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33 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

 If he has aspirations of being a head coach there’s a lot of assistant opportunities out there now.

Not really understanding how Mickey all of the sudden wants to be a HC when he hasn't angled that way for 25 years. It was just an easy in and the state of Nebraska was almost duped into allowing it to happen. Hiring Mickey would have been 100000x more embarrassing than the degree of stupidity we see with Iowa and Ferentz.  Kirk at least doesn't lose 60% of his games.

I also don't get the concern for the split locker room. Mickey hasn't even been in town for an entire year yet. It is not like he is some keystone in most of these kids' lives. Also, I would be suprised if over half of the locker room next year isn't brought in new by Rhule anyway.

I'm all about keeping Mickey for his connections to the state, his recruiting prowess, his WR coaching chops.  But to pretend keeping him is the only way to move forward with success is undermining Rhule and his chops before his plane even lands. Rhule is a grown man, a well regarded professional in the industry. If we don't trust him w/o Mickey training wheels, we really really really botched this hire.

Good chance he brings in Chinander, who is well regarded as one of the elite DC’s in the country. 

3 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Bc they thought Rhule may be a better coach or culture fit then Luke Fickell. I can't see any other reasons then that.

Yep. And if Fickell have off a vibe that he was at all disinterested, you gotta let him go. I think you have to court the guy that wants to fix the project/problem and not just throw more money at a guy who’s heart isn’t in it. 

So take away the timing. The only thing that makes sense is that Nebraska didn’t seriously pursue Fickell. And the only reason you don’t do that is because you are after Rhule. 

5 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

With Fickell only making in the $6M area at Wisconsin, makes me think that he showed no interest in Nebraska at all, and Trev made sure to pony up what it took to get Rhule.

With Fickell willing to move to Wisconsin for only 6 million, it makes me think Nebraska never approached him with 8. Trev has Rhule in his sights 2 weeks before Carolina cut him loose, I think. 

3 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

No one we aren't a stepping stone program even if we are down in the dumps right now.

This is what I believe but I’ve been pretty naive for 20 years.

Wisconsin fans convinced Fickell jumps to OSU the minute they decide to move on from Day. 
 

My question.  Assuming we are having 10-2 type seasons with Rhule, who does he leave us for?

Doesn’t really matter. With OSU running up against Michigan every year and now Riley and USC coming to town, Nebraska and Wisconsin BOTH owe it to the conference to get their s#!t together and start fielding some legitimately competitive teams in this side of the division. 
 

Bring in Fickel imo. Our guy better be ready to go toe to toe with the best. 

8 minutes ago, Red Five said:He came back for the Covid year, had an elite year, was 2nd team All American.  And he didn't get drafted because the NFL doesn't like to take guys who are not tall enough or fast enough  

FIFY. 

2 hours ago, HANC said:

 

Fidone hinting on Twitter he is out. Took down all N 

Where’s he going to go? Two years wasted to ACL tears takes a bit of shine off his prize. He’d be smart to at least listen to what Rhule has to say. 

4 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

First seasons under a new staff can experience growing pains.

Possibly. But we were surprisingly competitive the past 2 seasons with a complete circus leading the show. It will be fun to watch Rhule work, but if he brings in a good to great staff, I’m pretty confident we could see 8-4 type results next year. 

I hope Trev is able to get some great sleep for the next few days until he has to start watching out to Steve Nash to try to flip him.

6 minutes ago, Glennl43 said:

Great article about Tristan Gebbia...

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2022/11/bill-oram-why-did-oregon-states-tristan-gebbia-stick-around-the-answer-is-a-lesson-in-perspective.html

I’ll always remember him as the little b that transferred out last minute after being beat out. Fluff piece about bible studies and rehab doesn’t change that. 

2 minutes ago, Nebhawk said:

Are we looking for the wrong hires?

Obvious quote is obvious. 

5 minutes ago, admo said:

Ok Ok...  What is THE provision in the contract that Carolina's obligation is reduced ???  You have the contract in front of you I suppose. 

 

Please explain a $45 mil contract with Nebraska, and who pays what.  Or a $5 mil contract, or $70 mil contract. 

 

What is your malfunction, it’s not hard. His contract with Carolina was for 10mil/year for x number of years.  They fired him 4 years early. So. He gets 10mil for 4 years from them.  
 

like many contracts, they include a clause that if he seeks other employment in those 4 years, the panthers have to pay him that much less. 
 

so. If he signs with NU for 5mil/yr then Carolina pays the 10 they owe him, LESS the 5mil NU pays him for a net of 5mil/year owed by Carolina 

1 hour ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

I mean,  who cares?  He's got his football team winning games.  If he was winning at Nebraska would anyone be saying "but but, the people he put in place to run a school didn't do their jobs".  nope. I really don't know anything about the school but unless Prime was there making these kids kneel on rice as punishment or some s#!t I don't care. 

I don’t care but institutions tend to care. 

1 hour ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

Has coach Prime signed an extension?  Can't wait for him to be named coach at Nebraska and watch people lose their minds.  

Sound's like Prime is in some hot water over a poorly run childrens prep school. He's not likely a candidate at a p5 at this time. That will need to blow over in my opinion. Also undermines his self declared, "I always win," mentality.

1 minute ago, CyHawk said:

With nobody really wanting the job, I hear rumblings that Brian Ferentz may be moving to Lincoln, but not until his powerhouse offense at Iowa completes their bid for the B1G Championship. There may be more chance of this happening than an Urban, Sanders, or Fickel. We would sure miss Brian, but we would be good with the decision so that you would at least have a head coach.

Does anybody hear something? Me either.

2 minutes ago, talaricohusker said:

 

That would be a strike out looking

2 minutes ago, Nebhawk said:

 The BIg 10 move,  the fact we don't have a natural rival anymore.   

The Big10 move is the only thing that we did right over the past 20 years and is one of the few reasons we remain relevant and also have the finances to spend on coaches. 
 

Also. Coaches don’t give 2 poops about rivals. 
 

You are right about recruiting challenges.  But, that’s the only thing that made sense.
 

 Trev has his guy and it will be a home run, I have little doubt. 

2 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

Do we dare do a over and under on how many posters dont make it past the hiring day.

If we end up with most of these mentions as our hire, I will be on a self-imposed 3-4 year ban.

Has anybody just thought of calling Trev and asking him who it is?  Seems simpler. 

5 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I've seen several reports that the players think it's Urban.  I just don't see him having any interest in coming here but it's kind of odd that it keeps showing up.

Makes sense that Urban would be willing to easily keep MJ on board as WR coach since he is probably not wanting to bring back Zach Smith in that role. 

5 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

https://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/1594470136819220480 This is exactly what Nebraska needed to do. I posted this yesterday dont think much people paid attention to it but I love his thinking!

We need to bring in Dak Prescott and Tony Pollard?  Sign me up!

32 minutes ago, admo said:

Let it go.  It's not a real thing.   Only a Nebraska thing to mention.

Attendance numbers are a sham as well? Is that what you are saying?

7 minutes ago, admo said:

It was so obvious.  Lincoln's stadium had several large chunks of areas with emptiness...... And areas where there was a lot of fans missing in attendance.... need to stop boasting and calling it a sellout....  

 

You got to be real and embrace reality.  No matter who buys up the extra tickets, we did not have butts in the seats to make it a sellout.  "The sellout streak".... It's so weird.  Sorry, Not buying it and not impressed.

They track attendance numbers, too. So, I mean, its always been over 87k scanned attendees. Not sure what Saturday was but I would be surprised if it was markedly lower. Are scanned attendance numbers a scam as well?