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Rhule brought in a guy that's been a successful head coach elsewhere, who has about 40 more career wins and a better career winning % as a HC, in order to run the defense.

Bringing in a guy that could replace you in a year is not the move of an insecure coach.
Who are you talking about?
 
Rhule brought in a guy that's been a successful head coach elsewhere, who has about 40 more career wins and a better career winning % as a HC, in order to run the defense.

Bringing in a guy that could replace you in a year is not the move of an insecure coach.
Exactly zero people think Rhule will be canned within his first 5 years based on that ridiculous contract they handed out.
Some posters want him gone but know he won’t be. At the very least he has 3 more years and everyone knows it. Zero chance he thought Dana could have his job in a year. Nice story tho
 
Rhule was Linebacker coach at UCLA when Tony was a senior
They liked each other hung out a couple times that's about it from my understanding
Otherwise really never was much of a huge connection
Man, I think you just went from “they had no connection together” to “they had a connection but it was minor” (facts you pulled out of your a***) Rhule wasn’t LB coach, he was a DL coach, Tony was a LB. Tony was considered by the staff the coach on the field. Matt was very impressed with Tony’s knowledge as a player. They kept intouch a little. Matt kept an eye on his progression and Made a lot of sense for Matt to go to Tony when he came to NU.
Yes Matt had a connection working with tony prior to NU. You said he didn’t. @timnsun & @headcard seemed to agree with you. And just like usual, you all were dead wrong!!! Dead wrong!!! We learn something new everyday don’t we?

I didn’t say he had a Satterfield type of connection but there was def a prior working experience together.
 
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Man, I think you just went from “they had no connection together” to “they had a connection but it was minor” (facts you pulled out of your a***) Rhule wasn’t LB coach, he was a DL coach, Tony was a LB. Tony was considered by the staff the coach on the field. Matt was very impressed with Tony’s knowledge as a player. They kept intouch a little. Matt kept an eye on his progression and Made a lot of sense for Matt to go to Tony when he came to NU.
Yes Matt had a connection working with tony prior to NU. You said he didn’t. @timnsun & @headcard seemed to agree with you. And just like usual, you all were dead wrong!!! Dead wrong!!! We learn something new everyday don’t we?

I didn’t say he had a Satterfield type of connection but there was def a prior working experience together.
Lol you are unbelievable
I was wrong and you were right does that n
Make you feel better?
Damn I came back with facts I looked up.
Hopefully you feel more superior now
Unbelievable
 
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Exactly zero people think Rhule will be canned within his first 5 years based on that ridiculous contract they handed out.
Some posters want him gone but know he won’t be. At the very least he has 3 more years and everyone knows it. Zero chance he thought Dana could have his job in a year. Nice story tho
Rhule could be gone if the powers that be wanted him to. You’re talking about a school with greater endowments than Georgia and Alabama.

If he misses a bowl game next year & loses Raiola he absolutely will be.
 
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Man, I think you just went from “they had no connection together” to “they had a connection but it was minor” (facts you pulled out of your a***) Rhule wasn’t LB coach, he was a DL coach, Tony was a LB. Tony was considered by the staff the coach on the field. Matt was very impressed with Tony’s knowledge as a player. They kept intouch a little. Matt kept an eye on his progression and Made a lot of sense for Matt to go to Tony when he came to NU.
Yes Matt had a connection working with tony prior to NU. You said he didn’t. @timnsun & @headcard seemed to agree with you. And just like usual, you all were dead wrong!!! Dead wrong!!! We learn something new everyday don’t we?

I didn’t say he had a Satterfield type of connection but there was def a prior working experience together.

You seem to be going off the deep end here, but congrats on whatever it is you are bragging about.
 
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Man, I think you just went from “they had no connection together” to “they had a connection but it was minor” (facts you pulled out of your a***) Rhule wasn’t LB coach, he was a DL coach, Tony was a LB. Tony was considered by the staff the coach on the field. Matt was very impressed with Tony’s knowledge as a player. They kept intouch a little. Matt kept an eye on his progression and Made a lot of sense for Matt to go to Tony when he came to NU.
Yes Matt had a connection working with tony prior to NU. You said he didn’t. @timnsun & @headcard seemed to agree with you. And just like usual, you all were dead wrong!!! Dead wrong!!! We learn something new everyday don’t we?

I didn’t say he had a Satterfield type of connection but there was def a prior working experience together.
Gave you a like for showing me where I was wrong. Didn’t know about the UCLA connection. Good for you.
 
He was a DC in 2013. He hasn't been a DC since. That is extremely concerning. Not one team in college or the pros was willing to give that guy a shot as a DC again. Over a span of 10 years. Throw in an atrocious year by our secondary.

I honestly would rather have Dvoracek or however you spell his name. At least we can pretend he'll be good.
Was he full-time or interim DC?

Either way, worst year pennst have had in quite some time
 
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Question then how did they meet?
What i read it was at UCLA
"A few months on the UCLA campus early in the 2001 calendar year was the setting for Nebraska’s current head coach and defensive coordinator crossing paths for the first time.

Matt Rhule had just been hired by the Bruins as defensive line coach in a key career jump from being a position coach at Buffalo. Tony White had finished his senior season as a Bruins starting linebacker and was finishing his spring semester preparing for pro football.

