Rhule: "I have one job: It's to win at Nebraska"

[Spinner45]

Interesting quote and refreshing to hear.

"I have one job: It's to win at Nebraska," Rhule said. "Anytime a coach here has tried to do anything else here but win at Nebraska they've been asked to leave. No man can serve two masters. We have to win."

https://247sports.com/college/nebra...ule-on-recruiting-in-state-players-248905782/

Seems like Rhule is finally getting over trying to win the Nebraska way, or winning with walk ons, and just building a winning program in modern college football. Get the best players here, regardless of where they are from, like all the big boy programs do. Kind of refreshing to hear, maybe this time it'll work.

So he admits he hasn’t been doing the job? He’s 12-13 and 6-12 in conference. If he has one job and that’s to win and he has a losing record…. 🤷‍♂️

And if you lose and do things that the fans don’t like, does it get much worse? He’s been talking a mean game this year about why he’s doing things that will be unpopular, all I can say is “better produce or GTFO” cause you ain’t winning brownie points

 

[Huskers123456]

Agree mostly with this although I think Callahan was the exception to that. Callahan's staff were the best recruiters of any since TO but clearly Callahan's approach to recruiting didn't sit well with TO given the symbolic scholarship offer given to Pelini's first signee - Mikah Kreikmeier, whose was something like an honorable mention all state from a small NE school. Arguably the high-water mark for Husker football since 2001 was when Bo/Carl were able to leverage the defensive talent recruited by Callahan into what should have been a BG 12 championship.

Remind me who were great recruiters from Callahan's staff other than Blake...

Bo had a better staff of recruiters.

 

[king_kong_]

You are misreading my post. You can also name a ton from outside nebraska who didnt. Like all of calibraska, or the three amigos from florida. The difference is these guys I mentioned were disregarded because of where they were from, which is the opposite of what you are falsely accusing.
And you have yet to provide an example of us saying “no” to recruiting high profile out of state recruits because our coaches would rather take reaches from nebraska. It just doesnt happen.

There is no example

Not a single one

Tons of examples of us taking questionable higher ranked out of staters while lower ranked NE kids we thumb our nose at go on to enjoy productive college careers and NFL opportunities, though

Won’t hear about those from @Tuco Salamanca or @kakdawg, that’s for sure

 

[Spinner45]

Remind me who were great recruiters from Callahan's staff other than Blake...

Bo had a better staff of recruiters.

Bill Busch is considered by many a greater recruiter

Randy Jordan was pretty good too

 

[Huskers123456]

Bill Busch is considered by many a greater recruiter

Randy Jordan was pretty good too

Agree on Busch. I have never heard of Randy Jordan since. I'll take your word for it.

Carl was a great JUCO recruiter. Ron Brown goes without needing an explanation. Tim Beck. Ekeler. I think Papuchis was pretty legit.

 

[GBRforLife1]

To win at Nebraska. We have not had a winning record in conference play the last 8 years straight. 9 out of the last 10 have had a losing record in conference play. To win at Nebraska. Try having more Ws than Ls in conference. Not talking about winning the conference or even making the playoffs. Just win more games than you lose against your peers. Throw out the 3 cupcakes we have each year, we are 22-49 in big ten play over the last 8 years. To win at Nebraska., what a joke.

There's no doubt the program has had a rough go the last 20 years. To cherry pick the last 8 or 9 or 10 years... Is that valid?

 

[Huskers123456]

There is no example

Not a single one

Tons of examples of us taking questionable higher ranked out of staters while lower ranked NE kids we thumb our nose at go on to enjoy productive college careers and NFL opportunities, though

Won’t hear about those from @Tuco Salamanca or @kakdawg, that’s for sure

I hate watching Harrison Phillips. It disgusts me that a man that large was passed over by NU because he was a "tweener" and Pelini wasn't confident in his projection. Wtf. Finding excuses to not sign good football players.

It's what concerns me about not pursuing the NDSU rb. Are we just doubling down on what was likely a poor evaluation the first time?

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

And that 105 should be dictated every season after fierce offseason competition for every last spot.

You can doubt it all you want, and I know you love to shit on NE kids and specifically walk ons, but it’s what makes NU and Nebraska unique.

Landing one of those 20 spots would be highly competitive. And scholarship players would absolutely come from their ranks.

Have you seen something that states the team can have a roster greater than 105 at anytime? My understanding is that the 105 is the max for the whole time.

 

[inWV]

Have you seen something that states the team can have a roster greater than 105 at anytime? My understanding is that the 105 is the max for the whole time.

