I wanted to share with you all a note I sent to Coach Mickey Joseph.
Hey Mick,
First and foremost We want to Give you our most sincere and grateful Thank You.
You took on a helluva responsibility in what you were asked to do but as always with you, at least in my experience, knowing you since I was a High School player on my recruiting trip, you have always given above and beyond what was asked or expected from you.
You not only provided a calm, honesty for the team but you gave them respect and accountability. You provided an environment of stability and leadership of the best quality ..... something that's been missing for a long time. You gave these young men faith that if they believe in themselves anything is truly possible....but you also gave them responsible accountability where they got back more than they were used to giving out and to be honest it shocked them back to reality...&..away from tweeting like birds, listening to those who tried to keep them down, reading the articles where people with very little if any real idea about what they were saying ......then all of a sudden the players understood what and why people were doing and saying things and began to shut out all the noise and started to focus just on themselves and the team....you showed them ......that they could win games they had been told they had no shot to win.....it was a tough road to hoe but you stayed true to your time as a player and your up-bringing and all of a sudden the team got tougher & more physical as you and the team grew together.
Honestly as a player myself what you were able to do with this team in the short time you have had with them is truly AMAZING.....and I'm not the only one who knows and See's what you have been able to do with a team of young men, most of whom you had never even heard of until you took the job as our Interim head coach, all you were able to accomplish takes most Coaching Staff's a full year or 2 before they could get done what you have in just 3 months.....you took over the first second week of September and Today is November 25th after the Win at Iowa....in Kinnick Stadium a tough place for any team to win.
My point here is what you have done in less than 90 days.....something that takes most complete good staff's at LEAST a year to to do and then to do it with a group of young men who frankly most thought they were either snake bit or just not good enough after the constant barrage of being told and written about how bad they were and how they couldn't win, and would be lucky to wind up with a 1-11 season ! But you took that broken group and built them back into a tough, physical, disciplined group of good young men not just on the field but in the classroom and on the streets.
You gave them Dignity, Respect, Honor, Faith, Hope and a belief that
#1). they really were way better than anyone had a clue.
#2). You showed them the Man that's inside.
#3). How to be accountable and hold your teammates accountable.
#4). Lastly.... basically Mick you turned a bunch of non believers you had almost no hand in recruiting, Into a good group of Men! And we all owe you more than words can describe.
You saw for yourself when you first came back to Lincoln just how completely and how far removed Nebraska was from where it was when you left..... Remember? You told me how shocked you were at what had happened to the place since you played ?
Anyway Mickey no matter what happens from today forward THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.....FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.......so far.
We owe you so very much and WE hope this will forever change us for the better going forward.....
Thanks Again Mickey.....for everything but mostly for just being you.
Hey Mick,
First and foremost We want to Give you our most sincere and grateful Thank You.
You took on a helluva responsibility in what you were asked to do but as always with you, at least in my experience, knowing you since I was a High School player on my recruiting trip, you have always given above and beyond what was asked or expected from you.
You not only provided a calm, honesty for the team but you gave them respect and accountability. You provided an environment of stability and leadership of the best quality ..... something that's been missing for a long time. You gave these young men faith that if they believe in themselves anything is truly possible....but you also gave them responsible accountability where they got back more than they were used to giving out and to be honest it shocked them back to reality...&..away from tweeting like birds, listening to those who tried to keep them down, reading the articles where people with very little if any real idea about what they were saying ......then all of a sudden the players understood what and why people were doing and saying things and began to shut out all the noise and started to focus just on themselves and the team....you showed them ......that they could win games they had been told they had no shot to win.....it was a tough road to hoe but you stayed true to your time as a player and your up-bringing and all of a sudden the team got tougher & more physical as you and the team grew together.
Honestly as a player myself what you were able to do with this team in the short time you have had with them is truly AMAZING.....and I'm not the only one who knows and See's what you have been able to do with a team of young men, most of whom you had never even heard of until you took the job as our Interim head coach, all you were able to accomplish takes most Coaching Staff's a full year or 2 before they could get done what you have in just 3 months.....you took over the first second week of September and Today is November 25th after the Win at Iowa....in Kinnick Stadium a tough place for any team to win.
My point here is what you have done in less than 90 days.....something that takes most complete good staff's at LEAST a year to to do and then to do it with a group of young men who frankly most thought they were either snake bit or just not good enough after the constant barrage of being told and written about how bad they were and how they couldn't win, and would be lucky to wind up with a 1-11 season ! But you took that broken group and built them back into a tough, physical, disciplined group of good young men not just on the field but in the classroom and on the streets.
You gave them Dignity, Respect, Honor, Faith, Hope and a belief that
#1). they really were way better than anyone had a clue.
#2). You showed them the Man that's inside.
#3). How to be accountable and hold your teammates accountable.
#4). Lastly.... basically Mick you turned a bunch of non believers you had almost no hand in recruiting, Into a good group of Men! And we all owe you more than words can describe.
You saw for yourself when you first came back to Lincoln just how completely and how far removed Nebraska was from where it was when you left..... Remember? You told me how shocked you were at what had happened to the place since you played ?
Anyway Mickey no matter what happens from today forward THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.....FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.......so far.
We owe you so very much and WE hope this will forever change us for the better going forward.....
Thanks Again Mickey.....for everything but mostly for just being you.
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