Cool My old man retired from the UP 20 years ago and for some reason still chooses to freeze his *** off all winter instead of snowbirding it.
New DC
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This is a very underwhelming panic hire. Rhule had absolutely 0 plan when he let Butler go. Got turned down by a MAC coach and said "f it" I'll take whoever will take the job/money.
Hope I'm wrong but hiring a guy who's coached one season in a G5 conference against weak competition is going to have some growing pains going up against physical B1G Ten Offenses. This hire is not going to scare one single B1G Ten opponent.
Hope I'm wrong but hiring a guy who's coached one season in a G5 conference against weak competition is going to have some growing pains going up against physical B1G Ten Offenses. This hire is not going to scare one single B1G Ten opponent.
If that's the case, what the hell has Snow been doing all season?
If there aren't many many large bags of NIL $$$$$$ bringing in high end DL's and LBrs then this team is screwed
Indiana's DC had 3 years of FCS experience, then 2 in G5 before his first year at Indiana.
I also don't understand thinking a MWC coach is somehow leagues below a MAC coach.
Good coaching is good coaching, and part of why you're seeing more FCS to FBS hires.
Rhule hit it out of the park, rare instance where he's done exactly what he needed to do.
I've read everything I could about the guy and lots of posts here and other places about him. I'm now in the camp of Dannen not nixing the hire to give Rhule more rope to hang himself. The contrast between the urgency and effort put out by the ladies against KSU yesterday and men's hoops today is in stark contrast to the urgency and effort during the last two football games and Troy Dannen has to be livid about it.
I believe he was the 4th or 5th option.
One of my friends just sold his jet. He owned it because he had an operation here and one in Bakersfield, California. Since he sold the operation in California he sold the jet. All of us will miss it. He didn’t sell his hangar so I am guessing after having to fly commercial he will get frustrated with that then buy another plane.
Sorry but the job is currently toxic right now.
1. There’s a lot of people (not just Husker fans) that are questioning Matt’s ability to be a HC. Get your panties in a bunch all you want. But when a coach puts together as many losing & .500-ish seasons as Matt and has an over all losing record in 13 years. Yeah that’s a red flag. His potential as a dead man walking or the potential he will have to continue to make moves is high
2. This will be our 3rd DC in 3 years. Not a good look
3. coordinator's want to be in charge of their units. They don’t want the coach undermining every move they make especially in front of the players: of course coaches can ask questions, make comments but there is a fine line. If we talk about Rhule’s struggler to let his coaches coach, and him to be a CEO role, then coaches are talking about it too.
4. And no coordinator wants a buffer between him and the HC. Phil Snow is a liability. Not an asset. Its the HC job to supervise the coordinators, not some guy who the game past up long ago. Stop jerking off pat mcafee and work on scheme. Stop trying to play Fonzie by putting two fingers up and going “ayyy”
5. next year schedule will be tuff. The DC is going to have to have think skin and likely take a lot of heat.
So of course we weren’t getting a top DC. It was always going to be someone whose hungry.
Your definition of "out of the park" and mine are very different. I'm willing to give him a chance. It may have been the best we could get. I might even say it's a risk worth taking that has a lot of potential for success. But let's not act like this is some kind of, this guy is a lock, home run hire.
Not sure Rhule needs any extra rope. He's doing a pretty good job on his own so far.
I guess foul balls are can be out of the park too
Matt can do no wrong for some people.
Some people probably were happy with how Minnesota game went and call it a learning opportunity for his coaches and players. Something Matt needed to teach them
I can see that age now. I can also see how some of us choose not to run around a lot in retirement.
The one place Cosgrove and Callahan failed at recruiting was top end athletic linebackers. They had some good guys. Not enough good linebackers. It was ironic. Cosgrove coached linebackers.
One needs to be in a box there if you don’t want to have to tie your hat down.
Nah. The bowl game won’t tell us anything about the DC. He won’t start to install his D until spring. Geep might start coaching technique but I wouldn’t take much from bowl game performance. We’ll be without Gottula and Spindler at least so far. Not sure if Corcoran will go.
Correct, not 10,000 hours, but thousands of proper iterations.
You can have 20 years experience or you can have one year of experience repeated 20 times
Rhule wants more havoc up front, as well as general effort of play. Tony provided that. Butler did not. As far as where a coach comes from, I'm more interested in the performance of the team/unit they are coaching over where they are over just where are coaching. Holgerson - historically productive offenses. Ek - high flying ST coordinator, perhaps a true guru. Butler - NFL experience and a nice job against BC.
I suspect that Rhule was considering this move for several weeks and probably did a little homework.
No thanks, I make the annual Christmas trip up there but other than that, summer trips only.
The only thing you said that I question is “hit it out of the park”. We really won’t know for at least a season or maybe even two. Looks fine today. Might look great after next year. Might look questionable. Show me.
You'll find few people as critical of Rhule as me.I guess foul balls are can be out of the park too
Matt can do no wrong for some people.
Some people probably were happy with how Minnesota game went and call it a learning opportunity for his coaches and players. Something Matt needed to teach them
Rhule went after a young guy with a ton of upside who has his defense sitting amongst the best, there's not a lot more we could ask for. If you thought we were going to rob a coordinator from a top 10 team you're just not living in the current reality of Nebraska football.
I’ve had to shovel about 8” of the change of season over the past week.
. Love Wyoming. It’s been too long since I’ve been there. I’ve hiked Cloud Peak Wilderness many times and have probably hauled kids to Yellowstone and the Tetons 9-10 times. Great state.
Perfect for summer trips to escape 100 days in south Texas, But I will take 50-70 from December to February and not 0 degrees and 50 mph winds.I’ve had to shovel about 8” of the change of season over the past week.
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That cold and wind gives the locals a break from the tourists everywhere except Jackson.
Rhule said at the signing day PC that they are evaluating EVERYTHING: nutrition, S&C, etc. Unfortunately, that didn't include evaluating himself. Once I got pretty good at my profession in my career, I can't think of anything more demoralizing and energy vampiring than my boss hiring one of his old hack buddies for the sole purpose of looking over my shoulders. My boss could say "more eyes on a process are better", but I'd know deep down he didn't trust me. Snow needs to "retire" after the bowl game.
I GUARANTEE you that Rhule is evaluating himself. I also guarantee you that Dannen is evaluating Rhule.
Introspection is not one of Matt's strong suits.
If Dannen were evaluating Matt, then no way does he give a 2 year extension. Based on what??
A lot of negative commentary on here from people who don’t know their butt from a gun barrel when it comes to this new hire. It seems to me that this is exactly the kind of hire we need even if the dude wasn’t Rhule’s first choice. A young, hungry, up and coming coach who wants to prove himself on the big stage and will be a real go-getter on the recruiting trail. Runs a 4-2-5 defense which is the new trend. I like the hire. I will like it even more if he can grab some real line talent out of the portal this year.
Really isn't much different than a 4-3 and using a hybrid 3rd linebacker in the rover/cash, whatever teams are calling it. Just find the right person to play the position.
He was about 2 months premature with that evaluation. I also suspect Dannen is looking in the mirror every day asking “ what the heck was I thinking?” .
I have come around to the hire. If @THall is good with who was hired says a lot. He has been more critical of Rhule than most and knows more about the DC than I do. One think I’m taking away is this does not appear to be a buddy hire. Same with the OL coach.
looking forward to see how the additions work out
looking forward to see how the additions work out