Sounds like he's coming in a support/analyst type role versus one of the main staff members.
Rhule's coaching staff
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The last HS coaches I know of that got hired for big time football turned out really well. Arkansas hired a HS coach to be there OC/WR coach. Gus Malzahn's offense led Auburn to a MNC just a few years later. My Philadelphia Eagles hired a HS coach to be an offense quality control coach. Less than 8 years later Doug Peterson was hoisting the Lombardi trophy as the Eagles HC.
When his brother Bo came calling, Carl made the hard choice to step away from being a role model and mentor to young, impressionable high school kids to move up to the college ranks.
Gotta admit I am a little skeptical about this one as well...
Another hire that took me back a bit was Garret McGuire coaching the receivers. I don't know if that was a lingering hangover from the disappointment of Mickey Joseph ruining his chances of being retained. It didn't help knowing Rhule had a history with guys like Frisman Jackson, Jeff Nixon and Joe Dailey, and anticipating him reuniting with one of them at Nebraska.
The 23-year-old McGuire's résumé is basically nonexistent; two years as an offensive assistant with Carolina. Frankly, that's the sort of experience you hope is good enough to get your foot in the door as a graduate assistant or analyst at the Power Five level.
But again, Rhule deserves the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. History has shown us that his collegiate hires have largely worked out well. Rhule has grown an impressive coaching tree making moves like this. From everything I've heard, McGuire is considered a bright up-and-coming coach by his peers. I must admit, though, I really tilted my head at this hire.
Another hire that took me back a bit was Garret McGuire coaching the receivers. I don't know if that was a lingering hangover from the disappointment of Mickey Joseph ruining his chances of being retained. It didn't help knowing Rhule had a history with guys like Frisman Jackson, Jeff Nixon and Joe Dailey, and anticipating him reuniting with one of them at Nebraska.
The 23-year-old McGuire's résumé is basically nonexistent; two years as an offensive assistant with Carolina. Frankly, that's the sort of experience you hope is good enough to get your foot in the door as a graduate assistant or analyst at the Power Five level.
But again, Rhule deserves the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. History has shown us that his collegiate hires have largely worked out well. Rhule has grown an impressive coaching tree making moves like this. From everything I've heard, McGuire is considered a bright up-and-coming coach by his peers. I must admit, though, I really tilted my head at this hire.
Personally, I think it takes a lot of balls for a sports writer/analyst to second-guess a new head coach's assistant coach hires -- especially one with the track record of Coach Rhule.
It's one thing to argue roster moves and roster postions when we've at least seen the players on the field. But when it comes to hiring a coach, there's so much that goes into the decision that fans and analysts have zero clues about that I take Pernell's 'head-scratcher' comments with a grain of salt.
It's one thing to argue roster moves and roster postions when we've at least seen the players on the field. But when it comes to hiring a coach, there's so much that goes into the decision that fans and analysts have zero clues about that I take Pernell's 'head-scratcher' comments with a grain of salt.
There were some surprises to be sure. Am I questioning Coach Rhule's calls at this point? Not yet.......hopefully not ever. His record shows he's earned some time......even if he doesn't set the world on fire next year.
BTW I really don't expect to hear him say.........The situation was worse than we thought.
BTW I really don't expect to hear him say.........The situation was worse than we thought.
If they win the hires will be regarded in a good light. If they lose then the opposite will happen. It's pretty simple.
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I would bet the farm you're right about that one, redfred.
If you've noticed, unlike his predecessor throughout his first couple of years on the job, Coach Rhule has been VERY respectful of Frost and his staff whenever they've come up during Q&A.
I'm very interested in how much money they are going to make! Spending a ton of money on guys with lite resumes would not be wise in my book. However, I would not mind them making a ton of money with an incentives package. Things like being a great recruiter, are your guys performing well, etc...
Here's what's interesting to me: Long before Rhule was hired and we were all discussing whether Frost's replacement would be Joseph or someone else, I made the observation that it might be worthwhile to give very successful high school coaches a look. I reasoned that NUADTA needs to be thorough with this search and find the absolute best candidate, where ever he may come from.
While Rhule is certainly not hired from the high school ranks, I love that he is finding young coaches from the high school ranks to pump new blood into this tired, blueblood program. Will Rhule's hiring decisions work? Way too early to tell. However, I admire his veracity and think that if he does fail, it won't be for a lack of effort.
While Rhule is certainly not hired from the high school ranks, I love that he is finding young coaches from the high school ranks to pump new blood into this tired, blueblood program. Will Rhule's hiring decisions work? Way too early to tell. However, I admire his veracity and think that if he does fail, it won't be for a lack of effort.
I think the best we can hope for is this entire coaching staff brings their Thule Box to work every day and gives it their best.
I'm very much in this line of thinking, but I also understand the risk of alienating a good coach because of things that are out of his/her control dictating his/her salary. For example, if plays are called which puts a position group at a disadvantage, or trying to recruit in an area that isn't NU friendly, and/or recruiting to a position group that isn't highlighted in the schemes run (eg think of Ron Brown recruiting wrs for Coach Osborne). I'm a believer in performance pay.......as long one can evaluate past the superficial.
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