As long as we're experimenting -- why not? It's probably never been done before. What's the worst that could happen?
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It's Matt Rhule ...
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The problem is that it doesn’t make any sense for a football program. I have no doubt that you heard what you heard but I think your source has it wrong. Sounds pretty far fetched to me
Mickey Joseph is 7 years older than Rhule and Rhule has a lot of run left in his career. He's only 47 years old. I hope you can see why the scenario you've posted is looked at as strange. Joseph's stint as IHC has been viewed as a job interview and that's not fair to Mickey. He took over a busted roster than is even now more busted due to injury. He generally has kept the kids playing hard, but the asymmetry in the general quality of players was huge last Saturday.
If Mickey is a HC next year, it will almost assuredly be with a different program. I hope he is retained at NU as he is a damn good position coach and an ace recruiter. If he is hired as NU's HC, I doubt Rhule will be coming to Lincoln.
Does the player who told you this have CTE, by chance? Because that rumor is insane.
Matt Rhule is not going to come here to be an assistant who does all the work. And Mickey is not going to agree to be a Press Secretary who doesn't get to make any decisions.
Even the NFL has come to grips with the fact that a QB run game helps your offense. Whip would rather his QB get annihilated in the pocket I guess
It will be the perfect NU solution where Rhule will be the scapegoat for all losses and former husker MJ will be credited for all the wins
likewise if the arrangement works Trev will be heralded as a genius and if it flops it was the damn boosters interfering once again
mack brown has been doing exactly this for going on 3 decades
many and more head coaches outsource 95% of what happens on gameday
You sure that 20 second clip isn't concrete evidence that he'll be a failure at Nebraska?
It's actually going to be a special 2 hour episode of "Undercover Boss" where Rhule reveals at the end that he's ACTUALLY Mickey's boss.
The thought that crossed my mind is what if Ruhle is the HC, does his normal 3 years and out and Mickey has a front seat window watching Ruhle run the team. Doesn't constitute actual HC experience,
No doubt, if Mickey is more involved and learns how a guy took a couple of college teams and built them, it could mean Mickey "could" be in line for the job if Ruhle scoots out of here.
I'm sure Trev wouldn't be hiring Ruhle just to rebuild this thing and not have him commit to a long-term coaching position. Yet, Ruhle hasn't seemed to mind spending a few years at a school and looking for another **** program to try to resurrect.
For all we know, Ruhle is here for one year, Texas cans Sark, and Ruhle bolts for the Longhorns. It's not like he needs this NU job.
Just throwing it out there.
What showed that? I watched the game and watched the offense being called when he was in…
the worry is that *Rhule gets Nebraska back on track and leaves for his alma mater, Penn State.
I am not a fan of Rhule and here is why. He has coached 4 seasons at Temple in the ACC and 3 season at Baylor in the Big 12. 28-23 at Temple. Last two seasons at Temple he was 10-4 and 10-3. In 2015 they were 1-2 against the only ranked teams they played and lost the conference title game and their bowl game against MAC's Toledo. In 2016 Temple only played one ranked team, No. 19 Navy and won. Then Temple lost in the conference title game and without Rhule coaching Temple lost in their bowl game.
The first two seasons at Baylor he was 1-11 and 7-6. His third season looks great at first glance, 11-3. However, those 3 losses were the only ranked teams Baylor played. Pretty good teams, OU twice and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
Combine his college career with his failure with the Panthers and I am not sure he is a slam dunk. Temple does not play anywhere near a Big Ten schedule, and he was only at Baylor three seasons with only one good year. Better than Riley and Frost, but I am not sure you can say he is better than Bo.
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That's fair. And I'm not necessarily a Rhule guy. honestly I don't know what the right answer is for a coach outside of the pipe dream coaches. I'm glad I'm not making this decision.
And he can’t totally control who wants to be here and who doesn’t and feel,they have it better where their at…
If they continue to be Michigan and Ohio States door-mat, Franklins says are numbered
I could maybe see it that way. Just seems like an odd take the other way posited earlier vs yours.
The scenario you proposed seems believable compared to yantzees.
I think it'd still be kinda weird, but could maybe work out with both Rhule and Mickey over the years.