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Dec 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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  1. Seaofred92 Seaofred92


We found our Pete Golding

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Yes. Yes this is our king.
 
Fans are fickle bitches.

You bring your whole staff from your last stop, you're just getting your boys paid

If you hire old coaches the game has passed them by and they can't win in the new era of football

If you hire up and comers they're too green for this level of job

You hire high paid mercenaries, they aren't invested in the long term project and just looking for their next gig

You avoid buddy hires, the staff lacks chemistry and can't work together

You hire a 3 man front guy, not enough beef on the line.

Hire a 4 man front guy Nebraska can't recruit traditional edge rushers

Play 3 safeties, we have tweeners who can't stop the run

Your nose is 6'4" 330 he can't get leverage

Your nose is 5'10" 290 he's too small

Play 3 linebackers and you aren't athletic enough

Fans will always want something different as long as Nebraska isn't winning at a high level
This is awesome and accurate.
 
SDSU's top 2 recruits in 2026 were both high 3* edge players. Then 2 DL mid-3* guys that look Polynesian and have some size. I'll always be alright gambling on large Polynesians to solve DL deficiencies.
  • Alijah Lash, Eaton (Haslet, TX)
    Edge
    6-2 / 225
    87
  • Robby Lavata'i, Curtis Senior (Tacoma, WA)
    Edge
    6-5 / 220
    87
  • Roman Paseka, San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano, CA)
    DL
    6-4 / 275
    85
  • Koi Taiese, McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
    DL
    6-3 / 295
    84
 
I can just hear Daen......right now "This is a tremendous hire and Rhule is doing what he needs to do to get a young motivating coach." Three years later if he fails "Yeah, the writing was on the wall when he was hired and I had my doubts the whole time when hiring a guy with that little experience."
 


We found our Pete Golding

Spent more than a few nights tossing them back at Grandma's. Even buzzed up to Duluth with a buddy from St. Paul one fine NYE knowing there'd be overpoured cougars looking for fit younger breeding stock. We were correct. Did not encounter any future DC's that I recall, but I'd been knocking a few back myself that evening. C'est la vie.
 
80% of this board would have been furious if Nebraska had hired Cingenti a couple of years ago because of his lack of experience.

Cignetti didn't lack experience. My fucking goodness people, quit recreating history to fit a narrative.

6 or 7 years at NC State; Phillip Rivers & Russell Wilson ring a bell?

5 seasons (+/-) at Alabama under Nick Saban, WR coach and as recruiting coordinator.

13 years as a head coach. Multiple playoff appearances, including 2 semi-finals and a title game appearance. Transitioned JMU from FCS to FBS and in year 2 they won 10+ games. Finished ranked in 10 of 13 seasons.

Cignetti had winner written all over him.
 
Spent more than a few nights tossing them back at Grandma's. Even buzzed up to Duluth with a buddy from St. Paul one fine NYE knowing there'd be overpoured cougars looking for fit younger breeding stock. We were correct. Did not encounter any future DC's that I recall, but I'd been knocking a few back myself that evening. C'est la vie.

ohh yah north of the cities is a different neck of the woods when it comes to cold beer. Grandmas has taken a few of my dollars
 
Cignetti didn't lack experience. My fucking goodness people, quit recreating history to fit a narrative.

6 or 7 years at NC State; Phillip Rivers & Russell Wilson ring a bell?

5 seasons (+/-) at Alabama under Nick Saban, WR coach and as recruiting coordinator.

13 years as a head coach. Multiple playoff appearances, including 2 semi-finals and a title game appearance. Transitioned JMU from FCS to FBS and in year 2 they won 10+ games. Finished ranked in 10 of 13 seasons.

Cignetti had winner written all over him.
I have seen so many posts about needing coaches with Big Ten experience or P5 experience...none of which Cignetti had. I guarantee there would have been a lot of people not happy if he was out hire originally. That's the only point I'm trying to make. People have these weird boxes that they need to have checked (I can fall into this too). But, as you pointed out, Cignetti's resume was pretty solid in reality.
 
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