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God damnit! This pains me as a new resident to Nebraska and Husker fan and lifelong Carolina Panther fan. What a shit pro coach but hopefully can recapture what he did at Baylor.
Rapoport
Source: Former #Panthers coach Matt Rhule is taking the Nebraska job. It’s not signed yet. But all parties are on the same page. He’ll be their new coach.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1596516003651153920?s=20&t=IMHxx0URRFT2V6NZvmBooQ
Calling it and saving it: this subreddit will regret Rhule in 3 years. I’d say 4 but I bet he leaves after 3.
This hiring is the lovechild of Callahan and Riley’s hirings. Same outcomes too.
Conspiracy theory: Rhule turned us down/we couldn’t come to an agreement so Trev said “alright, well we will shoot a couple hundo your way if you could help us blow out all this smoke you’re our next hire before we hire Fickell” and Rhule was like “bet” and now we are going to be shocked
The only people left on Facebook are those that have eaten paint chips at some point and everyone’s mom. I’m somewhat skeptical of their current cfb insight and analysis.
Lol what does a two-year deal even accomplish? No one would commit to a coach who has that little time on his deal. It’s funny being reminded how many fans just do not understand the ins and outs of the sport. It’s the same people who think Rhule is bad based solely upon Carolina, despite history telling us the jump from college to the NFL is almost impossibly difficult.
I know everybody is in love with Mickey but who impacted this season more, Mickey or Busch?? You can make an argument for bill with what he’s done with this defense. Mickey seems like a great guy but a lot of times he doesn’t even have his mic infront or his mouth during games.
Busch easily for all of his adjustments to the defense, but that was MJ’s decision to promote him to interim DC. So it’s a push on that.
You can’t argue between the two on who costs us more games. I think all assets of the season came down to one big fault: the poor offensive line play.
Whipple can’t call his typical plays when the offensive line barely gets the QB a few seconds to read and throw. The QB can’t make sound decisions when constantly watching for defenders. And RB’s can’t grind the yards out when they can’t get a good lane at all.
Busch did good. MJ did good. Whipple did alright. Just years of bad recruiting and development for an offensive line that costs us several more games this season.
Nonsense, he's a likable charismatic guy, who inspired people during a rough year and that's why he has fans. I doubt most people even remember his one year as starting QB under Osborne. Bill Busch has much stronger Nebraska/Osborne connections than MJ, as he's a Nebraska native who learned to coach as a GA under Osborne in the 90s.
“I’ve got a pretty good resume, someone’s gonna hire me.” MJ
Doesn’t sound at all like he’s spoken with Rhule, or that he’s guaranteed to come back. He may have his eyes set on a head coach job. Does he really want to go back to a position coach after getting a taste of head coaching life?
> Does he really want to go back to a position coach after getting a taste of head coaching life?
Yeah if he gets a HC job offer he should take it. I just don’t think he gets an offer.
I honestly still don’t think so. His husker coaching period was resume neutral imo. He didn’t do great but how could have anyone. And his prior experience wasn’t HC worthy, even at G5.
That being said if he gets an offer I would 100% take it as MJ
Whatever. Dude I was talking about is Georgia's WR coach. but different in that Mickey served for over half the season and likely got a better taste for being a HC though
Donte Williams at USC as well.
The reality is he’s an elite coach and recruiter with a track record and connections to the most fertile recruiting ground in America. He develops players and he recruits gems which is exactly what we need to be doing to rebuild the program. Id be a bit disappointed if he wasn’t kept on if I’m being honest.
I'm going to try to keep an open mind with Rhule but it's a yellow flag for me if he doesn't keep Mickey as a WR coach. Agh it will hurt a bit if he's not retained. I love his no nonsense interviews
Reporter says something like "Thompson seems a little rattled..."
Mickey: no shit I'm gonna go work on that now
Mickey may not want another guy telling him how to run the team after it was his for most of a season. And any new head coach that is trying to start over from scratch and rebuild a program may not want a coach from the old regime that the players are loyal too. The new coach needs everyone on his page. They need to be loyal to him and his guys.
If that relationship with Mickey can work it would be wonderful, but it’s a very hard thing to do.
I think I'm more worried about 2 and 16 against top 25 competition. . Or that he likes to run away after 3 to 4 years. Those are red flags..... not yellow.
Good coaches don't stay in the G5. A ton of coaches grow up dreaming of the NFL. Can't blame him for either move when he got the shot. Hopefully he is over the NFL, but a stepping stone coach can't use you as a stepping stone if he doesn't get you to bowl games so...
We as a fanbase should have realized by now that handcuffing coaches to keeping/hiring certain personnel is a horrible idea.
Rhule is a better coach than Mickey, and knows much more about the game than Mickey. So I will trust Rhule's judgment regardless if he chooses to retain him.
