Mickey Arrested!
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I get i
NEBRASKA is not a Headcoach training job.
I get it ........same old drivel about MJ deserving this or that based on nothing in his past. Let him earn his coaching stripes at southwest middle Missouri state or something.
NEBRASKA is not a Headcoach training job.
Let's groom him to take over as the next head coach after Matt Rhule....you never know how long Matt will be head coach.
Before I turn my attention to MR, I'll post my feelings on Mickey Joeseph, and hope like heck it isn't the last time I get to do this. I hope he's around for a long time.
First, I think Trev made the right call by not going with Mickey. I'm not saying he made the right call period, but imo this isn't Mickey's time to take over this mess. He did a hellova job as intern imo, but this is going to get uglier before it gets better. I wanted someone who has weathered this kind of storm before. If Mickey had been at, say, Colorado and had the same results he had here, and he wasn't family, I wouldn't have wanted Trev to spend too much time evaluating him. I want Mickey to stay, and learn, and if there is another transition, I hope he has become acclimated to the kind of firestorm that will likely happen. I only assume that Trev's decision was almost as hard as TO telling Turner that he wasn't going to get the job. Mickey can make this transition so much better by being here that I hope MR keeps him.....and rewards him.
I'm not going to try and be too PC here, but the time has come for Nebraska to look very seriously at minority hires. There are too many black athletes involved to not have someone of color be in a position of authority. The trick is, at least initially, that individual needs to be put in a good position to succeed. There will be enough scrutiny without dealing with a complete overhaul. Mickey was put in a bad position here, and we all know it. I am very impressed how well he did. I'm not sure anyone could have done better. We were very fortunate to have him here at this time. Scott did at least one right thing by bringing him here.
First, I think Trev made the right call by not going with Mickey. I'm not saying he made the right call period, but imo this isn't Mickey's time to take over this mess. He did a hellova job as intern imo, but this is going to get uglier before it gets better. I wanted someone who has weathered this kind of storm before. If Mickey had been at, say, Colorado and had the same results he had here, and he wasn't family, I wouldn't have wanted Trev to spend too much time evaluating him. I want Mickey to stay, and learn, and if there is another transition, I hope he has become acclimated to the kind of firestorm that will likely happen. I only assume that Trev's decision was almost as hard as TO telling Turner that he wasn't going to get the job. Mickey can make this transition so much better by being here that I hope MR keeps him.....and rewards him.
I'm not going to try and be too PC here, but the time has come for Nebraska to look very seriously at minority hires. There are too many black athletes involved to not have someone of color be in a position of authority. The trick is, at least initially, that individual needs to be put in a good position to succeed. There will be enough scrutiny without dealing with a complete overhaul. Mickey was put in a bad position here, and we all know it. I am very impressed how well he did. I'm not sure anyone could have done better. We were very fortunate to have him here at this time. Scott did at least one right thing by bringing him here.
I think he felt keeping Whipple was about all he could do to put a working product on the field. IMO, it would have been worse to change O philosophies, plays, etc.
I think that part of MJ was handcuffed out of necessity, not choice.
Sorry, MF, not a man; but nice try. Pretty weak sauce though.
The whole thing was beautifully written, redfred. Well said!
I agree with you. It should also be pointed out that Trev made the right call in naming MJ the interim coach. To be honest, most knowledgeable football people speculated it would be either of our two coordinators. The notion of promoting a position coach under the incredibly-difficult situation that existed was risky. But in IMO, neither Chins or Whip would have done anywhere close to as good of job of keeping the team together and playing hard as Mickey did. It was an A+ performance under the circumstances.
THIS! ^^^^^
Lol oh well we have a real coach as head coach.Sorry, MF, not a man; but nice try. Pretty weak sauce though.
End of story MJ can go earn his stripes coaching a smaller program.
Yeah, I think you're a sock puppet and a pretty obvious one at that.
T.O. was never a HC before taking over in '73, Solich was never a HC when he took over in '98. Bo was never a HC when he took over in 2008, yet they are 3 of our most successful coaches. Heck Solich was never even a coordinator! And the previous 3 HCs with prev experience were a complete disaster. Kind of blows you theory out of the water.
Spot on Uenth— except you forgot one adjective in front of “troll”
Or maybe it’s a verb— who knows
GBR
