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I think an out of left field hire would be Ed Orgeron. He has talked to Mickey and could get a lot of his coaching staff back together from 2019 LSU. He would know what he is walking into having talked with Joseph and would get elite coordinators here. Who knows if he wants to coach again. Obviously, would prefer him as a DL/AHC. As to the two coaches you named, Locksley is not going to leave after a 6 or more win season and Harsin will go be a coordinator or G5 coach somewhere. You could be right though and it could be a hire no one is expecting.

I don't think the president of the university's Twitter following list shows much. He will follow whoever it is when they are hired. Him following Kiffin does bode well for my number 1 choice though!

That could be a possibility. However, that list has plenty of coaches who Nebraska could go out and get. None of them are unattainable. Who do you think Nebraska hires?

It is very rare that interim coaches are given the HC title. LSU did it because they had an experienced coach in Ed O- with prior HC experience able to go out and pay elite coordinators. I would say Nebraska's situation is similar to Ole Miss and Matt Luke. He had to go 6-6 to be given the job. Afterward, his team did not make a bowl and he was fired. Mickey is not going to get us to a bowl game and should not be retained as HC. What should happen is Mickey is kept with the next staff. That way he has relationships and trust with players and can help the team give buy in to the next coach from the get go.

My updated Top 5 List: 1 Lane Kiffin- The best realistic hire we could get. He will run the ball and has a great offensive scheme. He has matured a lot and can coach. 2 Dave Aranda- A realistic option that has made an impact everywhere he has been. Checks all the boxes Trev talks about. The question will be can we outbid BU? 3 Matt Rhule- He has moved up my list lately. I can get behind this hire. NFL success does not equate to CFB success and vice versa. He will bring elite assistants here. 4 Kalen DeBoer- He has only been in Washington for a year. He has Midwest ties and would come here. His teams play hard and smart. 5 Lance Leipold- If you can get Kansas to bowl eligibility, you can coach. Most likely wants to stay but we can pay more for him. Sleeper- Bill O'Brien- Looking less likely, but wonder how he would do after Saban's school of coaches who don't coach good. Two good examples came from it LK and Sark. Second Sleeper- Gus Malzahn- Likely staying in the South. I really like his offense and philosophy. He could get us back to relevancy.

Lane Kiffin would get elite coordinators and coaches like Mickey to come here and do their job. He lost his DC because Ole Miss would not shell the money to keep him. He also lost his OC and the offense is just as good. They are running the ball effectively and that would get a lot of people on here excited if Nebraska could run it half as good as they did tonight. Kiffin would bring an elite staff from the get go to give Nebraska success. He runs an exciting offense and brings some drama, but he has overall matured enough to be ready for this job. It might be difficult to get LK, but a lot of things he complains about at Mississippi would not happen here. Like paying coaches enough to stay, fan attendance, NIL among others. On top of that, he would not have to go through the gauntlet of the SEC West every year.

If Mickey does get the job, he is definitely going to need to hire an elite staff. I think he knows that and will get some of the best that he can. However, he will no longer be seen as the interim putting on the band-aid. He will now have his own program that he will need to lead and turn around. I just don't like the idea of a first time HC being the man to try and turn us around. A bowl game would be welcome, but very difficult to achieve. Mickey is more of an ace recruiter and WR coach. Nebraska should give him AHC and a raise for getting the guys to play hard in a difficult circumstance. He should also be retained as any HC would be stupid not to.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34800443/dikembe-mutombo-starting-treatment-brain-tumor-diagnosis Don't think coaching is something he will focus on after this. Just an fyi in case you did not know.

Mark Turgeon could be another name to watch. He has a lot of ties to Nebraska and has won everywhere he has been. I don't know what Fred needs to do but I think .500 saves his job for one more year. The main thing he needs to do is show improvement and that would at least show a step in the right direction.

Fair enough, BOB has a great resume. He is getting carried by superior athletes. But the defense is arguably worse with said athletes. Not my first choice but he makes the list with that experience. The real difference is he has been with Saban and that experience should change him for the better. I don't get the take on Mullen. Was really close to beating an unbeatable Alabama team in 2020 and was a DC away from still being at Florida. He got fired way too quick. It would have been like us firing Frost after 2019. Although, I think he would have been a better hire for us in 2014 and it seems he may still want some time away from coaching.

The big question is when will the decision be made? It would have to be the first week of December unless said coach is in a conference championship game. My updated list. 1 Lane Kiffin- He would be a home run for us. One or two losses do not change that. 2 Dave Aranda- He fits the bill for a coach that Trev wants. 3 Bill O'Brien- He coached with Nick Saban. Many of his coaches do better after they are done with his schooling. 4 Lance Leipold- most likely staying put but would be a solid hire. 5 Dan Mullen/Chris Petersen- could happen but both may enjoy their TV gigs. Sleeper: Kalen Deboer- He has ties to the Midwest and may want to coach in one of the top conferences closer to home. Second Sleeper Gus Malzahn- I think he likes the South and stays. However, money talks and that could sway him.

