Your Support for Rhule - Poll

[The Dude]

Matt Rhule brought his friends along and look how things are playing out.  So did SF and MR and they got canned. 

They both also wore hats!  

 

[Fru]

This schedule has 7 wins on it. To get the remaining two it's of course UCLA and then in my opinion it's 1/2 on Wisconsin & Iowa.

There is not even a question about whether there's enough talent to do this - unless we were to have some crazy injuries occur in the next 2. The coaches have to figure it out and get two more wins.

Assuming no major injuries there are just no excuses to not pick up two more wins.

Wis and Iowa are kinda weird this season. There’s times both have looked solid and then times where they’ve looked listless. Iowa especially last week.

I’d say both are winnable but Wis might be more gettable though. They’ve got Ped St, week off, @Iowa, then Oregon, then us. That’s a rough little stretch. 

 

[TGHusker]

https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/what-to-make-of-the-nebraska-coaching-staff-after-indiana-blowout-common-fans

• Frustrations linger after the loss to Indiana.
  
• Would the loss feel better if the Huskers had lost 35-7 instead of 56-7?
  
• 104 FBS teams have beaten a top-25 team since the last time Nebraska did it.
  
• Nebraska fans wrestle with watching a historic loser vault to success with a first-year head coach, while the Huskers fail to meet their moment and get over the hump. 
  
• Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield’s comments at his weekly press conference don’t help things.
  
• Satterfield’s comments don’t jibe with how Matt Rhule has talked about wanting to run the ball. 
  
• The OC also seemed lost on a question about yards per play, and his answer has the fan base buzzing. 
  
• Is Satterfield’s inconsistency a reflection on Rhule?
  
• The Nebraska fan base is as devoted as they come, but they are also smart football fans, and the seeming disarray from the coaching staff only adds to the frustration. 
  
• Huskers have to show some fight and have positive takeaways vs. Ohio State. 
  

 

[Hagg]

Satterfield was lost in his presser.  He doesn't know running the football is a priority.  He doesn't know what a good yards per play is.

That was sad and embarrassing to watch.  It kind of put an exclamation point on why we saw an inability to correct/adjust during the Indiana game and also brings back old feelings about the state of the program. 

 

[junior4949]

With the exception of Ohio State, all the remaining games are winnable.  It's possible that USC has an interim coach by the time we play them.  I think some people are overlooking UCLA.  Four of their five losses are to potential top 10 teams.  I would feel a lot more confident if we could find a reliable kicker.  

 

[DefenderAO]

That was sad and embarrassing to watch.  It kind of put an exclamation point on why we saw an inability to correct/adjust during the Indiana game and also brings back old feelings about the state of the program. 

It screams he's: 

a.  Not aware, or shows little regard, of what Rhule wants to be

b.  Not detail-oriented

c.  Very likely not bought in to what is at stake

d.  A lot of other issues

I had very sobering thoughts on him just from last year's results.  Add in his prior years' stops, the decline this year, and this pathetic presser, he needs to be out ASAP.  

 

[gossamorharpy]

outside of satt’s incompetence and our group of 5 quality level of offensive coaches that I’ve b!^@hed about ad nauseam… I genuinely wonder how much our defensive bend don’t break style plays into how s#!t our offense is come game day.

Our defense does not press at all, we constantly play cushion coverage, often allowing receivers to catch the ball and we don’t have a guy within 2 yards, much less in-between the receiver and quarterback. All off-season our receivers are going up against this defense then come game day they get f’n jammed on the line of scrimmage and can’t do a thing. Physical blocking is non existent on the edge
 

am I saying it’s the defenses fault as to how ineffective this offense is? No… but I can’t help but call out a clear connection to how soft our receivers appear on gameday- whether it’s beating man coverage or simply blocking with sound fundamentals, it looks like they don’t practice this phase of the game at all. 

 

[runningblind]

outside of satt’s incompetence and our group of 5 quality level of offensive coaches that I’ve b!^@hed about ad nauseam… I genuinely wonder how much our defensive bend don’t break style plays into how s#!t our offense is come game day.

Our defense does not press at all, we constantly play cushion coverage, often allowing receivers to catch the ball and we don’t have a guy within 2 yards, much less in-between the receiver and quarterback. All off-season our receivers are going up against this defense then come game day they get f’n jammed on the line of scrimmage and can’t do a thing. Physical blocking is non existent on the edge
 

am I saying it’s the defenses fault as to how ineffective this offense is? No… but I can’t help but call out a clear connection to how soft our receivers appear on gameday- whether it’s beating man coverage or simply blocking with sound fundamentals, it looks like they don’t practice this phase of the game at all. 

