Tony White leaving

[Irv]

This will be whites 4th dc job in 7 years or so.
At this point he’s a dc job jumper.
Guessing he doesn’t have high ambition for a HC role

Or maybe he’s overly ambitious and desperately looking for the job to catapult him.

 

[Cash68847]

IIRC Tony White was the 11th highest paid DC in the country last year. Is 56-7 against Indianus good ROI on that?

He was still a solid DC for us. Even Georgia got burned on defense a few times this year with the genius Kirby and the best talent in the country.

 

[Napkins]

We have the resources to navigate this successfully from a recruiting/player retention and coaching replacement standpoint. Either Rhule can handle that or he can’t, time will tell.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

I don't understand how this is a bad look for Rhule? He knows what he's doing. Sure Tony's defense kept us in close games but where were they for the Illinois game? Has TW ever help an RPO to a less than 4 yard gain at Nebraska?

No point in melting down over this. Secure Holgerson moving forward and field a top 35 Defense and this is a 10 win team with 1 or 2 impact transfers.

Personally I think losing Benhart/Ty/John Bullock are bigger losses than losing TW/TKnight

Is Benhart a REAL loss though? b/c my god his blocking is atrocious at the most inconvenient time not to mention his untimely penalties

 

[MaxHuskers34]

Is Benhart a REAL loss though? b/c my god his blocking is atrocious at the most inconvenient time not to mention his untimely penalties

Longest tenured Husker ever....He most definitely came with ups and downs but it's going to be very hard to replace that amount of experience. Hopefully Turner can play RT next year and finally live up to his recruiting hype.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Our fans are comical. Psychos

Fisrt thing that pops up in the GIF finder when you type in "comical psycho"...I believe it

 

[huskerj12]

Or maybe he’s overly ambitious and desperately looking for the job to catapult him.

That seems more like it to me

 

[Bootleg11]

Is there a difference in CFB?

There is not, but I think he was good at bringing in good players.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Longest tenured Husker ever....He most definitely came with ups and downs but it's going to be very hard to replace that amount of experience. Hopefully Turner can play RT next year and finally live up to his recruiting hype.

I'll give you that he's the longest tenured...and most experienced but stand by my statement that he's not a great RT but more serviceable and does commit untimely penalties. I'd rather replace talent AND experience.

Honestly, TC can be done. That dude is broken and should retire from the foosball

 

[MaxHuskers34]

I'll give you that he's the longest tenured...and most experienced but stand by my statement that he's not a great RT but more serviceable and does commit untimely penalties. I'd rather replace talent AND experience.

Honestly, TC can be done. That dude is broken and should retire from the foosball

I just don’t see anyone on the roster that is ready for that jump. Prochazka should retire. I’m not confident in Seagram.

 

[Herbie]

That seems more like it to me

Jumping to a team that can’t afford to fire its head coach so they double down and try to spend even more to make it better doesn’t seem like the best move.

They even just bailed out UCF from having to fire Malzan.

 

[Flabio]

Jumping to a team that can’t afford to fire its head coach so they double down and try to spend even more to make it better doesn’t seem like the best move.

They even just bailed out UCF from having to fire Malzan.

If he does a good job with the D maybe FSU gives him the HC job he’s been pushing for.

 

[GAHusker]

I don't understand how this is a bad look for Rhule? He knows what he's doing. Sure Tony's defense kept us in close games but where were they for the Illinois game? Has TW ever help an RPO to a less than 4 yard gain at Nebraska?

No point in melting down over this. Secure Holgerson moving forward and field a top 35 Defense and this is a 10 win team with 1 or 2 impact transfers.

Personally I think losing Benhart/Ty/John Bullock are bigger losses than losing TW/TKnight

You don’t think that it’s somewhat of a reflection on the program and next year’s roster that coaches appear to be leaving for lateral-ish jobs?

 

[Irv]

Thinking about the White era, and wondering if the fact that the defense was good last year allowed Rhule to be complacent about the offense in the offseason.

If the defense had been more average, would he have been forced to address the Satterfield situation? The 2023 defense maybe created the impression that we were closer to getting over the hump than we actually were.

The team was so close to making a bowl and surpassing expectations, it was easy to stay the course. If we had only won 4, for example, there would have been more pressure to go back to the drawing board.

 

[MaxHuskers34]

You don’t think that it’s somewhat of a reflection on the program and next year’s roster that coaches appear to be leaving for lateral-ish jobs?

I don't. We all knew for weeks that Tony White was going to leave and it sounds like he wants to be where his family is. I also don't find it alarming when a defensive minded coach clashes with his DC when his DC is operating the defense different to what the HC wants.

I think this was a mutual parting of ways and doesn't create a bad look on Rhule.

 

[Herbie]

I don't. We all knew for weeks that Tony White was going to leave and it sounds like he wants to be where his family is. I also don't find it alarming when a defensive minded coach clashes with his DC when his DC is operating the defense different to what the HC wants.

I think this was a mutual parting of ways and doesn't create a bad look on Rhule.

If Rhule is clashing with white over the defense and it’s not the defense he wants then he’s retarded for hiring white

 

[djw004]

Longest tenured Husker ever....He most definitely came with ups and downs but it's going to be very hard to replace that amount of experience. Hopefully Turner can play RT next year and finally live up to his recruiting hype.

Get him the fuck out of the state. Move on. Going to hear a lot of hard truths moving forward, he was never once good enough to be a POSITIVE impact player.

 

[Irv]

Our fans freaking out about the possibility of Knighton going right after he was expressing annoyance with our idiot fans for freaking out about Handshakegate is sort of peak Nebraska.

 

[djw004]

If Rhule is clashing with white over the defense and it’s not the defense he wants then he’s retarded for hiring white

Unless the desire for the change is due to a large philosophical change on offense...

People are allowed to shift a plan. Modern/exotic Offense doesn't always mesh well with a modern/exotic defense.

I believe we are flipping the "exotic" side of the ball, and going more traditional on the defensive side. It doesn't have to be anything more than that.

 

[Herbie]

Unless the desire for the change is due to a large philosophical change on offense...

People are allowed to shift a plan. Modern/exotic Offense doesn't always mesh well with a modern/exotic defense.

I believe we are flipping the "exotic" side of the ball, and going more traditional on the defensive side. It doesn't have to be anything more than that.

I don’t really think whites defense is exotic.
CFB teams should only run a 3-3-5 or a 4-2-5.
If he wants to run a 4-3 or 3-4 we should probably fire him.

We aren’t playing just big 10 west offenses now most of the season.