No...Rhule is done this year. I know people think that the buyout will save him but that money is already there and ready to go.
Gonna be ballsy firing a coach who made the CFP.
Might just have to do that!!!
I am extremely worried about Rhule’s softness rubbing off on Wade
Our poor girls have an awful coach(ME!).
If there is money be collected to buy out a coach then that money should be transferred to NIL. Instead of trying to set the program back to the starting line, maybe help improve the program. I can not think of any game that can be won by being constantly being sent back to go.
It is not being sent back to go.
Rhule drives away his best coaches which is why he keeps guys like Barthel and Satt around long term.
The rest of the schools in the B1G will pay the Nebraska AD to keep Lil Matty as HC.
Sooooooo the rest of the schools are scared and want to keep NU down? Thank you, thank you for proving my point! That is exactly what I have been saying, that is why when you are not getting to the top, you fire your coach. Instead of keeping them around forever. Like your fan base has done. #7.44
Please share (no sarcasm). Give us names. And where is the money being kept? This is information only a half dozen or less people know about. We're lucky to have someone in the know. Do you work for Sandhills Publishing? Or you probably know someone who does.
There is no need to wait. The buyout hardly drops from year to year...NU brass is not going to wait 4 more seasons AND have to extend him again during that time...just to fire him and save 15 million dollars in a buy.
Can you list a team who is openly keeping a coach because of a massive buyout? You cannot wait for a contact to expire, a coach cannot recruit without an extended contract and you can't get such a contract without a large buyout. Donations are sitting at 80 million. Lets say that they drop by 10% each year he is losing....you are looking at nearly 40 million in lost donations in four years. That is just donations...nothing to do with other revenue streams, or bargaining position in the big 10. There is also a feedback loop cycling the longer we lose...old people donate, old people donate because of winning in the 90s, old people die, young people do not donate because of losing in the modern day. Donations dry up. We have to win now to win in the next decade.
This is spot on.
Rhule is already looking for new houses in a new state. Or his wife is...they know it is over. This is not iowa where we keep dudes that win 7 games
The realtor who closes that deal should send a nice bouquet of flowers to Troy Dannen's house, since the Rhules have an extra $22 million to spend.
I was just asking if he actually knew who had the money and where it was since it seemed like he knew. (All of us can assume that they have the money) You make a good point, but recruiting is less of a factor today because of the unlimited free agency in college football. Actually, the recruiting factor should be helping Rhule this year at least but probably not as much as it would have years ago.
Also a good point, but this is nothing new. The win now mindset has hurt the program because former coaches have made bad decisions when they are in win now mode and leadership has made even worse decisions. It's a continual erosion.
I don't follow it close enough to argue with any of this. I don't see it an inevitable that the SEC will split up or the Big 10. I always thought that as the overall revenue in a league goes up the added value of that extra $1 million in donations means less and less. But I could be wrong. All I know is going 1-30 in games against ranked opponents sure doesn't seem like we have a seat at the big boy table.
Sorry, there just seemed to be this weird idea from others (not you) that NU wrote that contract up with literally no money available for the buyout.
I think we are top 5-10 in revenue...still have a national fan base and still high engagement rate when it comes to eyes seeing ads and such. I think NIL donations will begin to taper as the money dries up across the sport, it was a new thing, a wild west sort of thing where rich people felt they could really change the outcome for their team.
I can remember years ago, talking with friends and saying stuff like "Look at Indiana, they will NEVER be good at football, they will never have a chance to win it all" and now, look.
Now that I think about it. Either Joel Klatt or one of his guests on his podcast said as much a couple of years ago. As far as I'm concerned, I think college football works better when the good teams have good records. Seems crazy for those two leagues to cut the weaker teams out of their conference and just beat up on each other. Teams could have good seasons and finish .500. I also think that it would be stupid to have a Power 2 format and still have a 16 team playoff. But I have no doubt that whatever pads everyone's bank account the most is what will be done.