'We didn’t spend much time together there, that’s what’s unique about it,' Rhule said Monday. 'He’s just a really good dude so when I met him we kind of hung out a little bit.'”

How UCLA first united Nebraska's Matt Rhule and Tony White — the Bruins' DeShaun Foster too
 
Rhule could be gone if the powers that be wanted him to. You’re talking about a school with greater endowments than Georgia and Alabama.

If he misses a bowl game next year & loses Raiola he absolutely will be.
Those endowments aren’t meant for football buyouts. That’s not how those get paid but IF the boosters of substance wanted him gone he would be. Rhule has massaged the right people to not be in any danger. Go 6-6 next year without major injuries to Dylan and he could have a problem.
 
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If that happens, maybe, but I am assuming at least marginal improvement from 6 wins now that Dana is here. I fully expect at least 7 wins next year with DH calling the offense.
You want to force out good Nebraska kids for 7 wins? Have heard nothing but good things about Stenger and Bretz since they've been here.
 
You want to force out good Nebraska kids for 7 wins? Have heard nothing but good things about Stenger and Bretz since they've been here.
Yes, I do

If it means we get better players and can someday make the playoff.
 
Yes, I do

If it means we get better players and can someday make the playoff.
Bretz has drawn some praise from former players. Considering 105 gives you almost a full 5 deep and he's been on the 2 deep, I don't think we'll be running him off. We're actually not going to be dumping that many more scholarship guys than we normally did historically. We always used to have 10-12 scholarship guys transfer out before the portal was a thing.
 
Was he full-time or interim DC?

Either way, worst year pennst have had in quite some time
I think he was the full-time DC. He followed BOB to Houston as a DB coach. Kind of interesting that BOB didn't hire him as a DC this time around. I will be extremely disappointed if he is hired as DC. I would feel much better if we parted ways with him altogether, unless we made him special teams coach. He has a pretty extensive special teams background.
 
I think he was the full-time DC. He followed BOB to Houston as a DB coach. Kind of interesting that BOB didn't hire him as a DC this time around. I will be extremely disappointed if he is hired as DC. I would feel much better if we parted ways with him altogether, unless we made him special teams coach. He has a pretty extensive special teams background.
There obviously were other factors at work that year that made it very difficult for that staff. I also think Butler thought he could get the Eagle DC job after the season was over. Butler didn't resign until after they passed over him for their DC job. BOB had already hired his DC I believe by that time.
 
There obviously were other factors at work that year that made it very difficult for that staff.
He had 10 more years to get someone's attention, including BOB. BOB also didn't hire him this time around when Butler clearly must have been looking for a way out of Buffalo. Face it, he is a huge risk with limited potential.
 
Are people confused by the 105? NU has to cut walk-ons. Not scholarship players. We get MORE scholarships. It shouldnt be hard to cut 95% of our walk-ons.
Walk-ons who choose to stay through spring ball will have a chance to earn a scholarship but I don't expect many if any to do get one. We also supposedly have multiple guys on NIL deals who would be in line potentially for scholarships. We'll be fine but I will be surprised if more than 1 or 2 walk-ons get scholarships.
 
Bretz has drawn some praise from former players. Considering 105 gives you almost a full 5 deep and he's been on the 2 deep, I don't think we'll be running him off. We're actually not going to be dumping that many more scholarship guys than we normally did historically. We always used to have 10-12 scholarship guys transfer out before the portal was a thing.
And Stenger is younger and is on scholarship. He's not getting run off unless he actually wants to go somewhere else.
 
Exactly, guys like Stenger and Bretz are already on scholarship and not getting cut.
There will be some more scholarship guys encouraged to seek other opportunities but this board has proven to be a poor gauge of player potential. Usually if a guy is playing special teams, he's somebody who fits in their plans. It's the guys who have been around for a couple of years and haven't cracked the 3 deep anywhere that are at risk.
 
And Stenger is younger and is on scholarship. He's not getting run off unless he actually wants to go somewhere else.
The younger part might not mean much. You never really know about guys until they start practicing against other P5 athletes. I won't be surprised to see a few young scholarship guys leave either on their own or because they were told they had no shot of playing.
 
The younger part might not mean much. You never really know about guys until they start practicing against other P5 athletes. I won't be surprised to see a few young scholarship guys leave either on their own or because they were told they had no shot of playing.
That happens every year. It has nothing to do with the 105 that a lot of people seem to be confused about.
 
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Carriker just posted a video in which he says that a couple of people have told him that Butler and Jim Leonhard are the favorites for the DC position. But he makes it clear that it is unconfirmed. Who knows if there is anything to it.

 
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Carriker just posted a video in which he says that a couple of people have told him that Butler and Jim Leonhard are the favorites for the DC position. But he makes it clear that it is unconfirmed. Who knows if there is anything to it.

I love Carriker but it kills me to stoop to to the level of posting coaching rumors. I'm sure Donovan at least knows Leonhard and IF we've approached him that Donnie and Jim have talked.
 
Rhule brought in a guy that's been a successful head coach elsewhere, who has about 40 more career wins and a better career winning % as a HC, in order to run the offense.

Bringing in a guy that could replace you in a year is not the move of an insecure coach.
It’s something that I feel like Frost would have never done. When he needed to replace his OC, he went looking for candidates at credit unions.
 
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