I feel the same way, Husker99!
THIS IS THE WAY!
"Fixed it" for you (fromThe Mandolorian).
Huskers Rhule
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"Fixed it" for you (fromThe Mandolorian).
We all need to make a pledge that we will not bedowngrade (thank you Coach Gundy) our young QB this season no matter the circumstances.
I'm pretty sure that as good as DR is that most (not all) Husker fans will be cutting him some slack as True Frosh starter. Same with Kaelin. We didn't give Simms the same grace cause he had 3 years starting experience at GT.
My expectation is bowl game - 6 wins or more - do that - it will be a successful season.
Clearly beating sCUm would put some whip cream on the season. Beating Iowa would be the cherry on top.
Clearly beating sCUm would put some whip cream on the season. Beating Iowa would be the cherry on top.
I want 8 wins. I don't care if it's 7 wins in the regular season and a bowl win or at least 8 in the season. I want a minimum of 8. We need to learn how to win- THIS YEAR!!!
It is not DR's sole responsibility to get us there. I need him to be a noticeable upgrade at QB, that'll be enough.
No excuses.
It is not DR's sole responsibility to get us there. I need him to be a noticeable upgrade at QB, that'll be enough.
No excuses.
And it didn't help that he gave the football away to the opposing teams like candy to kids trick or treating on Halloween
Below are the highlights of an article by Tom Shatel of the Omaha World Herald. As usual, it was good stuff from Shatel. In fact, it included so many interesting tidbits about our Coach that I felt it needed to be here in ATX's Rhule thread.
Shatel: If Matt Rhule's office walls could talk, here's what they'd say
Lincoln - A football coach's office will tell you a lot about the man. But on a recent day, a glimpse into Matt Rhule was taking place outside his office.
On an off-season Thursday morning, the Nebraska football offices were bustling with energy and activity. Two little girls, Vivienne and Leona Rhule were running around selling Girl Scout Cookies. Much like their father, they know how to close a deal (as Athletic Director Trev Alberts would find out.)
The daughters of the coach were just a preview of what I would find inside the second-year Husker coach's office.
I've been in all the head football coaches' offices at NU, going back to Bob Devaney. And Rhule's den is unlike anything I've ever seen. Maybe anywhere.
It's his clubhouse. A man cave for a family man and a football man. The walls are covered with framed photos of Rhule with his family and Rhule posing and with his arms around various football celebrities.
There's a bottle of champagne sent to him by Bill Belichick when Rhule got the Nebraska job. There are helmets. There are footballs. There's a Husker bowling ball. There's a giant poster board of the album cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" album.
There's a photo of Rhule, No. 98 in a white Penn State jersey, sacking a Temple quarterback when he was a junior. And there's a photo of Osborne and Joe Paterno (Rhule's coach) before a game in Memorial Stadium. I guess it was 1979 because Osborne is wearing red pants with the white belt.
Rhule says, "Let me show you my favorite thing." He walks over to the large window overlooking the weight room. There, he points to a little desk by the window. "This is my daughters' desk for when they come and hang out on Saturday's," Rhule said.
Yep. This is one proud family dad, and that gave me an idea to perhaps impose where I don't usually wander. Football coaches are protective husbands and fathers. Their private life is just that. You don't need to know where they live. You don't need to know where they go, what they do. There's a boundary line you don't cross. It's been that way for most Nebraska coaches. And that's fine.
But as I sat down for an annual off-season interview with the Husker coach, I couldn't help myself.
"How's the family?" I asked.
"Hey, thanks for asking," Rhule said. And away he went.
"Julie (wife) and the girls have really taken to Lincoln and Nebraska," Rhule said. "We live out in Waverly. We got a quiet little place out there. It's a nice drive into Lincoln each day. All these (assistant coaches) live in south Lincoln, I beat them all to work."
"Julie is opening up a business in Lincoln, a women's hair dry bar business. We just decided when we came here we were setting down roots, here for the long haul and hoping we can win enough games to keep me around. We've loved the people we've met and our time here."
Why Waverly? Rhule said his wife grew up "on 300 acres" and wanted a similar place to spread out. But they also have a loft in downtown Lincoln that is used for recruiting.
"There's farms all around us out there," Rhule said. "it just felt really quiet, back to her roots. We have our country house out there, but if I ever need to come down and have some O Street city life, we can stay downtown. It's been really good for recruiting, a mile from campus so we can take recruits there unofficially."
This man of the public isn't afraid to tell you where you can find him. In Waverly, the spot is Patina Joe, a coffee/sandwich shop were Rhule says "I can yuck it up" with the local regulars.
In Lincoln, he loved Havelock. He's found several restaurants he likes, most notably Casa Bovina. While on an ESPN podcast last week, Rhule raved abaout Yoshitomo, a restaurant in Benson where the coach celebrated his birthday.
FYI: If you see Rhule out and about, don't be afraid to approach. He won't bite.