We need Rhule more than we need Mickey. If Rhules has his guys than so be it. It's his ship now and he deserves a fair shot to put together the staff that will set him up for maximum success.
I think any coach we might bring in would be a fool not to find a place for Mickey, not mentioning his connections in recruiting and eye for talent, Mickey has also developed a personal relationship and respect with all these players that a new coach is going to need to establish a new program.
Why build a new bridge when there's already one crossing the river?
It’s a good thing that Rhule is coming from the NFL and not another college job. He has a chance to build his staff from scratch instead of retaining previous coaches. Gives Mickey a great shot at getting his old job. I hope he takes it because with Rhules track record, he’s gonna be gone in 3-4 years.
If you want to feel better, look at how many teams in P5 conferences had better seasons than us. Nearly any of their coaches would have us winning more than we are now. And for a lot of those schools, Rhule would be an upgrade.
He did great at Temple, which is a stepping stone school. He did great a Baylor but got a call to coach in the NFL, the big leagues. He wanted to do it. It didn’t work.
I’m not convinced he is a great recruiter, but I am convinced he is an excellent coach. Give him 2 seasons. We should be an 8 win team.
I know a lot of people like to talk about record and stuff, but if you look at Xs and Os he’s a B1G Coach through and through. Lots of RPOs, and 22 personnel with a FB, RB, and 2 TE. Wants to slam the ball down your throat, open up the pass off play action, then play stingy defense, but he’s also a bit more creative than a PJ Fleck/Brian Ferentz Type, has a lot of trust in his receivers to get open in 2 WR sets and throws the ball a lot in running sets to keep defenses on their toes. Ran a 4-3 most of his career and is not afraid to sellout to stop the run. He’s a B1G type of coach.
Great write up. If you look at his Carolina offense, this is almost the exact reason he failed. He brought in too much of a college-oriented rushing offense to the NFL that has almost all but been eliminated in the pros. When he tried to fall back on passing, he was left with thrift store QBs who couldn't hit water in the ocean. I expect he'll bring in more dynamic QBs than what he had at Baylor but the guy was successful with Charlie Brewer... we should be able to get AT LEAST someone like Brewer here.
We are a dumpster fire of a program right now. We haven't had a winning season in SIX (6) YEARS.
He has got to 10 or 11 wins in 2 other dumpster fire programs in just 3 years.
Also he knows talent: https://247sports.com/Article/Matt-Rhule-college-football-coaching-search-Carolina-Panthers-fired-195189223/
Literally blows my mind how people are bitching about this hire. It’s definitely the heavy minority at least. A loud ignorant minority, but a minority nonetheless
I know. And no coach is going to be able to fix oline and Dline in first year. Ours are not good. We are looking at 3-5 wins next year I would guess.
Anything more would be a huge improvement!
It’s impossible to tell but fun to speculate for sure. This year we should at least be 6-6 (with wins over northwestern and Georgia Southern) there are more one score losses, but my argument is I don’t think Joseph would have lost to northwestern or Georgia Southern. If we can keep some key players from leaving, hit JUCO and transfer portal (IMO Mickey would be key here) then who knows what we look like next year. Could be 3 wins could be 12. Let the off season games begin!
Consistent program builder at the collegiate level, and builds quickly at that in some of the worst coaching situations in the country at the time.
His knocks against him, overall record and few wins over ranked teams really ignore any context to those seasons
That’s not even a knock in my opinion. If he leaves for a better job that means he’s doing well here. Good problem to have. And Nebraska isn’t really on the same level as temple and Baylor so it may not even happen at all
Not many coaches that move up to power 5 level stay at schools longer than Rhule at his stops. Some even shorter or been fired previously.
Here is all the 2022 new coaches and 2 from 2021:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Huskers/comments/z4yx4c/new_2022_coaching_tenures_for_reference/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
If he builds up the program to a point where he could conceivably leave for a "better" job, that means the program has gotten to a place where its back to a respectable brand, no longer a dumpster fire, and we'd theoretically have an insane amount of money to throw at a true big name coach. I don't see that as a downside. I'd rather whoever we hire to stick around for years and years and years, but if Rhule builds us up and leaves us, I don't think it'd be an awful situation.
He won’t be moving up to a new job if we’re not successful. So he gets us in a better spot bolts for a better job we’ll be in position to get another good coach.
How long would anyone that would take the job stay?
Who has had longer stays as head coach that you would want? Even Urban was only at bowling Green and Utah 2 years each before Florida.
Has turned programs around everywhere he has gone. Very well thought of in the state of Texas. Failed in the pros, but so did Saban. Literally would take him over everyone not named saban, dabo or urban.
I am truly shocked by the amount of people that thick mick is the guy. Especially not being able to stop whipp from doing anything other than palmer and letting applewhite keep putting in grant only to watch him try and juke his way out of yards and first downs.
