By spending a little time here this last week, it appears a number of HUSKER FAN’s Misery Levels has slid down to DEFCOM 3.
I’m still at DEFCON 4 (.5)
I’m still at DEFCON 4 (.5)
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Misery Level
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My conclusion is that Rhule is just kind of guessing at this. He’s trying some things that he hopes will work. He’s doing his best to convince us that he has a solid plan. But I don’t get the impression that he has a fail safe system that absolutely insures success and a high standard of excellence.
Curt Cignetti ruined Husker football for me. All of our excuses are bullshid. Heck, even PJ and their sad little rodent program are our daddy
Curt Cignetti ruined Husker football for me. All of our excuses are bullshid. Heck, even PJ and their sad little rodent program are our daddy
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I watched a clip with Cigs...he said they get to the office around 7:30 and they don't stay all day. He said Monday and Friday are walk-through practices and the other 3 days they practice 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Of course all the other coaches tell us how they work four billion hours a week and how hard everything is.
Yeah, sitting around on leather couches sipping coffee is not exactly clocking real hours. That kind of buffoonery would sicken a man like Cigs.
Ala John Gagliardi of St. John's Minnesota back in the day. No BS time at practice.
I have had some many "talkers" on staffs before. Like, we really don't need to take a knee for 10 minutes to hear about when YOU played.
We screwed until we fire Rhule in 2 years. Whats that? Defcon 1? I'm there.
I hope a miracle from God happens and we turn it around. Not likley.
Very miserable for me. Honestly, Husker Football hasn’t been the same since TO stepped down. The toughness and hard nosed, basic fundamentals just aren’t there anymore and has been missing with EVERY coach that has been here since TO left and McBride left. The Huskers have choked in prime time from 2000 Solich on (with 2001 NU vs OU as the one exception). I think it really is because we’ve moved away from being primarily a running team.
I’m not saying we have to bring back option football but it’s obvious we need to fix the Offensive and Defensive Lines. If we have the money in NIL like it’s said we do, then we need to fix that. If not, expect to be overmatched against mid to upper Big-10 competition.
I’m not saying we have to bring back option football but it’s obvious we need to fix the Offensive and Defensive Lines. If we have the money in NIL like it’s said we do, then we need to fix that. If not, expect to be overmatched against mid to upper Big-10 competition.
I wish their was a "fail safe system that absolutely insures success and a high standard of excellence".
If It was then everyone would be doing it. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. There are several ways to go about winning. All things considered generally the best option of getting that done is hiring someone who has done that at every stop. Even that doesn't work sometimes.
The term winners win matters though for sure. If I'm gonna fail I think I'd rather do that with someone who has shown a propensity to win wherever he's been.
Holla
If the AD and school administration doesn’t care why should I?
It's starting to catch on.
The Cignetti part is brilliant. Indiana has no fans, no national media, no national fan base and so when they win, everybody is not only miserable but also wondering why their team can't do it. One thing to keep in mind. The biggest coaches in football all use the same agents, these agents basically force big programs to consider and sign their clients or else their long list of coach clients may never consider their school again. Something like this happened with Penn State. The treatment of Franklin basically blacklisted Penn State from getting a decent coach, and they had to fall down to maybe their 5th option at the least. None of the big name coaches wanted to go to Indiana, they could work freely and hire whomever they wanted without the worry of pissing off these coach/agent cartels. Being so terrible meant Indiana could get someone out of network. Cig is still out of network and nobody is going to be able to repeat his success because the same coaches, with the same greedy slimebag mentality keep cycling through the same schools.
Cignetti is an outlier. Go back 50 years and tell me how many have done what they have done? He's a great coach. He got almost his entire staff to follow him-- that's huge. Most of the time, coaches move up and they lose a bunch of staff that gets promoted at the school he left. And he brought along 13 players and found two great QB transfers. It's a perfect storm.
But regarding Rhule, I agree that he is guessing at this right now. He must be dreading next season's schedule. I just wish he would turn the focus to less talk and more fundamental development, because few players are getting any better right now.
Everybody idealizes how hard they played. How tough it was. It's a major time waster.
Don’t reply to my posts. I don’t want you replying to my posts. Got it?
I’m sure Cig never looks at video or game plans at home. There’s little need to be in your office outside of normal hours anymore. Endless staff meetings accomplish nothing.
Good points made. At Nebraska, we can lose nine of 10 to Iowa and lose six in a row to Minnesota and yet we don't even talk about them as rivals. We look right past them and point to our success from 30 ******* years ago. And that mentality is not just among the fans-- it's pervaded the entire program. We go from the bike rider from Oregon State, to touch football and "fast Fridays" and now on to whatever the hell Rhule is doing. They've been trying to make Nebraska into a finesse Pac 12 team, but still give lip service to the old Nebraska way.
At no point, did NU leadership actually consider a good fit for NU who was also willing to come here.
You’re wrong about their fans. They’ve risen up when they’ve won. What’s amazing about our fanbase is how we’ve stuck it out.
I would argue that Rhule was viewed as a good fit.
I am so scared. Lol. You dont like truth? You want to continue to live in the dark?
this is a point worth visiting. I’ve said it before, but Nebraska doesn’t have any advantages over other schools. Not a special location, small population base, no advantages in technology or methodology. So we rely on the past and pretty good commitment to support in the stands and in the facilities. But administration is not truly committed to winning. They have a herd mentality. It would take a maverick A.D. and president with some real balls to think outside the lines and forge a unique path like we did in the past.
There is a little evidence or hope that Matt Rhule can win anything significant here. It’s discouraging.
You’re an idiot and I don’t like to be associated with idiots. You add nothing worthwhile to this board.
Thanks. Thought the same of you. Lol. Block me if you don't like reality.
At the time, yes. Same with Frost. But based on what criteria? Frost wanted to bring his UCF system with him. Remember the Duck R? And Rhule, I don't think he really had a preference. Just look at Michigan's hire. That guy they got is a perfect fit for what Michigan should be.
Misery is pretty high... last year coming off the bowl win and having what was perceived to be a lot of key pieces in place gave so much hope.... the way this team closed out the year and all the losses of key players and coaching changes it feels pretty dismal. Not a lot of excitement for 2026 and not with that schedule especially.... feels like another 2-3 years of suffrage and pain
after 20+ years of agony this is the biggest case of Stockholm Syndrome or battered wife syndrome in sports history...
after 20+ years of agony this is the biggest case of Stockholm Syndrome or battered wife syndrome in sports history...
Interesting. I swear I heard him on an interview say since coming to Indiana, he’s never seen the sun driving to and from work.
Regardless, if this is correct – it says a lot about how he conducts practices. TO was legendary for getting maximization from every player on the practice field. My guess is Cig does the same.
I've read in the meetings with the entire team, he will run the same play back 20-30 times and point small things out. Like a missed double-team by the RG/RT which resulted in a bad play. Then he will run that same play back with the LG/LT on a great double-team block that makes for a long run. It's not about making players look bad, its about accountability.
Players know they best not take a play "off" because that is likely to be highlighted in front of the whole group at the next film session. Accountability is critical to any decent organization.
Heard all this stuff about Hoiberg too.
We don’t have the same patience in Football like we have with Basketball.
I gave up hope after Rhule sent his team out and didnt shake hands with Iowa just to get their asses kicked. He is a joke of a leader and a terrible football coach.
I get angry when I think about how he was given a new contract. Did zero to deserve it.