Mickey Joseph reveals his goals for rest of season, dismisses having a losing culture

After the firing of Scott Frost, Nebraska promoted Mickey Joseph to the role of interim head coach. That made him the first black coach in Nebraska athletics history. It also gave him nine games to try out for the full-time job. It’s a difficult situation, but this is also a program that still has lots of talent, and thought it had good potential coming into the season.

While speaking to the media, Mickey Joseph was asked about his goals for the rest of the season.

“We’ve got nine games left, right?” Mickey Joseph said. “As the coach, you’ve got to stand up here and say we’re trying to win nine games.”

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“But we’re not worried about nine games. We worry about this game, this week. So, we’ve got to take this one at a time with these kids. We’ve got to take this one at a time with this staff. So, we’re going to take this one week at a time. And then, when we get to nine, then we’ll see where we’re at. But, this week, the most important thing right now, this week is preparing to get ready for OU [Oklahoma].”

There have been claims of a losing culture at Nebraska for some time now. That, recently, began to include players on the roster, as Ochaun Mathis said the program has a losing culture and that players don’t know how to win. Mickey Joseph didn’t agree with him.

“I mean, we haven’t been winning here,” Mickey Joseph said. “Okay, but I wouldn’t say it’s a losing culture.”

“A losing culture is kids that don’t come to work. These kids have played in a lot of tight games, you know, I don’t think they’ve ever been blown out. Play in a lot of tight games, so now we’ve got to figure out how to get them over the hump. You know, how to get over the hump. And, then, I’ve got to do a better job with the players before they go to interviews and make comments like that.”