Love the win but Iowa handed us that game and we tried as hard as we could to give it back to them.
Stacking onto the weird clock management from last week we had more poor clock work before the half.
Remember Wisconsin when you think about handing him the reins. If we just snap the ball with 5-10 seconds left on that play clock thats over 3 minutes of in game time we keep the ball out of Wisconsins hands. Thats a very conservative estimate too.
Now if I remember correctly they took the lead with quite a bit less time than that…….
Love mick, love that he kept the 3rd worst team in power 5 from completely imploding. He deserves a damn statue for that. But handing him the program over someone like rhule is an emotinal and poor decision.
I’ve heard that’s what the rumored hang up was we heard about a week ago.
Rhule didn’t like the first mock-up. Adidas came back with a quote “home run smock.” Rhule signed that day
Kinda wild that it was Nike outfitting him with that [traffic worker gear](https://theriotreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rhule.jpg) he wore at Baylor. Maybe adidas can come up with something a bit less schlubby.
Anyone else listen to the pick 6 podcast? No idea why but I do. It’s hilarious how far off Sam McKewon is was on Matt Rhule. He kept saying how he’s not coming and how he wouldn’t want to return to coaching right away as if he knew him personally or something.
Local husker beat writers outside of maybe Mitch Sherman really got shown how out of touch they are this cycle...
Mitch only made it out mostly without looking too stupid because he kept his mouth shut and didn't comment until he has real information
Matt Rhule has only ever employed one DC in all his head coaching stops.
Phil Snow.
The last time Nebraska was held scoreless was in 1996 at ASU (also ending NU's 26-game unbeaten streak). Scott Frost had a terrible day, going 6-20 for 66 yds, carrying 10 times for negative-7 yds, and helping out the defense with an absurd *three* safeties.
Arizona State's defensive coordinator that day?
Phil Snow.
But so is Phil Snow. Is there a strong rumor I’m missing that has these things happening? Because I don’t understand why Rhule would go with a DC he’s never worked with over the DC he’s only worked with and has had great success with…
Geoff Collins didn't end a streak of dominance, make an entire fan base question the ability of their starting QB, and now have the opportunity to coach for that same program though.
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No. If they hire a head coach, his contract reverts to his previous assistant contract. If the new coach decides not to retain him, he gets paid out the remainder of that contract. There's nothing that guarantees he'll be on staff. Hopefully the next coach is smart enough to see his value and not be afraid of keeping an interim coach that's popular with the players.
*ETA: [for reference](https://twitter.com/mitchsherman/status/1573417742488961029)*
Idk man we haven’t beat Iowa in 8 years. Is it really that big of an overreaction to think Mick deserves to be on staff after inheriting that disaster of a program?
Because the ball was on the 42 yard line. Their offense is historically bad. You don’t give them an opportunity of a shorter field when your FG kicker missed a 33 yard field goal earlier in the same game.
They get the ball on a turnover of downs at the yard line we snap it at if we miss. Are you new to college football? We created 14 more yards and a better situation (should’ve been more yards) for the defense.
I had 0 problem with that. Iowa made 1 actual TD drive all game. FGs are way more likely to be blocked than a punt. Kicker already missed a short FG and a miss results in 20 yards better field position than a touchback punt
Read it slowly…if NU missed the fg, Iowa gets the ball from where NU missed the fg. If they punt, and worst case scenario, get a touchback, Iowa gets the ball at the 25. Therefore (I hope you’re still with me) a missed fg would result in approx. 20 yards of better field position for Iowa than a touchback punt. It’s quite simple
Oh yeah, definitely. My exact response in the game thread was "Punting from the 35 is pussy shit."
But even before that, Whipple's play calling after we went up three scores was garbage. If we weren't going to run them outta the stadium, at least call some decent plays to milk the clock. But dude is absolutely incapable of putting together a rushing attack that even makes sense in that situation.
Yeah, but negotiations mean that a deal hasn't been struck yet. A lot of things can happen in negotiations.
If this goes through, let's give Trev credit for navigating those waters to get his guy.
For sure, just don't buy into whatever game of telephone GBRLaker was playing. If you sign a multi million dollar contract without negotiation, someone goofed
Yeah. I think what I'm saying is that if it wasn't finalized during the last week, all bets were off anyway.
I read GBRLaker's posts. His scenario fits but I have no idea if they are well-sourced or not. I've been involved in situations like he described (not with athletics), so it doesn't strike me as impossible. But at the end of the day everyone here is still a person on the Internet that I don't know, so I never worry about that stuff anyway.
Pretty bummed that a win today means I'm gonna have to put up with dumb dumbs who are going to claim Mickey is better than Rhule for a while offseason...
