Trev is in over his head

[corncraze]

Our program has been on life support these last few years and did/does not have the luxury of being able to grit through a long rebuild strategy that may not even payoff. More losing seasons = slipping further and further into irrelevancy, more fan disengagement (especially the younger generations), lower perception and less interest from high talent athletes, less resources, etc. 
 

We have been in desperate need of a something/anything to re-energize our fan base and recruits FAST. Rhule’s hire, given his slow build track record, was a risk for Trev. So was not fully embracing NIL and using one of the few potential advantages our program has to improve our talent pool. 
 

Hidden-gem identification and player development is not what we needed - nor may it ever be the solution to get us back into a top 10-15 program. Most mid- to bottom-level programs try to operate this way. Difference is most schools don’t have the same financial resources we have to take advantage of NIL.

 

Nebraska needed an elite recruiter that embraces NIL and operates with deep urgency to improve our roster quickly. Success builds on success - buy more talent to start winning games now and we become more appealing to future recruiting classes. Urban definitely could have, Deion has shown he would have, etc. TALENT is what wins games above anything else - and we dont have enough of it. It boggles my mind Trev didn’t recognize and prioritize this.

 

Trev may have had one final shot to save this program, and it’s looking like he floundered the opportunity. But thank goodness we’ll have $300-700M in beautiful stadium updates - it will look real nice half-filled on a BTN mid-day broadcast.

[BoSolich]

replace satterfield and get a real QB and we'll probably be ok

[The Dude]

It's all part of his plan to cut the football program like he did in Omaha, so he can give the stadium to the vollyball team.

[Big Red Viking]

Trev was glad handing on the sideline late in the game last week when it looked like a win.  When things spiraled down the toilet he disappeared and hasn't come out of his gopher hole since.

[Decoy73]

No. He’s not.  

[gobiggergoredder]

This is the second dumbest topic in the last 24 hours.

[corncraze]

4 hours ago, gobiggergoredder said:

This is the second dumbest topic in the last 24 hours.

Explain how… We’re 0-2, looking at a 3-win season. We really expect our fans to keep showing up for those performances and that recruits will still want to come here?

 

We have a one-dimensional offense with no QB options, the same atrocious OL led by the same atrocious OL coach as last year (one of our OTs scored a ZERO for pass blocking from PFF last week) and a below average WR corp at best (led by a 26 year old that never played the position). 
 

We’re delusional to think we’re headed in the right direction. We point to Rhule’s track record, but I see a similar career at temple as his mentor Al Golden and one flash-in-the-pan season at Baylor in a weak Big 12 where Baylor didn’t beat one ranked team. Rhule’s career record and winning percentage is eerily similar to Riley’s, but somehow we assume he’s at a different tier of capability.
 

Trev choose this. He chose this over a 3x national championship winning coach. He chose this over an elite recruiter that just beat us with a team that had one win last year. He chose a no-name staff that hasn’t shown any real urgency to upgrade our below average roster through the portal and NIL. 
 

Bury your heads in the sand, but the way we’re trending, in 3-4 years we’ll be looking at another coaching change led by a new AD because Trev got this pick wrong. Our fan support won’t continue forever if we keep losing - we’re close to losing it this season.

[gobiggergoredder]

6 minutes ago, corncraze said:

Explain how… We’re 0-2, looking at a 3-win season. We really expect our fans to keep showing up for those performances and that recruits will still want to come here?

 

We have a one-dimensional offense with no QB options, the same atrocious OL led by the same atrocious OL coach as last year (one of our OTs scored a ZERO for pass blocking from PFF last week) and a below average WR corp at best (led by a 26 year old that never played the position). 
 

We’re delusional to think we’re headed in the right direction. We point to Rhule’s track record, but I see a similar career at temple as his mentor Al Golden and one flash-in-the-pan season at Baylor in a weak Big 12 where Baylor didn’t beat one ranked team. Rhule’s career record and winning percentage is eerily similar to Riley’s, but somehow we assume he’s at a different tier of capability.
 

Trev choose this. He chose this over a 3x national championship winning coach. He chose this over an elite recruiter that just beat us with a team that had one win last year. He chose a no-name staff that hasn’t shown any real urgency to upgrade our below average roster through the portal and NIL. 
 

Bury your heads in the sand, but the way we’re trending, in 3-4 years we’ll be looking at another coaching change led by a new AD because Trev got this pick wrong. Our fan support won’t continue forever if we keep losing - we’re close to losing it this season.

Lot to dig through here.

 

He just orchestrated the largest event in womens sports history.

 

Hes not the football coach.  He hired a guy that has the resume to fix two decades of poor performance.  This team is literally 1 player from being 2-0.