What about that tweet you posted from Dellenger?

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Thats just not true.
I remember arguing with people on here regarding D line recruits about our coaches going after the california three star who is “worth more” than a nebraska three star.
Pelini barely recruited ott, phillips, and bazata and would rather go after national guys.
I think your perception isnt reality. We just hate seeing local guys who can play D1 go elsewhere. I dont know of coaches taking local reaches over other highly touted guys from out of state. Enlighten me.

That is sort of hard to prove. Nebraska has had a history of once they accept a commitment from a player they don't often make the decision to cut them loose. So not knowing who Nebraska stopped recruiting because they already had a commitment at that spot, or if they were only going to take x number of whatever position, is impossible to prove.

Pelini for example had a few classes that were filled up by 2 star guys from anywhere just to fill the class. 2014 comes to mind, it was a 30ish ranked class, just a couple of 4 stars, and at least five 2 star guys, some of whom were snagged in the last week of January or early February.

 

[kakdawg]

You are misreading my post. You can also name a ton from outside nebraska who didnt. Like all of calibraska, or the three amigos from florida. The difference is these guys I mentioned were disregarded because of where they were from, which is the opposite of what you are falsely accusing.
And you have yet to provide an example of us saying “no” to recruiting high profile out of state recruits because our coaches would rather take reaches from nebraska. It just doesnt happen.

Let me be clearer. Without getting into specifics of 3 or 4 players over a 20+ year run.

My main point is to say we can't afford to take these chances on the instate kids "just because" they are D1 athletes anymore. This doesn't exclude other states and regions either. Both things can be true. In state is mentioned because guys get up in arms when something like this is mentioned. They immediately go into defense mode. With 105 players u can't afford to take those chances. Each mistake costs more now.

Just because you swing and miss on a highly rated guy from Florida or California you don't stop trying to get those guys. Especially if you think you can win big with them. Because we miss on an Ott or a Phillips etc doesn't all of a sudden mean you recruit every guy with "D1 potential" to come to Nebraska. There simply isn't enough talent instate to do that...AND expect to win big with a 105 man roster.

Would you say that almost every coach at Nebraska felt pressure to win a certain way? With walk ons playing a big part? With in state guys playing a big part? With pretty much "following the wishes " of TO playing a big part?

I absolutely believe that to be the case. Good or bad I believe it's true. But the horizon has changed so much now that that formula can honestly be thrown out of a window now. A coach would never say it and I'm not even sure Matt Ruhle would think it (him Being a former walk on) but some would be relieved of not having that cloud hanging over their heads. Honestly I'm surprised Matt said what he did about the in state guys but I've thought it for a while now.


Go get the best players you can get from anywhere in the country. Supplement them with the portal and try and winnas much as you can. This year there may be 8-10 instate players with D1 offers. We MAY sign 15 HS players this year. Imagine 10 of those being in state. Do that 4 years and then expect a coach to compete for BIG championship and playoffs? I know thats a bit extreme but its basically showing how limited the numbers will be moving forward.


At some point you have to decide what it is going to take to get it done. I THINK he tried to do it one way. But has come to the conclusion that end of the day I HAVE TO WIN FIRST. Everything else HAS to be secondary. Take care of that and everything else kinda falls in place. Lose enough and you are getting fired anyways lol. So I'm gonna go out swinging in what I believe in.



Holla

 

[Huskers123456]

Let me be clearer. Without getting into specifics of 3 or 4 players over a 20+ year run.

My main point is to say we can't afford to take these chances on the instate kids "just because" they are D1 athletes anymore. This doesn't exclude other states and regions either. Both things can be true. In state is mentioned because guys get up in arms when something like this is mentioned. They immediately go into defense mode. With 105 players u can't afford to take those chances. Each mistake costs more now.

Just because you swing and miss on a highly rated guy from Florida or California you don't stop trying to get those guys. Especially if you think you can win big with them. Because we miss on an Ott or a Phillips etc doesn't all of a sudden mean you recruit every guy with "D1 potential" to come to Nebraska. There simply isn't enough talent instate to do that...AND expect to win big with a 105 man roster.

Would you say that almost every coach at Nebraska felt pressure to win a certain way? With walk ons playing a big part? With in state guys playing a big part? With pretty much "following the wishes " of TO playing a big part?

I absolutely believe that to be the case. Good or bad I believe it's true. But the horizon has changed so much now that that formula can honestly be thrown out of a window now. A coach would never say it and I'm not even sure Matt Ruhle would think it (him Being a former walk on) but some would be relieved of not having that cloud hanging over their heads. Honestly I'm surprised Matt said what he did about the in state guys but I've thought it for a while now.