"I went to Walmart last night to get some Valentine's cards and candy for the girls and people stopped to talk," Rhule said. "I go into a grocery store and talk to people. Sometimes they want a picture. People are always really cool."
"To me, the great part of this job is being part of this community and this fan base. I was at the Nebraska-Iowa women's basketball game. I probably had 30 Iowa people asking for a picture. For me, that's a win. When a Hawkeye has to ask a Husker for a picture, that's a win."
The state of Nebraska football is one giant fishbowl. The head coach is the main attraction in a tight space that can be suffocating and never takes a day off. The scrutiny, attention, questions, and pressure can close in on a coach and make him uncomfortable. It can distract him from the tasks at hand. But it's part of the job, like beating Ohio State. You learn to deal with it. Or else.
So far, Rhule looks like he'll be extremely comfortable in the fish bowl. And that's a big first step to succeeding at Nebraska. "People in Nebraska are so nice and easy to talk to," Rhule said.
"The biggest lesson for the players is the same lesson for me. I am not a football coach. They are not football players. It's just kind of what we do. I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a guy. I also coach football. Having interests. I love meeting people."
It's a story that's told on the walls of his office. And there in Rhule's office, the walls do talk. "I put a tone of pictures on my wall just so when players and their families come in, they can see a little bit about me and what interests me," Rhule said.
"All these moments, professional, personal. Each one of us is an individual that's made up of all these different parts. They see my respect for coach Osborne. They see my respect for my coaching career and my former players. And they see my family."
I think the coach is going to need some more wall space.
Shatel: If Matt Rhule's office walls could talk, here's what they'd say
Lincoln - A football coach's office will tell you a lot about the man. But on a recent day, a glimpse into Matt Rhule was taking place outside his office.
On an off-season Thursday morning, the Nebraska football offices were bustling with energy and activity. Two little girls, Vivienne and Leona Rhule were running around selling Girl Scout Cookies. Much like their father, they know how to close a deal (as Athletic Director Trev Alberts would find out.)
The daughters of the coach were just a preview of what I would find inside the second-year Husker coach's office.
I've been in all the head football coaches' offices at NU, going back to Bob Devaney. And Rhule's den is unlike anything I've ever seen. Maybe anywhere.
It's his clubhouse. A man cave for a family man and a football man. The walls are covered with framed photos of Rhule with his family and Rhule posing and with his arms around various football celebrities.
There's a bottle of champagne sent to him by Bill Belichick when Rhule got the Nebraska job. There are helmets. There are footballs. There's a Husker bowling ball. There's a giant poster board of the album cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" album.
There's a photo of Rhule, No. 98 in a white Penn State jersey, sacking a Temple quarterback when he was a junior. And there's a photo of Osborne and Joe Paterno (Rhule's coach) before a game in Memorial Stadium. I guess it was 1979 because Osborne is wearing red pants with the white belt.
Rhule says, "Let me show you my favorite thing." He walks over to the large window overlooking the weight room. There, he points to a little desk by the window. "This is my daughters' desk for when they come and hang out on Saturday's," Rhule said.
Yep. This is one proud family dad, and that gave me an idea to perhaps impose where I don't usually wander. Football coaches are protective husbands and fathers. Their private life is just that. You don't need to know where they live. You don't need to know where they go, what they do. There's a boundary line you don't cross. It's been that way for most Nebraska coaches. And that's fine.
But as I sat down for an annual off-season interview with the Husker coach, I couldn't help myself.
"How's the family?" I asked.
"Hey, thanks for asking," Rhule said. And away he went.
"Julie (wife) and the girls have really taken to Lincoln and Nebraska," Rhule said. "We live out in Waverly. We got a quiet little place out there. It's a nice drive into Lincoln each day. All these (assistant coaches) live in south Lincoln, I beat them all to work."
"Julie is opening up a business in Lincoln, a women's hair dry bar business. We just decided when we came here we were setting down roots, here for the long haul and hoping we can win enough games to keep me around. We've loved the people we've met and our time here."
Why Waverly? Rhule said his wife grew up "on 300 acres" and wanted a similar place to spread out. But they also have a loft in downtown Lincoln that is used for recruiting.
"There's farms all around us out there," Rhule said. "it just felt really quiet, back to her roots. We have our country house out there, but if I ever need to come down and have some O Street city life, we can stay downtown. It's been really good for recruiting, a mile from campus so we can take recruits there unofficially."
This man of the public isn't afraid to tell you where you can find him. In Waverly, the spot is Patina Joe, a coffee/sandwich shop were Rhule says "I can yuck it up" with the local regulars.
In Lincoln, he loved Havelock. He's found several restaurants he likes, most notably Casa Bovina. While on an ESPN podcast last week, Rhule raved abaout Yoshitomo, a restaurant in Benson where the coach celebrated his birthday.
FYI: If you see Rhule out and about, don't be afraid to approach. He won't bite.
"I went to Walmart last night to get some Valentine's cards and candy for the girls and people stopped to talk," Rhule said. "I go into a grocery store and talk to people. Sometimes they want a picture. People are always really cool."