 

It hurts, but reality is the most of the team is much improved.

[Hagg]

21 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

Lot to dig through here.

 

He just orchestrated the largest event in womens sports history.

 

Hes not the football coach.  He hired a guy that has the resume to fix two decades of poor performance.  This team is literally 1 player from being 2-0.

 

It hurts, but reality is the most of the team is much improved.

 

I think you're right about that "one player.." thing.  So... the next questions would have to be about who is next, and when, and all that.  Plus the biggie:  Is Sims here to stay because the coaches believe in him, even though we don't ("we" not necessarily even meaning a majority of Husker fans, not sure about that).

 

And, yes, lame thread name and subject. 

[gobiggergoredder]

3 minutes ago, Hagg said:

 

I think you're right about that "one player.." thing.  So... the next questions would have to be about who is next, and when, and all that.  Plus the biggie:  Is Sims here to stay because the coaches believe in him, even though we don't ("we" not necessarily even meaning a majority of Husker fans, not sure about that).

I doubt they all believe in him.  At a minimum they are questioning what they think.

 

The real issue is how you salvage a season.  He’s all they have.  It’s Russian roulette.

[corncraze]

26 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

Lot to dig through here.

 

He just orchestrated the largest event in womens sports history.

 

Hes not the football coach.  He hired a guy that has the resume to fix two decades of poor performance.  This team is literally 1 player from being 2-0.

 

It hurts, but reality is the most of the team is much improved.

I’m so tired of the “we were a few plays away from being an X win team.” We’ve made that excuse for years and look where it’s gotten us. That’s a loser’s mentality. Also look at the final score, CU beat us by 3 possessions.

 

also you’re giving Trev way too much credit for volleyball. Most ADs would’ve been able to orchestrate the same event with our fan base. Eichorst, awful as he was, would likely have been able to make this happen too. Cook and the fantastic job he does is the reason we have the fan support to accomplish something like that.

[gobiggergoredder]

2 minutes ago, corncraze said:

 

also you’re giving Trev way too much credit for volleyball. 

You’re rating the ability of an AD based upon the outcome of 2 football games.

[corncraze]

Let’s not forget this coaching staff created this situation. They evaluated Sims and somehow saw past his NCAA-leading turnover resume. They drove off Thompson, a serviceable QB, and didn’t bring in another qb in last year’s class.

 

While Frost failed at the QB position and a lot of this roster he is responsible for, even he knew he needed to take two transfer QBs last year.

[Guy Chamberlin]

38 minutes ago, corncraze said:

 

Trev choose this. He chose this over a 3x national championship winning coach. He chose this over an elite recruiter that just beat us with a team that had one win last year. He chose a no-name staff that hasn’t shown any real urgency to upgrade our below average roster through the portal and NIL. 
 

 

Wait. What? Who was the 3x national championship winning coach we could have hired but didn't?  Where were the fans and experts begging Alberts to hire "sure thing" Deion Sanders over Matt Rhule? Do you follow football?

 

Trev Alberts didn't go in over his head hiring Matt Rhule, a coach who would have quickly been picked up by other ADs who also aren't in over their heads. Trev made a safe bet. 10 days ago, he and Matt Rhule had done pretty much what everyone had asked of them. 

 

I think we are staring down the barrel of a big mistake; our first year head coach hitching his wagon to a portal QB with a reputation for turnovers. But let's see how the next two seasons unfold for starters. 

[BigRedRig]

A lot of really good teams struggled yesterday.  Legitimate top 20 programs with realistic eyes on contending.  The NIL and Portal have changed college football in more ways than some think.  An easy fix, sometimes.  More pressure, definitely.  More impatience, certainly. Harder to develop chemistry early with some being paid, others not, friends gone, new players - unfamiliar with surroundings, new culture, crazy fans… Fans are fanatical. That’s the root of the word.  If they ran a program they would have every player, coach and administrator fired each week, for some reason, in every sport from pee wee to the pros.  

 

Does free agency always produce exceptional and immediate results in the NFL?  Not even close.  You have to still build through the draft, just as in college you do in recruitment.  College is more and more like the NFL and this adjustment is only getting started.  Relax.  We were not good at all last year and we didn’t play a warm-up cookie game.  
 

This defense has done an amazing job.  They shutdown Minnesota all game and Colorado for a half.  Colorado didn’t make great adjustments, they had short fields and eventually our D was gassed.  They pressured all game.  We all agree the QB play was a debacle.  We cannot make it a place the next transfer or recruit passes on us.  Having a top 25 class, and I think it could creep even a little higher, is amazing.  

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