Matt Rhule Press Conference 10/20

[Baron Winnebago]

I mean, it was a humiliating week for Rhule and Nebraska. You had the PSU flirtation. Then you had a nationally televised game on FRI and you coach your worst game in your entire NU tenure. Rhule pretty had to come out spitting nails or I'd wonder WTH was wrong with him.

Rhule is a pretty aware guy. And he knows that the entire nation just saw a lesser team de-pants us and steal our lunch money. Our last FRI night game on FOX got over 4.2m viewers IIRC (vs Illini last yr).

If Rhule wanted to humiliate himself after the week he had (where everyone was talking about him positively) then he couldn't have picked a better script for it than that.

Reminded me of Coach Scrote's opening game foray against Fat Bert in Beefy Brats maiden voyage in Champaign Urbana. No reason to lose to that team who was crap. No reason to look that fucking hapless. And we basically only ever circled the toilet bowl from there

 

[Napkins]

We’ll see how this strategy plays out internally. There could be some bruised egos.

 

[king_kong_]

We’ll see how this strategy plays out internally. There could be some bruised egos.

Not sure we have anyone good enough to deserve an ego internally

 

[Napkins]

Not sure we have anyone good enough to deserve an ego internally

Was thinking of the coordinators though I gather that’s probably the joke you’re making.

 

[Interloper]

Not sure we have anyone good enough to deserve an ego internally

 

[ChocaEgg]

🐐

 

[NCsker]

We’ll see how this strategy plays out internally. There could be some bruised egos.

 

[HerbRedman]

We’ll see how this strategy plays out internally. There could be some bruised egos.

The only ones I'd excuse from this discussion are Ekeler (obviously) and maybe Shorts. Shorts bc it's not really his WRs' fault that our OL can't block and when they do Dylan doesn't throw it.

Also Barthel - his RBs were successful they just got fucked by Dana calling one of the worst games of his life.


Everyone else on the staff can get fucked. They sucked.

 

[Gman1228]

The only ones I'd excuse from this discussion are Ekeler (obviously) and maybe Shorts. Shorts bc it's not really his WRs' fault that our OL can't block and when they do Dylan doesn't throw it.

Also Barthel - his RBs were successful they just got fucked by Dana calling one of the worst games of his life.


Everyone else on the staff can get fucked. They sucked.

Barthel is awful. His RB is abysmal as a whole and their inability to pass block creates many of our protection issues.

 

[HerbRedman]

Barthel is awful. His RB is abysmal as a whole and their inability to pass block creates many of our protection issues.

I'm not a huge fan I'm just saying he's low on the at-fault list for Friday.

Frankly if Dana would have called more running plays we would have done a lot better.

 

[Napkins]

The only ones I'd excuse from this discussion are Ekeler (obviously) and maybe Shorts. Shorts bc it's not really his WRs' fault that our OL can't block and when they do Dylan doesn't throw it.

Also Barthel - his RBs were successful they just got fucked by Dana calling one of the worst games of his life.


Everyone else on the staff can get fucked. They sucked.

I agree and also one variable that will influence the difference between 8 wins and 5-6 wins is how the staff and team respond to this loss. The risk of alienating the team by calling people out in a presser is not zero.

 

[Herbie]

I’m glad he was pissed. But also leaves me wondering why the team and players didn’t listen to him now.

 

[HerbRedman]

The risk of alienating the team by calling people out in a presser is not zero.

This is big boy football. You're a coach and you trot out a game that fans are comparing to 1996 ASU and 1992 Cockeye State (two of the ugliest NU losses in my lifetime)....then you deserve to get called out. Rhule too.

Enough with the Nebraska nice. We put a lot of $$ into this program. Can't go out there and let the opponent take your manhood from you and expect everything to be 'nice.'....if you want nice go coach somewhere else.