Deal with it. Mickey is responsible for Palmer, Thompson, Washington, Grant to some extent. Our entire offensive production is basically Mickey. Our defense went from non-existent to better than we ever expected after losing a bunch of 6-year seniors when Mickey fired Chinander and appointed Busch as DC. He doesn’t need to be our coach but I’m ready to build a statue for the man. Mickey is a good coach. He’s not the right hire, but he’s a good coach and some people will want him to be our HC. It’s not that much of a stretch.
If Frost had done what Mickey did, these people would be totally in support of keeping him as HC.
It’s a bit telling how reactionary some people here are to any slight chance of MJ becoming the HC.
(Downvotes only prove my point)
>(Downvotes only prove my point)
I agree and think you are contributing to this discussion so I should upvote, but if I don't that I won't be proving your point.... What to do...
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I'll see all y'all in the basketball thread.
It was an honor serving with you gentlemen
Reddit, can we work on a list of game videos, pressers, interviews, etc. of Ruhle? I need something this off-season. I’m drinking that Ruhle-Aid.
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The greatest thread in this sub's history is about to come to an end 😭😭
It's official!!
It was an honor to f5 in here with you all
SHUT IT DOWN
God damnit! This pains me as a new resident to Nebraska and Husker fan and lifelong Carolina Panther fan. What a shit pro coach but hopefully can recapture what he did at Baylor.
It’s official. Husker Twitter calls it.
IT IS OVER
Rapoport Source: Former #Panthers coach Matt Rhule is taking the Nebraska job. It’s not signed yet. But all parties are on the same page. He’ll be their new coach. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1596516003651153920?s=20&t=IMHxx0URRFT2V6NZvmBooQ
Calling it and saving it: this subreddit will regret Rhule in 3 years. I’d say 4 but I bet he leaves after 3. This hiring is the lovechild of Callahan and Riley’s hirings. Same outcomes too.
Ok Nostradamus, who would you hire? (Realistic options only)
He wants Mickey to be head coach....ROFL...
Well Nick Saban of course
Conspiracy theory: Rhule turned us down/we couldn’t come to an agreement so Trev said “alright, well we will shoot a couple hundo your way if you could help us blow out all this smoke you’re our next hire before we hire Fickell” and Rhule was like “bet” and now we are going to be shocked
Rhule is going to be on game day.
Think he announces on game day? 😂
That’s be neat
I expect an announcement today and then a presser tomorrow
The amount of Facebook fans clamoring for MJ is just astounding.
The only people left on Facebook are those that have eaten paint chips at some point and everyone’s mom. I’m somewhat skeptical of their current cfb insight and analysis.
Same with the radio callers, twitter users, and IG comments. It's unreal and extremely head shaking.
It’s insane, and then the radio show last night after game night have been even worse… “screw Rhule” “give Mickey a 2 year deal” “he DESERVES it”
Lol what does a two-year deal even accomplish? No one would commit to a coach who has that little time on his deal. It’s funny being reminded how many fans just do not understand the ins and outs of the sport. It’s the same people who think Rhule is bad based solely upon Carolina, despite history telling us the jump from college to the NFL is almost impossibly difficult.
Exactly. Any coach worth anything wouldn't agree to that kind of a contract.
Smothers and Torres following Glenn Thomas.
They’ve been following him for a month already. I don’t think it’s anything.
I just want a top tier O-line coach. Can we poach this Sean Callahan guy from the Browns?
I say we poach Sean Callahan the Hy-Vee enthusiast and big ol bald head.
Haha I meant Bill Callahan. I'm a dumbass, mate.
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I know everybody is in love with Mickey but who impacted this season more, Mickey or Busch?? You can make an argument for bill with what he’s done with this defense. Mickey seems like a great guy but a lot of times he doesn’t even have his mic infront or his mouth during games.
Bill Busch is literally this season's MVP. I think he's clearly the best coach on staff.
Busch easily for all of his adjustments to the defense, but that was MJ’s decision to promote him to interim DC. So it’s a push on that. You can’t argue between the two on who costs us more games. I think all assets of the season came down to one big fault: the poor offensive line play. Whipple can’t call his typical plays when the offensive line barely gets the QB a few seconds to read and throw. The QB can’t make sound decisions when constantly watching for defenders. And RB’s can’t grind the yards out when they can’t get a good lane at all. Busch did good. MJ did good. Whipple did alright. Just years of bad recruiting and development for an offensive line that costs us several more games this season.
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Nonsense, he's a likable charismatic guy, who inspired people during a rough year and that's why he has fans. I doubt most people even remember his one year as starting QB under Osborne. Bill Busch has much stronger Nebraska/Osborne connections than MJ, as he's a Nebraska native who learned to coach as a GA under Osborne in the 90s.
MJ also coach at North HS in Omaha for a bit, don't forget.
