Coach Rhule really going out in a limb

[itseasyas1-2-3]

Right. He can't prove to flip things around in just 1 year. Totally reasonable expectations.

I'll look forward to you no longer posting on this board when Rhule turns this program around.

I said before the season I would give this staff a year and a half before I get critical. Haven't been 100% able to do that.

I did say, and I think others did too, the hardest thing this team had to do heading into the season is learn how to win. And they haven't.

Now it's possible I have to include Rhule and the coaching staff in that same statement.

 

[HuskersWay]

Idk man I think there were tons of people saying Mike rillllllley was just held back at OSU and with resources he'd be great here.

The one thing about Riley was you knew that if he was a bust, at least it would be cheap - his buyout was $6.2 million after getting fired after three seasons. IF we have to fire Rhule after three years, the buyout is going to be a lot more painful than that.

 

[Harry Caray]

Right. He can't prove to flip things around in just 1 year. Totally reasonable expectations.

I'll look forward to you no longer posting on this board when Rhule turns this program around.

You at least hope to see progress. This team got worse down the stretch and lost its last 4 games, all of which were winnable games.

 

[redli]

On everything?

On everything related to husker football, yes. He cashes the checks, he's responsible.

 

[scarletred]

Well if we die, we die.
So,.......we died

WE … Bull $&it go away douche..

 

[InMotion]

I'd have to say this 1st year coach Rhuined the 2023 football season for me.

 

[HuskerO]

Idk man I think there were tons of people saying Mike rillllllley was just held back at OSU and with resources he'd be great here.

There definitely were. I was one of them, lol.

 

[HuskerO]

You at least hope to see progress. This team got worse down the stretch and lost its last 4 games, all of which were winnable games.

Actually I didn't think they got worse. They stayed exactly the same the final 4 games.

You're right though in that progress, like we would have liked to see, wasn't there in the final stretch.

 

[HuskerO]

I said before the season I would give this staff a year and a half before I get critical. Haven't been 100% able to do that.

I did say, and I think others did too, the hardest thing this team had to do heading into the season is learn how to win. And they haven't.

Now it's possible I have to include Rhule and the coaching staff in that same statement.

*Learn how to win with a not very good team.

 

[scarletred]

You at least hope to see progress. This team got worse down the stretch and lost its last 4 games, all of which were winnable games.

Haarberg turned into a turnover machine silmilar to Sims and we wasn’t healthy…

Would have like to seen Purty get more playing time in the MSU game instead of Sims..

 

[Huskerpro]

He does seem to be the least liked 1st yr coach yet.

We Husker fans are rich. We hated TO too 20 years in as well as much as Rhule in his first. The TO ripped off Championships.

 

[oldjar07]

Idk man I think there were tons of people saying Mike rillllllley was just held back at OSU and with resources he'd be great here.

Yeah there were a ton of people saying that on this board. If you didn't fall into that line of thinking, you were labeled a "Boliever" like it was the biggest insult. So dumb lmao.

 

[Baxter48]

No, that award would go to Mike Riley, because we knew we were getting a mediocre coach right from the beginning.

Less than mediocre

 

[Baxter48]

I hate the way it ended too.

Same here, I hated it

 

[HuskerO]

Yeah there were a ton of people saying that on this board. If you didn't fall into that line of thinking, you were labeled a "Boliever" like it was the biggest insult. So dumb lmao.

Not true. You were labeled a "Boliever" if you felt Bo had done enough at a place like Nebraska to keep his job while acting like a jackass.

 

[huntered]

There definitely were. I was one of them, lol.

we all had to somehow live with the cards we were dealt

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

Matt? With your tendy biker mustache and your 61-77 head coaching record.... Piss-off.

Yank yank

 

[HuskerO]

On everything related to husker football, yes. He cashes the checks, he's responsible.

Ryan Day said their loss to Michigan was "crushing". Well duh Coach Day you stupid idiot. How about doing something about it!

Am I doing this right?

 

[king_kong_]

Rhule did everything possible to make it very hard to believe in him

5-7 is an absolute failure in every sense of the word

 

[huskerfan66]

You mean Riley going to have competition…

Riley made bowl

 

[redli]

Ryan Day said their loss to Michigan was "crushing". Well duh Coach Day you stupid idiot. How about doing something about it!

Am I doing this right?

Sort of, but it's not really the same. Ryan Day has built up some goodwill by having success. When you have success, you buy yourself time and patience. None of our last 3 coaches have done that.

 

[HuskerO]

Sort of, but it's not really the same. Ryan Day has built up some goodwill by having success. When you have success, you buy yourself time and patience. None of our last 3 coaches have done that.

Day can't be criticized due to his record? Or only on certain things?

 

[redli]

Day can't be criticized due to his record? Or only on certain things?

Nah, his record is great.

 

[moralvictories]

Rhule did everything possible to make it very hard to believe in him

5-7 is an absolute failure in every sense of the word

We will see what next year brings. If the past is any indication, there should be significant improvement next season.

 

[king_kong_]

Sort of, but it's not really the same. Ryan Day has built up some goodwill by having success. When you have success, you buy yourself time and patience. None of our last 3 coaches have done that.

You obviously don’t know how success is measured in buckeyeland

He’s a colossal failure compared to his predecessors

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

We will see what next year brings. If the past is any indication, there should be significant improvement next season.

This is kinda long so if its TLDR, i get it.

I wanted to do a simple check of Rhule's first year at both Temple and Baylor and see if they compared to his first year at NU, specifically how many close games did those teams lose by 7 points or less. I know, different programs a decade apart.

His first team at Temple went 2-10. They lost 5 games by 7 or less points and another 2 games by 9 and 10 points.

His first team at Baylor went 1-11. and they lost 3 games by 7 or less points and another 2 games by 8 and 10 points.

By Year 2 his Temple team went 6-6 and lost 2 games by 7 or less points and 1 game by 8 points.

By Year 2 his Baylor team went 7-6 and lost 2 games by 7 or less points and the other games thay lost by > 14 points.

By Year 3 at Temple they started off 7-0 and lost their next game to Notre Dame by only 4 points. They lost to USF, HOUS, TLDO.

By Year 3 at Baylor they started off 9-0 and lost 2 games by 7 or less points and 1 game by 12 points. (That season they had 5 games they won by < 7 points and went 2-1 in 3 OT games.)

So different teams, different conferences, etc. I didnt pay ANY attention to how those games were won or lost by turnovers, coaching mistakes, bad luck etc. Just wanted to see if Rhule has shown a history of his teams becoming more capable of winning some close games as the years pass on.

NU being in the BIG, they are subject to the schedule maker(s). There are enough good quality teams that could make it really tough for NU to show win total improvements just because the OSU, MU, PSU, USC, etc can be a handful at any time.

As a fan of NU, and someone who doesn't mind laying money down to wager my opinion, when NU was 5-3 with 4 games to go against 4 teams NU could expect to compete with, had I wagered, I would have lost because I thought for sure NU would find a way to win at least 1 or 2 of those games. Yet, we found a way to get shutout in wins.

Take this for whatever its worth, its not deep in research, more an overview with small parameters that were met.

**Also, possible I have a typo or simply made a mistake, but its reasonably accurate)**