"To me, the great part of this job is being part of this community and this fan base. I was at the Nebraska-Iowa women's basketball game. I probably had 30 Iowa people asking for a picture. For me, that's a win. When a Hawkeye has to ask a Husker for a picture, that's a win."
The state of Nebraska football is one giant fishbowl. The head coach is the main attraction in a tight space that can be suffocating and never takes a day off. The scrutiny, attention, questions, and pressure can close in on a coach and make him uncomfortable. It can distract him from the tasks at hand. But it's part of the job, like beating Ohio State. You learn to deal with it. Or else.
So far, Rhule looks like he'll be extremely comfortable in the fish bowl. And that's a big first step to succeeding at Nebraska. "People in Nebraska are so nice and easy to talk to," Rhule said.
"The biggest lesson for the players is the same lesson for me. I am not a football coach. They are not football players. It's just kind of what we do. I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a guy. I also coach football. Having interests. I love meeting people."
It's a story that's told on the walls of his office. And there in Rhule's office, the walls do talk. "I put a tone of pictures on my wall just so when players and their families come in, they can see a little bit about me and what interests me," Rhule said.
"All these moments, professional, personal. Each one of us is an individual that's made up of all these different parts. They see my respect for coach Osborne. They see my respect for my coaching career and my former players. And they see my family."
I think the coach is going to need some more wall space.
Seriously, how can you not love this guy? Every new day convinces me we are in good hands.
I admired the dignity and class Tom Osborne brought to the game. So, it's embarrassing to admit now that back in 2022, I lobbied for us to hire Urban Meyer.
Truth is, I was so sick and tired of losing. It was mindboggling to me how far our once-proud program had fallen. Yeah, I was well-aware of his character issues but thought we've GOT to hire a veteran coach who knows what the hell he's doing!!!
Thank goodness we found one without going that route. As a long-time fan, I find Matt Rhule has the charm and sense-of-humor of the Bobfather, the integrity and Football IQ of Saint Tom along with his own boyish charisma.
Rhule has a picture of Tom Osborne and Joe Paterno talking to each other in the middle of Memorial Stadium hanging on his office wall. It's no secret Coach has tremendous respect for both. FWIW, Osborne and Paterno were best buddies back in their heyday. It will be a bit of an ironic twist if the savior of Nebraska football turns out to be a Joe Paterno disciple. Something tells me Joe would've liked that.
A note to Hunchie to consider if he and Mrs Hunch ever get around to a road trip to Lincoln for a game:
In the full article, Shatel asks Rhule what's been one of his biggest surprises about Nebraska? Coach's answer was: the golf courses. He said they are some of the finest he's seen anywhere.
In the full article, Shatel asks Rhule what's been one of his biggest surprises about Nebraska? Coach's answer was: the golf courses. He said they are some of the finest he's seen anywhere.
Had no idea Coach chased the little white ball around. Yet another reason to be a fan! As long as he and his staff make way for the actual golf team to use the simulator on campus! Not sure if that rumour was ever confirmed but I heard the previous guy spent more time around the Athletic Department's golf simulator than he did recruiting.
No chance of leading a 56 page thread astray but if any of you can recommend a course in the panhandle area please let me know! I'll be there in late May/early June.
Wonder if he's been taken to Sand Hills Golf Course - I will never play there but you can bet there are at least a few boosters that have access to play there.
Jimbosc just mentioned the Granddaddy of Nebraska golf courses. As I recall, Golf Digest listed the Sand Hills Course as one of America's Top Ten golf courses (#8)
Here you go, Hunchie...
Scottsbluff
Monument Shadows Golf - Gering, NE
Gering
MP | Public Home - Scotts Bluff Country Club
Kimball
Home - Four Winds Golf Club
Bridgeport
Court House Jail House Rock Golf Course
Scottsbluff
Monument Shadows Golf - Gering, NE
Gering
MP | Public Home - Scotts Bluff Country Club
Kimball
Home - Four Winds Golf Club
Bridgeport
Court House Jail House Rock Golf Course
I've been playing that stupid game for 40 years and 90% of the time I am in full agreement with your Tio...but that 1 round of 10 lures you back for more punishment. It really is stupid. At this point I play for the exercise. 6-7 mile hike up and down hills is a great workout!
Sorry...the links for Scottsbluff and Gering should be flipped. Here's the correct listing. I also added the course at Sidney.
Scottsbluff
MP | Public Home - Scotts Bluff Country Club
Gering
Monument Shadows Golf - Gering, NE
Kimball
Home - Four Winds Golf Club
Bridgeport
https://www.bridgeportne.gov/golf-course
Sidney
Hillside Golf Course
Scottsbluff
MP | Public Home - Scotts Bluff Country Club
Gering
Monument Shadows Golf - Gering, NE
Kimball
Home - Four Winds Golf Club
Bridgeport
https://www.bridgeportne.gov/golf-course
Sidney
Hillside Golf Course
