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5 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

Really ugly was the whole Frost era.  Husker nation should file a class action lawsuit against him for appearing like he didn't even give a s#!t.  Spent more time being drunk, stupid and whoring around.  Hell, if we would have had someone who gave a crap, we would have been to a bowl game.  Heck, a trained monkey could have done a better job.

Last time that was said 9 wins became hard to come by.

8 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Ironic does sound better.

 

I’m guessing what Rhule said was mostly coach speak and applies/will apply to the players who end up on the roster next season. Guessing he knows that there are current guys who will choose to move on or that he’ll nudge out the door. So, yes ironic that he recently said that but not really a fun thing that maybe a guy or two that he may have rather had stay announce their plans to move on.  
 

Either way, I don’t think we’re losing any game changers. If we actually had game changers, we should’ve been seeing better results unless the coaching and lack of development is the whole story.

Are we bringing in game changers?

Jeudy can be one.

With the coaching change we need to kick a$$ in the portal.  Rhule has a year.  Does he have two?  Three?

1 minute ago, JJ Husker said:

I didn’t say it, you did. Not trying hard at all, I was just trying to figure out what you meant by this.

So, what’s “the fun thing”?

If you were trying to figure out what I meant you would have asked what I meant.

Replace "the fun thing" with "the ironic thing" if it helps......just a few days ago Rhule said all the players are his guys. Alberts might have helped put those words in his mouth for all I know.

But important guys are leaving just days after Rhule said it.

I hadn't heard the rumors, but I'd agree with Decked they are BS.

25 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Why does Rhule saying that a few days ago make flipping the roster fun for you? Seems odd to get enjoyment out of that.

This is not in any way shape or form what my post was about.  Fun and enjoyment for me?  You're trying too hard.

20 minutes ago, Decked said:

Or maybe— the rumors are straight BS? I can’t think of a reason why you would process a walk-on & Nelson who are key guys when you already have a paper thin DL. They just don’t make any sense when you use logic. 

I would agree.....no coach in the country would want to lose experience on DL.  They are too hard to find.

1 minute ago, Decked said:

I assume this was tied in the previous that was Nelson/Feist were forced out, no? That’s what I got out of it. If not I apologize 

Gotcha.  I hadn't heard that.

I was just referring to Rhules quote to Schaefer.

1 minute ago, Decked said:

Or maybe— the rumors are straight BS? I can’t think of a reason why you would process a walk-on & Nelson who are key guys when you already have a paper thin DL. They just don’t make any sense when you use logic. 

What rumors?

7 minutes ago, lo country said:

The sad reality is this.  Every guy leaving was never part of a winning season.  Never made it to a bowl game and was part of the worst 5 year span in Husker history.  I think that some of our optics are skewed by having some of the guys mentioned as a "bright spot on a very dark stage.  Nelson specifically played his a$$ off.  All motor.  All the time.  But he was not a game changer.  In reality, if he was, we don't go 5-22 in one score games.  I liken this to Westerkamp.  One of our better receivers in the past 15 years and he didn't even get a look from the NFL.  He looked very good, based upon how he looked at NU.  He simply didn't measure up when compared with the metrics of other receivers.  Hopefully I am wrong and some of the guys declaring will succeed.  I am in the minority probably on this view, but echoing Deion to the guys at Colorado.  To paraphrase, y'all haven't been relevant in almost 2 decades.  That losing has been accepted.  Y'all were 1-11.  I'm bringing in my guys.....It was cold, heartless, ruthless, but ultimately true.  

 

I am sure Rhule is bringing in/trying to keep the guys who fit his scheme.  I'd guess there would be honest discussion with some guys who could be 6 year seniors.  Not going to flip the roster and the culture by keeping everyone.  I'm sure as much as he loved NU it was a very hard decision.  Best of luck to him and the others as they move on.  Fire away.

Boom.  Glad to see him staying!  

The fun thing about flipping the roster is just a few days ago, Rhule said every player on the team is his guy.

Maybe he meant when fall camp arrives?......

1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

Who pulled your f#&%ing chain?

We (not you) were discussing why Sanders likely wouldn’t still be at CU in 4-5 years. WTF does that have to do with your opinion on Rhule?

 

If you want to be a CU/Sanders fan that bad just do it, TheBuff.

Seems another chain is very easily pulled......

You've certainly given me your opinion when you were no part of the conversation.

Thanks for checking in.

25 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Maybe because CU is nobody’s destination job? With the exception of McCartney (who parlayed it into something more by circling the Nebraska game in Red) it’s always been a temporary or stepping stone job. I don’t think too many expect Deion to still be there in 4-5 years.

Rhule likely won't be at Nebraska in 4-5 years.  If he's successful, his resume history says he'll move on in that time frame.

6 hours ago, Caliborn72 said:

Looks like some really solid transfers. They needed it. But prep recruiting looks really meh. Flipped a very good RB from ND. Took a couple projects. And then some meh in between.

 

Nothing to worry about. Maybe they’ll have a big January.

What will be interesting now is watching the decisions of Cormani McClain and Blake Purchase.

Purchase is the top ranked player in Colorado and verbal to Oregon.  Oregon flat out kicked a$$ today but I don't think Purchase signed.

If McClain ends up going CU both corners are 5* since Hunter has now committed.

It will also be interesting to see how Colorado fares on the field against USC before they join B1G.

