Funny you asked this question. I know its not specific to in-game coaching, but still....
There is A LOT of money lost when Alabama plays Sisters of Christ...attendance is bad, viewership is bad. These kids and coaches are getting paid a lot of money...they should not be subsidizing poor programs so they can get an easy wins, especially in a sport where there are only 12-14 games a year. You can't have 25% of the schedule be non-competitive. Or at least that isn't good business. College football fans are smart enough to know that a 9 Mike Reilly team wasn't very good...the soft schedule didn't really matter because we got boat-raced against good teams. In fact I think the soft schedules for Bo, Mike and last year retard changes and growth because it gives the appearance that things can get worse. If we played a full big 10 schedule Matt wouldn't have a single winning season and probably would be dumped by now.
The criticism for coaches comes from their insane compensation. Being a head coach now is no more difficult than 1995 but Rhule is being paid 10 million because Nebraska had a great coach 30 years ago. Rhule has not brought 25 million in value to the university...he is basically coaching at a replacement level...meaning a person could make 10% of what he is making and still have similar success. He brings no value to the university, in fact the program has lost prestige and value since he has been here. That is the problem. Matt Rhule probably could not roof a house or fix plumbing or an AC, but he makes 1000x more than those people who actually provide a useful service and not just suck value while making millions.
Rhule is paid what he is paid because that is the market. If you don't think the grind of being a head coach in today's world isn't more difficult than 1995 than you are delusional. In 1995, Osborne's had a coaches show, a couple of pressers, recruiting and he coached football. There was no NIL, no revenue sharing, no 24 hour sports cycle. His most difficult job was probably watching the police blotter to make sure he didn't have to make a phone call to get the arrest taken care of and the charges dropped. Completely different world.
You're losing me here. Teams have to play home games for revenue. Can't have teams playing a "full big 10 schedule" with everyone playing 7 or 8 home games. That's the main reason these teams get easier non-conference schedules. And I've been to a lot of home football games. Watch the crowd. Beating Houston Christian is more fun than losing to Iowa or getting trampled by Michigan. Winning is more fun. And I don't think we have to lose almost every game in order to realize that we're not a very good team. Just watching us try to block Michigan was evidence enough.
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Well school schedule doesn't really matter any more since the players aren't students...they are paid employees. So I think you could get to 13-14 games and get your full home schedule with no "pay to win" opponents. There is nothing worse for a program than to play a team who is encouraged to lose...since they get 500k to 1 million to play at NU and beating NU might encourage not scheduling them any more. And yes, we need to lose every game if need be since we are paying away our final round of decent donations to field a bad team. Maybe this is the problem with NU. People thinking that we don't need a competitive environment and instead just a delusion, or roleplaying college football. We kind of act like a college football team when we play Buffalo or Rutgers or Maryland.
Once again, showing that you are in fact worried that NU will become great again, while iowa just hopes to hit that magical 8th win.
You are really off the rocker tonight. No college coach including the ones that win the NC would want that type of Schedule. And I don’t care if they get paid it’s still not the NFL . The majority of the teams wouldn’t hold up physically to a schedule like this .
You sound soft. These kids are getting millions, they have hundreds of millions invested into their physical wellness. Put a good product on the field week after week. If you expect people to pay thousands for season tickets we should get more than a win against Ohio and North Dakota...two teams are aren't even in the same playing field. We have so few victories against good teams that our fans are just slavering for big wins against inferior programs. And I don't care what millionaire coaches want...they should do what is best for fans.
I'm praying it is. Matt's never going to take us any higher than we are right now.
Correct. Rhule is our iowa coach.
with what Indiana has done, it shows you what a good coach with nil money can go out and get you.
Fans come in two shapes...
