Sounds like rhule is leaving

[Anon1756440239]

A few dominoes have to fall before they consider Rhule. He’s not their first choice but I’d still say there’s a 30-40% chance he leaves. Based on the opinion that PSU will strike out on their first or second choice.

This is correct.

I do however think they’d take a swing on someone like Brian Hartline or Alex Golesh before they’d go after a “proven” HC with an objectively low ceiling like Rhule.

It’s like selling your Corvette and buying a Mustang because you wanted something faster

 

[VaLion92]

Penn St has a nice little program, but come on. You better hope he loves that school, because it would be hard taking a lesser job.

Little program? At the very least they're on par with NU. Joe Klatt and many others feel it's a great job.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Ya know if it wasn't for that decades long child rape scandal the school looked the other way on, it would be a great job.

 

[Huskergasms]

Ped State will not go after Ruhle. I just do not see it. Going after a coach who is 17-14 and about .500 for his career smells of the Bo gets fired and Mr. Rodgers gets hired debacle here in past years. They would be going backward. The AD would be tarred and feathered if that blew up. I could see Drinkwitz being a candidate. Cignetti of course. Best guess is Matt is trolling for an extension and a raise.

Thats a lame strawman excuse often used here about Rhule and shows the power of selective stat reporting, It has nothing to do with quality of coaching improvement the team he had to work with made!
Rhule took over dumpster fires and had them playing @ conf championship level by year 3-4. You are bound to lose a lot of games when you do that 3x and dont stay long enough to pad your stats once you have fixed the programs.
Franklin is like Solich and Bo-He doesnt have what it takes to get to championship level-Took over someone elses program and in good years they won their 9-10 games but never surprised anyone by beating anyone they werent supposed to. TO didnt either for 20 years.
Mike Riley was the last coach that actually upset a ranked team ranked higher than us.

Here is a couple stats for you to compare-Nebraska has two coaches in the top 10 all time for bowl % wins-Who are they. Answer Bob Devaney and Mike Riley TO had a losing record vs both ranked teams and bowl games.-

Franklin was only the second coach ever to get fired who coached a top 10 ranked team who then lost 3 games by double digit scores and two to unranked teams which they were 20 point favorites or better to win but lost by two scores or more. The other-Frank Solich!

Bo got fired because he just existed-He got fired subsequently from every job he has had. The Bo love for his coaching ability is badly misguided by a few Husker fans!

 

[Laner2]

He will take the Penn State job if offered. 100 percent. If you don't believe that then you don't understand his background. You guys can do better.

There are Io_a trolls that are better than you and that's not a good thing.

 

[redwine65]

OK, I'll chip in twenty bucks for NIL. Who's with me!!!!

Buffett's estimated net worth stood at US$160.2 billion, making him the fifth-richest individual in the world.[3]

I guess we should at least have the 5th best nil program

 

[redwine65]

I hope so

 

[Kakdawg]

I hope so, that whole it's up to my wife thing sounds uncommitted

I hope so, that whole it's up to my wife thing sounds uncommitted

Yeah idk exactly what it was but it honestly didn't give me the warm fuzzies. I didn't come away from it feeling better about him staying if I'm being honest. Sounded a bit off to me. But who knows. It's amazing how 10 people can hear the same thing and come up with 10 different interpretations.



Holla

 

[cestrup]

It wouldn’t matter to me. Next man up.

 

[Walleye 1]

It wouldn’t matter to me. Next man up.

Nebraska isn’t good at picking the next man up. 2 decades of incompetence proves that. Rhule appears to have this heading in the right direction. Would rather see the job finished then starting over again.

all that said Rhule isn’t going anywhere

 

[redwine65]

Yeah idk exactly what it was but it honestly didn't give me the warm fuzzies. I didn't come away from it feeling better about him staying if I'm being honest. Sounded a bit off to me. But who knows. It's amazing how 10 people can hear the same thing and come up with 10 different interpretations.



Holla

this is the correct reply rhule should have gave:

There is no place like Nebraska,
Where they're all true blue (blood).
We'll all stick together,
In all kinds of weather,
For dear old Nebraska U!!!!!!

 

[Baxter48]

I want to know what Kong has to say?

 

[Walleye 1]

I was happy to hear him callout the money for players. Evidently he doesn’t think it’s as strong as it needs to be to compete with the elite. Just speculation but did we get outbid for a d tackle or running back?