4 hours ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

That's not necessarily true.  Hausmann ran out the door so fast you didn't even realize how fast he did it.  Hausmann didn't even give the new staff a chance and mpo was already predetermined to leave once the season was over.  Moore on the other hand was committed to the coaches and not the University.  Once they fired Frost and MJ took over Nebraska tried keeping him in the loop of things all the while Michigan was saying come to the dark side.  Once MJ wasn't retained and Moore found out,! he knew he was going to leave bc he had already built that relationship with Michigan and it was going to be extremely hard for Nebraska to overcome that.  Both went to the dark side and both can go kick rocks for all I care.

Ok

54 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

I for one am glad we have somebody that is up to date with the ins & outs and machinations of everything CU and Deion Sanders. I doubt CU has any of their own fans that seem to know as much as you do about what they’re up to 

I get my info (and my tickets) from two of my friends....one is a former CU basketball player and the other is an attorney and graduate of CU law school.

They are both great guys and have made sure I have tickets and parking at their tailgates......even though I wander over to Harvest House instead.

18 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

Or maaaybe it's just because Michigan is a better program for them right now in every way - academically, sending guys to the NFL, winning championships. If the only thing keeping them from the better opportunity was an existing relationship with the old staff, I cannot blame them in the slightest for jumping on that opportunity instead of starting a new relationship. I wish they were coming here, but I don't think it matters who we hired. It's a new face, and if it's going to be a new face might as well be the guy who will have you playing big time games in college and send you to the league.

If it didn't matter who we hired we wouldn't have spent three months hoping for a multi million dollar assistant coaching salary pool.

15 minutes ago, Huskerfollower4life said:

Why??  Dvoracek can't be any worse then Rudd as a coach.  Ruud became a coach here.  Dvoracek is a experience lb coach.  That's all you can as for.

Apparently Hausmann and Moore asked for more.

Losing Moore and Hausmann to Michigan says we're recruiting the right players, but Rhule might start feeling some heat about the Dvoracek hire more sooner than later.

3 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

 

This tweet is true, but also a bit misleading.  Sanders OC is being named receivers coach and his DC, Dennis Thurman is going to an analyst role.

For those few of us old enough to remember, Dennis Thurman is a USC and Dallas Cowboy legend and former NFL DC.

Sanders OC who is now receivers coach was a Mike Leach referral.

28 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I guess I don’t get what is so weird.  He went through the process.  Made a decision, then jus coach was fired.  He looked at CU and took an official there to see something to compare Nebraska to.  He liked it.  But, has decided he still likes Nebraska better.  
 

It’s not that difficult to follow and it’s not just a bunch of drama.  

He hasn't actually signed anywhere yet.

I think he's N but until Wednesday we don't know.

20 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

I don’t think it looks any different at Nebraska than it does at any of the current top programs. Our biggest obstacle keeping us from being tOSU, Michigan, Alabama etc. is winning and getting this headed back in the right direction. Sure were always going to have a little harder row to hoe with recruiting but winning begets winning and will make the recruiting much easier. Other than that, we can have the same foundation anyone else can.

Sounds simple enough.

2 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

What are you, like 12 yo? Weren’t you around in the 80s & 90s? That would be a stable foundation. Sanders may bring some excitement and bling to a downtrodden program like CU but when he leaves, and he will leave there relatively soon, they will quickly fall back to where they were the day he showed up. Anybody that thinks his stint at CU ends any differently is fooling themselves.

I am in my 50s and very familiar with Nebraska in the 80s and 90s.

I asked the question beciase of the radical changes in college football since the 90s.

Here are four significant ones.

TV contracts/revenue sharing

Partial qualifiers

Schollie limits

Transfer portal

So as a genuine question....what does a "foundation " look like at Nebraska now?

5 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I’m not looking for “exciting” in the head coach. I don’t want the coach to be the circus show that detracts from the players.  I think Trev feels the same way.  
 

Also, when Prime leaves, the players will care more about him than CU and more will bolt for the portal.  
 

Rhule has the ability to build a much more stable foundation here.  

What does a stable foundation look like?

23 minutes ago, cheekygeek said:

His dad was a Husker star.

His uncle is the O-Line Coach.

Neither dad or uncle was a fan of Frost.

Now an adult is in charge of the program.

Nebraska can compete in facilities, NIL, and (now, I believe) player development.

(Very curious to see how the new strength coach works out).

Also, the Big 10 West is still winnable & if you do that you likely get Ohio St. or Michigan in the Big Ten Championship every year.

I think he’s N.

He can't sign for over a year and divisions are gone then.  But stay tuned!

5 hours ago, GSG said:

 

But somehow he's the only coach that cares about his players and their futures  

Yeah....this was said exactly nowhere in the thread.

4 minutes ago, Slow yer Roll said:

Isn't  that pretty standard in the coaching world?

 

 

If we played a 100 speeches from a hundred coaches,  would there be a nickels worth of difference?

Sanders has influence that few coaches do.

47 minutes ago, admo said:

Your words in your post don't sit well with me.  The gif I added felt like what I interpreted coming from you (what it feels like).

 

"Football heroes, gang-bangers, Deion Sanders..."  

 

Maybe I misunderstood what you meant.

Guy Chamberlain's post is spot on for the spirit of Sander's message.

This message was Deion using his influence to better his players as part of society.