We hired Rhule to do a full rebuild

[BrighteRed24]

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Maryland scored every point of our turnovers. I am mostly talking about the turnovers. And I agree weed need more than just a QB. And the mindset it’s the hardest job Rhule has .

Nebraska scored its 10 points off Maryland turnovers. Additionally Maryland fumbled 2 yards from the end zone. There is a 17 point positive swing for the Huskers from turnovers that game. Bottom line is we found ways to lose that game

 

[dinglefritz]

I've been watching college football for over 50 years. If a coach is good, it will show itself right away.

Their DC is a damned good coach.

 

[pascal]

Their DC is a damned good coach.

NU's?
Yes, he is. No 'maybe someday' nonsense. It is apparent he is good right now.

 

[JDCasson02]

We need more than a QB. In fact QB had nothing to do with yesterday’s loss.

The loss came from piss poor clock management from our coaches, horrific special teams play, 5+ plays where our defense had a missed tackle that turned a large tackle for loss into a big Wisconsin gain and an overall team that just has a complete inability to make key plays at the most pivotal moment in games.

We need so much more than one quarterback

Yeah I’m betting if we had more than 14 points we would have done better. But we couldn’t manage a drive to save ourselves for most of the game. That’s a little thing called poor execution. Can’t move the ball but it’s a coach thing and not a QB or other player thing. Yeah. Typical. Doesn’t matter who is on the field or who the coach is. Execute and score points, play good defense and win a lot of games. Don’t execute and don’t score points, you lose. Nick Saban could be on the sideline but if the players don’t execute the plays they don’t win. It’s year fricking 1 of a new and complete overhaul. Be upset, we all are. Act like spoiled kids being told no, come on.

 

[JDCasson02]

I've been watching college football for over 50 years. If a coach is good, it will show itself right away.

I don’t always drink beer, but when I do I drink Dos Equis.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

The pre-transfer talent misevaluation of Sims is a bad sign about this staff if you ask me.

 

[1Ramsker3]

The pre-transfer talent misevaluation of Sims is a bad sign about this staff if you ask me.

I don't think they had a ton of choices but I agree.

Just have to remember that just because they are in the portal doesn't mean they want to come to Nebraska. $$$ can help fix that problem but their is risk involved...ie $$$ wasn't well spent on Sims etc...

 

[huskerfan66]

Reality is that if Nebraska kicked a FG to tie with a minute remaining and Wisconsin kicked the game Winning FG on their next possession everyone would be bitching about how Rhule left too much time on the clock. Wisconsin had timeouts left too.

When all the opposing team needs is a FG to win the game, you can’t leave time on the clock and risk it. If they needed a TD different story.

Like we did this year losing by game winning fg

 

[Pennsyhusker]

I don't think they had a ton of choices but I agree.

Just have to remember that just because they are in the portal doesn't mean they want to come to Nebraska. $$$ can help fix that problem but their is risk involved...ie $$$ wasn't well spent on Sims etc...

Other teams not named Nebraska seem to find decent transfer quarterbacks. We never do.

 

[8990]

That end game plan does not make any sense, and until someone explains it other than 'well, people got mad last week when we threw it and got it picked off', it remains the most concerning thing to me.

If there is even an appearance of not trying to win, accurate or not, he will lose the fans. And the sellout streak. Fast.

 

[pascal]

His team plays Nebraska on Friday..

Once again, no cognizant argument......accuse them of being Iowa fan.
That is so original.
I am not nearly as obsessed with Iowa as most of you are. Iowa, the state, the football program, piques no fascination from me.

 

[Landomatic]

I don't think they had a ton of choices but I agree.

Just have to remember that just because they are in the portal doesn't mean they want to come to Nebraska. $$$ can help fix that problem but their is risk involved...ie $$$ wasn't well spent on Sims etc...

I don't know, man. I look at this list and have a hard time believing that. I don't know the exact scenario of each player/team...I'm sure there were a couple teams that would have clearly seemed like better options to the player than us. And a couple players who were only going to one place because they followed a coach. But even without including those, I don't see a bunch of teams that were such clear better choices that nobody better than Sims could have possibly been an option. Hell, Wisconsin (very similar scenario to us - new coach, same conference, etc) got TWO who were ranked higher than Sims.

 

[BrighteRed24]

Yeah I’m betting if we had more than 14 points we would have done better. But we couldn’t manage a drive to save ourselves for most of the game. That’s a little thing called poor execution. Can’t move the ball but it’s a coach thing and not a QB or other player thing. Yeah. Typical. Doesn’t matter who is on the field or who the coach is. Execute and score points, play good defense and win a lot of games. Don’t execute and don’t score points, you lose. Nick Saban could be on the sideline but if the players don’t execute the plays they don’t win. It’s year fricking 1 of a new and complete overhaul. Be upset, we all are. Act like spoiled kids being told no, come on.

