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1 minute ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

I don't know bc there isn't enough evidence to show me and any other husker fan who is a legit candidate. It's all pure speculation as to who we all want or would like. Just no evidence to back it up. 

I realize that. We wouldn't have this thread without it. Just wondering who strikes you as a grinder who hates to lose and who doesn't...of some names that are being speculated about here.

35 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Yeah but certain coaches to me come across as they are ok with losing. Not saying they hate it but are ok with it. Trev said he wants a coach that hates losing. There are alot of names being thrown out but there are actually very few who fit the criteria that Trev wants. 

Curious who you think they are...or aren't?

1 minute ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

No but in all seriousness there aren't many coaches that we can name that are grinders and hate to lose candidate coaches.  

I don't know, I think anyone who's had much success at all in this game could be considered grinders that hate to lose candidates. It's pretty subjective and outside of a couple guys where that's a known fact (Urban, Deion), I can see most of them seeming to fit that definition. It's not like there's a list of guys who are known to spend half the year golfing and sitting around eating bon bons.

31 minutes ago, lo country said:

He has a good body of work for sure, but what makes him a good hire over the others?  I do like him as he appears to be a no nonsense fundamental type of coach that NU hasn't had in forever.  Just wonder if it will be the "wow" hire to move the recruiting meter.

He got Washington to the CFP in his 3rd year (lost to eventual National Champion Alabama). Won 2 conference and 1 division titles in 6 years there. Finished ranked in the top 15 three out of 6 years. Pretty solid.

He did not rebuild them, they were in decent shape when he got there. Agree, his recruiting would be a question mark for me. Average recruiting ranking of around #23 with all that success doesn't seem all that great. Nothing really tells me he could move the recruiting meter, but apparently he's a develop players type guy?

He's a definite notch above most of the names being mentioned in my book. Plus Huskies and Huskers sound similar...so, there's that.

I'm not big on "cultural fit" mattering much at all. But in this context, he just seems like suuuuuuch a west coast guy. There have been countless stories about it. I don't think it would matter as far as our acceptance of him, I just think it might matter as far as his interest in us.

7 hours ago, husker009 said:

Aranda and Petersen both have won conference titles, unlike Campbell. He’s just not a good big game coach. And before another person says “well, he’s at Iowa State,” how many conference titles were Washington and Baylor winning before Petersen and Aranda showed up? The Campbell sexuals are already making excuses for their man. Some coaches have the clutch gene, but Campbell instead has the choke gene. Simply go look at all the different ways he’s found to lose to Iowa during his tenure at ISU. The sad thing is that ISU was probably the better team in at least 4 of those games. He also has a bunch of one-score loses, so I guess that’s why some on this board love him. Guess he brings nostalgia. This choke artist would be a disaster of a hire. 

I got no problem with Petersen, but to answer your question, Baylor had won the conference 2 years straight before the whole Art Briles rape thing. And just three years after it, Rhule won the division. Baylor's not the doormat of the Big 12 they once were. Aranda and Campbell seem pretty equal to me, only difference is Campbell has a larger body of work.

7 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

They were both Washington head coaches…..hmmmm.

I guess. Seems like a bit of a reach to me. Could be anyone Nuehesial is referring to. And again, of course Nebraska has reached out to some coaches. At least I hope we have by this point.

7 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I think he knows for a fact….because it’s him. 

12 minutes ago, HANC said:

No, he just said he knows for a FACT that Nebraska has reached out to another coach.  People who replied were assuming he was talking about CP.  

We're over a month into a coaching search and we've reached out to another coach? Jeez, that's really going out on a limb there, Nuehesial.

No clue why people would be reading Petersen from that comment. Because they're both broadcasters? They're not even at the same network.

5 hours ago, husker009 said:

Baylor had a lot of turnover this year. They lost their best running back and most of their defense from last year. They simply had too much turnover to be a legitimate team again this season. No matter how you slice it, winning a conference title in his second season at Baylor is quite impressive.

One could also view that as, now that he's starting to play with his own recruits (aka not Rhule's), he's not very good. His recruiting classes at Baylor have been #37 and #41...in Texas. He's got a 59% winning percentage and he took over a program in great shape. Baylor was ranked in the top 15 the year prior before Rhule went to the NFL. So, it certainly isn't like he's shown he can rebuild a program. He might end up being great, but he's a long shot at best. Far from being a "home run" as I've seen him referred to here. And nowhere near warrants being mentioned in the same sentence with Chris Petersen. Their resumes aren't even comparable.

5 minutes ago, husker009 said:

Aranda won the Big 12 title game with a backup QB last year. He completely ruined Okie State’s playoff hopes. Pretty impressive if you ask me. It tells me that he gets the most out of the talent he gets, which is something NU has not had in a while.

How does he plan on getting the talent? He can’t get it in Texas. You think he’ll somehow magically be able to get it in Nebraska? And he doesn’t seem to be getting more out of his talent this year.

You have to look at the context. He barely won a Big 12 Championship ( beat a team that had already beat him in the regular season and lost to a 5-7 TCU team)  when OU and UT we’re both down. Sark was in his first year and Riley had a foot out the door.

And again, likely to not make a bowl this year. How is that good enough? He’s worse than Campbell and that’s saying a lot.

3 hours ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

Everyone has opinion, you need to relax.

As do I. My opinion is Aranda is meh.