 

[cestrup]

Nebraska isn’t good at picking the next man up. 2 decades of incompetence proves that. Rhule appears to have this heading in the right direction. Would rather see the job finished then starting over again.

all that said Rhule isn’t going anywhere

I agree that he’s probably not going anywhere and that we are headed in the right direction.

But I’m not his biggest fan. I think he’s kind of a softie. But I’ve given him credit - it’s gotten better. Holgersen, Butler and Eckler deserve a ton of credit.

 

[Bigred2467]

I was happy to hear him callout the money for players. Evidently he doesn’t think it’s as strong as it needs to be to compete with the elite. Just speculation but did we get outbid for a d tackle or running back?

Offensive lineman and a running back at least.

 

[Nuts McClanahan]

That guy is the biggest phony fraud in coaching and he's about to parlay what little he's done into a 10 million a year job at a true blue blood program. Unreal

Well Michigan knows all about frauds, but in this case you are wrong.

 

[orclover11]

whats plan b? damage control needs to start now...not being empty handed at the end of the season

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Little program? At the very least they're on par with NU. Joe Klatt and many others feel it's a great job.

NU hasn't done anything in 25 years and we are still top 10 in revenue...that is absolutely crazy. Can you imagine if we were actually competitive for more than half the season? I don't understand the valuations...you aren't selling the program, the only thing that matters is selling tickets and merch, which NU does as well as anybody, considering the poor product put on the field for a generation. Does kind of explain why there isn't a sense of urgency to win, there is only one team on that list that has been consistently bad at football since 2001, and that is Nebraska.

 

[Cruel Halo]

This dude just played you guys.

**** off *** hole

 

[Nuts McClanahan]

whats plan b? damage control needs to start now...not being empty handed at the end of the season

Whoa boy. Settle down now. Penn State just paid $50 million to get rid of Franklin because he couldn't win against the top competition. Then they are gonna pay Nebraska $5 million in order to sign Rhule to a better contract than Franklin had. Probably 10 years, $100 million is a guess. And the biggest criticism of Rhule is that he hasn't beaten the top competition. And that's $65 million before paying any other coaches or players. That's a lot of money for a guy that the Penn State faithful may not even want-- unless Nebraska finishes 11-1 or maybe 10-2 with a win in Happy Valley.

 

[dinglefritz]

Whoa boy. Settle down now. Penn State just paid $50 million to get rid of Franklin because he couldn't win against the top competition. Then they are gonna pay Nebraska $5 million in order to sign Rhule to a better contract than Franklin had. Probably 10 years, $100 million is a guess. And the biggest criticism of Rhule is that he hasn't beaten the top competition. And that's $65 million before paying any other coaches or players. That's a lot of money for a guy that the Penn State faithful may not even want-- unless Nebraska finishes 11-1 or maybe 10-2 with a win in Happy Valley.

IF Rhule gets an offer from PSU, the decision will be more about the length of contract than a number north of 10 million. IF he could extend his guaranteed salary for 3 more years, that’s another 30 million GUARANTEED. I can’t see us adding 3 more years to his NU contract but we’ve done some crazy sheet over the past 20 years. Remember when BC’s buyout was 4 million and people lost their minds?

 

[VaLion92]

NU hasn't done anything in 25 years and we are still top 10 in revenue...that is absolutely crazy. Can you imagine if we were actually competitive for more than half the season? I don't understand the valuations...you aren't selling the program, the only thing that matters is selling tickets and merch, which NU does as well as anybody, considering the poor product put on the field for a generation. Does kind of explain why there isn't a sense of urgency to win, there is only one team on that list that has been consistently bad at football since 2001, and that is Nebraska.

NU has always been and will always be a sleeping giant when it comes to the football program. So much support regionally and nationally. I actually think they and Penn State can do better than Matt Rhule. I think in today's CFB landscape you need a good GM to help with the roster management (portal, NIL, etc). Tough for the HC and/or AD to do it all.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

NU has always been and will always be a sleeping giant when it comes to the football program. So much support regionally and nationally. I actually think they and Penn State can do better than Matt Rhule. I think in today's CFB landscape you need a good GM to help with the roster management (portal, NIL, etc). Tough for the HC and/or AD to do it all.

Based on what? They have had 3 coaches in 60 years, none of whom had any real success as head coaches before arriving at Penn St. Hell Paterno and OBrien had no head coaching experience and Franklin had 2 9 win seasons at Vandy before leaving.

