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As Sean Beckton says, he's been through it before.
As a veteran of this business, yessir, he's been through coaching shakeups. Heck, just last year he was the lone full-time offensive assistant coaching holdover.
So he brings some wisdom in talking about the change that has gone on in the Nebraska football program the past few weeks. One of the things that hasn't changed by his account, however? The man who is now Nebraska's interim head coach – Mickey Joseph.
"One of the veterans on the staff, I've kind of seen it," Beckton said Wednesday night on the Huskers Radio Network. "And Coach Joseph knows and he'll come to me with things here and there. The biggest thing I've noticed with Coach Joseph is he remained Mickey Joseph. He's still the same guy. He comes down the hall very energetic with everybody. He hasn't changed. Some coaches, they get in that interim position and they change. He's still the same guy."
Beckton believes Joseph has done well with his messaging to the team, and has a team meeting every day and something he wants to get across after every practice too.
He will stop practices if it's not going well and gather the whole squad together.
"He's more hands-on as far as personality-wise. He communicates with the kids constantly. He's back and forth, offense and defense and all the special teams meetings," Beckton said of how Joseph operates. "So he's doing a really good job being around the kids. He wants kids to come to his office. If there's no kids, he'll call some kids. 'Hey, Coach, I need to see this kid here. Have him come to my office before you meet him.' He has a list of guys that he brings in every single day and he's just trying to get to know them."
Joseph has also stressed to this staff he wants them coaching up until the bell rings.
"He wants our staff to coach all the way up until kickoff," Beckton said. "That's one of the things that he's brought for us to make sure we continue to give these guys information all the time, all the way up to the game. And then from there, he's doing a great job of managing the game, understanding situations, doing a good job at that part of things so far."
Last week offensive coordinator Mark Whipple joked that Joseph needs to get out of the assistant's locker room so they can talk about him.
Beckton does not see that happening.
"He wants to be amongst us," Beckton said. "That's one of the things of being a brother ... He's been an assistant for a long time and he wants to keep that assistant's vibe."
With that, Beckton said Joseph is asking every morning how's everything and if there's anything he can do to help that coach's guys in that day's practice.
"So he's constantly communicating with us. He's down on the defensive hall. Constantly communicating with those guys. Not just the coordinators. He's constantly communicating with the coaches. Communicating with Jay Terry (equipment operations), with (head football trainer) Mark (Mayer). Everybody. Coach Duval. Everybody in the program. Trying to (see) what's the best way to get these things done for our kids.'"
Beckton also saw how Joseph relates well to kids in tough circumstances.
When Hurricane Ian was brewing, the head coach called in all the Florida kids just to let them know the Husker staff would do anything they could to help them.
"That's one of the reasons the kids really love playing for Coach Joseph," Beckton said. "He really loves them and showed it there."
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As a veteran of this business, yessir, he's been through coaching shakeups. Heck, just last year he was the lone full-time offensive assistant coaching holdover.
So he brings some wisdom in talking about the change that has gone on in the Nebraska football program the past few weeks. One of the things that hasn't changed by his account, however? The man who is now Nebraska's interim head coach – Mickey Joseph.
"One of the veterans on the staff, I've kind of seen it," Beckton said Wednesday night on the Huskers Radio Network. "And Coach Joseph knows and he'll come to me with things here and there. The biggest thing I've noticed with Coach Joseph is he remained Mickey Joseph. He's still the same guy. He comes down the hall very energetic with everybody. He hasn't changed. Some coaches, they get in that interim position and they change. He's still the same guy."
Beckton believes Joseph has done well with his messaging to the team, and has a team meeting every day and something he wants to get across after every practice too.
He will stop practices if it's not going well and gather the whole squad together.
"He's more hands-on as far as personality-wise. He communicates with the kids constantly. He's back and forth, offense and defense and all the special teams meetings," Beckton said of how Joseph operates. "So he's doing a really good job being around the kids. He wants kids to come to his office. If there's no kids, he'll call some kids. 'Hey, Coach, I need to see this kid here. Have him come to my office before you meet him.' He has a list of guys that he brings in every single day and he's just trying to get to know them."
Joseph has also stressed to this staff he wants them coaching up until the bell rings.
"He wants our staff to coach all the way up until kickoff," Beckton said. "That's one of the things that he's brought for us to make sure we continue to give these guys information all the time, all the way up to the game. And then from there, he's doing a great job of managing the game, understanding situations, doing a good job at that part of things so far."
Last week offensive coordinator Mark Whipple joked that Joseph needs to get out of the assistant's locker room so they can talk about him.
Beckton does not see that happening.
"He wants to be amongst us," Beckton said. "That's one of the things of being a brother ... He's been an assistant for a long time and he wants to keep that assistant's vibe."
With that, Beckton said Joseph is asking every morning how's everything and if there's anything he can do to help that coach's guys in that day's practice.
"So he's constantly communicating with us. He's down on the defensive hall. Constantly communicating with those guys. Not just the coordinators. He's constantly communicating with the coaches. Communicating with Jay Terry (equipment operations), with (head football trainer) Mark (Mayer). Everybody. Coach Duval. Everybody in the program. Trying to (see) what's the best way to get these things done for our kids.'"
Beckton also saw how Joseph relates well to kids in tough circumstances.
When Hurricane Ian was brewing, the head coach called in all the Florida kids just to let them know the Husker staff would do anything they could to help them.
"That's one of the reasons the kids really love playing for Coach Joseph," Beckton said. "He really loves them and showed it there."
Beckton offers insight into how Mickey Joseph has attacked things as Husker interim coach
As Sean Beckton says, he's been through it before. As a veteran of this business, yessir, he's been through coaching shakeups. Heck, just...
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