I remember on the old board so many people clamoring for Liepold as head coach. I saw he is 22-26 in 5 seasons? He would be crucified here. I guess certain people like any coach that is not their own coach.
KU vs the Bulldogs
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AMEN!
I was worried that Trev was going to go after him and how milktoast (I know that it not how it is spelled), it would have been.
They can be fun to watch offensively, but Daniels makes a ton of unforced mistakes. Any head coach willing to let a QB continue to make mistakes is asking for problems.
Be interested to see how kong's favorite QB, Chubba does as the starting QB for Nevada as they open up on the road against the Nittany Lions. LOL
Mangino figured it out. And semi recently teams that aren’t considered football schools have done it. Maybe he is coaching above where he should be
Many of them just never get it done. A few get a couple good seasons in but can't sustain it.
Those really good ones just seem to have "it" whatever than "it" is.
Seems like if a coach doesn't start at least at the MAC level, they just don't get it done in D1. I'm sure there are exceptions.
You realize Matt Rhule is 12-13 right?
Well yeah. 5 yrs vs going into year 3. If Rhule doesn’t pull his 3rd year magic like at other stops he will be in the same conversation. Not a good comparison try again bugs. Did you have your head in the sand when people were bitching LL didn’t get hired? Or were you one of them
Neither, I just thinks it’s hilarious you are implying Rhule is an objectively better coach.
Never said that. I think it’s hilarious you have trouble reading
I think you need to look up the definition of implying. By bringing up Leipold’s 22-26 record at Kansas you are implying he would have similar results here.
You are assuming he would be better here? Sorry he didn’t get hired. You seemed pretty bummed about it.
Those same people keep tearing down Rhule.
Well, to be honest, the record is what it is. Not sugar coating or blaming, just reality. Nebraska has given him everything he wanted/needed so it’s time for results.
No I don’t believe he would be better here. I’m just bummed that our fanbase continues to prop up loser HC’s who don’t produce.
Kansas had a weird year last year. Were in a lot of games but lost late. Hard to say what LL would do here, actually it’s impossible. But being good at KU is a little more difficult than here if we’re being honest. LL had a couple decent years. He really lost a good OC to Penn St and that hurt. Much like how Neb changed when we got Holgerson. Good coaches motivate and get results.
It's a total rebuild. Rhule is right on track. Not perfect, but has done everything you want your HC to do in these modern times. Now, he needs to win.
Crazy folks are under estimating just how bad this program has been.
Can you imagine the mentality of the fan base if Scott Frost has UCF sitting at 8-1 and Rhule is talking about progress while sporting a 4-5 record?
This is a team that still needs to learn how to win.
Regardless of how frost does at UCF we saw enough here and wouldn’t give any success he had there a second thought.
Exactly. He talks a mean game, Has the fans creaming. Crappy in-game coach. This is Matt's chance to back his mouth up. Lost a little weight. Confident, cocky. Prove it! I am hopeful, but I doubt it. With one of the easiest schedules in the nation, 8-5 with the bowl.
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I like Matt, but the problem is we are not Temple or Baylor. NU fans know what winning looks like, we also know what great football and great coaching looks like, and we haven't seen that in 2 years.
He's been able to come in with a blank check program and with that come expectations,
not just "we're gonna be pretty good" potential, but "we better be good" reality.
If this team starts strong and gets to 4-0 he best not get comfortable cause that only raises fan expectations. He's not used to that because he's never experienced it as a head coach.
He hasn't figured out how to prevent the late season collapse that both his NU teams have had.
Again this year, the second half of the year is much tougher overall that the first half.
Until this team proves it knows how to win big, neither will Matt.
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Thus far I really like Rhule as HC. Every area of the program is showing improvement (recruiting, talent and development, coaching hires, etc). Look at our 4-deep at QB compared to past seasons. Look at the OL. We will need probably 1-2 more seasons to get the roster depth we need to be upper echelon, but the ship is on course.
A first year coach inherits an existing program. You can gauge very little about that coach's ability at least until the 2nd-3rd year. Larry Coker won a NC at Miami his first year with a roster built entirely by his predecessor. A couple years later the program nose-dived because he wasn't a good coach.
If Frost starts the year 8-1 it will men very little. Let's also not forget the guy was humbled by his failure at Nebraska and he might actually put in the work to be a better coach this time. I believe he was humbled by his experience at Stanford as QB and that led to him being a better QB at NU.
People fail to see how difficult it is to build the roster depth necessary to win in the current era. Look at our QB roster today versus 2022 and 2023. Frost recruited several guys that absolutely couldn't throw the ball and then tried to patch it up with some transfers. This season we have a quality starter with talent and good backups. TJ Lateef can get some time to develop instead of needing to be thrown right out there as a true freshmen. He looks like a great QB that can ease into a future starting role.
Wins will come as the overall quality across the board improves.
None of us know how Rhule’s tenure will play out, but if it appears as if some of us think we know.
We all have eyes and we can look at the roster that exists now and compare it to the roster that was hanging around when Rhule arrived in Lincoln. We can also do this for coaching and strength and conditioning.
Riley took the roster that Pelini left over and won 9 games his second year. He left a nearly busted roster for Frost, who proceeded to fully break it.
and Nebraska is the youngest team in the big 10. Quite the flip on the recruiting trail
Matt is coming off an off-season Natty. He’s a fantastic showman when the pressure is off. Still yet to be proven when it matters.
In the ten years prior to LL being hired at KU, Jayhawks had 18 wins. 18 wins in ten years. Nebraska had 47 wins in the ten years before MR. Nebraska football also has a much larger budget then KU football. That’s before MR and continues to have one with MR. Please don’t claim Nebraska was behind KU football when the two coaches started. KU didn’t win a single game before LL started
Matt still has a lot to prove. Time for him to shut me up about it.
I’d still take LL over Matt Rhule but time will tell I guess