Why not look at his previous stops?
Outside of Nebraska, most of the high draft picks under Rhule are players he inherited/committed to a previous staff.
Really weird hill to die on
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Outside of Nebraska, most of the high draft picks under Rhule are players he inherited/committed to a previous staff.
Really weird hill to die on
Is that true? Don't NFL players pay state taxes in the state where each game is played?
He never stayed long enough anywhere to have very many players even eligible to be drafted. That’s kind of the deal here now as well. I’m discarding his first class because of the late start recruiting and the number of reaches he had to make. I’m not pumping sunshine about it but I think to be fair we’re going to have to wait at least one more year to judge his evaluation and recruiting classes. The first one sucked for sure.
There are a lot of hoops to jump thru in order to avoid the obvious conclusion that he's just not very good at it.
His most highly touted recruiting win left and his best assistants always leave.
Why all the bickering about recruiting? When it comes to our poor showings in the NFL Draft, for me this reflects:
1. Terrible development under Rhule (and Frost). Many players even regress under him (Lenhardt, etc)
2. Terrible hiring of assistant coaches by Rhule (the few good ones leave)
I don't point to his recruiting as the key issue. He has brought in enough HS and portal talent for a good coach to develop them into draft-worthy players. One might say he has 'struck out' in the portal. Has he? Or can he simply not develop the talent at the same level many coaches do?
1. Terrible development under Rhule (and Frost). Many players even regress under him (Lenhardt, etc)
2. Terrible hiring of assistant coaches by Rhule (the few good ones leave)
I don't point to his recruiting as the key issue. He has brought in enough HS and portal talent for a good coach to develop them into draft-worthy players. One might say he has 'struck out' in the portal. Has he? Or can he simply not develop the talent at the same level many coaches do?
In order to arrive at a valid conclusion one had to consider the variables. It’s obvious that if a guy only stays at a school for 4 years that he would have had roughly 3 times as many draftable players who were recruited by the previous coach. It’s just math. It doesn’t involve jumping through hoops.
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Again, I was responding to someone who said Frost's recruiting was much better than Rhule's. My push back was, we don't know yet.
Rhule’s previous stops has nothing to do with that.
Hopefully development steps up with the new hires. It’s pretty obvious we haven’t seen enough yet. EJ and Evans are exceptions. Obviously Boerk had a really good start before he transferred. I expect our draft numbers will be better next year.
Where have I ignored portal players? You seem to be under the impression that I believe Rhule is a much better recruiter than Frost. I dont even know which one is better yet using the draft criteria (which again, is what everyone here is talking about except for you now at this very moment).
Obviously Rhule is a better coach, but recruiter? Need 2 more years before I will determine that.
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Mostly because he has 2 fewer recruiting classes. I would imagine (hopefully) Rhule will have a couple more players drafted within the next 2 years.
Again, we'll see.
You think it's acceptable that he hasn't had one draftable player in any of his first 3 years of portal players?
No, you really don't.
You're having to betray common sense and the most obvious variables to pretend he isn't terrible at it.
Rhule's recruiting at other schools has nothing to do with recruiting?
Please be serious.