 

[TruHusker]

However this turns out, it will be interesting reading the “stories” of how Cignetti left Penn State with a 20 mil year contract in his hand and gets home and Indiana matches it only to have Rhule get called and when asked he says no in one phone while having the PSU AD on a phone in another hand. While Rhule’s wife is trying to decide where to live, Dribkiwitz says he is now interested and becomes the new darling. Of course this is all made up but you can bet there will be stories about phone calls, how close so and so was, and the other so and so had it offered but turned it down. They will be legendary tales.

I would have to say that if I were Rhule and offered, I would surely think really hard about it. Recruiting, NIL money and all of that would be too much to pass up it and would fit Rhule’s MO. That said, I am not convinced Rhule is the guy you wine and dine if you want immediate championships, at least his past tells us that.

 

[Kato]

That guy is the biggest phony fraud in coaching and he's about to parlay what little he's done into a 10 million a year job at a true blue blood program. Unreal

True blue blood? PSU?

 

[oldjar07]

It wouldn’t matter to me. Next man up.

That's where I'm at. If he decides to leave, then okay. I think we can do better.

 

[redwine65]

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

Thats a lame strawman excuse often used here about Rhule and shows the power of selective stat reporting, It has nothing to do with quality of coaching improvement the team he had to work with made!
Rhule took over dumpster fires and had them playing @ conf championship level by year 3-4. You are bound to lose a lot of games when you do that 3x and dont stay long enough to pad your stats once you have fixed the programs.
Franklin is like Solich and Bo-He doesnt have what it takes to get to championship level-Took over someone elses program and in good years they won their 9-10 games but never surprised anyone by beating anyone they werent supposed to. TO didnt either for 20 years.
Mike Riley was the last coach that actually upset a ranked team ranked higher than us.

Here is a couple stats for you to compare-Nebraska has two coaches in the top 10 all time for bowl % wins-Who are they. Answer Bob Devaney and Mike Riley TO had a losing record vs both ranked teams and bowl games.-

Franklin was only the second coach ever to get fired who coached a top 10 ranked team who then lost 3 games by double digit scores and two to unranked teams which they were 20 point favorites or better to win but lost by two scores or more. The other-Frank Solich!

Bo got fired because he just existed-He got fired subsequently from every job he has had. The Bo love for his coaching ability is badly misguided by a few Husker fans!

In 1977, NU was a decided underdog against #4 Alabama, and in 1978, when they beat OU in Lincoln. So maybe 6 years, but certainly not 20 years.

 

[WHCSC]

That's where I'm at. If he decides to leave, then okay. I think we can do better.

Such as…

 

[TampaBaySkers]

OK, I'll chip in twenty bucks for NIL. Who's with me!!!!

 

[HuskerBruce81]

In 1977, NU was a decided underdog against #4 Alabama, and in 1978, when they beat OU in Lincoln. So maybe 6 years, but certainly not 20 years.

Osborne was 5-2 against ranked teams his first year out as well. That was when they ranked 20

 

[K Rod]

The PED State AD came out today and said the Franklin firing was about more than the last two games. As always, there are a lot of "in house issues" we know nothing about. You do not fire a guy who has a solid win loss record over twelve seasons for just two bad losses. I saw the quote on the Fox Sports Ticker during Cowherd's show.

As for the peeps who feel Ruhle is a step down, take a look at the lack of skill players the Ped State staff has been able to sign. Who was the last PSU quarterback that was NFL caliber? I would argue that Ruhle has stacked our QB position 4 deep, assuming Trea Taylor sticks, and this maybe what PSU is looking at. That, and what could Ruhle do with the resources at PSU? Ruhle took over a dumpster fire. And slowly has built depth. Do I think Ruhle will accept the PSY job if offered? In a heartbeat. No question in my mind. Take one look at the NU 2026 schedule. If he is going to make a move it will be now, if he is offered the job. If not, then he hopes to parlay this situation into an extension with a higher salary and buyout. IMHO it will come down to Cignetti ( too old, too cranky ) Drinkwitz ( there is some smoke here for sure ) and Ruhle. If you assume that Mr. Cranky pants ( Cig) thinks the Ped State call is a tele marketer and hangs up, then it would be down to those last two IMO.

 

[konaki]

Kraft will not and can not make a mistake on the next head ball coach at PSU or he will be looking for a new job himself, choose wisely. A professional search firm will be assigned with the task of finding candidates with qualifications required for the job to make the list.

