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Has anyone thought that he might be a co-OC? I'm pretty sure Rhule has had two OC's before at Temple or Baylor. I could be wrong.

1 minute ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Bill Busch is very valuable as a coach or in the back rooms/offices/analyst role.  He is a great football mind and excellent motivator and schemer. 

An ace recruiter too. Was responsible for convincing Ed O to bring in Joe Burrow @ LSU.

He certainly looks the part. More so than Duval 

I think there's a good chance this will be the first staff we've ever had that has zero ties whatsoever to Nebraska. I don't think it's a requirement in order to coach here but it is nice to have someone who is familiar with the state and recruiting here. Rhule would be smart to ask Mickey to stay along with an increase in pay after the job he did as interim HC.

His recruiting prowess alone should be enough to convince Rhule. We will find out soon.

I'm hoping the offense we see under Rhule is more akin to what he did at Temple rather than Baylor. I understand why people like to run RPO so much because of today's landscape. I think it is imperative that we are able to consistently line up in an all-22 smash mouth type of offense and move the ball. 

2 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

My current prediction:  (I may change this tomorrow)

 

We beat Iowa and Trev announces MJ the head coach in the Locker room.  

 

 

You lost me at "We beat Iowa" 

49 minutes ago, MLB 51 said:

SMDH.

This search has gone on for a while. Many of us should step back and go with the most logical answer. Who is a grinder? Who is a developer? Also said person(s) could still be coaching in CCG's. This could be anyone, so I won't even bother throwing out a name just for the sake of it.

All other names are being thrown around for one reason -- money. Everyone's looking to get that raise and get paid. It's nothing new in the wide world of sports. We can sell our fan base to a prospective coach, our facilities, at the end of the day it's going to take the right Jimmies and Joe's to turn this program around.

Find an identity, recruit to it, stick to it. We are in a much deeper rebuild now than when SF was hired, IMO. We're at a distinct disadvantage with recruiting. We will never out recruit Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State. We need to recruit to our system, our schemes, what our identity is going to be instead of just being an after thought for recruits. Because of recruiting, this is one reason I think a higher tiered "outsider" coach won't come here unless we pay big-time money (which we won't) all candidates will be flattered and thank us for getting them a pay raise but that's about it.

It's a hard pill to swallow but this is the reality. We need a Bret Bielema kind of coach that can turn things around fast, develop this roster quickly in year 2. We were great in the past because we made our identity to be that we would out work our opponents and would be the most physical team. Time to get back to building OL, DL. This hire is crucial and important for this program to have any kind of future success.

Remember, this is Trev's decision and his hire will ultimately judge his tenure here. It needs to be a good one, or this fan base will be lost completely.

I'm going to laugh when Bret Bielema is in front of our podium after Illinois' regular season ends.

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

Michigan had top-ten recruiting classes while they were an Adidas school. The label on the jersey didn't matter. 

It will this Saturday of course when you think about all the star athletes they've been able to go out and recruit over the last 4 years. I would take every competitive advantage we can get. One thing young 17-18 year old kids care about more than us old farts is what they wear. Especially when it comes to student athletes.

1 minute ago, Mavric said:

 

So it's been going down since they switched to Jordan.  Interesting.

Please. We would kill to have those rankings. And all those 5 stars. Not gonna happen with adidas. Even Michigan thought ahead. Tennessee. Not many "Blueblood" programs have adidas anymore. Once again, Nebraska is being left behind and living in the past.

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

 

Please show your work

They switched to Air Jordan for the 2016, season no? They finished:

4th in recruiting 2016

4th in 2017

10th in 2019

11th in 2020

10th in 2021

9th in 2022

You think Michael Jordan calling up Jim Harbaugh to make a deal with Air Jordan didn't boost their recruiting? Where's Nebraska been out of these years? Bottom dweller, losing program for 6 years now. That's more than the length of an entire recruiting cycle. 

48 minutes ago, Undone said:

I've pretty much refrained from talking about possible coaches because history shows that some rando usually follows the firing of a fan-favorite and the leaks never get it right at all.