Go get the best players you can get from anywhere in the country. Supplement them with the portal and try and winnas much as you can. This year there may be 8-10 instate players with D1 offers. We MAY sign 15 HS players this year. Imagine 10 of those being in state. Do that 4 years and then expect a coach to compete for BIG championship and playoffs? I know thats a bit extreme but its basically showing how limited the numbers will be moving forward.


At some point you have to decide what it is going to take to get it done. I THINK he tried to do it one way. But has come to the conclusion that end of the day I HAVE TO WIN FIRST. Everything else HAS to be secondary. Take care of that and everything else kinda falls in place. Lose enough and you are getting fired anyways lol. So I'm gonna go out swinging in what I believe in.



Holla

I would argue going up to 105 scholarships is the perfect opportunity to take a chance on an extra Nebraska kid or 2. I'm not talking about a kid with D2 offers, but how about a kid that was going to NDSU or SDSU. Or Wyoming.

 

[huskerfan66]

TO also had the advantage of running an offense that changed little from year to year, with most of the instate high schools running some variant of it.

And we just reloaded rather than building a roster

 

[NikkiSixx]

Matt Rhule is feeling the pressure, wants fans, media, influencers, to get off his back.. he doesn't want to do things the Nebraska way anymore (not that he ever gave it a fair shot) and I think the way the portal is working is having a big influence on what he is doing.

The other day he made a statement about how this is the team or something to this effect.

I think it was meant to pump people up, but somehow with these other statements, come off more like to get people off his back.

No identity.. no long term lens, (he sort of had one initially) but the portal has destroyed that in his view, or maybe it's a convenient excuse for him, and maybe it's valid.

Anyway, without an identity, it's just a team of individuals, looking for individual goals, to up their NIL value.. There is probably a lot of blame to go around.

You're not going to build a big time passing game at Nebraska that has any kind of consistency from year to year. Maybe you get 1 good year out of 3 or 4.

Or maybe now you can in the portal?

I think he's going to lean on the passing game big time this year and showcase his 5 star, and pray to have a successful season, and then take another job.

I am curious though, who would you rather have as a QB right now? Mr 51% winner with the NFL arm? or Taylor Martinez, the kid who looked horrible throwing it, but consistently won a lot of games.

We are going to learn a lot this year.

The one problem with this approach that he is taking, is it's possible to alienate the fanbase, which has remained so loyal over the years.

Who breaks first? The old fans dying off, or the new ones who don't care about how it used to be..

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Whether or not anyone wants to admit it, Rhule has had success recruiting Nebraska. Now the players in this state need to hold up their end of the bargain. The Nebraska high school players haven't made much of an impact during Rhule's time here that is including the instate players recruited by Frost.

Rhule's 1st class Nebraska signed 7 of the top 12 in-state kids per 247. Out of the 4 they did not sign 2 were already committed elsewhere (Flores & McIntyre), one was committed to Nebraska but decommitted and went to Iowa St. (Brahmer), and the last one didn't have an offer (Ngoyi). Of the 7 that did sign Lloyd and Coleman transferred out and only Gottula and Jones has started at a game at Nebraska.

Rhule's 2nd class: 8 of the top 12 in-state per 247 signed with Nebraska. One player went to South Dakota, another to Notre Dame (he wasn't offered), and 1 each went to Missouri and Iowa, although I am not sure either commitment would have been accepted.
Of those 8 three have left the program.

3rd class- 6 of top 9 signed with Nebraska - 1 to Florida St, 1 to Ohio (No Nebraska offer) and 1 to Stanford (not sure how commitable the offer to Nebraska was)

In those first 3 classes, Loftin to FSU and Brahmer to Iowa St I would consider kids that Nebraska wanted but didn't get.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

What about that tweet you posted from Dellenger?

Correct, the grandfathering of a year or 2 is still a possibility. But the roster number is something new regardless of the limit. If the number is 115 for year 1, I don't think you can bring in 135 in January then get down to the 115 or whatever in August. I think the limit is the limit, whatever that number is for years 1, 2. and subsequently

 

[huskerfan1414]

Let me be clearer. Without getting into specifics of 3 or 4 players over a 20+ year run.

My main point is to say we can't afford to take these chances on the instate kids "just because" they are D1 athletes anymore. This doesn't exclude other states and regions either. Both things can be true. In state is mentioned because guys get up in arms when something like this is mentioned. They immediately go into defense mode. With 105 players u can't afford to take those chances. Each mistake costs more now.