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

Kraft will not and can not make a mistake on the next head ball coach at PSU or he will be looking for a new job himself, choose wisely. A professional search firm will be assigned with the task of finding candidates with qualifications required for the job to make the list.

You mean like the ones Pederson, Eichorst, and Alberts hired to help them?

 

[konaki]

You mean like the ones Pederson, Eichorst, and Alberts hired to help them?

PSU is not Nebraska and who knows who those knuckleheads used or if those Knuckleheads even listened.

 

[inWV]

I see two buckets. One is a coach who has better profile than Franklin: Saban and Urb (both retired), Smart, Jimbo, possible NFL coach, maybe Cignetti. A heavy hitter type. The list is short and most of the list is fine where they are. The other is an up and comer, someone who shows great coaching chops and is looking to take on the responsibility of running a big program with lots of resources. The dude from Mizzou was mentioned. Rhule fits the profile of a guy who takes teams down on their luck and improves them. Maybe that is PSU in a couple of years, but that is a quality roster as of now. Not sure why you would swap out a guy who has been competing for titles for a guy who has done well with neglected programs, but hasn't won much of note. Perhaps that happens when all of you other plans fall through. But I assume they will swing for the fences first behind the scenes. Maybe they get lucky. If not, I think they go with a promising younger coach from a P4 zipcode. A Rhule hire doesn't compute and would be hard to explain to the fanbase. We fired a guy who was in the semis last year and hired a guy who got his team to a bowl game in NYC.

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I see two buckets. One is a coach who has better profile than Franklin: Saban and Urb (both retired), Smart, Jimbo, possible NFL coach, maybe Cignetti. A heavy hitter type. The list is short and most of the list is fine where they are. The other is an up and comer, someone who shows great coaching chops and is looking to take on the responsibility of running a big program with lots of resources. The dude from Mizzou was mentioned. Rhule fits the profile of a guy who takes teams down on their luck and improves them. Maybe that is PSU in a couple of years, but that is a quality roster as of now. Not sure why you would swap out a guy who has been competing for titles for a guy who has done well with neglected programs, but hasn't won much of note. Perhaps that happens when all of you other plans fall through. But I assume they will swing for the fences first behind the scenes. Maybe they get lucky. If not, I think they go with a promising younger coach from a P4 zipcode. A Rhule hire doesn't compute and would be hard to explain to the fanbase. We fired a guy who was in the semis last year and hired a guy who got his team to a bowl game in NYC.

Dude, would you start breaking your long posts into some smaller paragraphs? It may be just me, but I tend to run right past long posts without those distinguishing breaks in the sentences. JMO

 

[Mattbraves]

If it happens we need to throw a bag at Kenny.

 

[konaki]

I'm going to post this from Kraft himself and let people decide if this sounds like Rhule would be his man.

Kraft said Penn State will aim high in hiring its next coach when talking to ESPN.
"We want someone who will attract elite talent, retain players in the NIL era and make Penn State a destination," he said. "Our next coach needs to be able to maximize elite level resources, attack the transfer portal and develop at the highest level."
Football is our backbone. We have invested at the highest level. With that comes high expectations," Kraft said. "I believe a new leader can help us win a national championship -- and now is the right time for this change."

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I'm going to post this from Kraft himself and let people decide if this sounds like Rhule would be his man.

Kraft said Penn State will aim high in hiring its next coach when talking to ESPN.
"We want someone who will attract elite talent, retain players in the NIL era and make Penn State a destination," he said. "Our next coach needs to be able to maximize elite level resources, attack the transfer portal and develop at the highest level."
Football is our backbone. We have invested at the highest level. With that comes high expectations," Kraft said. "I believe a new leader can help us win a national championship -- and now is the right time for this change."

I see where Matt got the cue in using the word "elite."
Aiming high doesn't usually equate to hiring a lifetime .500 coach.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

I'm going to post this from Kraft himself and let people decide if this sounds like Rhule would be his man.

Kraft said Penn State will aim high in hiring its next coach when talking to ESPN.
"We want someone who will attract elite talent, retain players in the NIL era and make Penn State a destination," he said. "Our next coach needs to be able to maximize elite level resources, attack the transfer portal and develop at the highest level."
Football is our backbone. We have invested at the highest level. With that comes high expectations," Kraft said. "I believe a new leader can help us win a national championship -- and now is the right time for this change."

...i think they had that guy

In reality, what he should have said is;

"We're completely delusional, and won't give you a single mulligan no matter what you've dun for this program prior.."