According to this
article from today that seems to be circulating elsewhere, Mickey is likely our next HC. Now, take it with a grain of salt (I hate the Fansided site personally). But I did see this same article appear multiple sites...
Long story short: Trev sounds like he's been offering incentive based contracts to the major candidates we've all been debating over. Just as some cautioned against (I know
@dinglefritz warned against it). Because of this, it sounds like we haven't had much for bites from anyone in the candidate field. I wholeheartedly doubt it's due to "being in Nebraska" as some clowns like to make it seem all about.
My take: Part of me appreciates Trev ending the approach of UNL being a welfare program for the already wealthy (coaches who come here, get paid, fail, then are inevitably fired and paid some more). But part of me understands the very real nature of what it takes to compete in the marketplace for top notch coaches (even if they do present very real risk themselves).
Overall though, I for one AM ready for HC Mickey Joseph to take the reigns next year and doing what he can with his recruiting prowess to get Frost's abortion of a team repaired to at least compete for the West once more (at least one more year of divisions in the B1G from what I read earlier). I just hope he goes and gets some killer assistants. THAT is where B1G money should be spent.
I don't like the angle of the story. It is written in a way as to suggest that there is some sort of problem at Nebraska with regard to money, and I don't believe that to be even remotely accurate.
They are probably watching the dollars in regard to the stadium upgrades, but there is nothing that gives me the impression they are in any sort of trouble and couldn't offer big bucks for someone if they wanted to.
If it were me, I would have written the story with a different angle, one that attempts to frame Trev in a different light. One that shows him as a leader and rewriting the storylines. First by firing early in the season, which certainly isn't the norm, but Trev did it, and a flury of others soon followed suit.
Next, Trev offering incentive based contracts, as Nebraska has probably paid out more in coaching salaries over the past 20 years than any other div 1 program in the country. And when all this does get finalized, you are going to see a whole flury of other teams also follow suit.
It doesn't mean the landscape will forever stay like this, but I think Trev is a leader and others will follow his example.
If his approach is successful for Nebraska, you will see another wave of University management also follow Nebraska's lead in 2023.
I have believed all along that MJ will be offered the position, just because it makes more sense to hire from within, and you do that by hiring head coaches that are not afraid to bring in the very best assistants possible. And from this model, you never have to search outside the program first, you get to keep a sense of continuity and if changes do need to be made, it doesn't undermine everything else you have been doing up to that point.
I fully expect this to also filter down to staff salaries.. maybe not as quickly, but I believe it will, to attract the best assistant coaches out there.
Trev has an enormous rolodex of relationships and contacts.. to paint this like he is having trouble, is a big disservice to what he is doing in my opinion.
I fully support Trev Alberts and how he is leading Nebraska Athletics and providing an example for other Universities to follow. This is how Nebraska used to lead, and it's refreshing to see this kind of leadership once again.