Football Butler on the radio: Readjusting eyes and taking the "small victories"
- By IndyHusker
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Yeah I don’t understand why he struggles to get a top 5 class if I can do it with UAB 😂My recruiting classes are legendary. Coach Rhule and staff could definitely learn something if they would just ask.
I understand the dismay but he isn’t going anywhere and will be our head coach next season..This is Rhule throwing a player under the bus. If he cost us touchdowns in 3 games why in the hell was he still playing by game 3? Do we beat USC if he is on the bench? Who knows, but our chances would have been better. The decision to play him is on Rhule. And what is Rhule implying here? That Hill lied to them about how bad his injury still was? But once again, if that was the case it should have been immediately evident to any coach with eyes that the dude was still compromised.
The more I listen to Rhule the more I hear the voice of a man who knows he is a dead man walking. That his team sucks and he knows it sucks. Holgorsen is a band aid. A PR move to buy time. He may not even be back next year.
Rhule is putting together a good recruiting class. But once again, so what? We have seen this movie and heard this bullshit before. We win the off season and fans see a decent recruiting class and all of a sudden hope is in the air. But then the season starts and reality takes over. Other than Holgorsen all of the coaching staff remains. And if they are all back next year expect more of the same.
The only glimmer of hope I see is if Holgorsen stays and many offensive assistants are shit canned. Holgorsen could then hire a competent staff.
If that happens will we see an air raid offense? Shit I hope not. But if it works I will suddenly become its biggest booster.
He's not going anywhereAssuming Dylan comes back…..😬
Hill is not a high character kid. He's the same guy who avoided contact two or three times in a game-- I think it was the Northwestern game in Ireland? Not sure. At best, he's a pile inspector. He's been physical at times this year and I was hopeful that he had turned a corner. Remember he's also the guy who was suddenly moved to WR in the middle of the season a couple years ago-- just kicked out of the DB room. Why? So Rhule gave him a fresh start and he was a Rhule success story until now.This is Rhule throwing a player under the bus. If he cost us touchdowns in 3 games why in the hell was he still playing by game 3? Do we beat USC if he is on the bench? Who knows, but our chances would have been better. The decision to play him is on Rhule. And what is Rhule implying here? That Hill lied to them about how bad his injury still was? But once again, if that was the case it should have been immediately evident to any coach with eyes that the dude was still compromised.
We don't need more losers. We need winners. Just as well bring back Arik Gilbert as well because they were both five stars, right? 50% chance they both get arrested before they play a down.
If that happens will we see an air raid offense? Shit I hope not. But if it works I will suddenly become its biggest booster.
Having Rhule and Holgerson in the same building is like having a QB controversy.This is Rhule throwing a player under the bus. If he cost us touchdowns in 3 games why in the hell was he still playing by game 3? Do we beat USC if he is on the bench? Who knows, but our chances would have been better. The decision to play him is on Rhule. And what is Rhule implying here? That Hill lied to them about how bad his injury still was? But once again, if that was the case it should have been immediately evident to any coach with eyes that the dude was still compromised.
The more I listen to Rhule the more I hear the voice of a man who knows he is a dead man walking. That his team sucks and he knows it sucks. Holgorsen is a band aid. A PR move to buy time. He may not even be back next year.
Rhule is putting together a good recruiting class. But once again, so what? We have seen this movie and heard this bullshit before. We win the off season and fans see a decent recruiting class and all of a sudden hope is in the air. But then the season starts and reality takes over. Other than Holgorsen all of the coaching staff remains. And if they are all back next year expect more of the same.
The only glimmer of hope I see is if Holgorsen stays and many offensive assistants are shit canned. Holgorsen could then hire a competent staff.
If that happens will we see an air raid offense? Shit I hope not. But if it works I will suddenly become its biggest booster.
Seems to be a great fit for Holgorsen's offense.I like his attitude. From that short quote he sure sounds like a guy who doesn't expect anything to be handed to him. But if he earns it, it's his.
Everyone wants starter level CBs in the portal though. And I don't think getting in a bidding war is going to do us any good. At this point, I think we look almost exclusively at Missouri Valley and Big Sky conference players-- standouts on those teams would help us. Hell, some of those teams can beat us.Yeah, no shit. If these coaches do their freaking jobs we better see 2 starter level CBs from the portal this off season.
Matty didn’t see. Like he was in a real good mood yesterday
Agreed. Not complaining about the reporter's question. Confused by Rhule's response.
Hill's play over the past few games are putting him into undrafted status. Fortunately for him, he'll have a chance to put up great numbers at the combine. There's always somebody that will see the Colorado tape and decide that they can do something with him-- a Jacksonville or Raiders come to mind. If he gropes someone maybe the Browns will show some interest.Probably just an honest oversight but he didn't mention Hill being injured & held out when asked about the injured list... until he was asked specifically about him. And then he blames Hill for touchdowns scored against him in 3 previous games... I THINK that's what I heard.
YES! So much THISIndiana has played 7 of the 8 worst teams in the B1G
they've played 0 of the top 7 teams in the B1G
I hope the trouncing they're set to receive this weekend keeps them out of the playoff at 11-1
because it should
I would gladly go back to the Big 12. Nebraska would go back to a situation where we would have a competitive advantage again. Our chances of winning the Big 12 are probably 4-5 times greater than winning the Big 10. Hell, some of us may not live to see Nebraska ever win a Big 10 championship. I would rather be a big fish in a smaller pond at this point. If we played Colorado, K State, Iowa State, Kansas, Okie State, mix in a few of the Texas schools, Utah or Arizona schools that would still be a challenging schedule, but we could compete. Colorado is really no better than they were last year, but they've been winning & keeping it together. Now they are 8-2, a year after getting humiliated in the Pac 12.Yeah, I think the question is, where do we draw the line? I mentioned in another thread that I think our rightful place may be back in the Big 12 and some posters think that's a loser's mentality. Much like rushing the field, it probably is. But there's also a point in there where you have to acknowledge that we do, in fact, suck. How long does that need to continue and where are we supposed to draw the line between accepting it and acting like it's not true, or just a temporary setback. I don't know the answers. I just know it's been a long time since I've been happy with my Husker fandom, minus a small glimmer here and there. Don't know if moving conferences or rushing the field like we've never been there before or whatever else will fix it. But I do know that what we're currently doing isn't working. There's something more going on than just having made all bad coaching hires time after time after time.