A name I would recommend is Chris Mack. He had a great run at Xavier and made a final four and a few elite eights. Louisville kinda gave him the short end of the stick and he had to deal with the covid year as well. He has a 67 percent win percentage as a head coach and a 68(Xavier) and 62(UL) percent win percentage in conference. He also has a solid record in the NCAA tourney.

Huskers 27 Purdue 31 Air 234 Land 170

OU- 42 Nebraska 31 Rushing 196 Passing 262

Alberts has a clear goal and is not doing this just to make the news. Change was needed and doing it now will maybe instill confidence in the guys. Deonte Williams had a few big wins at USC when he took over. I don't recall if they made a bowl game but they played much better after Helton was fired. To me, Frost had some things that defined his time here. 1 Would eventually get out coached by the 4th quarter/ late in the game. 2 Wanted to focus on offense since that was his expertise and not worry about other facets of the game. It took until year 5 to make big changes and they were on offense. 3 He wanted the players council or leaders to discipline for him. Hence why he always talked about things never getting to the coaches and for the players to hold each other accountable. He never wanted to worry about it. That probably lead to some problems. 4 Rarely developed players, this is why we had to raid the portal because all the talent was not ready. Most of the development happened on defense while the offensive players either stayed the same or regressed some. Lots of talent eventually left and hit the portal to actually get better.

Rumor has it Frost lost the fight by one score. Further cementing his fate.

Dan Mullen with a solid D-coordinator would be interesting. He could win a lot of games here against the Big Ten West. Bill O'Brien is going to be one of the top choices. Lance Leipold is one to watch for sure. If he can get Kansas to 7-8 wins, he can do that and more here. At the very least he can get us back to winning football games. I do not know Matt Rhule's age but he would be solid. Lane would be a meme hire but would win here. Jeremey Chadwell could come here but we already tried the great G5 coach route.

Not having a dedicated D-line coach is hurting us. Dawson double dipping with two positions has been a part of it. With that, no replacement for snacks and other stud D-lineman. We are basically sending a JV team to rush the QB. Teams are honing in on our big boy pass rushers because they know they can one on one the D-line players easily. I mean we had 5 in the box a lot of plays. Chins was daring them to run it on us. Frost will be gone in October, he had his chance to make his staff changes. It is too late for that now.

Nebraska 41 Georgia Southern 20 Passing 307 Rushing 247

Nebraska 45 North Dakota 13 Pass-358 Rush-227

If Frost is fired, he needs to go to the Nick Saban school of coaches who don't coach good. That would help him tremendously. Even if he were hired as a WR coach or co-OC. 1 Big name guy- Kiffin is someone I would love to have and he was born here. (Aranda, Fickell, Campbell would be great too) 2 Former HC now OC- Bill O'brien- after the Saban schooling could get us back to winning. He also sees what a championship looking team looks like. 3 The Solid hire- Lance Leipold- has won everywhere he went and would get us back to consistency. If he can get Kansas to 7-8 wins this year I would believe he can get us to those seasons and more. 4 The in house hire- Mickey Joseph/ Whipple - keep almost all the staff intact, hire a few new coaches and see what we can do. After the onside kick, maybe Frost is holding this team back.

Wide receivers looks good. Vokolek was really good. Definite drop-off after the top guys for WR/TE. Wyatt Liewer is an amazing person and player. There is no reason he should have been on the field trying to win the game on that last drive. Where is Rahmir Johnson? Why did we start off in zone for pass defense? Special teams did everything it needed to until Frost needed to give his input. O-line did better than I expected. Secondary needs work. LBers look okay and D-line needs to get better. If we can't get a pass rush with one of our edges it could be a long season. If this is an even year Northwestern- like that last few ones, we will be fine. However, we are really great at beating ourselves instead of the opposition.

Looks like I did not remember Rahmir getting hurt. Now, I remember that at Minnesota as I rewatched pat of that game. (Credit to suh_fan93) There was also something with Yant where he refused to come in and so the coaches did not like that. It may have been when Ron Brown took over or right before so that affected his touches some. A 1-2 punch of RJ and Anthony Grant with Yant for goal line/short yardage is what I believe will happen. What do you think the rotation will be Mav?

This is where we have to be better. Luckily, it is getting ironed out in fall camp. However, during the year we cannot have these demoralizing turnovers or drivers where we get 60 yards and turn it over or miss points. Another thing is there will not be as much qb run in the redzone as we saw last year. With Adrian it made sense but with CT the staff has to find other ways to get the ball in the endzone. Most likely bigger backs like Yant or rpo to a TE leaking out etc.