People have been complaining about the cushion for years, but you simply cannot play press man unless you are confident you will get home on a pass rush.  We simply have not been able to rush the passer consistently in about 15 years.  There is no one on the roster capable of winning on their own consistently, without blitzing and overload scenarios.  Couple that with not enough DB's capable of holding up 1 on 1 for 3+ seconds and you get what people complain about.  We could totally start playing press man and it would end in more 56 point outings. 

As far as how that translates to the offense, I think our WR simply aren't that great.  That has also been a problem for years.  We have decent players, but not ones good enough to win 1 on 1 battles consistently and teams don't have to fear it, creating extra defenders to commit elsewhere. 

 

[hskrpwr13]

I keep reading comments about the talent level. When is consistent top25 recruiting rankings expected to translate into top25 finishes?

 

[gossamorharpy]

People have been complaining about the cushion for years, but you simply cannot play press man unless you are confident you will get home on a pass rush.  We simply have not been able to rush the passer consistently in about 15 years.  There is no one on the roster capable of winning on their own consistently, without blitzing and overload scenarios.  Couple that with not enough DB's capable of holding up 1 on 1 for 3+ seconds and you get what people complain about.  We could totally start playing press man and it would end in more 56 point outings. 

As far as how that translates to the offense, I think our WR simply aren't that great.  That has also been a problem for years.  We have decent players, but not ones good enough to win 1 on 1 battles consistently and teams don't have to fear it, creating extra defenders to commit elsewhere. 

Don’t disagree with anything you outlined. I’d rather see us send an extra man or 2 more often and live with the results. Playing cushion coverage and getting no pressure is a recipe for disaster. 

 

[DefenderAO]

Rhule referenced Satterfield's press conference, very briefly, in Rhule's own presser today.  He stated he doesn't want Satterfield to worry about things like what is an acceptable yards-per-play.  Rhule himself doesn't worry about detailed analytics.

Yet he wants results that only detail-orientedness yields (eg. one person blocking another person - which is all technique and desire).

I think I nailed what Satterfield is and is not.  I'm hoping my read on Rhule is wrong because it's regressing.

 

[The Dude]

44 people claiming they wouldn't support Rhule if he has back-to-back seasons with a bowl game is a bit nutty after the Frost era. One would think he should be afforded 5 years to get to a bowl game at all.

 

[TGHusker]

104 FBS teams have beaten a top-25 team since the last time Nebraska did it.

You know the more I think about this statistic, the angrier  :grr  I get.  :boxosoap  I can't help but think there is some real incompetence not only among our coaches going back to MR, but also in the administration - AD to at the university level when it comes to hiring the right coaching staff.  104 teams have done it since the last time Nebraska has beaten a not top 5, not top 10 or 20 but top 25 team.  Just the law of averages I would think would get us a win over a top 25 team somewhere in that time span.  With all of our resources this is truly inexcusable and if you had asked me at the time Frank was fired, I would say this would be totally unexpected.  Add this to the bowl game drought - so frustrating - especially when you see the Indiana, Kansas, Iowa State now, Missouri, even Vanderbilt coming out of nowhere while old proud teams are resurrecting themselves  - Texas, Miami, PSU doing so much better than where they were a few short years ago.   I hope Rhule gets this turned around and quick.  2025 has got to be a breakout year for us.  :rant  

 

[TGHusker]

44 people claiming they wouldn't support Rhule if he has back-to-back seasons with a bowl game is a bit nutty after the Frost era. One would think he should be afforded 5 years to get to a bowl game at all.

It isn't about the bowl game - the question is about having back to back 6-6 records or a 5-7 season.  Back to back shows no to very little progress. Yes, we will act like a fan group that has never sniffed a bowl game if we make it this year and will be happy for a bowl game the following year.  Buttttttt - getting to a bowl is the barest minimum one should expect at Nebraska.  It should be a 'no effort' thing.   But for some reason we've made it very difficult.  

 

[Huskers93-97]

It isn't about the bowl game - the question is about having back to back 6-6 records or a 5-7 season.  Back to back shows no to very little progress. Yes, we will act like a fan group that has never sniffed a bowl game if we make it this year and will be happy for a bowl game the following year.  Buttttttt - getting to a bowl is the barest minimum one should expect at Nebraska.  It should be a 'no effort' thing.   But for some reason we've made it very difficult.  

Sorry but I don’t consider a bowl game as progress. There are like a million bowls. Bowl games are practically a participation trophy. Wow to get to a bowl game all you have to do is win 1/2 your games. Really people. Our goal now days is to win 6. WTF