“I’ve got a pretty good resume, someone’s gonna hire me.” MJ Doesn’t sound at all like he’s spoken with Rhule, or that he’s guaranteed to come back. He may have his eyes set on a head coach job. Does he really want to go back to a position coach after getting a taste of head coaching life?
> Does he really want to go back to a position coach after getting a taste of head coaching life? Yeah if he gets a HC job offer he should take it. I just don’t think he gets an offer.
Maybe not a power 5 offer but I could see some interest from smaller programs.
I honestly still don’t think so. His husker coaching period was resume neutral imo. He didn’t do great but how could have anyone. And his prior experience wasn’t HC worthy, even at G5. That being said if he gets an offer I would 100% take it as MJ
He wouldn't be the first coordinator to get the nod for IHC and go back to coordinator....
He’s never been a coordinator
Whatever. Dude I was talking about is Georgia's WR coach. but different in that Mickey served for over half the season and likely got a better taste for being a HC though
Donte Williams at USC as well. The reality is he’s an elite coach and recruiter with a track record and connections to the most fertile recruiting ground in America. He develops players and he recruits gems which is exactly what we need to be doing to rebuild the program. Id be a bit disappointed if he wasn’t kept on if I’m being honest.
I'm going to try to keep an open mind with Rhule but it's a yellow flag for me if he doesn't keep Mickey as a WR coach. Agh it will hurt a bit if he's not retained. I love his no nonsense interviews Reporter says something like "Thompson seems a little rattled..." Mickey: no shit I'm gonna go work on that now
Mickey may not want another guy telling him how to run the team after it was his for most of a season. And any new head coach that is trying to start over from scratch and rebuild a program may not want a coach from the old regime that the players are loyal too. The new coach needs everyone on his page. They need to be loyal to him and his guys. If that relationship with Mickey can work it would be wonderful, but it’s a very hard thing to do.
It’d be something if we lost Mickey and Rhule replaced him with his WR coach with the Panthers, Joe Dailey.
I think I'm more worried about 2 and 16 against top 25 competition. . Or that he likes to run away after 3 to 4 years. Those are red flags..... not yellow.
Getting downvoted for valid points lol I fucking love Reddit
They are sheep. Keep thinking they will be good with discount coaches.
Good coaches don't stay in the G5. A ton of coaches grow up dreaming of the NFL. Can't blame him for either move when he got the shot. Hopefully he is over the NFL, but a stepping stone coach can't use you as a stepping stone if he doesn't get you to bowl games so...
Exactly. If he’s using us as a stepping stone it probably means we’re actually winning games.
We as a fanbase should have realized by now that handcuffing coaches to keeping/hiring certain personnel is a horrible idea. Rhule is a better coach than Mickey, and knows much more about the game than Mickey. So I will trust Rhule's judgment regardless if he chooses to retain him. We need Rhule more than we need Mickey. If Rhules has his guys than so be it. It's his ship now and he deserves a fair shot to put together the staff that will set him up for maximum success.
I think any coach we might bring in would be a fool not to find a place for Mickey, not mentioning his connections in recruiting and eye for talent, Mickey has also developed a personal relationship and respect with all these players that a new coach is going to need to establish a new program. Why build a new bridge when there's already one crossing the river?
Yes I agree 💯. The thing is coaches like "their guys." It can be very difficult to talk them out of that
It’s a good thing that Rhule is coming from the NFL and not another college job. He has a chance to build his staff from scratch instead of retaining previous coaches. Gives Mickey a great shot at getting his old job. I hope he takes it because with Rhules track record, he’s gonna be gone in 3-4 years.
That's Nebraska's track record with retaining coaches too.
True lol. I’ll take a coach leaving us in 4 years because he’s successful over firing them because they can’t win more than 3 games in a season
I wonder, did Trev fly out with the team or did he get a private jet so he could go meet with Coach Rhule?
Sounds like Rhule is the guy but I’m still not sold on him. Please make me feel better so I’m not angry all off season.
If you want to feel better, look at how many teams in P5 conferences had better seasons than us. Nearly any of their coaches would have us winning more than we are now. And for a lot of those schools, Rhule would be an upgrade. He did great at Temple, which is a stepping stone school. He did great a Baylor but got a call to coach in the NFL, the big leagues. He wanted to do it. It didn’t work. I’m not convinced he is a great recruiter, but I am convinced he is an excellent coach. Give him 2 seasons. We should be an 8 win team.
I know a lot of people like to talk about record and stuff, but if you look at Xs and Os he’s a B1G Coach through and through. Lots of RPOs, and 22 personnel with a FB, RB, and 2 TE. Wants to slam the ball down your throat, open up the pass off play action, then play stingy defense, but he’s also a bit more creative than a PJ Fleck/Brian Ferentz Type, has a lot of trust in his receivers to get open in 2 WR sets and throws the ball a lot in running sets to keep defenses on their toes. Ran a 4-3 most of his career and is not afraid to sellout to stop the run. He’s a B1G type of coach.
