We have pumped an enormous amount of money to make a baby step

[Landomatic]

Let’s look at the top candidates trev supposedly looked at , fickell losing season, LL losing season, Chris kliman struggling 7-8 wins I believe, don’t say Dion he would have been a bad fit here, what I’m saying is nobody is having a great year

You left off Urban. I guess we'll never know what happened there, but given that he was very publicly campaigning for the job, I'll never be convinced we couldn't have had him if we really wanted him.

And Deion would have been a bad fit for who? What does this even mean? There's not a single thing he's done at sCUm that isn't an upgrade to what we got. In some cases, HUGE upgrades. That would have fit just fine.

I do agree with you on the rest. Some of them might be better Xs and Os guys, but I don't think they were moving the needle over Rhule.

Why should it be limited to what Trev looked at? Trev is a dipshit.

And then there's this^ which can't be overstated enough.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

Rhule isn’t going anywhere. For better or for worse we are stuck with him.

Get some help in the transfer portal. On to next year.

 

[NikkiSixx]

What is it about the program he is running that you see short term gains and not long term growth?

It certainly can't be wins.

In year one, it was all about running the ball. Do you remember all the fullback talk?

We were told that he was going to bring us back to our roots.

Then he gets Raiola in December '23.. and everything starts changing. Their entire offensive approach changes to cater to this Freshman. Satt had no problems with this, as that guy doesn't like running the football anyway. I'm not sure what Rhule was thinking during the first year, as his OC was not congruent with what he was telling the fans back then.

Now he has some shiny new object and he's off chasing that.. I guess we became a pro style offense? I am not sure what you call it in the first part of year 2.

Then he brings in DH.. who basically runs an Air Raid type of offense.

So, I guess we are going to be geared towards that now?

The word is, Raiola won't transfer.. but what if something like that did happen?

Now you have an identity based on 1 guy who is no longer in the program.

There is no sustainability with that.

It's not sustainable to have a pass happy offense in Nebraska. You can get there, yes.. but not at the highest levels, and you can't maintain that. We don't have the recruiting pools to do that.

What made Nebraska great was the dedication to the run game, teaching big farm kids how to block and getting the best Running Backs in the country. That was sustainable.

Anyway, Rhule has yet to establish any kind of offensive identity by the end of year two. And that tells me he doesn't have any plan. He's just going after whatever new shiny object he can get and then trying to make the best of it. Heck you could pay a lot of people to go about it that way for a lot less money.

 

[Landomatic]

Rhule isn’t going anywhere. For better or for worse we are stuck with him.

Get some help in the transfer portal. On to next year.

Yep. I hate all the "next year is the year" talk and "winning the offseason" as much as anybody, but it really is as simple as what you said. Wash, rinse, repeat

 

[StoneTempleHusker]

In year one, it was all about running the ball. Do you remember all the fullback talk?

We were told that he was going to bring us back to our roots.

Then he gets Raiola in December '23.. and everything starts changing. Their entire offensive approach changes to cater to this Freshman. Satt had no problems with this, as that guy doesn't like running the football anyway. I'm not sure what Rhule was thinking during the first year, as his OC was not congruent with what he was telling the fans back then.

Now he has some shiny new object and he's off chasing that.. I guess we became a pro style offense? I am not sure what you call it in the first part of year 2.

Then he brings in DH.. who basically runs an Air Raid type of offense.

So, I guess we are going to be geared towards that now?

The word is, Raiola won't transfer.. but what if something like that did happen?

Now you have an identity based on 1 guy who is no longer in the program.

There is no sustainability with that.

It's not sustainable to have a pass happy offense in Nebraska. You can get there, yes.. but not at the highest levels, and you can't maintain that. We don't have the recruiting pools to do that.

What made Nebraska great was the dedication to the run game, teaching big farm kids how to block and getting the best Running Backs in the country. That was sustainable.

Anyway, Rhule has yet to establish any kind of offensive identity by the end of year two. And that tells me he doesn't have any plan. He's just going after whatever new shiny object he can get and then trying to make the best of it. Heck you could pay a lot of people to go about it that way for a lot less money.

So rumors and innuendo is what controls all your thoughts about the Husker football program.

Amazing.

 

[NikkiSixx]

So rumors and innuendo is what controls all your thoughts about the Husker football program.

Amazing.

huh? what rumors and what innuendo are you talking about?

 

[Pennsyhusker]

Yep. I hate all the "next year is the year" talk and "winning the offseason" as much as anybody, but it really is as simple as what you said. Wash, rinse, repeat

I fear it will indeed be wash, rinse, repeat. In year 2 all the same issues were there. We were able to claw out one more win than last year thanks to a truly awful Wisconsin team. But in reality there was zero progress. The blow out loss to Indiana was inexcusable, and losing to Iowa after outplaying them the whole game is just one more indication that no progress has been made.

We will again have a good offseason. We will sign a good class of recruits. We will no doubt sign some decent transfer portal guys. But maybe not many given the new 105 roster limits. Hopefully we keep Holgorsen. But if all the other coaches return then we will most likely be, once again, the most talented 6-6 team in America.

But what the heck. It is just a game and hope springs eternal. Here’s hoping Rhule turns this around.

 

[NikkiSixx]

I fear it will indeed be wash, rinse, repeat. In year 2 all the same issues were there. We were able to claw out one more win than last year thanks to a truly awful Wisconsin team. But in reality there was zero progress. The blow out loss to Indiana was inexcusable, and losing to Iowa after outplaying them the whole game is just one more indication that no progress has been made.

We will again have a good offseason. We will sign a good class of recruits. We will no doubt sign some decent transfer portal guys. But maybe not many given the new 105 roster limits. Hopefully we keep Holgorsen. But if all the other coaches return then we will most likely be, once again, the most talented 6-6 team in America.

But what the heck. It is just a game and hope springs eternal. Here’s hoping Rhule turns this around.

yeah, I think people just want to be positive looking forward.. totally get that. I hope we get more action and accountability and less words in 25.