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I would love to see Leonhard as our DC. It would give everyone associated with (or rooting for) Wisconsin pause. He knows the BigTen and I'll bet he would LOVE to have the opportunity to stick it to Wisconsin on a regular basis (as opposed to going to the SEC). Besides, the BigTen has the money to pay him better than most places. And you know what they say about a DC Scorned.

Plot twist! The person he is accused of strangling was Trev Albert.

Rhule's history (and his sound bites) make it appear that he will run a "simplified" pro-style offense. That's Satterfield's M.O. also. This should appeal to any QB with aspirations of playing at the next level. To figure out why his offenses at Carolina weren't great, you have to look no further than the names of the QBs that his GM provided him: Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield. And Mayfield's problem isn't the line in front of him, which has improved each year under Rhule. Critics also put blame at the feet of his OC, Ben McAdoo - who you will notice is one coach that's not being asked to follow Rhule to Nebraska.

What 307husker said! I read every word. Great post (and you are a great college football fan). Temple? Whooo Dat? ;)

LOL! One of the best lines I have seen on this board.

Emphasis on the Line of Scrimmage is music to the ears of all Husker Fans. Everybody says it, but I do think this guy believes it. Lots of interesting dominos to fall in the coming days. I'm guessing he will be meeting with the Assistant Coaches after this. I think a few will be asked if they would consider staying. I think others already have replacements waiting in the wings, but he will break that news to the coaches (which is how a Real Man would handle it). Some of the others are probably already fielding interest/offers from other schools. His staff is obviously the next area of focus, followed by recruiting and offers. It is going to be an exciting week or two here.

Mickey Joseph taught us that part of the new college football landscape is that you might drag along a recruit or two when you change teams as a coach (Trey Palmer, for anybody in a coma). Wonder if Satterfield will bring anyone interesting with him?

Auburn is The Biggest Loser of this weekend, with reports that Rhule turned them down for Nebraska and Lane Kiffin played them for a big pay raise.

AND the rumor mill slides to a new topic… I feel that Mickey & Busch are huge assets, but they would mean that Rhule replaces a couple of people in whatever assistant crew he feels responsible for & already values. He would also have to be a pretty secure guy, because (just like the No. 2 QB is the fan’s most popular player when No. 1 is struggling) there will be a lot of fans hoping Mickey can grow into the HC gig. I believe Mickey knows how to defer to the HC, however hard that might be - if he is truly a fan of Nebraska and doesn’t feel he was screwed over by Trev & this process. In a perfect world, Rhule keeps both of those guys, but I think if anybody has been paying attention they will see that both the of those guys are great hires anywhere. If they go, I also fear how many players they make take with them.

Good point & one reason it would be a no-brainer to keep recruiter extraordinaire Mickey.

If you want to go back and remember the state of affairs when Frost was fired & Mickey was elevated from Assistant HC to Interim - we were looking at the remainder of a season with Chin’s defense. Busch was moved from Special Teams to DC and you were blind if you did not see a stunning difference on the field almost immediately. Even coaching around significant injuries, we began to see a reemergence of a Blackshirt mentality. The effort on the field was obvious - we shut out teams for entire halves multiple times. It would be great to see what Busch could do with bringing in his own guys. Regardless of where he goes, he is a HELL of a coach and I tip my cap at the job he did. I’d hate to see what the final scores would have been this year without MJ making that single change. Thank you Mickey, I’m sure that was not an easy thing to do, but you gave those defensive players the kind of coach & scheme that they needed.

If MJ is gone after this season, his parting words here are going to haunt me forever.

Single season yds record: 1016 yds (6 for 134 so far)

Lane’s body language & eye contact screams “I’m not a good liar” here. He may be able to make fun of reports of him going to Auburn - but he’s clearly going aomewhere & I think Nebraska makes too much sense for the things he’s already complained about at Ole Miss.

(A) We live in an age where hiring a coach can mean some of his players following him to his new program. (See: Trey Palmer) This means that part of getting better fast might mean those sort of transfers, in addition to the usual recruiting. (B) https://www.outkick.com/nick-saban-alabama-daughter-kristen-saban-warning-crimson-tide-instagram/ This article: made me think a wacky-wacky thought: How many Alabama assistant coaches and players would follow Nick Saban if Nebraska opened up the checkbook for him? What faster way to get a CEO Head Coach that can match wits with the BiG and set up a system that can groom MJ for the HC position in a few years? Saban is 71, so not sure how long he’s interested in coaching but if you could open the checkbook for a shortcut back to Blue Blood relevancy, he would be The Guy to put Nebraska back on the map. For the record, I still think it is going to be Lane Kiffin.

I fear that Nebraska has lost the ability to attract a HC candidate that hates to lose and is incentivized to win (and so is now attracting only HC candidates who want to angle for those sweet, sweet, buyout Millions).

Interesting. Anybody know who is ahead of Nebraska in "active" and "all time"?

Agreed. MJ as a $1M associate head coach, recruiter, WR coach is a win. Players want to be coached by coaches that put players in the pros. (Say THAT 3 times fast). MJ put Chase in the NFL first round and Justin Jefferson is another MJ pro. I would maintain that the reason Casey T. and Chubba Purdy wanted to both come to NU was because of Whipple and his having just coached and playcalled for the Heisman Trophy winning QB (now Steelers' starter) the previous year. We will recruit top flight lines when we get assistant coaches with a history of putting those position players in the pros.

Wrong. You have 2 more guesses.

Would you like to put some money on that?

You (and everybody +1-ing this comment) apparently lack reading comprehension. I’ll highlight this to make it simple for you: You’ll notice I didn’t say which players (or positions) would come from which of those various avenues. My comment about O-Line & D-Line was more about how their selection seemed to bore Frost who focused almost exclusively on “playmaker” positions. (They are all playmaker positions, in my book).

Many people commenting have still not figured out the new college football landscape. It is not just recruiting and player development any more. The N.I.L. and Transfer Portal mean that different metrics are now at play. It is now MUCH more like the NFL - which means recruiting must morph into basically being more like a General Manager who manages the salary cap (N.I.L. money) AND potential transfers (both outbound and inbound) - in addition to the traditional High School & Jr. College recruiting. Mostly GONE are the days of getting kids in raw and expecting to have them for 4 or 5 years & kids waiting their turn to develop and maybe see the field as JRs and SRs. For a lot of programs it is now going to be a game of musical chairs, from year to year - identifying the biggest areas of need and attempting to fill them. A college GM is going to need to figure out how to divvy up resources for the overall good of the team. A star QB transferring-in is only going to last as long as the O-Line assembled in front of him keeps him in one piece. The game of football starts on the O-Line & D-Line and they have been mostly after-thoughts around here for a while. I personally believe that THIS is what TA means when he says he wants a CEO coach. But if you look at the NFL model, very few programs succeeded with the HC ALSO serving as the GM. The best programs had great GMs who gave the HC & staff the best roster to work with and it was their job to scheme them up and find mismatches on game day. With smart use of the N.I.L. plus smart use of the transfer portal a turnaround CAN happen fast - and I believe that includes Nebraska.

Purdy has the mobility of a blacksmith’s anvil.