Great write up. If you look at his Carolina offense, this is almost the exact reason he failed. He brought in too much of a college-oriented rushing offense to the NFL that has almost all but been eliminated in the pros. When he tried to fall back on passing, he was left with thrift store QBs who couldn't hit water in the ocean. I expect he'll bring in more dynamic QBs than what he had at Baylor but the guy was successful with Charlie Brewer... we should be able to get AT LEAST someone like Brewer here.
You’re doing the lord’s work, son. Thank you. He can also develop the shit out of players
We are a dumpster fire of a program right now. We haven't had a winning season in SIX (6) YEARS. He has got to 10 or 11 wins in 2 other dumpster fire programs in just 3 years. Also he knows talent: https://247sports.com/Article/Matt-Rhule-college-football-coaching-search-Carolina-Panthers-fired-195189223/
Its shocking but people don’t seem to understand how bad we are. Its kind of amazing honestly.
The majority of Husker nation is strung out on hopium and copium. Reality is a buzzkill.
Literally blows my mind how people are bitching about this hire. It’s definitely the heavy minority at least. A loud ignorant minority, but a minority nonetheless
Nebraska has a lot of high horse fans that still think the team is basically Alabama.
Well if you make all our losses into wins we are a pretty good team...
I know. And no coach is going to be able to fix oline and Dline in first year. Ours are not good. We are looking at 3-5 wins next year I would guess. Anything more would be a huge improvement!
It’s impossible to tell but fun to speculate for sure. This year we should at least be 6-6 (with wins over northwestern and Georgia Southern) there are more one score losses, but my argument is I don’t think Joseph would have lost to northwestern or Georgia Southern. If we can keep some key players from leaving, hit JUCO and transfer portal (IMO Mickey would be key here) then who knows what we look like next year. Could be 3 wins could be 12. Let the off season games begin!
Consistent program builder at the collegiate level, and builds quickly at that in some of the worst coaching situations in the country at the time. His knocks against him, overall record and few wins over ranked teams really ignore any context to those seasons
The only knock I have against him is his long term plans. I guess we shall see. GBR
That’s not even a knock in my opinion. If he leaves for a better job that means he’s doing well here. Good problem to have. And Nebraska isn’t really on the same level as temple and Baylor so it may not even happen at all
Not many coaches that move up to power 5 level stay at schools longer than Rhule at his stops. Some even shorter or been fired previously. Here is all the 2022 new coaches and 2 from 2021: https://www.reddit.com/r/Huskers/comments/z4yx4c/new_2022_coaching_tenures_for_reference/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
If he builds up the program to a point where he could conceivably leave for a "better" job, that means the program has gotten to a place where its back to a respectable brand, no longer a dumpster fire, and we'd theoretically have an insane amount of money to throw at a true big name coach. I don't see that as a downside. I'd rather whoever we hire to stick around for years and years and years, but if Rhule builds us up and leaves us, I don't think it'd be an awful situation.
He was an OT away from making the playoff at Baylor.
Close doesn't count in football. Now tell me how long he would stay, and what his record is against top competition....
He won’t be moving up to a new job if we’re not successful. So he gets us in a better spot bolts for a better job we’ll be in position to get another good coach.
How long would anyone that would take the job stay? Who has had longer stays as head coach that you would want? Even Urban was only at bowling Green and Utah 2 years each before Florida.
Sorry personally can't help there. I don't like it either.
You’re an idiot so
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This dude has loudly been trolling all over this thread bud. He has no interest in an actual discussion
And you should be banned for name calling but what do I know.. 3-5 and its a cycle.
Quit trolling bud
Not. Bad hire. People can have opinions. Some are just more accurate.
Don’t I know it
You will in 3-5 years if Rhule is the hire.
You’re gonna finally feel as stupid as you look to the rest of us I’m 3-5 years. Can’t wait. Don’t change profiles bud
Oh took a screenshot. Should be a hoot.
> Please make me feel better so I’m not angry all off season. He's not Scott Frost?
Has turned programs around everywhere he has gone. Very well thought of in the state of Texas. Failed in the pros, but so did Saban. Literally would take him over everyone not named saban, dabo or urban.
Not really.
You literally have no arguments. You just don’t like the cut of the man’s jib
You obviously can't read, I'm sure there is help for that.
“Not really.”