9 minutes ago, husker009 said:

Aranda and Petersen both have won conference titles, unlike Campbell. He’s just not a good big game coach. And before another person says “well, he’s at Iowa State,” how many conference titles were Washington and Baylor winning before Petersen and Aranda showed up? The Campbell sexuals are already making excuses for their man. Some coaches have the clutch gene, but Campbell instead has the choke gene. Go look at all the different ways he’s found to lose to Iowa during his tenure at ISU. He also has a bunch of one-score loses, so I guess that’s why some on this board love him. Guess he brings nostalgia. This choke artist would be a disaster of a hire.

petersen >>>>> aranda

Sorry, just not getting the love for aranda. At All. He’s in a recruiting hotbed, hasn’t recruited for s#!t, had one good year with Rhule’s players when the Big 12 was down, and he’s probably not making a bowl this year. How is he supposed to improve Nebraska?

52 minutes ago, I am I said:

Hopefully Trev has a great handle on all of this. 

Hopefully a better handle on it than us anyway 

26 minutes ago, Hayseed said:

That’s true, it might be hard to get those guys… but the way Aranda presents himself and represents his school would make him worth getting.

Another horrible take. I’m shocked.

11 minutes ago, Stumpy1 said:

Neither is Aranda or Peterson. 

Hope you're right on Aranda. He shouldn't even be in our top 10.

Filling in the blanks timeline on Deion...

September 11:

• Frost fired, Mickey named interim HC

September 12 and the days to come:

• Several media outlets and fans pushing for Deion
• Month long search by Trev commences

October 5:

• Mickey Joseph quotes Deion to help motivate the team...

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Mickey Joseph recited a quote from Deion Sanders to his Huskers on Wednesday morning.

 

“Bet on yourself, look in the mirror and believe in yourself,” Joseph said. “ ... Believe in yourself and what you see in that mirror.”

October 14:

• @Vizsla1 posts this...

On 10/14/2022 at 8:57 AM, Vizsla1 said:

What makes me nervous is how quiet it is down there from my sources and I have been told we already have our person - and blessed by Mickey.

• Deion sits down with 60 Minutes for an interview wearing all red that's one part endearing himself to Nebraska fans...

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Link to interview

October 15 and the days to come:

• Lots more buzz around Deion from media outlets and fans due to 60 Minutes interview

October 18:

• @admo posts this...

19 hours ago, admo said:

BREAKING NEWS

 

Just heard.... per local Dallas sport radio, former Cowboy Deion Sanders has accepted the Nebraska Head Coaching job.  Taking over end of season.

Starting to think this thing might already be a done deal...the answer has been right under our noses. 

5 minutes ago, PasstheDamnBallGuy said:

In what way did I cherry pick?

You didn't, I did. But if we're not going to give credit to Deion for his FCS success, we certainly can't give Leipold credit for his D3 success. Simply pointing out that for 2 guys who have taken over dumpster fire D1 programs, Deion has a much better record than Leipold. Comparing on the field and recruiting results, Leipold looks pretty average, honestly. And I actually think Leipold is a pretty good coach and wouldn't be completely opposed to him if we hired him.

28 minutes ago, PasstheDamnBallGuy said:

Deion needs about 6 more championships and around 120 more wins to start to consider him a winner over Leipold lol 

Division 1...

Leipold

49% winning percentage

0 conference titles

Sanders

80% winning percentage

1 conference title

And both took over dumpster fire programs.

Deion > Leipold

Cherry picking stats is fun.

1 minute ago, hunnit said:

I'll take Deions over 2 decades of football experience over a guy being an oc for 3 years. Maybe that's just me. 

Of course you would. Anybody with half a brain would.

7 minutes ago, admo said:

To clarify the Deion story.

 

I friend of mine sent me a text which is exactly what I wrote previously.  He doesn't follow college football, only NFL, but knows I like the Huskers and that's why he sent the text to see if I heard the news.  I told him "that has to be a joke, even if it sounds pretty cool".  He replied "that's everything I heard them say.  They sounded serious to me."  

 

I asked who reported it and he didn't know.

 

So I passed it along - although I should have put in rumorville lol.  

The optimist in me knows that radio station is a legit sports station and the official station of the Dallas Cowboys. No doubt those guys have their ear to the ground with the Cowboys and no doubt Deion still has a lot of connections within the Cowboys. I listen to them very little, but I wouldn't think they'd be the type to just report on internet fan chatter. The Ticket doesn't even do much of that and they are much more of a frat house, less serious about sports than The Fan. So, not sure why they'd even mention it unless there was at least a little something to it. The pessimist in me questions why it hasn't been picked up anywhere else.

1 hour ago, Danimal said:

 

Trev is not offering Deon in the first place AND I doubt Deon wants to come to Nebraska anyway. A job in his southeast stomping grounds will come calling sooner or later. 

1 hour ago, Stone Cold said:

Do you have a source for this news.

Of course he doesn't.

Can we stop talking about losers like Campbell and Leipold and get back to discussing winners like Urban and Deion? Trev's not offering Campbell or Leipold and neither of them is leaving their programs anyway.

See how it works?

7 minutes ago, husker009 said:

What has Jimbo done since he’s been in a real conference?

It's aTm. They haven't won anything since like the 30's

16 minutes ago, talaricohusker said:

If we get Deion some how and pair him with MJ that would be a hell of a power team up. Although they could clash as well 

Seems like they're already getting along.  From LJS article 2 weeks ago...

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Mickey Joseph recited a quote from Deion Sanders to his Huskers on Wednesday morning.

 

“Bet on yourself, look in the mirror and believe in yourself,” Joseph said. “ ... Believe in yourself and what you see in that mirror.”

1 hour ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

He is staying south!

So, we've gone from "he's not good enough for us" to "he's turning us down?"

2 minutes ago, Gage County said:

It's a meaningless stat, like time of possession.

To each their own. I find meaning in it...like time of possession.