POLL Grade the hire

[Ext. 55]

Would give it a B+. He’s not the ‘A’ Urban Meyer hire, but given the current market, he’s at the top of the list of what’s available at this moment.

Strong experience at the college ranks of rebuilding or turning programs around.

Contract is maybe a little too long term, but he most likely had the most leverage and took advantage of it.

I think this could move to an ‘A’ depending on what his staff develops into.

Bottom line for me, he has the type of experience we need, he seems to have the personality traits that will endure himself to Nebraska fans over the long haul, and I also feel like he has the ability to manage the fishbowl that is Nebraska Football.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Because USC had something to offer him that OU didn’t. I’m asking, what do we offer that no one else does? Looking for the insight into this line of thinking. That’s all.

We do agree it’s the best we can do, and I, for one look forward to seeing it work out however it’s gonna work.

Whatever USC has to offer OU is very much at the margins of top level jobs.

It'd be candidate specific. We offer things over Utah, Poke State, working as an analyst at Fox Sports. Would any of those guys move? No one knows, but you're in the low probability bucket when you're trying to move anyone who is a great candidate because they're going to be happy where they're at.

Regardless, Turd decided he wanted Rhule either over candidates that I would call A hires or because he couldn't move any of them. Again, it's about as good as we could have done.

 

[Jim14510]

I haven’t even given a grade, so are you just gonna avoid the question forever? What about this one: what about Nebraska makes you think that a coach who has won a conference championship with the team they have is going to jump at the chance to come here? There are only so many coaches that have done it. So what do we have to offer that they don’t already have?

At a certain point, acknowledging what Nebraska is and always has been has got to factor in.

Depending on who you believe Urban was interested
#2ndChoice was interested

 

[doublewing]

As of today and a new hire - he's an A for me.

He was the best possible fit of coaching candidates. I felt that Urban and Lane talk was 100% potato.

 

[BorWhiskey]

C+ to B- He hated recruiting at Baylor. He has never used NIL money and his teams had a culture issue. His future is tied to S&C hire and assistants ability to pull in top talent.

He never hated recruiting. He made a comment that recruiting was easier in TX than Oregon and people have run with “he doesn’t like recruiting”. He increased recruiting outcomes (recruiting rankings) at both Baylor and Temple when compared to his predecessors. He’s a former recruiting coordinator. And he’s made strategic assistant coach hires to build inroads into major schools. This is a priority for him.

Yes, NIL is new but it’s a way to improve talent and the AD has us in a position to be dominant on this front. We aren’t asking our coaches to figure NIL out so it’s a minor issue for the coaches, primarily around interpersonal behaviors that Rhule handles well at the college level.

Culture problems? He’s known for delivering the exact opposite. He repaired the culture that Addazio and Briles left those schools in.

I agree on the importance of S&C. I’ve never seen a S&C pitch that didn’t make perfect sense so I don’t think we’ll know if we got this right until year 2 and how we do against CU in Lincoln.

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

I’d be lying if there wasn’t a little bit of “what if” going about my head when I think about how we had our foot in the door with #2ndChoice. Obviously if this fails we will be pissed we didn’t go that route. Really hoping our time in hell is coming to a close.

 

[11husker23]

I’d be lying if there wasn’t a little bit of “what if” going about my head when I think about how we had our foot in the door with #2ndChoice. Obviously if this fails we will be pissed we didn’t go that route. Really hoping our time in hell is coming to a close.

I admit that after beating cockeye last night I felt a glimmer of hope for the first time in a while. If Rhule can assemble a top notch staff he has proven to be a program builder who has a contract with time to work….

 

[Tell_Sackett]

A seems a smidge too high, B seems a bit too low, so had to go with Run The Ball
GBR

I voted B, but it's probably fairest to classify him as an A- hire. Urban would have been an "A+" and a quicker path to get back to where we need to be. If Rhule stays a decade and succeeds, then he has the potential to be a better hire overall as an Urban window probably would have been fairly short.

That's all a big "if" and I'm happy with Rhule from what I can see. I thought Frost would be a 25 year guy so what do I know?

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I'd probably agree with a few here. A- minus range.

Best we could do. Which is pretty damn good.

 

[NTXHusker]

Depending on who you believe Urban was interested
#2ndChoice was interested

I’d rather fuck a blender than go with Urban, and I’d say #2ndChoice and Rhule are at best, 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. Be happy to get him if we did.

 

[Jim14510]

I’d rather fuck a blender than go with Urban, and I’d say #2ndChoice and Rhule are at best, 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. Be happy to get him if we did.

I don't disagree on #2ndChoice but he was in the CFP.

Your Urban point is just personal feelings. Has nothing to do with coaching ability.

I guess bottom line Rhule choice wasn't from a lack of options. I like the hire. I've been on the Rhule train for a while.