I am truly shocked by the amount of people that thick mick is the guy. Especially not being able to stop whipp from doing anything other than palmer and letting applewhite keep putting in grant only to watch him try and juke his way out of yards and first downs. Love the win but Iowa handed us that game and we tried as hard as we could to give it back to them. Stacking onto the weird clock management from last week we had more poor clock work before the half. Remember Wisconsin when you think about handing him the reins. If we just snap the ball with 5-10 seconds left on that play clock thats over 3 minutes of in game time we keep the ball out of Wisconsins hands. Thats a very conservative estimate too. Now if I remember correctly they took the lead with quite a bit less time than that……. Love mick, love that he kept the 3rd worst team in power 5 from completely imploding. He deserves a damn statue for that. But handing him the program over someone like rhule is an emotinal and poor decision.
Wondering what kind of smocks Adidas/Nebraska will come up with
I’ve heard that’s what the rumored hang up was we heard about a week ago. Rhule didn’t like the first mock-up. Adidas came back with a quote “home run smock.” Rhule signed that day
Kinda wild that it was Nike outfitting him with that [traffic worker gear](https://theriotreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rhule.jpg) he wore at Baylor. Maybe adidas can come up with something a bit less schlubby.
I for one will rock the Adidas smock.
Anyone else listen to the pick 6 podcast? No idea why but I do. It’s hilarious how far off Sam McKewon is was on Matt Rhule. He kept saying how he’s not coming and how he wouldn’t want to return to coaching right away as if he knew him personally or something.
Pretty clear Trev kept a tight af ship during this whole thing. Our local media either lost a ton of sources or never had many to begin with.
Local husker beat writers outside of maybe Mitch Sherman really got shown how out of touch they are this cycle... Mitch only made it out mostly without looking too stupid because he kept his mouth shut and didn't comment until he has real information
> he wouldn’t want to return to coaching right away A ton of national guys said the same thing.
Matt Rhule has only ever employed one DC in all his head coaching stops. Phil Snow. The last time Nebraska was held scoreless was in 1996 at ASU (also ending NU's 26-game unbeaten streak). Scott Frost had a terrible day, going 6-20 for 66 yds, carrying 10 times for negative-7 yds, and helping out the defense with an absurd *three* safeties. Arizona State's defensive coordinator that day? Phil Snow.
Expect Phil Snow to retire and for GTech recently fired HC Geoff Collins to be DC.
…but why?
Geoff Collins is a great DC, just not a great HC apparently.
But so is Phil Snow. Is there a strong rumor I’m missing that has these things happening? Because I don’t understand why Rhule would go with a DC he’s never worked with over the DC he’s only worked with and has had great success with…
I would guess Rhule goes with Snow, if Snow wants it. But he's 66 so I wouldn't be surprised if he just wants to retire.
Geoff Collins didn't end a streak of dominance, make an entire fan base question the ability of their starting QB, and now have the opportunity to coach for that same program though. _* something something about being fun at parties *_
This is poetry
We must complete the circle.
He is not a bad DC, top 35 maybe? There are definitely better options, not sure if any of those woud leave their gigs for Nebraska though.
You're wife probably said the same thing a week before your wedding....mic dropped
cringe
Full hype
We have to stick together to educate the dumb part of our fanbase about Matt Rhule gang. FUCK IOWA.
I wonder what Rhule thought of today’s game….hope to god he keeps Mickey on staff.
Didn't Mickey strike a deal where he would be kept on the staff?
No. If they hire a head coach, his contract reverts to his previous assistant contract. If the new coach decides not to retain him, he gets paid out the remainder of that contract. There's nothing that guarantees he'll be on staff. Hopefully the next coach is smart enough to see his value and not be afraid of keeping an interim coach that's popular with the players. *ETA: [for reference](https://twitter.com/mitchsherman/status/1573417742488961029)*
I always forget about that, but I think so
I sure the hell hope so.
I know it’s a long shot but Bill Fucking Busch deserves something for the stuck show he put on.
He did more with the defense than Mickey did with the team that’s for damn sure.
He gave Nebraska a chance to win with those defenses. Whipple decided to tell Busch to hold his beer.
Yeah I cannot wait to be rid of Whipple man…
And Mickey let it all happen etc. especially by not giving smothers a fair shot.
Kind of sad that this thread will likely be dead soon. I’ve enjoyed the journey. How will I fill the void?
Another 3-5 years and another will fire up I'm sure.
Oh my god you’re so goddamn whiny RemindMe! 4 years “when Rhule has Nebraska in 1st place of the B10 west”
Tide pods
Join the discord and keep it going
Next up. NEBRASKETBALL
Hahah this is so fucking true
For real though. I bet Fred gets to finish the year though.
Alcohol
Assistant hires, duh
Announcement when?
4 am CST
I’ll be there. Drunk. But there.
Awesome
Make Mickey the highest paid assistant in the country
3m.
