Rhule definitely has looked tight on the sideline. The little bit I saw him yesterday he looked more relaxed. He’s been under tremendous pressure since that Illinois loss really. Indiana ramped it up even more.
Where has this offense been?
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But, I still say, had NU beaten Illinois and had 6 wins back then, Satt still would have been calling plays yesterday. Rhules one and only objective was to win 6 and be bowl eligible.
6 wins was the elephant in the room but Rhule hinted at bigger goals when we were at 5-0. I think you’re maybe right about Satt still being the play caller but Rhule was publicly frustrated by Satt’s play calling after the Illinois game. Even IF we beat Illinois, the 44 passes against Indiana I believe convinced Rhule that we HAD to make a change.
As a fan, I feel much more relaxed going into the Iowa game Friday. Unfortunately, I expect the team to feel the same way.
I think the offense will be operating with confidence. I imagine Dana is telling them Iowa is an opportunistic defense that lives on turnovers and tipped balls that are intercepted. I bet he is lecturing the receiving corp to get that ball in hand and pull it in. We don't want to resort to the things that have plagued us in the past. Time for another step forward offensively.
I'm afraid that senior laden defense will feel like the mission has already been accomplished. Too bad they gave up 400+ yards to a poor Wiscy O.
Prediction: Haarberg ran the ball 2 times against USC and 6 times vs. Wiscy. After one or two carries by HH, he will take off to the right, and pull up and throw a pass to a wide open receiver for a long gain or a touchdown. He just has to handle that ball the same as when he's gonna run it in order to suck that safety in on run support. The first time NU runs that the pressbox will be watching to see what the secondary does, then the 2nd time, HH will throw it. Maybe, maybe not.
You’re kind of full of sh## too. Rhule’s poor choices got us in the trouble. Matt hired a child with no experience to run one of the most difficult spots on the field @ WR, which has cost us many wins. Matt hired one of the worst offensive coaching staffs I’ve ever seen. At least Matt was smart enough to fix it vs dying on the hill.
The worst thing about you, and you’ve been wrong many many years about prior coaches, and many times you’ve done victory laps prematurely. you’ve never learned to tap the breaks. Now you and Kong are opposite sides of the spectrum. Truth is it’s somewhere in the middle. This staff still needs helps. DH is just the start. A big start but we still need work. Remember Iowa put 42 on Wiscy.. this isn’t Watt brothers style Badger D. Don’t want to take away from progress at all. It’s great to see but I guarantee you that DH knows massive work needs to be done. That starts in a few weeks with installing DH’s offense during bowl practices. Then it goes on to make upgrades at coaches, primarily @ WR. The progress we’ve seen with Banks is due to DH, not skippy.
Rhule needs to stay away from play calling and help out on O-Line and become a CEO type of coach and allow DH to run the offense. Is he humble enough to do that? God let’s hope so because he could be a great man for the job here.
You are a company man. A yes man. And that’s ok, we need half glass full people too
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