with the worst lines in NU History, On top of garbage offensive play calling and subpar QB play. No coach could have taken this lousy team to a bowl this year.
A week prior the HC was fired, then Chins who by all accounts was very well liked by players and those inside and outside the program. Even on the very forum he was spoken of in glowing terms for having a serviceable D last year and being named as a possible replacement for Frost. He was Frosts best friend as well. I have had to terminate several people over the years it is never easy.
More. Mickey. Threads!! Keep ‘em coming! That will turn the tides in his favor for sure.
TO made a deal to get 3 natties in exchange for 25 years of mediocrity capped off with 5 losing seasons with no bowl (even though they turned down a bowl in 2020)
I want rhule as hc, and mickey to jump from wr coach up to oc....then houston or nc state's dc...
You'd be less nervous with a coach who has never accomplished anything? Crazy. Mickey would be a predictable disaster. If he is a real candidate, Alberts isn't doing a good job.
It's not my intention to pick on Mickey, because he's done good and took over a tough situation where he's handled it as well as expected. But it is pure insanity for anyone to think he will be the next head coach of Nebraska or anywhere else for that matter.
I am a soft No vote. If he is the coach, I will support and give him the benefit of the doubt to put his coaches and players in place. I think he is a fantastic coach but not sure he is a fantastic head coach and the longer it goes, the losing habit becomes more attached subconsciously to his leadership. That is not fair but it is reality. If he could get the team to 6 or even 5 wins I might rethink but I really doubt that it is possible.
The program needs a reset and, even though it is unfair to MJ, he would not bring the mentality of a full break from the losing that has happened over the past decade plus.
The program needs a reset and, even though it is unfair to MJ, he would not bring the mentality of a full break from the losing that has happened over the past decade plus.
Apples and oranges. Mid season firing vs. end of season firing. Vast majority of candidates can't make a mid season move.
Patterson? WTF? We on planet stupid now? Monken and Doeren right there as well. What is with these incredible average Mike Riley looking long-term residents of lesser football institutions? I with Woz on this
I'm going to call my shot right now, and say that Trev will hire our coach the Sunday after Black Friday. He's going to give Mickey the entire season with no shadow over him and because the next coach has to finish his regular season. Nothing revolutionary here I know, but that's how I think it will play out.
He might NAME the coach then, but he'd be hired before then
Yes. He's not trotting anyone out before the end of the season. It can be a guy on the sidelines, but he will stay there until we tell him to show up to the press conference.
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