Right or wrong on what?
Rhule has overseen something like 4 total winning seasons in his entire career as a head coach.
I don’t know if he’s good and neither does anyone else. He talks a good game, that’s about it so far.
We all seen enough "in-game" actions about some of his decisions that have to give you pause. There are great coaches during the game and there are many that are not so good.
I personally really like Matt, I think he's trying to build something of substance that takes time and having players that can make "that play" at that critical time is all part of it. We had guys that couldn't make the play, but that didn't stop them from calling the play regardless.
I did have reservations because of his inability of his teams to beat Top 25 caliber teams at Baylor, although, other than Saban, few coaches actually have a winning percentage in that category and even less when you start talking against Top 10 schools.
We all know in the Big Ten there are going to be 6 or more Top 25 teams every year and probably 2-3 in the Top 10, so we have to see if he can eventually elevate this program to change that statistic.
Regards to the 0-25 record against Top 25 teams it would be interesting to see how they actually did against the spread, not as an indicator, but which teams he was actually a small favorite in and still lost. Hell, he might have been 15-10 against the spread which would indicate his teams over performed but still lost. I have no idea what the actual W/L was against equal talent was.
All I know is the handful of times I watched Baylor play that last year or so, they played their asses off and were never an easy out, but they had a lot of trouble putting good teams away and we seen that same thing last year although most games were fairly tight.
NU best start 2-0 this year or I think we better lower our expectations.
**Edited** Curiousity killed the cat here. I did find an article from a few years back that showed that of the 128 FBS coaches, only 14, or 11% had a winning record against Top 25 Teams. And of those coaches, 51, or 40% NEVER won a game against Top 25 teams. So, Rhule isn't alone in his inability to win against good quality teams.
**Twice Edited**. Okay, so I just answered my own question as to how his Baylor teams in
2017-2109 did against the spread. It's actually not that bad.
2017 5-7 ATS 4-5 as underdog and 1-2 as favorite, road favorite 1-0, road underdog 2-2, and against ranked opponents 3-1.
2018 6-6-1 ATS 5-3 as underdog and 1-3-1 as favorite, road favorite 0-0-1, road underdog 2-2, and against ranked opponents 2-2.
2019 5-1 as underdog and 4-4 as favorite, road favorite 2-1, road underdog 2-0, and against ranked opponents 2-1. **Overall, the charts I seen did not decipher between Top 10/Top 20/Top 25/Top 40, all I got was they were 7-4 against "ranked" opponents.**
Overall 16-14-1 ATS. 14-9 as the underdog. 6-9 as favorite.
Last year at NU he was 4-7-1 ATS. 3-3-1 as underdog. 1-4 as favorites. 0-3 vs. ranked opponents.
So, in an apples and oranges comparison, the "book" on a Matt Rhule team is take the points as the underdog. I didn't, but could, break it down into home game or road games. {{Delete this last sentence as I did go in and fill in that information}}.