Huskers Rhule
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I agree---but it's different this time.
I can recall how giddy we were as fans when Mike Riley was offering scholies to...(cue drumroll)...many the country's top players!!! WhooHoo!!! Same with Frost. It was a dramatic departure from what we'd seen from Pelini. God, I still remember the TE we wanted to play QB more than Burrow!!!
But there's a Grand Canyon-wide difference between offering a blue chipper a scholie and actually landing him.To be fair, Frost landed some players who are studs for us today (i.e. Ty Robinson & Hutmacher) Looking back, it was their signings that gave me hope for Frosty. For all the hoopla over the speedy guys, you win with the big dudes you've got up-front. A lot of our success this year and going forward will hinge on the guys Rhule has already brought in via traditional recruiting and the portal. It's pretty wild how quickly he's flipped the roster. If we have a break-out season this fall, I predict our future recruiting will take another jump in the recruit rankings.
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Certainly there seemed to be glimpses of hope under Frost that he might figure it out.I agree---but it's different this time.
I can recall how giddy we were as fans when Mike Riley was offering scholies to...(cue drumroll)...many the country's top players!!! WhooHoo!!! Same with Frost. It was a dramatic departure from what we'd seen from Pelini. God, I still remember the TE we wanted to play QB more than Burrow!!!
To be fair, Frost landed some players who are studs for us today (i.e. Ty Robinson & Hutmacher) Looking back, it was their signings that gave me hope for Frosty. For all the hoopla over the speedy guys, you win with the big dudes you've got up-front. A lot of our success this year and going forward will hinge on the guys Rhule has already brought in via traditional recruiting and the portal. It's pretty wild how quickly he's flipped the roster. If we have a break-out season this fall, I predict our future recruiting will take another jump in the recruit rankings.
However once you watched his teams play actual games your realized something was not right - turns out is was a combo of many things - including his need to hit the sauce regularly.
One of the biggest issues that Coach Rhule recently talked about -- and a bunch of us here at BHF led by @MRJFB grumbled about Frost's practices -- is that you can't expect to play great defense if you don't practice tackling!!! That shouldn't be so hard to figure out.
Football is a physical game. Yet a shockingly small percentage of HCs today do it in the preseason for fear of injuries.
Unless you're new and they've given you a freebie, this article is under a pay wall.
FYI, I unsubscribed to The Athletic a few years ago -- for obvious reasons -- but resubscribed a while back. If Nebraska plays like I expect this year, it's chump change for all the good stories and info. Mitch Sherman is Nebraska's beat writer and he's one of the good ones.
A snippet from Mitch's article (mentioning the Neb Coaches' Meeting ATX posted above) that I found particularly interesting:
"Wednesday night, Rhule met with more than 100 high school coaches in a room with seating for 70 on the Sandhills Global campus in northwest Lincoln. He offered a few words and introduced quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas and secondary coach Evan Cooper.
Rhule then drove to Omaha for a similar event with coaches from the Metro Conference.
Half of his staff went to the Lincoln engagement, the other half to the one in Omaha.
Among Rhule’s messages? Don’t make excuses.
Instead, make football enjoyable. Many coaches in attendance Wednesday have seen participation numbers decline in sports at their schools, said Jim Hansen, an organizer of the gathering and treasurer of the Lincoln Football Coaches Association.
“Let’s create football programs that kids want to be a part of,” Rhule told the high school coaches, according to Hansen.
Another Rhule message during this offseason: Culture isn’t measured solely by attendance or performance. It’s measured by what happens in the quiet moments.
“I know guys are watching the quarterbacks,” Rhule said recently. “We lost five games (last season) by three points or in overtime. So we’re fighting for every single point. We’re three points away from being a good team in our brains.
“So am I going to follow a quarterback that doesn’t win all the drills, that’s not out there throwing at 6 a.m., that’s not there on the weekends? I’m not following that guy.”
Likewise, the Nebraska coaches expect that they’re being watched. Wednesday in Lincoln, Thomas and Cooper impressed the high school coaches with their knowledge and attitudes. The program started at 7 p.m. The Nebraska assistant coaches stuck around until 9:45.
Coaches in attendance ranged from some of the largest schools in the state to Parkview Christian, which plays six-man football.
After some fluctuation over the past two decades at Nebraska, Hansen said “adults are back in the room.”
A former assistant coach at Lincoln Pius X, Hansen said he recalls years ago when a Nebraska coordinator scoffed at him for seeking insight on the Huskers’ scheme. Hansen told Rhule the story. If anything like that happens at Nebraska with this coaching staff, Rhule said, find him and let him know.
“This staff has just been different in the sense that they’ve really tried to connect with us,” Hansen said. “It’s great to see that the guys you watch on Saturday are going through the same things that we do on Friday night. They are one of us. They really are.”
Such a huge comment about how our program is rising under Coach Rhule. If you read deep enough in to it you can almost hear the disdain and disgust for previous staffs.
Sad in one sense, a huge sigh of relief to go along with that.
That was exactly my reaction too, Nebraska99!
It explains the 'faint praise' we got from various Nebraska HS coaches in the past.
I'd give it a thumb's up, Hunch, but I'm still trying to decipher it.
They are one of us. They really are.That was exactly my reaction too, Nebraska99!
It explains the 'faint praise' we got from various Nebraska HS coaches in the past.
I'd give it a thumb's up, Hunch, but I'm still trying to decipher it.
That's what I'm talkin' about.
This is a tough time of year for most of us. We’re still weeks away from Spring Ball and the Husker YouTube content this time of year is click-baity bad. Thank goodness, the “Chasing 3” video documentary recently came out.
But if you find yourself bored, perusing some of the pages of this grand old thread is guaranteed to entertain you. I’m always game for an old Rhule interview or a “IF WE DIE, WE DIE!” locker room speech.
But if you find yourself bored, perusing some of the pages of this grand old thread is guaranteed to entertain you. I’m always game for an old Rhule interview or a “IF WE DIE, WE DIE!” locker room speech.
I’m noticing an interesting thing about Husker content on YouTube these days. Whether it’s one of the national guys or some local guys, they all have Matt Rhule as their cover boy as click bait.
I can’t count the number of times I open a video expecting an interview with Coach only to see some schmuck in his mother’s basement with a microphone.
I can’t count the number of times I open a video expecting an interview with Coach only to see some schmuck in his mother’s basement with a microphone.
Howdy Husker fans this is Joe Smuckatello coming to you live from my mother's basement with my views on what's happening now in Husker land
I agree, ramelbm!Clickbait creators only get rewarded if people keep taking the bait.
I can't believe there are idiots out there who are stupid enough to fall for...
...on second thought, nevermind.
