Could this be an avenue to go down?
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I already thought of this. Dave Aranda, Busch and Mickey to keep the team together and add HC experience. Mickey could be a much bigger piece than WR coach. Assistant HC with some real administrative and public outreach responsibilities like fundraising, interviews, and disciplinary duties. A super assistant. Because he is not ready for build a team from the depths. Matt Rhule can this experience. Bill O'Brian has the experience. Besides Aranda, who does Mickey have a history with?
I would keep our TE coach . He has proven himself while at NU
Honestly if it is MJ it will have to be a package deal where he is bringing "Grade A' help - like his brother Vance as DC.
ATX brought this vid up in another thread, and time got away from me so I didn't get a chance to reply. I'll stick a couple of thoughts here: The assistant head coach could be a very important role.......much more than a figurehead depending on who Trev goes with. There are several guys that, if chosen, might not really be long term guys for various reasons. Rhule, and O'brien seem to be pretty fond of the NFL. Turn this program around and they might be on someone's wish list very quickly. Patterson is 62......while still young enough to handle the pressures, he might not be so young he would want to do for an extended period. Aranda, Campbell and Fickell might have other destinations they would take if opportunity came knocking. Aranda to the SEC and Campbell and Fickell grew up in Ohio.
I'm not saying anyone will bolt on a whim, but if you have an associate head coach who has become integral to the development and is ready to step in when the time is right it might be a job with opportunity. It happens all the time.......Ohio State, OU, and it might happen at Wisky. I was hoping it might happen here, but this hole is just too deep currently, and fans are just too frazzled to take much of a chance imo. Mickey + whoever would be just fine with me. Would it be fine with Whomever and Mickey?
If it's Matt Rhule, his track record shows he won't be around for very long. The "before" picture gets uglier every week at Nebraska, so if he pulls off an 8-4 or 9-3 season here, his agent will show the "before" picture to the next place he wants to go.
With MJ as a "super assistant," he could be ready in a few years to take over as HC. Hopefully it would be as seamless as the Ohio State transition between UM and RD. I hope MJ stays.
But I still say Nebraska needs a proven winner to take over as HC at this time. More experiments could mean a slide deeper into the quicksand. We're pretty deep now. I never thought I'd see the day when the experts would give us a 1% chance of beating Michigan.
With MJ as a "super assistant," he could be ready in a few years to take over as HC. Hopefully it would be as seamless as the Ohio State transition between UM and RD. I hope MJ stays.
But I still say Nebraska needs a proven winner to take over as HC at this time. More experiments could mean a slide deeper into the quicksand. We're pretty deep now. I never thought I'd see the day when the experts would give us a 1% chance of beating Michigan.