Just because you swing and miss on a highly rated guy from Florida or California you don't stop trying to get those guys. Especially if you think you can win big with them. Because we miss on an Ott or a Phillips etc doesn't all of a sudden mean you recruit every guy with "D1 potential" to come to Nebraska. There simply isn't enough talent instate to do that...AND expect to win big with a 105 man roster.

Would you say that almost every coach at Nebraska felt pressure to win a certain way? With walk ons playing a big part? With in state guys playing a big part? With pretty much "following the wishes " of TO playing a big part?

I absolutely believe that to be the case. Good or bad I believe it's true. But the horizon has changed so much now that that formula can honestly be thrown out of a window now. A coach would never say it and I'm not even sure Matt Ruhle would think it (him Being a former walk on) but some would be relieved of not having that cloud hanging over their heads. Honestly I'm surprised Matt said what he did about the in state guys but I've thought it for a while now.


Go get the best players you can get from anywhere in the country. Supplement them with the portal and try and winnas much as you can. This year there may be 8-10 instate players with D1 offers. We MAY sign 15 HS players this year. Imagine 10 of those being in state. Do that 4 years and then expect a coach to compete for BIG championship and playoffs? I know thats a bit extreme but its basically showing how limited the numbers will be moving forward.


At some point you have to decide what it is going to take to get it done. I THINK he tried to do it one way. But has come to the conclusion that end of the day I HAVE TO WIN FIRST. Everything else HAS to be secondary. Take care of that and everything else kinda falls in place. Lose enough and you are getting fired anyways lol. So I'm gonna go out swinging in what I believe in.



Holla

You have yet to prove that past coaches have taken swings and misses on nebraska kids over national kids.
I have literally given examples of this being false…that the opposite is true, that our coaches have turned away from Nebraska kids because they are from Nebraska and frost himself signed lower ranked recruits from out of state over in state recruits. From 2018-2022, he had just 16 in state recruits. From 2023-2025, rhule had 19 commits. It is false that past coaching failures is because we chose to recruit nebraska kids instead of national recruits.
Frost in 2018: 1 of top 5 Nebraska ranked kids
2019: 5 of 5 (the one outlier)
Frost in 2020: 2 of top 5 Nebraska kids
2021: 3 of top 5
2022: 1 of top 5
Rhules 2023 class was hurt due to frosts in state efforts including a TE that is at Oklahoma.
If its coaches ignoring local kids in favor of national kids you want, you most certainly loved Frosts recruiting strategy.
In these years he went harder after players from out of state rated lower than some of ours. Coaches theoughout the state will tell you of his lack of interest in their players.

No, I dont agree that coaches felt pressure to win a certain way, if they did the facts show they didnt act on it. but every coach has and will feel pressure regardless of where it is from. I actually believe there are more people like you who look down upon nebraska recruits than people who favor them. This board alone is an indication of that.
As others have said, its only natural for any and every college to be more “in on” recruits from the general geographic area.
However, the simple facts prove that your perception that nebraska coaches of the past favored nebraska kids over national recruits is false.

I’m not currently arguing whether I agree with your preferred strategy or not, so you are shouting at the clouds. Most people just hate seeing kids going to ND, FSU, OK, Stan….

Im proving to you that the perception that past coaches recruited nebraska kids harder than national kids and that it was a contributing factor to their failures is FALSE.

 

[king_kong_]

I hate watching Harrison Phillips. It disgusts me that a man that large was passed over by NU because he was a "tweener" and Pelini wasn't confident in his projection. Wtf. Finding excuses to not sign good football players.

It's what concerns me about not pursuing the NDSU rb. Are we just doubling down on what was likely a poor evaluation the first time?

I understand kids who have an opportunity to go to Stanford or ND going

The rest should have to make the decision to say “no” to NU

Like @kakdawg said, inadvertently proving our point - we are talking about 6ish kids per year with protectable D1 talent coming out of the state

We will never and have never told a 4* or 5* from elsewhere to take a hike because we favor a lower rated NE kid.

There’s always room for them. They are the lifeblood of our proud program, much to Texas tuco’s chagrin.

 

[huskerfan1414]

I hate watching Harrison Phillips. It disgusts me that a man that large was passed over by NU because he was a "tweener" and Pelini wasn't confident in his projection. Wtf. Finding excuses to not sign good football players.

It's what concerns me about not pursuing the NDSU rb. Are we just doubling down on what was likely a poor evaluation the first time?

