Matt Rhule deserves 7 years also.
Fred Hoiberg was given 7 years
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Fred took a pay cut after Year 3 and reduced his buyout significantly. Matt took a big pay raise.
BB should be an easier rebuild. Less moving pieces. Many, including myself, we're beginning to have doubts about Fred but liked him. Rhule had doubters from day one. I was not one of them because I hoped our leadership did the right thing. It's hard not to root for Fred because he's a "good guy". Rhule the jury is still out. Many want him to be successful because they love donu. Others flat out want him gone no matter what
As far as liking a coach I can handle a coach like Solich who tries hard but is in a bit over his head and remains humble, which Frank did. Callahan was arrogant and smug and I luke warm about him. I could have liked him better if he had canned his former roommate and DC and subsequently won more games. I liked Pelini quite a bit but admit his schtick got old after several years. I liked Mike. I never did warm up to Frost too much, I can't say why, he just rubbed me the wrong way. However, all the above never lied to me. But after almost three years of blowing smoke about how wonderful it is to be at NU and he will be here as long as we want him, begging PSU to hire him really turned me off. The fact it led (IMHO) to a pretty decent season tanking really really pissed me off. I don't like the man because he is not genuine. I can hang OK with asshats as long as they are genuine asshats. But I hate people who say stuff they don't really believe.
This.
And the distraction led the team to be completely unprepared against Minnesota, and NU laid a giant turd (yet again)....while wearing pink!
Fireable on the spot for cause, IMHO. Certainly worthy of Sgt. Hartman-style ***-reaming. But, instead, yogurt felt an extension was in order. And that's why, in 2026, he's out the door when the clock hits 0:00 after another black friday loss, and thule is out the following monday.
People are wondering where the portal money is? It's being held in reserve to build the buyout chest (hopefully)
Yes, Rhule did what he did to us and didn't even have the GD common courtesy to give us a reach around.
bball has alot less expectations
5 years then review...the roster should be all seniors in 27
5 years then review...the roster should be all seniors in 27
Just compare past performances. Pretty easy. This is what I can do. You’re using my resume as your guide, then blending in my performance.
DOES my past performance show I can evaluate the RIGHT talent for my system and make it work; or am I a good talker?
watch Rhules game time decisions, his ability to stay focused and lead the team without acting hyper. Maybe not Bo crazy, but not a coach under control of the situations. Ok, be super intense. Are his choice is the correct one when he’s acting like that? The answer no. He makes decisions from a couch coach that I would never make.
dude is a great salesman though.
Fred was a proven winner at Iowa State. He took over the worst NCAA basketball program in P4 history.
Matt has not won anything. The whole 3 year magic narrative is out the window now. Matt deserves to be shown the door if next year isn't an 8+ win season. My gut tells me it will be a 3 to 4 win season.
Your eyes tell you a story. At a Fred presser you see a clean shaven, sharp dressed guy who gives you a breakdown of what we did well, what we need to work on, and a short summary of what he saw on the court. At a Matt presser you see a guy with an 8 day beard, cap backwards, looking more like a sanitation engineer than a head coach of a program that is paying him 9 million dollars a year to win and put a good product on the field. Fred has had his share of struggles. No doubt. But his ability to evaluate portal talent has paid off in spades. You can make your own judgement as to the football program, since we now have the funds to bring in "the best players".
People act like Fred never did anything...
He had like 5 straight 20 win season at ISU and a Sweet Sixteen.
Rhule has nothing close to that.
He had like 5 straight 20 win season at ISU and a Sweet Sixteen.
Rhule has nothing close to that.
Yep. Fred had shown that he could coach and evaluate talent. Turned ISU around and won multiple Big 12 championships beating KU. And like 10 of the guys he recruited to ISU made it to the NBA.
Meanwhile Rhule's record against ranked teams speaks for itself.
Now that Hoiberg has had some level of success at Nebraska, if he reverts back to what he was the previous years, there will be screams for him to be fired.
If he goes from this season...to a historic bad season like he did his first year here...of course there will be screams to can him.
You want the highs to be high but you want the lows to only go so low. There are so many teams in the Big Ten that finishing in the top half each season should be the floor.
That is the point. Those weren't the expectations before. Now he has to finish in the top 9 of a league that historically gets 10 teams in the NCAA tournament. IF he does that for 2 years, and maybe wins an NCAA tournament game, then that will be the minimum expectation.
It is the Buzz Williams theory or why he doesn't stay for more than 6 years and leaves on his own rather than be fired for not meeting expectations that have changed from having a winning season to needing to get to the Elite 8. You become a victim of your own success.