Time will tell but the new coach who is wildly successful with portal transfers deal has been done already. What is much more difficult is sustaining that success. Bringing 15 guys and a bunch of starters with him from James Madison is a one time deal.
I think people would have been worried about his age but would have loved his no-nonsense attitude and the fact he doesn't seem to like to waste time talking. Intelligent people would listen to see how his action plan would match up with the current reality of the game...in counter to Rhule who just says what he thinks corn-fed brains want to hear. The fact he and clueless Trev thought it was smart to go back to being "Development U" right as NIL, free transfers and the no commitment era was beginning is just mind-boggling. Development is the best option if you can #1: Actually Develop #2: Pay to keep guys. The days of manipulating young kids to stay is over...they will go to the places that pay the best. I guarantee Rhule will fall back on the evil nature of NIL and transfer portal, while he has jumped time and time again for more money, and will complain about the lack of "development" and he wants to "do it the right way", while embezzling 80 million by 2032.
The AD would have been tarred and feathered for hiring Cignetti.
I will say in his case he has a long history of winning at every stop.
I'm still not sold on Deion. Sure, they have improved but they rely heavily on a few key players. Also, I think their schedule makes them appear better than they really are.
Deion had a very clearly articulated plan and he's following it closely
It sounds like next time we should consider hiring a coach from one of the powerhouse Dakotas programs so he can bring his staff and roster with him.
I doubt that would ever happen. There's too much of a need for a "wow" hire. It would take a ballsy AD to make such a hire. But I've been saying that for years. Who gives a sh*t is you "win the press conference" or what the "boosters of substance" are asking for?
He needs to get here. Don’t blow your load with your contract but incentivize winning like crazy.
Urban was not available and we could not get K states coach if we wanted to people would not be super impressed with Chadwell either. Fans weren’t gonna be happy if we had gotten a coordinator.. it’s a damn near impossible situation
You seem pissed all the time and we are still losing.... What gives......
IDK if this is sarcasm but Rhule "won" in year 3...meaning he still lost 4 games..but anyway..he won by playing young guys in year 1 and 2 and getting crushed. By year 3 he was playing with experience and won against worse teams but still got beat by ranked teams. At NU he played the upperclassman and hasn't built depth...this 5-7 team is the most veteran team in the big 10 and he isn't getting young guys experience...so year 3 is going to be more like year 1.
I’d throw William Munny’s dead wife in the mix as well as Helen Wick.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The schools you listed all have/had legendary to some extent, head coaches. That is the common denominator.
Yep, those are some solid picks. Even Fickell I think will prove to be a better hire than Rhule in terms of wins and losses. But….we have what we have and it ain’t changing anytime soon. Just hope we can play in bowl games.
Yeah it’s safe to say Cignetti executes a little better than Deion. One team we controlled and the other gave us a humiliating, demoralizing beating that has catapulted the Huskers back to being the laughingstock of CFB and people are gonna get fired.
Agree giving such a long contract when nothing has been proven yet on the field is a bit ludicrous, but you have to give a head coach no less a 5 year contract…
I have my doubts about Chadwell or any group of five coach after the Frost debacle. The thing that intrigues me is that we could have an “identity” again with an offense that modernizes the concepts of old. Rhule talked about how we were going to be a downhill, physical running team with fullbacks. The reality hasn’t even been close to that.
What are you talking about? Riley coached Oregon St twice 1997-1998 was 8-14
