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ESPN:Nebraska AD Dannen to give Rhule time to build program

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HuskerO58

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Also, Dannen said no bowl games in 10 years.

Maybe its semantics, but it was 6 seasons. Not 10.
 
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Charlie Marlow said:
Dannen has been less than impressive so far. Most ADs get one football hire and Dannen blew his with the Rhule extension last year.
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With the success of basketball, volleyball, and baseball this year, it's tough to say or truly believe Dannen is a failure.

While he only hired DBK, in perfect fashion, I might add, it's too soon to say Rhule's extension was a horrendous move. Give the new coaches and '27 recruits a chance to do work.

No doubt Rhule has made some awful hires in the past, but the tide seems to be changing for the better, in my opinion.
 
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Mister_Scarlet said:
With the success of basketball, volleyball, and baseball this year, it's tough to say or truly believe Dannen is a failure.

While he only hired DBK, in perfect fashion, I might add, it's too soon to say Rhule's extension was a horrendous move. Give the new coaches and '27 recruits a chance to do work.

No doubt Rhule has made some awful hires in the past, but the tide seems to be changing for the better, in my opinion.
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I could have been the AD and hired DBK. It was pretty much etched in stone before Dannen even stepped foot on campus. He contributed nothing to the success of those 3 teams.. In fact he's pissed a lot of people off with they way they've handled the ticket sales for softball regionals and supers. Would imagine he'll do the same if the baseball team hosts
 
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Tjlskers526 said:
I could have been the AD and hired DBK. It was pretty much etched in stone before Dannen even stepped foot on campus. He contributed nothing to the success of those 3 teams.. In fact he's pissed a lot of people off with they way they've handled the ticket sales for softball regionals and supers. Would imagine he'll do the same if the baseball team hosts
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Don't disagree with the ticket fiasco, but people complain about "keeping up with the Joneses" on the recruiting front. Chasing the big money is sadly mandatory today.

Also to say the AD didn't contribute to the other programs is just not true. There is a ton of behind the scenes work an AD and his/her department does that is unnoticed by the masses.
 
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When You see the AD discuss something like this in the press you can be assured there is a whole lot more being talked about behind closed doors.
 
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Mister_Scarlet said:
Don't disagree with the ticket fiasco, but people complain about "keeping up with the Joneses" on the recruiting front. Chasing the big money is sadly mandatory today.

Also to say the AD didn't contribute to the other programs is just not true. There is a ton of behind the scenes work an AD and his/her department does that is unnoticed by the masses.
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Like what? What does the AD specifically do? My experience is there are lifers in the department who do most of the work, the AD does "political" work, which is mostly untraceable, vacuous, and relatively unimportant. Being an AD at a place like Nebraska is like being a Roman Emperor in 200 AD, somebody else set it all up for you, you can reap the rewards and watch it crumble but the inertia of the thing makes it difficult to make full scale changes.
 
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