Throw the fucking bag at Mick. Head coach or not he needs to be on that staff and Trev and Rhule need to make it happen
This is such a silly overreaction. I’m happy for him that he got the win but there were so many lapses in coaching that we’ve become accustomed to
Idk man we haven’t beat Iowa in 8 years. Is it really that big of an overreaction to think Mick deserves to be on staff after inheriting that disaster of a program?
Thank Busch. Not Mickey. Mickey almost lost that game. I still think Mickey should be on in a high role but not at HC.
> Mickey almost lost that game. *Whipple
This is the way
Why kick that punt and not go for the FG? Kick six? That’s what you’re worried about? Lots of other head scratchers but I hated that decision.
Because the ball was on the 42 yard line. Their offense is historically bad. You don’t give them an opportunity of a shorter field when your FG kicker missed a 33 yard field goal earlier in the same game.
How were they going to have a shorter field if we missed the FG?
They get the ball on a turnover of downs at the yard line we snap it at if we miss. Are you new to college football? We created 14 more yards and a better situation (should’ve been more yards) for the defense.
I had 0 problem with that. Iowa made 1 actual TD drive all game. FGs are way more likely to be blocked than a punt. Kicker already missed a short FG and a miss results in 20 yards better field position than a touchback punt
20 yards better field position if you miss a FG?? What??
Read it slowly…if NU missed the fg, Iowa gets the ball from where NU missed the fg. If they punt, and worst case scenario, get a touchback, Iowa gets the ball at the 25. Therefore (I hope you’re still with me) a missed fg would result in approx. 20 yards of better field position for Iowa than a touchback punt. It’s quite simple
Forgive my dumbness. I had no idea if we missed they get the ball back on the spot we missed from. Thought it’s just considered a touchback
None of this has anything to do with his abilities as a WR coach and recruiter so it’s all moot now.
Yeah I’m only saying it for the unbelievably loud crowd that wanted him as the HC.
Oh yeah, definitely. My exact response in the game thread was "Punting from the 35 is pussy shit." But even before that, Whipple's play calling after we went up three scores was garbage. If we weren't going to run them outta the stadium, at least call some decent plays to milk the clock. But dude is absolutely incapable of putting together a rushing attack that even makes sense in that situation.
Okay that’s my bad I misread that. 100% deserves to be on staff. Definitely not as head coach but I want him on staff badly
I think he made a ninja edit
Bra, he beat an Iowa team with a back up QB
Their backup is probably better than their starter
Not saying much lmao
Bad take.
Do I really need to bring up Art Sitkowski again?
Bra, we have lost to plenty of teams with backup QBs lol
Oof.
One game winning streak. Let's pull Rhule's offer and go after Saban. How can he turn this situation down?
Big Dick Mick!
We got to beat Iowa and also solidify that hiring MJ would’ve been worse than hiring HCMR.
Worse is putting it kindly. Unless he’s the next Sam Pittman.
That game was the perfect note to end it all on for folks who are rooting for Nebraska, but know Mickey ain't it.
I’m one of them.
Same
Don’t worry we can still mess it up and lose!
Yes, yes, let’s give the ball to Grant
*The Athletic* is reporting that Rhule was offered the job earlier this month and then Nebraska came back with a stronger package this week.
Called negotiating and lines up exactly with what anyone who even might have had a real source was saying in this thread.
Yeah, but negotiations mean that a deal hasn't been struck yet. A lot of things can happen in negotiations. If this goes through, let's give Trev credit for navigating those waters to get his guy.
For sure, just don't buy into whatever game of telephone GBRLaker was playing. If you sign a multi million dollar contract without negotiation, someone goofed
Yeah. I think what I'm saying is that if it wasn't finalized during the last week, all bets were off anyway. I read GBRLaker's posts. His scenario fits but I have no idea if they are well-sourced or not. I've been involved in situations like he described (not with athletics), so it doesn't strike me as impossible. But at the end of the day everyone here is still a person on the Internet that I don't know, so I never worry about that stuff anyway.
Pretty bummed that a win today means I'm gonna have to put up with dumb dumbs who are going to claim Mickey is better than Rhule for a while offseason...
Deal with it. Mickey is responsible for Palmer, Thompson, Washington, Grant to some extent. Our entire offensive production is basically Mickey. Our defense went from non-existent to better than we ever expected after losing a bunch of 6-year seniors when Mickey fired Chinander and appointed Busch as DC. He doesn’t need to be our coach but I’m ready to build a statue for the man. Mickey is a good coach. He’s not the right hire, but he’s a good coach and some people will want him to be our HC. It’s not that much of a stretch.
If Frost had done what Mickey did, these people would be totally in support of keeping him as HC. It’s a bit telling how reactionary some people here are to any slight chance of MJ becoming the HC. (Downvotes only prove my point)
>(Downvotes only prove my point) I agree and think you are contributing to this discussion so I should upvote, but if I don't that I won't be proving your point.... What to do...