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Absolutely, Ty and you can even throw Nash in there make anyone look good. I'll just always argue continuity is better. Go look at who we replaced Butler and Princewill with in the portal from my post above. No one can tell me we got the better end of the deal in the DL portal.
We replaced with them with 2 guys who were cheaper by 7 figures. I assume that allowed us to afford Nwaneri.
Yeah, in a vacuum it would have been better to keep Butler and Princewill, but have to look at the whole picture. Would keeping those guys mean that we can’t afford Hunter and Key?
Ty and Nash were definitely good players for us, but it’s crazy to think the best accolades they got were 3rd team BIG and honorable mention BIG. Rhule needs to do a better job recruiting and developing the lines. Our skill players are there, but the line play is middle of the pack BIG.
hey herbie, it’s Sunday,, make sure to wash yore backside extra today thanks GBR !
Middle of the pack is wayy too generous.
I would say we closer to the bottom to the top for sure. I doubt Rhule ever gets us in the top 4-5 teams of the BIG.
I think much of it depends on what happens with the top teams. Do coaches like Day, Lanning, Cignetti and Franklin stick around or do they bolt for other jobs?
He would need to have similar NIL too which it seems like we don’t have.
If he were to get an NFL offer, he'd listen. He and his family went through a lot of shit post-Michigan loss prior to their national title run. His family had death threats and he was outspoken about the impact it had on his mental health.
When your family is getting death threats because you lost to Michigan, I'd say that is a hell of reason to rethink your career prospects.
Wasn’t it Rhule and Butler that made the adjustments in the Rutgers game last year?
I mean this respectfully... so we let two guys go, one of which was a starter, that produced for us so we could free up money to grab Nwaneri who had 2 tackles and a sack for Mizzou? If that's who we are freeing up money for God help us.
Here's my thing though... keep the guys you recruited. If we recruit Princewill (Freshman AA) and James Williams (leading returning sack man) and then we just let them leave and tell people they weren't that good, we will always be starting over. My entire point is that we need to recruit guys that want to be here and keep them, it will ALWAYS be cheaper. I'll scream this to anyone that is willing to listen, 1890 stated to me how lucky we were that Robinson and Nash didn't dip their toes in the portal because we couldn't have afforded to keep them. We don't have the money t be a portal team if a conference championship, CFP, or even 9/10 wins is our goal. We have to be a development team and keep players in Lincoln.
It will always be true that the majority of the best players in college football never end up in the transfer portal, so I agree 100%
Good thing being a head coach in the NFL is so pressure-free.
