Husker Despair

[huskerfan66]

I think the premo seats between the 30’s are more than 2,000 per seat.
I could be mistaken but my relative’s have them in the southeast end zone..

Rumor has it they want to make everything in rows considered lower bowl north of 2g more like 2500

 

[dinglefritz]

We don’t like to admit it, but TO had a window of opportunity that he fully exploited and it worked wonders. Boyd Epply, recruiting nasty players, using partial qualifiers, huge walk on program with steroids, and straightforward tough ass coaching and culture.

TO retiring had nothing to do with his heart or stress. He jumped into a more stressful job right after that being a congressman. He saw the writing on the wall and all the advantages that he was able to exploit were either being taken away or other programs had caught up. He did the Jerry Seinfeld and went out on top.

All other fan bases kept saying that when TO left, we would not be a good program again and unfortunately they have been correct. As others pointed out, we have become the new Minnesota and I don’t expect that to change.

Ummmm no. Of this I am certain. Tom nearly died before his last bowl game. Being a congressman was no where near as demanding as being the head coach at NU. I know for a fact that his Drs advised him to retire from coaching.

 

[huskerfan1414]

We don’t like to admit it, but TO had a window of opportunity that he fully exploited and it worked wonders. Boyd Epply, recruiting nasty players, using partial qualifiers, huge walk on program with steroids, and straightforward tough ass coaching and culture.

TO retiring had nothing to do with his heart or stress. He jumped into a more stressful job right after that being a congressman. He saw the writing on the wall and all the advantages that he was able to exploit were either being taken away or other programs had caught up. He did the Jerry Seinfeld and went out on top.

All other fan bases kept saying that when TO left, we would not be a good program again and unfortunately they have been correct. As others pointed out, we have become the new Minnesota and I don’t expect that to change.

Some Husker fans’ determination to undermine what TO did, like the above post, always baffles me.

 

[huskerfan1414]

It really is unbelievable just how bad our program is and has been. That triple tipped pass USC caught for a first down down on 3rd and long literally sums up our entire program the past 10 years.
We’re the worst football program in America the past 8 years. Think about that. Its fact.

What sucks is that even if it “gets better” I worry it will be 6-8 win seasons and rhule will buy himself more time. He’s never going to get it done here but we are stuck with him. Hes a mediocre coach and it was an underwhelming hire. We need to find a winner.

I fully believe the best thing for Nebraska is to hire jeff monken. We wont. And that isnt crazy talk…I have very much considered this. If a five star QB with a five star TE and two 4* transfers doesnt prove we cant be like everyone else and expect to stand out i dont know what will. And its not even that we dont stand out….we dont fit in and cant even make a bowl game
If not power running and option, then the most successful young coach who wins games no matter where at any level.

But rinse wash repeat.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Honestly, our only complete head scratcher was Mike Riley. Every other guy we hired was at least a respectable/reasonable hire who had had coaching success.

Frost was the hot coach that cycle and years later went limping out of the state, reputation ruined.

Rhule can turn around Temple and post-scandal Baylor, but not Nebraska???

FML. 🤦‍♂️

Callahan was a dumb hire and so was rhule. Rhule never did anything at temple or baylor and everyone knows it. We point to some meaningless wins he had to make ourselves feel better about the hire. He never won anything or beat anybody.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Looking at McGuire's wikipedia page, there is no way he should have been hired. He had no coaching experience or even played WR. He was just an analyst and son of a coach. And our running backs coach wikipedia is almost empty. The only thing is that he played a few snaps at Rutgers and apparently that was enough for Rhule as well. We need to be hiring a veteran's staff instead of helping out old friends find their first job.

I was heckled for questioning the hire.

 

[LBremser]

Rumor has it they want to make everything in rows considered lower bowl north of 2g more like 2500

Currently required donations for the sections (east and west stadiums) on the 50 are $2500, next sections on each side of that are $2,000, and from there the amount for each section as you move to the goal line decreases $250. I can't see them raising those amounts with the current quality of play on the field, and regardless I doubt that they would have enough demand at those levels. There are a lot of seats in those sections, though, that are not paying the full amount because the seats were passed down from the old days and the AD has said that he is going to increase those to full rates.

 

[huskerfan1414]

A lot of good points. There is a lot of money going to all the BIG schools and most of them (not us) are using it to hire great coaching staffs. Trev gave Rhule a $7 million salary pool for his assistants, what does he do with it? Gives Satterfield, who was about ready to be run out of SC, a $500,000 RAISE! And here was Rhule's stated objective for what he wanted in a WR coach: "one of the main qualifications that Rhule was looking for in his receivers coach were ties to the Midwest and Texas for recruiting purposes. " How about someone who can coach, and not a 23-year-old whose "coaching" experience was 2 years of getting coffee and sandwiches for the real coaches.

This is why “we need to give more money” isnt a great argument for impreovement. Who are we spending the money on? Both coaches and players.