I dont think so.
I watch NDSU and I remember wishing king frazier was still on our roster when he was running well at ndsu and thinking he never got a real shot at NU because he was a walk on.
I didnt fell that way about brown. However he would be a good back to have on the team. But its not like we’re missing out on someone who can really up the room. I think rhule would absolutely go after him harder if there was no 105.

I also disagree, however, with the notion that nebraska fans wouldnt care at all about him or that our coaches wouldn't be kicking the tires if he wasnt from here. Thats hogwash, when the RB from the national champ powerhouse NDSU is transferring you notice, wherever he’s from.

 

[inWV]

Correct, the grandfathering of a year or 2 is still a possibility. But the roster number is something new regardless of the limit. If the number is 115 for year 1, I don't think you can bring in 135 in January then get down to the 115 or whatever in August. I think the limit is the limit, whatever that number is for years 1, 2. and subsequently

So I guess the kids on the bubble enter the portal and then exit if the number is upped to say 115. I really don’t think this was a tough decision to make and the fact that they haven’t made it before kids have to decide is bullshit. However, NU has to cut from a roster size much larger than other teams.

 

[kakdawg]

I would argue going up to 105 scholarships is the perfect opportunity to take a chance on an extra Nebraska kid or 2. I'm not talking about a kid with D2 offers, but how about a kid that was going to NDSU or SDSU. Or Wyoming.

It's all relative. Does that kid give you a better opportunity to win than random kid from random state . Where I duffer is that "nebraska kid" shouldn't have anything to do with it regardless of whether he has NDSU or SDSU offers. Again simply put...Can I beat Ohio St with them? Michigan? Penn St? etc.

I'm doing it NFL style best available player at a position that I can sign and I don't care where he comes from.



Holla

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

So I guess the kids on the bubble enter the portal and then exit if the number is upped to say 115. I really don’t think this was a tough decision to make and the fact that they haven’t made it before kids have to decide is bullshit. However, NU has to cut from a roster size much larger than other teams.

Sorry, I am not being clear. Once the roster limit is set, be it 125 for a year down to 115 for a year and then to 105, is there going to be a timeframe where the number of players on the squad can exceed whatever roster limit is in place, say January to August?

In the past, and technically currently, there were/ are scholarship limitations but never roster limitations, so teams just had to allocate the 85 scholarships before the fall season but there was no real limit on the number of players that could be on the team.

 

[HuskerAlum92]

There is no example

Not a single one

Tons of examples of us taking questionable higher ranked out of staters while lower ranked NE kids we thumb our nose at go on to enjoy productive college careers and NFL opportunities, though

Won’t hear about those from @Tuco Salamanca or @kakdawg, that’s for sure

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

 

[Spinner45]

Agree on Busch. I have never heard of Randy Jordan since. I'll take your word for it.

Carl was a great JUCO recruiter. Ron Brown goes without needing an explanation. Tim Beck. Ekeler. I think Papuchis was pretty legit.

Randy went on to aTm and then NC for a small bit. But has been coaching in the NFL since.

 

[Tik Tok]

All these days obsessing over me and you can’t do better than repurposing my line?

Wish I was surprised. I can hear you mouth breathing from here.

Easy to see why your wife left you....

 

[JOHNNY N]

Seems to be a few people in here that think that Nebraska kids automatically want to play at Nebraska.

 

[cavalot]

How many of you truly believe that we will return to any form of dominance/relevance?

Sure we can get to a winning record and maybe even 10 wins in the next decade. But I think you are all kidding yourselves if you think we will ever be anything but in the realm of mediocrity again. Those days are gone!

I think most fans would be very happy to be where we were in the late 90's under Solich and even where we were under Bo. But remember those regimes were considered failures.

So what do you really believe is an honest expectation of where this program can go?

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

How many of you truly believe that we will return to any form of dominance/relevance?

Sure we can get to a winning record and maybe even 10 wins in the next decade. But I think you are all kidding yourselves if you think we will ever be anything but in the realm of mediocrity again. Those days are gone!

I think most fans would be very happy to be where we were in the late 90's under Solich and even where we were under Bo. But remember those regimes were considered failures.

So what do you really believe is an honest expectation of where this program can go?

Playoffs 1 out of every 3 years.

 

[JOHNNY N]

How many of you truly believe that we will return to any form of dominance/relevance?

Sure we can get to a winning record and maybe even 10 wins in the next decade. But I think you are all kidding yourselves if you think we will ever be anything but in the realm of mediocrity again. Those days are gone!