I think we could have spent more money and got a slightly bigger name.

 

[NTXHusker]

I don't disagree on #2ndChoice but he was in the CFP.

Your Urban point is just personal feelings. Has nothing to do with coaching ability.

I guess bottom line Rhule choice wasn't from a lack of options. I like the hire. I've been on the Rhule train for a while.

I think we could have spent more money and got a slightly bigger name.

A) you don’t know me, and shouldn’t assume which leads to B) it has everything to do with his coaching abilities.

The man can’t manage a roster that isn’t giftwrapped for him to step into with great assistants and start rolling. Watched his absolute incompetence up close at Jacksonville. He can’t do it. Now that he showed his ass about how he treats assistants when he is flailing…he can’t attract the caliber that he did before.

Want nothing to do with someone like that. He can bang as many coeds and recruit as many shitty people and fake as many health issues as he wants. Doesn’t matter to me. Dude couldn’t do the job here.

 

[Cookiemonster]

A) you don’t know me, and shouldn’t assume which leads to B) it has everything to do with his coaching abilities.

The man can’t manage a roster that isn’t giftwrapped for him to step into with great assistants and start rolling. Watched his absolute incompetence up close at Jacksonville. He can’t do it. Now that he showed his ass about how he treats assistants when he is flailing…he can’t attract the caliber that he did before.

Want nothing to do with someone like that. He can bang as many coeds and recruit as many shitty people and fake as many health issues as he wants. Doesn’t matter to me. Dude couldn’t do the job here.

What do you call his success at bowling green and Utah? Neither team was really what we’d call killing it.

I’d even argue Florida was kinda in the dumps as well.

He has a huge network of coaches.

 

[NTXHusker]

What do you call his success at bowling green and Utah? Neither team was really what we’d call killing it.

I’d even argue Florida was kinda in the dumps as well.

He has a huge network of coaches.

They weren’t far off in Mod conferences, and everyone acknowledged how well Zook recruited but couldn’t coach.

And…had. Had a huge network.

 

[Dear_Leader]

He never hated recruiting. He made a comment that recruiting was easier in TX than Oregon and people have run with “he doesn’t like recruiting”. He increased recruiting outcomes (recruiting rankings) at both Baylor and Temple when compared to his predecessors. He’s a former recruiting coordinator. And he’s made strategic assistant coach hires to build inroads into major schools. This is a priority for him.

Yes, NIL is new but it’s a way to improve talent and the AD has us in a position to be dominant on this front. We aren’t asking our coaches to figure NIL out so it’s a minor issue for the coaches, primarily around interpersonal behaviors that Rhule handles well at the college level.

Culture problems? He’s known for delivering the exact opposite. He repaired the culture that Addazio and Briles left those schools in.

I agree on the importance of S&C. I’ve never seen a S&C pitch that didn’t make perfect sense so I don’t think we’ll know if we got this right until year 2 and how we do against CU in Lincoln.

Agree on the year 2 thing. My comments about culture come from friends in Plano. He’s never had better than a top 30 class. Which should be easy here if he puts in the effort. that should course correct I hope.

 

[BorWhiskey]

Agree on the year 2 thing. My comments about culture come from friends in Plano. He’s never had better than a top 30 class. Which should be easy here if he puts in the effort. that should course correct I hope.

Briles was commonly below 50th in recruiting as comparison.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Anything below a B is insanity, IMO

 

[Jim14510]

A) you don’t know me, and shouldn’t assume which leads to B) it has everything to do with his coaching abilities.

The man can’t manage a roster that isn’t giftwrapped for him to step into with great assistants and start rolling. Watched his absolute incompetence up close at Jacksonville. He can’t do it. Now that he showed his ass about how he treats assistants when he is flailing…he can’t attract the caliber that he did before.

Want nothing to do with someone like that. He can bang as many coeds and recruit as many shitty people and fake as many health issues as he wants. Doesn’t matter to me. Dude couldn’t do the job here.

Ok. If it isn't just the fact that you don't like the guy then my opinion is that's worse. Guy won everywhere he went. Regardless if it was "gift wrapped" winning a National Championship is hard. Winning multiple with different teams is very hard.

Probably a moot point anyway. Don't think Turd had any intention of considering him for the job.

 

[Lionsfan93]

I will never say another hire is a "sure thing." That being said, this is a home run hire. Turd went and got exactly what we need. Will it actually work? Only time will tell. But the hire was damn near perfect.

 

[Lionsfan93]

It doesn't matter if I have a specific name or not. Rhule hasn't won conference titles which is what I'd view as an A hire. Sorry you disagree but you won't last long around here being an irredeemable cunt

He hasn't won a P5 conference title. But he did win the conference while at Temple. Temple's first ever major conference title I believe.