GRADE MATT RHULE YEAR 2 REGULAR SEASON

[tman87]

I gave a C. Wanted to give a D+. Bringing in Holgs saved this from being a D. He kept a terrible OC despite far too much evidence that the dude sucked. It ruined our season.

He also kept a terrible special teams coordinator. Couple that phase of the game absolutely sucking out loud, with an OC running an offense that sucked far too much also... that is two phases of the game where the HC failed. And even on defense it seems meddling or discontent between coaches was going on.

I also have to look at the assistant staff as a whole - Rhule initially brought in some real stinkers which were big question marks. A high school coach to be our TE's coach? And that guy was a drunken DUI fallout? McGoobers who had never been a college coach is our WR coach? McGoobers can seemingly recruit, but the WR play has been beyond head scratching.

Bringing in Holgerson is a big boost, and we better damn well keep Holgs here a couple years at least. What happens with TW - who knows - but if TW leaves and Rhule doesn't spend 2 mil for a big dog proven DC, then you can just about know how things will go.

For this season, a C is barely able to be rationalized. Only because we beat Wiscy, got to a bowl game and brought in Holgs is why Rhule gets a skin of the teeth, C.

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

D

Shitterfield tanked us. Clutch move getting Dana and at least salvaging a bowl game. Could possibly bump to a low C, but seeing as he allegedly couldn’t let TW do his thing and had to fuck with our defense this year he’s getting downgraded to a D.

All that chasing 3 bullshit and we got absolutely fuck all from that. Same exact shit, different year.

How can you have a long snapper that can’t snap the ball at a D1 school? Make the kid do nothing but snap all day. 300 reps every practice. What the fuck else does he have to do? Fucking retards.

I expect the offense to get better and the defense to regress next year so we will still lose, just with bigger numbers on the scoreboard. Fuck this team.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

I went with "D" ... 6 wins was the bare minimum for Rhule. "D" is the bare minimum passing grade... but only in a we're not "ruhtarded" but its damn close sort of way.

 

[Husker_in_OK]

C+.

The only reason it's this high is because he got to a bowl game, and did the smart thing to demote Satt. Without Dana coming in, I doubt we beat Wisconsin and miss a bowl game for the 9th consecutive year .. Things have to improve next year .. no excuses

 

[Snockered69]

Not sure how in the hell anyone rated this year above a C+?

I rated this year a D-. Congratulations on winning your participation trophy of making a bowl game.

You’re telling me you can only get 6 wins out of this weak ass schedule after starting 5-1? Pathetic.

Add to all the other flaws that have been posted already, im surprised no one has brought up time management!? I beat this drum last season and in the off season, Rhule has to be better at clock management. He went full re re on clock management again this year and again cost us games.
Clock management is part of being a CEO, he is NOT a good CEO. He is an ELITE office assistant that micromanages and organizes the schedule of everybody. Im assuming the majority of everyone hasnt looked at next years schedule because we will be lucky to win 6 if he doesnt hire an ELITE DC.

Also good CEOs can recognize their talent without outside influence. You’re telling me it takes Dana all of 1 week to figure out you arent playing your best players and realizes the majority of your staff is a bunch of morons? Concerning.

Add to it, it took Rhule nearly a full 2 seasons to figure out he had a dumb ass as an OC and was paying him 1.4 milli?

Add to the list of concerns is Rhules wavering of offensive philosophy and defensive philosophy throughout the year in pressers. Says he wants a run heavy offense the past two seasons,runs an offense with no identity. Says he wants an attacking defense to start year one. States he wants a conservative defense half way through year two. You wonder why there is no direction? Because the captain was sailing the high seas until 3 weeks ago without a compass!

Finally my last key point. The only glimmer of hope on the direction of the program trending up is us hanging onto Dana? Major red flag.🚩

 

[Ripping Lips]

C-

If we had won last night, would’ve been a C+, but there are glaring inconsistencies that need addressed this offseasson

ST: The missed FG and muffed punt catch that gave Cockeye a FG. Additionally it cost us the Illinois game. Additionally i don’t remember a single attempt in trying to do a PR all season. It’s like we don’t even block them and we are solely fair catching balls with someone in their face. The LS and kicker are issues as well.