If I question something about the program, I’m a spoiled kid? Come on, don’t be a sheep

So many fans think if we just had a better QB then we automatically win 3 more games this year and next year we are good to go. That’s not necessarily true. Had our offense had more success in our losses the other team would have played the game much differently then they did. The only game that we lost where we were dominant was MN. We could have won other games but we were not dominant in those games by any stretch.

Saturday night we were a team that couldn’t handle the pressure of success. Started up 14-0, things are going well, no stupid turnovers, etc. Then all of a sudden we miss a 4th and 1, Buschini chokes big time, Alvano misses a straight on fg and our defense misses out on close to 10 chances for tackles for losses that turn into positive sometimes large gains for Wisconsin, false starts on the o line, piss poor clock management. All of this happens after a perfect start to the game. My point is that there is a pressure involved with sustaining success. Our program is the worst power 5 program in the country at handling this type of pressure.

That is why you can’t just say we automatically win 3-4 more games this year simply with better QB play. Our guys play different with a lead and with the pressure that comes with expectations. They are abysmal in those situations more times than not

 

[ckriley]

I've been watching college football for over 50 years. If a coach is good, it will show itself right away.

WE HAVE A WINNER! (This post. Not the coach.)

 

[WHCSC]

WE HAVE A WINNER! (This post. Not the coach.)

How did Saban show he was a good coach right away while at Michigan State?

 

[Harry Caray]

How did Saban show he was a good coach right away while at Michigan State?

He took over a program that had just been hit by NCAA sanctions and hadn't had a winning season in 5 years, and took them to a bowl in Year One. He also upset a Michigan team ranked #7 in the nation at the time.

 

[pascal]

Other teams not named Nebraska seem to find decent transfer quarterbacks. We never do.

Wrong!!
What about Vince Ferragamo?

 

[pascal]

If I question something about the program, I’m a spoiled kid? Come on, don’t be a sheep

So many fans think if we just had a better QB then we automatically win 3 more games this year and next year we are good to go. That’s not necessarily true. Had our offense had more success in our losses the other team would have played the game much differently then they did. The only game that we lost where we were dominant was MN. We could have won other games but we were not dominant in those games by any stretch.

Saturday night we were a team that couldn’t handle the pressure of success. Started up 14-0, things are going well, no stupid turnovers, etc. Then all of a sudden we miss a 4th and 1, Buschini chokes big time, Alvano misses a straight on fg and our defense misses out on close to 10 chances for tackles for losses that turn into positive sometimes large gains for Wisconsin, false starts on the o line, piss poor clock management. All of this happens after a perfect start to the game. My point is that there is a pressure involved with sustaining success. Our program is the worst power 5 program in the country at handling this type of pressure.

That is why you can’t just say we automatically win 3-4 more games this year simply with better QB play. Our guys play different with a lead and with the pressure that comes with expectations. They are abysmal in those situations more times than not

When we were up by 14 right away, this section in my rotten brain kept haunting me with 'too much, too soon, too easy, they're gonna get fat and happy, and lose.
Being a Nebraska fan is freaking stressful.
That Northwestern game a few years ago was a real outlier.

 

[thall__]

Next year it will be:

“Years 3 & 4 tell the tale”

the improvement will be marginal and fans will say something to the effect of "Rhule overachieved in year 1, everyone knows he goes 7-6 his 2nd year"

 

[61bigredfan]

I've been watching college football for over 50 years. If a coach is good, it will show itself right away.

Good point. You lose your starting and best player on O. Top 3 WRs, half your OL and top 2 RBs, and you still win more games in your 1st year than the last crew.

 

[EmormousDouchebag]

He took over a program that had just been hit by NCAA sanctions and hadn't had a winning season in 5 years, and took them to a bowl in Year One. He also upset a Michigan team ranked #7 in the nation at the time.

Bit of a

that was.

 

[oldjar07]

He took over a program that had just been hit by NCAA sanctions and hadn't had a winning season in 5 years, and took them to a bowl in Year One. He also upset a Michigan team ranked #7 in the nation at the time.

He also didn't have the benefit of the transfer portal.

 

[ShevinWiggins]

He also didn't have the benefit of the transfer portal.

I bet there is a pretty strong correlation between the number of times the phrase “full rebuild” appears on a teams message board and how shitty that team is performing under a new coach

 

[headcard]

I bet there is a pretty strong correlation between the number of times the phrase “full rebuild” appears on a teams message board and how shitty that team is performing under a new coach

I would love to see info on that correlation, thanks.

