HuskerNation1
All-American
100%...I am a Cowboys fan too and the parallels are uncanny.We are like the Dallas Cowboys.
All hype and talk every year, and still haven't won since the 90's
Who's our next coach?
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wstcst1970
Walk-on
Please don't compare rhule to to. Rhules extension should be investigated
Hilltop
All-Conference
The team had some bad luck and bad games over the final stretch of the season. The extension made sense at the time.
I'm not sure what the answer is for Nebraska Football but I think playing the revolving door game with coaches is chasing fools gold. We have a head coach willing to adjust, adapt, and try different things. He is improving albeit at a much slower rate than any of us would like.
Regular season-
2023 5-7
2024 6-6
2025 7-5
This is after taking over this....
Unless he drops to a losing season next year, I think Nebraska should retain his services and give him more time. If he is 5 wins or less next year, I think we should start shopping.
I'm not sure what the answer is for Nebraska Football but I think playing the revolving door game with coaches is chasing fools gold. We have a head coach willing to adjust, adapt, and try different things. He is improving albeit at a much slower rate than any of us would like.
Regular season-
2023 5-7
2024 6-6
2025 7-5
This is after taking over this....
Unless he drops to a losing season next year, I think Nebraska should retain his services and give him more time. If he is 5 wins or less next year, I think we should start shopping.
commando
Heisman Trophy Winner
you know that our identity is that we fire coaches. it's what our fan base always wants
swmohusker
All-Conference
We do like ourselves a nice coaching search. Really gets the fanbase going.
handsomehusker
Walk-on
Nebraska fans aren’t an anomaly in wanting a coach fired for poor performance look at Oklahoma in the 90’s and Florida State currently it’s pretty much the same situation Florida has had 11 coaches since 2002
commando
Heisman Trophy Winner
we have a rich tradition going back to solich of firing coaches. a tradition like no other school has. i was hoping that penn state might have taken that crown from us this year.
Husker_In_WI
Guest
I like how you cut out the part of handsomehusker's post about Florida having 11 coaches since 2002 when we have had 7 (8 if you count Barney Cotton for one game).
commando
Heisman Trophy Winner
i believe he edited that because i hit reply....i didn't edit anything out.
KC Sker
Five-Star Recruit
Matt didn’t earn an extension, but I don’t hate he was retained for continuity sake and because lord knows we weren’t getting anyone better. You could argue we would be the least desirable opening in this hiring cycle.
We don’t have the balls to look at the lower levels like IU did with Cig, but at this point, why not take a swing.
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Husker_In_WI
Guest
Not that they wouldn't be improvements, but there are a lot more Lance Leipold/Chris Klieman/Craig Bohl types than there are Curt Cignettis when looking at successful lower level coaches. Solid coaches, not game changers.
If there were a magic "type" of coach (successful lower level head coach, coordinator at an elite school, experienced FBS coach) teams would all do that. Just looking at P4 playoff teams, you have elite coordinators in first time HC roles (Smart, Lanning, Day, Venables), lower division guys (Cignetti and I'll count McGuire), and guys who followed a mostly linear path of HC promotions (Cristobal, DeBoer, Elko). And then whatever you want to call Kiffin's path.
handsomehusker
Walk-on
commando
Heisman Trophy Winner
nice.....a few teams have fired more coaches than we have. we are still known as the school that fires coaches...especially when they have had a little success. frank and bo got 9 win seasons.....and now Rhule has got us back into the bowl picture after years of wondering around in the wilderness and fans want him gone too.
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
And that doesn't include schools like Auburn, who fired a coach two years removed from a National Championship. Or LSU who fired 9/10 win Brian Kelly midway through a totally unacceptable 7-6 season. Which came after firing Ed Orgeron who was two years removed from a National Championship. Texas gave Charlie Strong only three years, and Tom Herman four, and each of those was more successful than Rhule. Sarkasian was available because USC had fired him in the middle of his second season and gave the job to Clay Helton who delivered a Rose Bowl win and #3 ranking before being fired for repeated blowouts and lack of national championship contention in one fewer season than Bo Pelini had at Nebraska. Florida has fired the last four coaches in the middle of their fourth season.
A large contingent of Michigan alums wanted Jim Harbaugh out when he lost five in a row to Ohio State.
Nebraska has shown as much or more patience than every program we aspire to be. Plenty of schools have fired coaches with better resumes than Frank Solich and Bo Pelini. See "Jimbo FIsher"
Can we please stop blaming this on unreasonable fan expectations?
Hilltop
All-Conference
I think each situation is unique. I agreed with letting Bo and Frank go at the time. I was torn on Riley but it was the right move. Frost was a no brainer- he just wasn't capable of the job. Rhule, to me, deserves a little more time and patience. He is still technically on an upswing and is making what appear to be good and necessary changes.
Fans, in general, are very unrealistic. They do drive coaching decisions because they ultimately are what drive the huge money machine. However, it isn't a few fans but rather the overall fan base as a whole. We have quite a few opposing fans creating accounts here. They like to show up to throw mud during bad times. Those guys don't matter in the grand scheme of things but they do sway fragile minded opinions...