I think Severe is generally pretty fair but it’s tough to make hard and fast rules for coaching tenures when there are so many variables. Fred most definitely succeeded previously at ISU that IMO should have bought him the time he got. One can question Rhule’s level of success at Baylor. Is it enough to warrant the extension he got? We’ll find out I guess.
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Bingo. I do not understand why some on here view themselves as the board police for what is good or bad posting. I will keep posting to my heart's content about the failure that is Matt Rhule. If you do not want to read posts about Rhule being a failure then don't read them. Just like I ignore every post on here about other sports like wrestling and basketball. Heck, I barely look at the volleyball posts. That is how this works. Read what interests you, ignore the rest.
It is out of my love for Husker football that I criticize Rhule. And I can think of no more important topic than to discuss his skills as a head coach. My father is 92 and in poor health. He lives in Lincoln in the Highlands. Retired district fire chief with LFD. He instilled in me a deep devotion to Husker football going back to the sixties. I was on the phone with him after the bowl game and he was very sad. He told me he had hoped to see one more great season of Husker football before he died. But now he realizes that will almost certainly not happen. So to me this is personal. The program is bigger than one player. It is also bigger than the coach. Folks like my dad have a greater moral ownership of this program than a millionaire Johnny come lately coach who has no personal history with the program as most fans do.
I fight because I give a damn and I will keep posting whatever the hell I want to. And right now here is what I want to say: Matt Rhule is a terrible head football coach. He cannot assemble a proper staff. He cannot recruit elite talent. He is a poor judge of talent. He does not develop the talent the has. And he is a horrible game coach who cannot manage the clock and rarely makes adjustments that work.
And yeah, he spits and licks his lips too much.
Dana believed we would have beat USC if Dylan doesn’t break his fibula. Would 8 regular season wins have been enough to change our view?
Most people wanted Hoiberg gone. He was historically bad for a long time. He even had to take less money.
Maybe Matt should do the honorable thing and give some of the money back from his contract. If he did this it would take a lot of pressure off of himself right now and back up what he has said about the team not playing well, after all he said put the blame on me or something to that effect. Well Matt we do put the blame on the head man and I believe you should prove it and prove it not with words but actions. You say you really love this program and state well this is a great way to prove it.
It's an attitude that trickles down from the "access"-ocracy. Extremely prevalent on HuskerMax, also amongst the so-called media that covers NU.
For the rank and file - i.e. regular fans - those who attempt to shame or silence criticism paint themselves as "defending the program" but, of course, nothing could be further from the truth. These dorks view themselves as mini-Callahans, and it's kinda pathetic. There are certain individuals who benefit greatly from the status quo, and the posters who would quash criticism are the useful idiots doing the work of those lining their pockets at the expense of both the tradition and the future of this program.
This is a fun argument, but you should take his comment there with a huge grain of salt. There's no way for him to know exactly how that game would have turned out and he's obviously got a vested interest in making things seem better than they might actually be. The offense hadn't exactly come out humming in the 2nd half and the defense was getting gashed on the ground.
The thing is, our schedule was very favorable the first 2/3 of the season, but even in those games we had some close calls and struggled to beat some mid to bad teams. The weaknesses we showed in those games (inability to protect the passer/ineffective passing game, inability to stop the run) rear their ugly heads when you face the better teams in the latter 1/3rd. Combined with the same trend from the previous 2 seasons it was obvious what was going to happen. Maybe the games end up a little closer with Dylan but I don't think we see a difference in the W-L.
I'm sorry but 87 million dollars demands actual results, not hypotheticals about what the win total might have been if Rhule had developed a functioning offensive line capable of not getting it's QB's leg broken.
In the words of a much smarter football mind than mine: "You are what your record says you are."
Sorry you misunderstood my post.
I was explaining to Pennsy why some are asking others to stop with the same things being said over & over along with trivial complaints.
Feel free ignore my posts rather than whine about them.
For sure. I was talking about QAnon.
It was sarcasm, but I wasn't trying to "push buttons"
I never asked you to stop posting.
It was just funny to me when you said, "yet there are those on here who think he should keep it to himself" and then went on a long rant about it WHEN not a single serious post prior to yours said anything of the sort.
I get it, you feel better right now when you sh*t talk Rhule. I was the same when it came to Pelini & Frost. I just tried not to have every single post be negative or just a repeat of what I already said or what others have already said.
I actually hope Rhule does get fired now so we can wait 3 years before this board is taken over with negativity again.
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Which is your prerogative. Allow others the same latitude to make that choice for themselves.
Why would giving back money take off some of the pressure?
Even in Hoiberg's case, him making $3.25M instead of $3.5M isn't some drastic change. Or getting a reduced buyout. "Oh, so much less pressure now that my buyout isn't as large."
Maybe I'm way off, but I'm just not understanding the correlation between a reduced contract and increased success.
You were clearly triggered. Shake it off big man its not a big deal if someone expresses apathy.
That’s true as well. All they see is the Ws and Ls and don’t understand as Bo used to talk about “the process”. I had a lot of faith in Fred. I think he’s a perfect fit at NU. I’m not so sure about Rhule and I think the extension was just as foolish as firing him now would be.
If that effing Warren Buffett would just let us go through his couch cushions, we’d have it made
For me it shows a man owning up to the fact he hasn't done enough to earn the money he's been paid. I've seen athletes give back because they felt they didn't earn it on the field. To me it's a point made that someone just doesn't say it with words but backs it up with action. I don't care how much I just want Matt Rhule to finally own up to some failings and back up with action not words.
I get the sentiment, but no one ever does that.
I'm sure I've missed the mark at my job before. Never in a million years would I give any of my pay back to my company.
If everyone you encounter is a jackass, you might start considering the possibility of an alternative explanation....
You folks realize that if DR hadn't gone down v. USC we stand a very good chance of winning that game. Finish 8-4 with better showings v. PSU and Iowa, and maybe get a better draw in the bowl game, and go, god forbid 9-4. By any measure, a move in the right direction. Even 8-5 would have been a move in the right direction.
Personally, I threw out all judgement of this year when Dylan got hurt. If we go 7-6 with him, let it rip. IMO, 7-6 without him is a much different story.
Personally, I threw out all judgement of this year when Dylan got hurt. If we go 7-6 with him, let it rip. IMO, 7-6 without him is a much different story.
What about the stupid backward hat thing, though? That's still fair game for repetitive negativity, right?
What if we didn’t squeak out lucky wins against Cincy, Maryland and NW. Would that change your view?
It seems like a very important issue for many so keep at it if they want.
Very well said a lot of truth that I’m on the same page with.
But I’m not giving up hope for Rhule just yet, but I’m still not sure if he can turn this program around in two more years.
Not in a blue state.
Severe’s take that our coaching staff lacks talent compared to other B1G programs is right on the money.
I have always thought it is a good idea not to try to spend other people's money.