Rhules post game press conference Notes

[HerbRedman]

I just don’t think he knows or cares how the fans care.

I'll spell it out for you: Rhule knew by HT of the 2nd game he royally fucked up by hitching his wagon to Sims. We were 0-2 and Rhule knew at that point the season was fucked. He also knew that we didn't have the QBs on the roster to get us 6-4 in the last 10 games.

He tried by taking an H-back at QB and installing the option offense on the spot. That worked until the H-back almost died on the field from taking too many hits. Then he went to the 3rd string QB and that semi worked but he was rusty after getting no reps in practice and only showed slightly less propensity for being loose w the ball than the first two guys.

My read is that Rhule was trying like hell to get the team to 6-6 but he knows he largely fucked it up by picking Sims. The rest of the season after that was a long shot & they got close but couldn't eek it over the finish line.

There is the chance, like you point out, that Rhule wasn't aware that the NU fans desperately wanted a bowl game this year. Maybe Rhule would have coached harder if he only knew the NU fans wanted a bowl this year. Now you tell him!

 

[LoudHogRider]

This right here is why I messaged Garrett and asked if we could get a CUNT emoji to use...

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

How did all those other QBs he ran off do?

Exactly. The inherited QB room was Smothers, HH, Purdy, Torres, and CT. Rhule should’ve had Frost recruit a better room obviously.

 

[Turn Down for What]

I truly wonder if somebody forgot to tell him the fans wanted 6 wins and a bowl game? I bet if he would have known that the fans wanted 6 wins and a bowl game then he would have coached differently and he would have tried harder. I have some connections in the athletic department so next year, if the fans decide they want 6 wins and a bowl game, I can personally make sure Rhule gets this message so that he can coach differently and try harder.

#6winsandabowlgame

Can you ask him to resign while you're at it?

 

[Juro]

I'll spell it out for you: Rhule knew by HT of the 2nd game he royally fucked up by hitching his wagon to Sims. We were 0-2 and Rhule knew at that point the season was fucked. He also knew that we didn't have the QBs on the roster to get us 6-4 in the last 10 games.

He tried by taking an H-back at QB and installing the option offense on the spot. That worked until the H-back almost died on the field from taking too many hits. Then he went to the 3rd string QB and that semi worked but he was rusty after getting no reps in practice and only showed slightly less propensity for being loose w the ball than the first two guys.

My read is that Rhule was trying like hell to get the team to 6-6 but he knows he largely fucked it up by picking Sims. The rest of the season after that was a long shot & they got close but couldn't eek it over the finish line.

There is the chance, like you point out, that Rhule wasn't aware that the NU fans desperately wanted a bowl game this year. Maybe Rhule would have coached harder if he only knew the NU fans wanted a bowl this year. Now you tell him!

That is definitely an option.

But I’m going back to his remarks. It’s always ‘thank the fans’, ‘the fans are going through growing pains and half of the fun’, and ‘this is what you get when you hire me.’

He acts like this is what we’re okay with and should be okay with. This is miserable.

So when I say he doesn’t understand what a sixth win would have meant to the entire fanbase, I mean that from every personnel decision, every pre-determined call sheet for the offense, and every game time decision on game time management.

You know your offense is shit early on. You make sure your OC builds somewhat effective short passing game to relieve the pressure from the run game. When your QBs are known to turnover every 1 out of 10 plays, you figure out ways to put your lackluster playmakers in more effective ways to win.

 

[Carm]

I want a team that wins 10+ games in year 3, like Temple and Baylor. I really didn't have a W-L record goal for this year.

 

[Turn Down for What]

I want a team that wins 10+ games in year 3, like Temple and Baylor. I really didn't have a goal for this year.

Heading for disappointment.

 

[Carm]

Heading for disappointment.

We'll find out in a couple of years. This year tells us nothing about year 3.

 

[Turn Down for What]

We'll find out in a couple of years. This year tells us nothing about year 3.

Or it could tell us a lot. Look at Riley and Frost's first year as HC here.

Told us all we needed to know.

 

[RedTillDead]

I want a team that wins 10+ games in year 3, like Temple and Baylor. I really didn't have a W-L record goal for this year.

Those are my clear cut and dry expectations for Rhule and Nebraska, 10 + wins by year 3.

 

[RedTillDead]

Heading for disappointment.

Then Rhule will be gone in short order IMO, Rhule has to continue to develop; next year should win around 8 + IMO. Not saying we will but those are my expectations. Turn the ball over about 5 less times this year and we win what 3 more games, maybe 4?

 

[Kaladin]

I want a team that wins 10+ games in year 3, like Temple and Baylor. I really didn't have a W-L record goal for this year.

I was hoping that 2023 was a year 2 in Rhules progression and we would skip year 1

But I think we are basically on the same track

We win 7-8 next year

 

[Blakejc]

We'll find out in a couple of years. This year tells us nothing about year 3.

It does a little. This is what we’re measuring improvement off in year 2.

If we cut the giveaways down to 18 next year, that’ll be a huge improvement, even though statistically it’s still not that great. And then if we see more improvement in year 3, maybe it’s down to 12 giveaways, which would be close to elite.

 

[Juro]

We'll find out in a couple of years. This year tells us nothing about year 3.

You can usually tell in year one in which direction the program is going.

A ship won’t know it’s full speed until it hits the open ocean, but you can definitely see the issues right after the engines start in the port and moving through the bay.

 

[Carm]

Or it could tell us a lot. Look at Riley and Frost's first year as HC here.

Told us all we needed to know.

Probably what Temple and Baylor fans thought after year 1.

Rhule isn't Frost or Riley so I don't understand why what they did illuminates anything about what Rhule might do.

We've had a rotting culture here for ten years, probably longer. I want it reconstructed. That takes more than one year. I am surprised that what a lot of other fans really wanted was a 2023 trip to the Quick Lane Bowl.

 

[Chi7397]

You can usually tell in year one in which direction the program is going.

A ship won’t know it’s full speed until it hits the open ocean, but you can definitely see the issues right after the engines start in the port and moving through the bay.

That’s absolutely not been the case in Rhule’s prior stops

 

[Carm]

You can usually tell in year one in which direction the program is going.

again, Temple and Baylor

 

[Jim14510]

Rhule and Satt chase away two or three QBs and hand-pick Sims and people look at it like "why the room so bad"

Thompson coming off a throwing shoulder injury and out for the season gane 2. Smothers was fucking terrible. Smothers was behind Chubba through 3 coaching staffs.

 

[Juro]

That’s absolutely not been the case in Rhule’s prior stops

again, Temple and Baylor

We’re not Baylor nor Temple. Yes, he builds programs back up, but he should be seasoned enough throughout his career to know what type pieces need to be replaced after one season.

These next few weeks will determine a lot, but do you think he watched the offense this year and said, “yep, this scheme and play calling will get us 10 wins in year 3.”

 

[Chi7397]

We’re not Baylor nor Temple. Yes, he builds programs back up, but he should be seasoned enough throughout his career to know what type pieces need to be replaced after one season.

These next few weeks will determine a lot, but do you think he watched the offense this year and said, “yep, this scheme and play calling will get us 10 wins in year 3.”

I think he has a better idea how to build a program to 10 wins than whiny Nebraska fans that are ready to run him out after one year but shouted “five full years” for Scott Frost well past the point where it made any rational sense - if something needs to change, I am guessing it will change