Why would I be kidding? Rhule has brought in some good talent, according to recruiting rankings. Why aren't these kids excelling? Bad coaching is the obvious reason.
Nebraska had one pick in the first seven rounds of draft
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We? He was a backup guard at Notre Dame before the guy ahead of him got hurt. He filled a need for us and gave us better play at guard but especially after his season ending surgery, I figured he would be an UDFA. Somebody could have picked him up late, but guards like Spindler are always available as teams cut their rosters down. That said, I think Spindler has a good chance of getting placed on a practice squad and stick around for a while.
Ummm. We clearly care about competing in football but our ADs have been too concerned about making splash hires of guys with national name recognition as our head coach. I said it many times before we hired Rhule, I didn’t care if I had never heard of the guy. The single biggest AD mistake wasn’t hiring Rhule. It was doubling down on him with that extension.
Hopefully his new DC and Dana compensate for his inadequacies. It’s our only hope because we’re pot committed.
Our BOR “clearly care”?Ummm. We clearly care about competing in football but our ADs have been too concerned about making splash hires of guys with national name recognition as our head coach. I said it many times before we hired Rhule, I didn’t care if I had never heard of the guy. The single biggest AD mistake wasn’t hiring Rhule. It was doubling down on him with that extension.
Funny way of showing it
It is so sad what Rhule has done to this program and fan base.
We have fans that are like "Well, I will give him more time if he can make a bowl game next season"
What the ****? Who cares about a bowl game. That is such a low bar.
We have fans that are like "Well, I will give him more time if he can make a bowl game next season"
What the ****? Who cares about a bowl game. That is such a low bar.
Well, Obviously Scott Frost didn't care about a Bowl game.
I thought some people here said Spindler was going to be a backup had he stayed at ND for another season?
"Rocco Spindler left Notre Dame after entering the transfer portal to secure a guaranteed starting role and championship contention, as he felt his path to playing time at Notre Dame was blocked by an exceptionally deep offensive line roster.
Lack of Guaranteed Starting Job: Despite starting 23 games over his final two seasons, Spindler lost his starting right guard position in fall camp to Billy Schrauth. With incoming talent like Anthonie Knapp (who could move inside) and rising sophomores, Spindler was not assured a starting spot for his final year of eligibility."
I like Key. I guess there is a chance he hangs on somewhere if he embraces being a core special teamer. Personally I didn't see the ability to separate at Nebraska. Big strong kid who WILL get after you blocking. But man I definitely think it's an uphill climb for him.
Any Idea if he participated in Nebraska s pro day and if so what did his numbers look like?
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I’m sure he did but I didn’t see his times. 6’3” 215 lbs though. His brother is at Denver and is a special teams standout FWIW. His stats for us were actually really good. Big strong possession guy who is willing blocker. All accounts he is a good team guy. Not a bad WR to have stashed on the practice squad.
Yup, sounds right from what I'm remembering.
So rather than take what you shared, some people here have their agenda and claim that Rhule took a 2nd rounder and turned him into an undraftable player.
Yeah it's amazing these people just magically forgot about Scotchy's "lost 5 years" where we lost every damn year and had absolutely no hope going into the next season. Now they are suddenly hopeless after a few winning seasons, go figure.
Key is a good player. Very solid WR, and who knows how much Dylan's charade at QB impacted his production. Not a game-changer, but like you said could be a solid backup and ST player.
It's amazing what people will gloss over when it's someone they liked or are "one of their own". Vs what they WONT tolerate from an "outsider" or someone they don't like. I'm always amazed...
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You know full well that the ranking of that class was due to the few number of kids in it.