SIAP- Malachi Coleman Reopens Commitment
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Hysterical drama queen in the house.
I think you should pull your money. Send Trev a strongly worded email and tell him you're done.
I'm sure that will really shake him up.
Truthfully, the more "boosters" that hate this hire makes feel that much better about it.
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We've been focusing on winning the recruiting game and NU has done well there, at least according the the service rankings. Whatever was going on in practice and the training facilities after they got to Lincoln hasn't worked.
100%, this is why I am excited about Rhule. I think our recruiting will be about the same, but hopefully he develops the shit out of guys and will recruit the right guys and not just because they have 4 stars. He seems to have an eye for the correct talent.
The prior staff seemed to have a knack for attracting blue chips who were busts.
Just took a look at the 2019-2021 4*'s and the couple of five stars. Underwhelming. Just a lot of didn't pan out, didn't pan out and left.
Mickey was telling kids he was going to stay at NU no matter what.
It’s always a buzz kill when players we like enter the portal. At these times I remind myself that Nebraska has been the absolute worst P5 program in the country for 5 years. It’s not the worst idea to blow the entire thing up.
never expect anyone to give a shit about what I do, was just putting out there that there's a sizable % of folks just from personal observation (completely circumstantial) who do NOT like this hire, and much less than w/ even HCSF. It's a chilly as it was with Riley. They all have/had roughly the same pedigree, same story of 'developing players'... just feels like we're being setup for more of the same mediocrity. Don't see really anything in this guy's resume which indicates he'll have any level of consistent success in the Big10, recruiting from Nebraska.
And this isn't a hysterical conversation, it's at most a business decision, NOT throwing 10K a year into what for all purposes appears to be a program destined for the same mediocrity.
Mostly, I honestly wanna know why people ARE optimistic about this hire. Other than 'he's turned around a couple programs and has a history of developing 3-Star talent). Said the same about our last two coaches. What makes Ruehl so different?
would have started with someone with a history of consistent attracting elite talent. If you counter with 'this is the best we could have done', that's honestly a great answer I could wrap my head around.
This guy's history is developing mostly 3-star players in conferences that we've all seen where that can actually work well (before they get demolished by the SEC team loaded with more talent).
Tell me which team in the Big10 has consistently won with 3-star talent. Honest question.
Then you're not paying attention or know college football.
Northwestern won the West what, twice in like three or four years with more like two start talent. Of course we wanna win the B1G, but winning the West is a start. So long as it stays for another year or so anyway.
1. Honestly, it beats the alternative of being pessimistic and miserable.
2. He has made chicken salad out of chicken shit at 2 completely different programs in different regions of the country.
3. The college football play-off is expanding to 12 teams and that's gonna change the landscape of college football. The teams that get most of the top talent are still gonna occupy the top bracket spots, but programs that can develop 3 star and low 4 star players into NFL prospects are gonna capture a lot of those at large bids. Husker fans should feel pretty good about since Rhule has a reputation as a coach that does just that.
JMO, but I just don't see the need to believe the sky is falling. Mostly because it's not.
Win some games. Get out of 2 decades of purgatory. Start going to bowls and recruiting gets a lot easier. You can recruit quite well at Nebraska. It has been done before. Just have to show we have a pulse.
Sorry, ‘won the Big 10’. Division titles notwithstanding.
Too well. I find it wild how many didn't or haven't panned out vs expectations.
To be fair, he probably thought he was till he decided to be a ****ing ass hat. (Yes I know we don't know the whole story, but my point still stands)
NU's problem has not been talent, it has been developing talent. Also, much of the 4* and up talent is no longer on the roster (14/25 kids from 2019-2021) and a good chunk of the kids were busts. So lack of development plus mediocre evaluation (at best) of recruits. It seems Frost and Co could sniff out recruiting misses like a truffle pig.
I'm willing to try a guy who has a proven record of getting kids to play above their recruiting eval.
I'm willing to try a guy who has a proven record of getting kids to play above their recruiting eval.
As I told a long time Jewish friend “it’s a good thing Jesus died for my sins because there’s no way I could be perfect like you”. 😉. I don’t think there’s enough rams for me to sacrifice to cover for my bad behavior.
