Matt Rhule Press Conference 10/20

[realbp]

I can say that I'm genuinely pleased with the content, tone, and visible agitation from him by what happened on Friday night. I've watched 10s of press conferences and have rarely seen a press conference like that from a Nebraska football coach. I'm confident that Saturday will not look the same, and if it does, I think he will have little to no patience for it and changes will be made. JMO.

What are other people's takes?

 

[kevost]

I agree. He had the look that he was pissed off. Did the "it's my fault" but also wasn't afraid to pass blame to everyone else. He noted his assistants didn't think it was going to be a big game and I think that's what happened. Dana had a bad game plan. They got punched in the mouth and wilted. Mentioned a vanilla defense. He didn't let anyone off the hook. If the team responds the way they need to and from the his looks they should have a good outcome Saturday.

 

[herbsinator]

It might be the most negative tone Ive ever heard from him in a presser. Hopefully the team responds…

 

[tman87]

He wasn't wrong that the team failed in almost every aspect except special teams.

Teams that want to win, don't lay eggs that badly. Yes, short week, some players banged up, etc. Welcome to college football. Sack up and improve. If the team wants to improve and win, they will and can do that. As things are right now, we are on the same path of years previous - completely fold the last half of the season. We are a middling B1G team right now (Friday night we were worse than a middling B1G team for the record). Is that what the players and coaches are going to roll out there for play the rest of the season? If so, chalk up almost all losses from here on out.

It's totally up to the team to change that narrative.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[macmoolah]

The most interesting comments to me were how upset he was with the entitlement attitude from the players and coaches overlooking Minnesota. He knew PJ wanted to turn it into a rockfight and the guys didnt listen. When it happened, they crumbled.

They drank their own koolaid, underestimated PJ, and got burned.

 

[kevost]

The most interesting comments to me were how upset he was with the entitlement attitude from the players and coaches overlooking Minnesota. He knew PJ wanted to turn it into a rockfight and the guys didnt listen. When it happened, they crumbled.

They drank their own koolaid, underestimated PJ, and got burned.

I agree, very interesting. He even went as far as to say "im tired of it" as in he was tired of dealing with all the entitlement. The team very much looked like they were going to roll in there and beat them by double digits and then Minnesota countered and they just laid down.

 

[kevost]

I'll try not to derail this thread but I had to stop listening to Doc. It ALWAYS goes back to the nineties and "when I played" and I got sick of it. There is a way to get your point across without having to do it with every post, podcast, interview, whatever. That and he rambles like crazy.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I think he needs to quit recycling the same shit about mentality and "we had a shitty game plan" and be a better coach who wins games.

 

[Sous Chef]

I think he needs to quit recycling the same shit about mentality and "we had a shitty game plan" and be a better coach who wins games.

He had a chance-a real chance-to hire a qualified DC. He didn't. If the defense is being called vanilla (aka soft) its on him as much as Butler.

 

[Blakejc]

Good presser and it’s what the fans wanted to hear, but means nothing without action. Got a DC who gets called out for a vanilla gameplan and an OC who gets called out for not calling plays that fit our personnel. Stuff I figured we’d past by now.

Butler came in guns blazing about being fast and physical and aggressive. They’re anything but. Dana came in as an offensive guru and one of the best play callers on the planet. Neither are anywhere close to what they said they would be/what their experience suggests they should be.

 

[wildcat_husker]

He had a chance-a real chance-to hire a qualified DC. He didn't. If the defense is being called vanilla (aka soft) its on him as much as Butler.

You're not wrong and I criticized the hire at the time but I feel like the offense is more to blame on Friday (blame belongs to everyone, though). 6 points on two field goals? Christ.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

You're not wrong and I criticized the hire at the time but I feel like the offense is more to blame on Friday (blame belongs to everyone, though). 6 points on two field goals? Christ.

It was truly a team loss. Defense got walked on by one of the worst offenses in P4, offense was absolutely anemic, and the coaches had no idea how to get either things fixed. Special teams were ok though

 

[vailhusker]

Good presser and it’s what the fans wanted to hear, but means nothing without action. Got a DC who gets called out for a vanilla gameplan and an OC who gets called out for not calling plays that fit our personnel. Stuff I figured we’d past by now.

Butler came in guns blazing about being fast and physical and aggressive. They’re anything but. Dana came in as an offensive guru and one of the best play callers on the planet. Neither are anywhere close to what they said they would be/what their experience suggests they should be.

Rhule on the podcast when they went over the Defense's game plan or the Offense's strategy for the game?

 

[PonyBoy]

Good presser and it’s what the fans wanted to hear, but means nothing without action. Got a DC who gets called out for a vanilla gameplan and an OC who gets called out for not calling plays that fit our personnel. Stuff I figured we’d past by now.

Butler came in guns blazing about being fast and physical and aggressive. They’re anything but. Dana came in as an offensive guru and one of the best play callers on the planet. Neither are anywhere close to what they said they would be/what their experience suggests they should be.

DH is who I'm most disappointed with, so far. I didn't like the Butler hire, but bought in to it.

2023 under Sat - 15.3 ppg v P4 teams
2024 under Sat - 19.7 ppg v P4 teams
2024 under Dana - 23.5 ppg* v P4 teams
2025 under Dana - 25 ppg** v P4 teams

* skewed higher with 44 scored against Wisconsin
** skewed lower with 6 scored against Minnesota

Currently, we're not much better than our 2020 & 2021 ppg (v P4 teams) under Frost. Heck, in his second year 2019, we averaged 25.7 ppg against P4 teams and even in Frost's first year 2018 we averaged 29.6 ppg v P4 teams.

Maybe I'm expecting too much for ppg & need to adjust. IDK. If someone has this stat for CFB ppg v P4 teams I'd like to dig in.

 

[Mavsker]

I honestly couldn't care less. He could go up there, take a massive dump on the podium, and walk off, and I'm happy if we're winning games