I think most fans would be very happy to be where we were in the late 90's under Solich and even where we were under Bo. But remember those regimes were considered failures.

So what do you really believe is an honest expectation of where this program can go?

Most of those solich teams would've made the 14 team playoff.

Wouldn't you be happy making the playoff most years?

 

[cavalot]

Playoffs 1 out of every 3 years.

In the BIG? Not going to happen. We will be lucky to get 1 out of every 8. Unless they move to more teams.

We are a loooonnnngggg ways from that expectation.

Every year at this time people think that next season is going to be different. How many times do we need to get burned?

 

[huskerfan66]

Seems to be a few people in here that think that Nebraska kids automatically want to play at Nebraska.

Used to

 

[cavalot]

Most of those solich teams would've made the 14 team playoff.

Wouldn't you be happy making the playoff most years?

Absolutely. But remember those teams were "mediocre."

I'm saying that I think in this conference we will be very fortunate to get to 10 wins on the regular. And that seems to be the benchmark for the 14 team playoff.

 

[salsa red]

Playoffs 1 out of every 3 years.

I think Rhule wants to do a Harbaugh and get us to the playoffs and compete for a natty then bounce back to the nfl or another gig.

 

[JOHNNY N]

Absolutely. But remember those teams were "mediocre."

I'm saying that I think in this conference we will be very fortunate to get to 10 wins on the regular. And that seems to be the benchmark for the 14 team playoff.

In the BIG? Not going to happen. We will be lucky to get 1 out of every 8. Unless they move to more teams.

We are a loooonnnngggg ways from that expectation.

Every year at this time people think that next season is going to be different. How many times do we need to get burned?

With the way the landscape of college football has changed I don't think nebraska is a long way away from being a regular participant in the playoffs.

 

[cavalot]

With the way the landscape of college football has changed I don't think nebraska is a long way away from being a regular participant in the playoffs.

Hope you're right. Not holding my breath.

The last 15 years have been a large enough sample size for me to expect nothing but mediocrity from this program moving forward. Nothing I see on the field at this moment in time has changed that expectation.

 

[InMotion]

Nebraska can be THAT team again. Go back to the 80s, 90s, 2000 and 2001. The recipe for success is 1. Getting Offensive Linemen that are good enough and have the desire to become an All American. 2. Have an OL coach(s) that can help them achieve that goal.

Do a search on Husker All Americans (wikipedia). You see an OL candidate at least every other year. You'll see what I mean.

No OGs, OTs or Cs since 2001. Two thousand one.

 

[JOHNNY N]

Hope you're right. Not holding my breath.

The last 15 years have been a large enough sample size for me to expect nothing but mediocrity from this program moving forward. Nothing I see on the field at this moment in time has changed that expectation.

Do you think that the leadership in the AD is same or better than it was for Callahan, Pelini, Riley, Frost?


Do you think that Rhule is better or the same as those coaches.


Do you not think that Rhule does a good job adjusting on the fly amd making necessary changes?


All legit questions. I'm not trying to start a contentious back and forth about it, but curious what you thoughts are.

 

[JOHNNY N]

Nebraska can be THAT team again. Go back to the 80s, 90s, 2000 and 2001. The recipe for success is 1. Getting Offensive Linemen that are good enough and have the desire to become an All American. 2. Have an OL coach(s) that can help them achieve that goal.

Do a search on Husker All Americans (wikipedia). You see an OL candidate at least every other year. You'll see what I mean.

No OGs, OTs or Cs since 2001. Two thousand one.

Good thing they have that Oline coach on staff.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Most of those solich teams would've made the 14 team playoff.

Wouldn't you be happy making the playoff most years?

Based on rankings, Solich teams would have been in the 12-16 team playoff 4 of 6 years. would not have made it the last 2 and his first team was borderline. ranked 14 and 16th in the polls but 11th in the computers.

 

[RBigredMax]

Do you think that the leadership in the AD is same or better than it was for Callahan, Pelini, Riley, Frost?


Do you think that Rhule is better or the same as those coaches.


Do you not think that Rhule does a good job adjusting on the fly amd making necessary changes?


All legit questions. I'm not trying to start a contentious back and forth about it, but curious what you thoughts are.

I think it’s obvious his thoughts and what a miserable perspective it is …. 15 years and nothing changes - we should just expect to be 6-6 - doesn’t matter who the coaching staff is or the type of recruits we get we will still suck. Rhule can’t turn it around in year 2 so there is another coach who failed same as before.