 

But here are some thoughts on Rhule: Does the guy really give a s*** about trying hard at anything at this point, given that the Panthers owe him $40M still? So we're talking about what they still owe him...and that's on top of what he's accrued from his previous two gigs.

 

That's kind of where I think the sweet spot is more of the Matt Campbell kind of guy; it isn't just about the resume, it's also stage of career and projections about motivation level.

 

And to me, Matt Campbell is the type of coach that would be highly motivated to run through a brick wall to be successful here. Again, is his resume the greatest? No. But that isn't necessarily everything.

If it's Rhule, I think it says a lot that he would mitigate that $40 mil owed to him by coming back to coaching so soon. Perhaps there is a love for the game over all the money. Coaches are a crapshoot we have no idea whether he'll be like Frost or the next Nick Saban. But he has a reputation of being a program builder and player developer. Two things this football program really needs.

47 minutes ago, knapplc said:

The brand of the jersey has nothing to do with championships. Correlation does not equal causation. 

 

People focus on the weirdest things. 

Michigan's recruiting went up and now the results are showing since they've changed to Air Jordan. If people don't think a young kid cares about what apparel he is wearing, then we're a lot further behind the game than we think.

39 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

12 schools have won the last 10 NC's?  must be the new math they are teaching these days

You haven't been following along. I've said the last adidas school to do it was 24 years ago. Out of that timespan I believe 12 or 13 Nike schools have won a NC. Pay attention my friend.

2 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

Like 5 schools have won the last 10 or so NC's.  It has to do with coaching and players less to do with what they are wearing.  If you happen to sign the best schools in the best conferences your odds of clothing a National Champion go up.    

It's more closer to 12 schools. Also the teams that have completed in CFP or were in line with BCS rankings have been NIKE schools.

Here's some facts to chew on for those that oppose NIKE:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4516865-nike-vs-adidas-an-undisputed-leader

2 hours ago, desertshox said:

 

simplest way to put it, addidas treats nebraska like royalty whereas moving to nike nebraska would be mere commoners.

Do you know that for a fact? Seems like NIKE treats schools with royalty. Seems like NIKE schools win championships. Seems like NIKE schools bring in better student athletes. I can go on and on.

7 hours ago, Blackshirt316 said:

We are NEVER walking away from our apparel contract with Adidas. EVER. Anyone suggesting we should or would has never looked at it. Please stop.

No facts? Here's one, no Adidas school has come close to a NC in over 24 years. Nike has dominated the CFB landscape. If you can't beat em, join em.

Auburn media seem to think Matt Rhule is headed to Nebraska...

https://huskercorner.com/2022/11/08/nebraska-football-auburn-matt-rhule/amp/

14 minutes ago, 3gunhusker said:

because the "interim" coach is relieved of his duties?

Yes but not in the sense of what you perceive it to be. It'll make sense soon enough.

1 minute ago, admo said:

As someone who has watched Baylor football every Saturday for 3 decades, I would agree and argue that Matt Rhule is a better HC than Dave Aranda.  Even though it is not by much, but still.

 

However, they both have a nice back yard for recruiting (success) and are both really good coaches.

 

I would take Aranda in a heartbeat, nothing wrong there.  But if there was a choice between the two, I would go with Matt Rhule.

 

What makes me very uncomfortable is that Aranda has a contract extension through 2026 (as of right now) and Rhule's contract from the Panthers will take money away from him if he coaches anywhere.  

 

It will be interesting to see how it folds out, regardless.  

2 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

I could care less about apparel change, I am more interested in character change. Can we get that? 

You don't think money drives CFB? Brand, apparel lines that attract specific recruits? Adidas is going to go the way of Riddell. This school needs to get rid of Adidas if they want to compete with the rest of CFB. That's the name of the game today.

We shut them out in the first half. They shut us down in the second half. It goes back to the whole its not how you start but how you finish. Clearly, we haven't learned how to finish.

I think everyone is going to blow the lid off this place when the announcement comes in the next 2-3 weeks.

FWIW I believe 1998 Tennessee was the last Adidas school to win a NC. Before that, Nebraska. Is a 24 year losing streak too long?