 

[WHCSC]

He took over a program that had just been hit by NCAA sanctions and hadn't had a winning season in 5 years, and took them to a bowl in Year One. He also upset a Michigan team ranked #7 in the nation at the time.

Well there goes that argument 😬

 

[headcard]

Next year it will be:

“Years 3 & 4 tell the tale”

Which is actually true.

You have, yourself, stated that it's year three when you know what you have in a coach. But now you can tell after one game, right?

 

[headcard]

Well there goes that argument 😬

I guess. Saban also went 6-6 his first year at Alabama, lost his last 4, and lost to Louisianna-Monroe. The idea that a coach has completely built a team, by game 1 of his first season is just stupid.

 

[WHCSC]

"Fuller Rebuild"

 

[pascal]

This isn't a rebuild, not a full rebuild, but a massive, otherworldly, super rebuild. This kind of 'analysis' just keeps getting junkier.
99 percent of coaching hires are not rebuilds, they are just guys doing the same thing worse or better than the last guy.

 

[BetterRed]

Reality is that if Nebraska kicked a FG to tie with a minute remaining and Wisconsin kicked the game Winning FG on their next possession everyone would be bitching about how Rhule left too much time on the clock. Wisconsin had timeouts left too.

When all the opposing team needs is a FG to win the game, you can’t leave time on the clock and risk it. If they needed a TD different story.

You play to win the game!!! Nebraska had the ball deep inside Wisky territory with enough time to make an effort for the end zones and they had momentum. Why you let the clock continue to run while doing nothing is mind boggling.

 

[Harry Caray]

I guess. Saban also went 6-6 his first year at Alabama, lost his last 4, and lost to Louisianna-Monroe. The idea that a coach has completely built a team, by game 1 of his first season is just stupid.

He went 7-6 and beat multiple Top 20 teams. He had one bad loss but was competitive against every team on the schedule, only losing by one score to the final #1 and #2 teams in the country in LSU and Georgia. So I'd say he showed he was a good coach right away.

At least compared to Rhule crapping the bed against the easiest schedule in program history this year.

 

[headcard]

He went 7-6 and beat multiple Top 20 teams. He had one bad loss but was competitive against every team on the schedule, only losing by one score to the final #1 and #2 teams in the country in LSU and Georgia. So I'd say he showed he was a good coach right away.

At least compared to Rhule crapping the bed against the easiest schedule in program history this year.

Of course, he was a good coach. He had already proven that at multiple stops. He also had a team with unbelievable talent and still lost six games. And you know posters here would have thrown a bitch fit and demanded he was fired after year one.

 

[kbowe1sat]

He needs to rebuild his brain

BS, Grow up !

 

[thall__]

conveniently pretending Wisconsin doesn't also have a 1st year coach.

"muh rebuild" is not an excuse for losing that game. that was poor coaching that lost it at the end.

 

[headcard]

conveniently pretending Wisconsin doesn't also have a 1st year coach.

"muh rebuild" is not an excuse for losing that game. that was poor coaching that lost it at the end.

Wisconsin that sits at 6-5 after being a pre-season Top 25 team and picked to win the division? So is Fickel a bad coach or are first years hard? Or does that sort of stuff only apply Rhule?

 

[thall__]

Wisconsin that sits at 6-5 after being a pre-season Top 25 team and picked to win the division? So is Fickel a bad coach or are first years hard? Or does that sort of stuff only apply Rhule?

yeah it was silly when people were predicting them to have a 10 or 11 win season.

i do think Fickell is overrated when they put him in the same category as other playoff perennials. his average record in the G5 was 9-3, and winning in the B1G is a much bigger ask than winning in the G5. i thought he'd be a slightly better PJ Fleck, who had similar success in the G5.

 

[nostromo78]

Wisconsin that sits at 6-5 after being a pre-season Top 25 team and picked to win the division? So is Fickel a bad coach or are first years hard? Or does that sort of stuff only apply Rhule?

Agreed. They also were a very solid team last year, brought in a much better QB than we did, and have been to bowls for 21 years straight. NU, not so much. cant compare the 2 teams.

 

[headcard]

Agreed. They also were a very solid team last year, brought in a much better QB than we did, and have been to bowls for 21 years straight. NU, not so much. cant compare the 2 teams.

Getting back Allen and Mordeci back from injury was also big for them. Allen really gutted it out and was a sledgehammer for them.

 

[pascal]

Good point. You lose your starting and best player on O. Top 3 WRs, half your OL and top 2 RBs, and you still win more games in your 1st year than the last crew.

Rhule is a good coach. Bo was a good coach. The ceiling is what always worries me.

 

[cubsker]

BS, Grow up !

He's given away 3 of his first 11 games here, making mistakes a 10 year old playing madden doesn't make, and then he blamed the fans for his terrible decisions Sat night.