Editorial Looking Ahead: What Does Rhule Really Have to Build On Going Into Year 4?

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I provided two options and you said yes. So I assume at this point you are trolling.

Both.... there is chatter going on and he refers to Ek in the past tense in that video.

 

[Cavalot]

I am sorry, I get this is a big accomplishment....... but the failures of other coaches doesn't make this some resounding accomplishment.


Somebody needs to tell the person who writes the checks this.


See this lost its standing with me........

The easy answer to this is look at Indiana.

But I will say, I was fine with the building it the long way. My problems came in week 1 vs Minnesota where we saw coaching incompetence. Stuff that was not related to get better players, but simple strategy of the game was failing.

You can get better players, but if you can't manage a game it doesn't matter.

I can't whole heartedly dispute any of that.

Failures of the past have led to where we are now. Doesn't excuse Rhule's mistakes or lack of consistency within the program but his bowl appearances, while not resounding accomplishments, are still better than the norm over the past 15 years.

Indiana is a Unicorn. And it remains to be seen as to how long the dominance will last. Bottom line is Cignetti is a better coach then Rhule and perhaps everyone else coaching at the D1 level. Unless we are going to get him to come to NU... we might as well stay the course for just a bit longer. We know from the past that jumping ship from one coach to another has not boded well for NU.

 

[Flabio]

Year 4 will be interesting. Rhule has been selling he slowly builds via developing younger players. We seem to need a lot of key transfers to start in year 4. Not sure what the pivot will be. Seems it has been we’ve been bad forever and went to back to back bowl games as the proof of concept.