At best. Probably even below average
Look What Preacher Rhule Has Done to This Board
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I’d take Bo over Rhule but that’s a really low bar. If Bo level results are the best we’re hoping for I’d stop following.
The only thing that still makes NU football interesting is that pretty much everyone agrees Rhule will be fired if he has a losing year next year. I’d rather they keep firing all the losers and trying for better than settle with one of them and call it good enough.
The only thing that still makes NU football interesting is that pretty much everyone agrees Rhule will be fired if he has a losing year next year. I’d rather they keep firing all the losers and trying for better than settle with one of them and call it good enough.
Nope...in his first 7 years as a HC he had 3 winning seasons and a top 10 finish.
Ill take 4 for any game to take my kids to their first. .....
But Ill ***** about Ruhle the whole time.
Then you have to act in 2013 or wait until he fails in 2013.
IDK Mike Riley not working was about as predictable as it gets. .
Whose said that. I was told if we win 5 games we should be happy by the media people.
I thought it was blow out losses, anger problems, and not beating enough ranked teams.
I guess you thought wrong.
Also, if you want to see "anger issues" I can point you in the direction of a few posters. Haha
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I guess I’m a optimist, I’m curious how the new transfers will work out, I think we will actually be improved because Dylan is gone, I want to see what the new defense will do will it be improved. If we go 4-8 then Rhule is probably gone and should be. But what if we win 8 games and beat a ranked team? fans are upset because of the last three games so am I the bowl game we shouldnt have be paired with utah , it didn’t help either team
I think we are all optimistic. We all want them to win every game.
But we also sort of know what we have with Rhule. It is like an iowa fan thinking that "this is the year that ferentz have is all figure out"...you know...after 30 years.
But we also sort of know what we have with Rhule. It is like an iowa fan thinking that "this is the year that ferentz have is all figure out"...you know...after 30 years.
What has Bo done since he left Nebraska?
What has Eichorst done since he left Nebraska?
I think they were both incompetent at the end, no matter what they did before. People should be fired what they are doing in the moment and Bo wasn't getting it done and it was likely only going to get worse based on how flamed out in his other opportunities.
You hit the nail on the head here. NU had a grand total of 2 players invited to the NFL combine this year. Iowa had about 9 invited. Spindler and Key were supposed to be 2nd round to 3rd round prospects prior to the season. They now are so far off the radar they probably will not even get UDFA offers. NU has done an incredibly poor job of player development that even schools like Montana are held in higher regard by NFL scouts. Poor schemes and lack of even a basic understanding of what it takes to build a program are in play here. The program has been on a slow decline since Bo left. Lavonte David, Burkhead, Prince Amukamara are some examples of guys we used to develop and that were ready for long NFL careers when they left Lincoln. We have a complete jughead for an AD and a coach who has no clue about what it takes to build a good B1G football program. Yes there is apathy in the fan base. Because anybody who has any sense of the financial situation at NU knows that we cannot and will not fork over 60 million to buy Matt out. And those donors who would have funded a more reasonable buyout still would not have donated due to a complete lack of faith in the administration to bring in a competent AD and HC. The situation is a mess. Rock bottom in my opinion was when Dannen unveiled the drawings and details of the Stadium Project on the day of the Iowa game, and with 60 top recruits in town. NU proceeds to get blown out by a very mediocre Iowa team. Talk about a bad look. There are some who are happy with a 19-19 result. They were happy with Riley and they like Matt. They have no concept of what football in Lincoln is supposed to look like or why guys like me are disgusted. They post predictions ( every year ) of 8 or nine wins only to see the program shite the bed again. Wash, rinse repeat.
If Rhule was a better decision maker, he wouldn't really even be in a problem with 3 strong coordinators doing the actual development work.
How involved is the current University President? Someone between there and the AD, or all of those involved including the board of regents I imagine. You need a strong leader to come in and clean up house and start firing ineffective people and get things back on track. Matt's a good speaker and marketing person, that's all he is, and he can still be effective if he is forced into certain guardrails by the "right" administration. We need the right guy who's running the show, preferably the right AD, but he's going to need the support of the above as well. Matt has showen he will comply with what is demanded of him and his skills are useful, but somebody else has to drive the program vision. Troy Dannen aint' the guy.
Must have been awkward when the team found out his dbs coach was "interested" in underage girls and his dcoord was doing blow and banging random wives. This was who Bo truly was, he is a very disciplined man outside of his temper, and very white and black person, not much nuance, but he surrounded himself with a whole bunch of creeps and couldn't take responsibility for hiring them and their actions, other than to let them take other jobs.
He is already starting to lose the media guys. Even Sipple has grown noticeably more critical. Carriker too. Everyone is tired of Rhule’s little act. Rhule’s cynical manipulation of the PSU situation, combined with another late season collapse and mediocre portal haul, have opened people’s eyes to what a total fraud he is.
NU football is at a huge crossroads right now. We desperately need to fire this clown and hire a coach who knows his butt from a gun barrel.
I never listen to Carriker but I am sure the former players will turn on him faster than most of the media.
The media has to get their clicks, so once they all smell blood in the water...they will all turn "negative" on him. Which I would imagine will be soon.
And yet the mystery of what our QBs will look like has me maybe more interested than if Raiola was still here. My expectations have been muted since BC got embarrassed by USC all those years ago. Now I’m just happy I get to watch football and I let the chips fall where they may. Football doesn’t affect my life.
I’m hopeful but pessimistic. Should be at least interesting to see how our new QB looks. LOTS of staff changes could change things for the better or worse.
Spindler and Key will get signed. Spindler’s surgery may have kept him from performing some of the combine tests. I doubt he could have done the bench for sure.
Donovan Raiola being gone holds out some hope for future OL at least.
Love this story! I wish Bo had that same "I didn't come here to go 9-4" mindset later in his tenure, but still a fun story.
Also, me and my HS buddies still crack up when we tell stories of how our football coach would completely lose it. Terrified at the time, but looking back it was so funny.
How quick we forget Frosts last year. Talk about knowing the end was right around the corner. I agree the anticipation isn't there right now. Nothing to sell but the season for most. But I'd argue Scott's last year was worse to everyone except maybe Dingle who is always the last one to know
Holla
Difference is the end isn’t right around the cornerHow quick we forget Frosts last year. Talk about knowing the end was right around the corner. I agree the anticipation isn't there right now. Nothing to sell but the season for most. But I'd argue Scott's last year was worse to everyone except maybe Dingle who is always the last one to know
Holla
it will be long and drawn out
What if we win more games than we have in the last decade, at a time when there has been less hope and optimism at any point in the last decade?
I want what you are smoking.
I was just speaking about this topic today with my brother in law. Just near zero interest for this next season. Might be the first season since 1998 I don't attend a single game.
It's also that he scammed us for millions before we fire him.
I see tom almost every weekend at kids sports events. His grandson or great-grandson is my son's age. He moves well but looks like 107 in the face.That man is gonna live to be 107. We got some more time to be mediocre
But as long as you don’t win 9+ games for your entire tenure and win 3 national titles, you won’t outshine him. Could we maybe get 2 playoff appearances before this decade runs out? We’d still be in the shadow and not the shine.
Its what this program has become, from the AD and HC on down to the players. Just a bunch of people who dont GAF about the program or it's generational significance. Here strictly for the money until they get bought out or a better offer comes along. We could win 0 games this year and the only thing that would bother Rhule is having to show up for the press conferences. He is checked the f#ck out already and is just putting in the minimum while waiting for the windfall.
I can't root for that. Not sorry.