Open Field Tackling: Whether it’s big backs or QBs, we whiff on these tackles and it always seems to hurt us for big plays. We don’t have anyone that can tackle half as good like Lavonte David in a one on one situation. Those signs showed up in game 3 vs Northern Iwa.

DR needs to work on his ball security whenever he gets touched. Not sure how many fumbles he’s had, but he’s had enough to change the game.

Criticism of Uncle Donnie has quieted once Holgs made some minor adjustments and the run game got better. The rotation between EJ and Dowdell is okay IMO, but still don’t feel like we have anyone elite RB that can run over people. Too bad it took so long for Dana to fix it, not sure if Rhule or any offensive coaches know what they are doing or reading film correctly about the missed RB holes.

Overall for the defense, felt it took a step for returning a majority of the starters back this year. I wasn’t expecting a dominant D, but felt they wouldn’t get boat raced like we did against Indiana either. They still struggle with a mobile QBs.

 

[Turn Down for What]

He’s been very very bleh.

But that’s good enough for some.

 

[Kaladin]

C-

Disappointing season, but he got Dana and got us to a bowl game

If we don’t win our bowl game I’m dropping him down to a D

 

[ChocaEgg]

If we lose the bowl game I'll change my vote to "F". 6-7 is pretty crappy.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

D- it’s the same shit program it’s been the last 8 years. Complete joke. No progress at all. If last year’s team played this year’s team it’d be a pick em game and that’s pathetic and sad. I hope some magic miracle happens next year that didn’t happen this year.

Congrats everyone, bare minimum to not get fired achieved.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

C-

Didn’t see any progress during the season other than firing Satt and Hiring Holgerson but results didn’t change.

 

[doublewing]

He's a D for me. Making a bowl + hiring DH kept this from an F.

I always ask myself the question, "how much better are we than the Scott Frost era?" Apparently it's basically one win better. They are still the same mistake-ridden team that isn't mentally tough enough to win these types of games.

I like Rhule but what worries with me is the fact that when DH came in, he had to crack skulls across position groups for basic shit that wasn't being done and making players accountable. That is coaching and leadership 101 and it took DH to come in and deliver that.

 

[Napkins]

C+ compared to prior seasons because we made a bowl game but compared to expectations for this season it would be lower. If he didn’t make a bowl I would have rated it an F so maybe I’m still being generous. Also echo that DH at OC boosted my score.

 

[Slam Duncan]

If we lose the bowl game I'll change my vote to "F". 6-7 is pretty crappy.

F is not making a bowl game.

I think 6-7 is a D,

7-6 is in the c range

 

[Adolph Coors]

C+

6-6. win the bowl game, use the 15 practices and now the heat is on. 9 wins minimum next year.

 

[cwessel76]

B-

Did anyone honestly think we were going to go any higher that 6-6/7-5 with this roster?

Plenty to pick apart but the bowl game gets us a lot of practices/momentum.

 

[DrinkItIn]

B- = Bowl Game. That’s real progress, and you can’t underestimate how important that is. The losers' mentality instilled during the Dipshit Frost era has been a major hurdle for this team. Breaking through that psychological barrier is massive—it’s a critical step in moving the program forward.

 

[Ripping Lips]

B-

Did anyone honestly think we were going to go any higher that 6-6/7-5 with this roster?

Plenty to pick apart but the bowl game gets us a lot of practices/momentum.

If we didn’t piss our pants against IL, UCLA and Cockeye, we’d be 9-3.

 

[Juro]

C+

I’m seeing progress. Slow and still painful, but progress.

Offense and ST failed us this year for the most part. He made a change on the offense and we look much better now. Imagine a full season with Dana?

ST? Foley, you need to go. Your ST last night lost us the game. We knew it was going to happen eventually. This was the game.

Though, I still feel like this is an incomplete until signing day and staff changes occur. Recruiting is a season thing and to see where our class ends up is the reason why it’s incomplete.

 

[BillBra5ky]

I think hiring Dana changed what would have been a D to a C+/B-

That’s the sole reason a gave a C+