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Craig's avatar

If I were anointed as Matt Rhules' Guardian Apologist, I would go to the turnover of all 3 Coordinator positions and loss of my (his) Supervisors before asking for a Mulligan Year on my Triennial Evaluation. In a similar vein, as said supervisor (and as a Husker fan I feel entitled to said position) before abrogating the results, I would use the relative attractiveness of the program to the Jimmies and Joes who will, long-term, make or break the program. The speed of recruitment and relative nudeness of the portal and NIL leads be to look at the third year of HIS message setting. This is the class of 2027. It looks better than average, RIGHT NOW, let's see what it looks like after the Spring Husker Game Carnival.

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Andy G's avatar

I hear you and I don't disagree, but are we at the point where we just fire all coordinators annually until we get a 9 win season again? How can you possibly build anything?

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Andy G's avatar

I kept waiting for this article to turn a corner with a "But..." and it never came.

It's been a few years since I've felt the familiar poison of Husker Football Indifference (HFI), but I felt it again against Minnesota, and it hit me like a truck against Penn State. I've been a believe in Rhule, and I still am, but at this point the valid criticism is deafening.

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