The Meatball opens his mouth again

[Pup McBarky]

5 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

He is not currently coaching. Tony White is the DC at Nebraska.

Well there ya go. I know nothing about White, so there's a great possibility my prediction is completely wrong. It wouldn't surprise me. Wouldn't surprise me to be right. Only surprise would be if Rhule leads them to the college playoffs.

[GEM]

8 minutes ago, Pup McBarky said:

Well there ya go. I know nothing about White, so there's a great possibility my prediction is completely wrong. It wouldn't surprise me. Wouldn't surprise me to be right. Only surprise would be if Rhule leads them to the college playoffs.

That's a good prediction. We will see.... No one has really turned it around there yet.

[GEM]

It's getting close to really talking about football. I can feel it 

[Davidson Deac II]

10 hours ago, hepcat said:

There was a rumor Cam had degenerative arthritis in his throwing shoulder which was the real reason he sat out the 2019 season. That shoulder injury in 2016 really f*cked him up. I don’t fault the decision to move on from Cam, he was never the same player again, but replacing him with an overpaid noodle arm like Bridgewater was just a bad look.

I mostly agree.  I mean Bridgewater to me was a guy you sign when you have a team that can compete for a SB and you need a high level backup.  And there was a good chance Cam's career was done.  But I just didn't understand how signing Bridgewater was part of the "process".  The best bet was to go with Cam for his final year, and if he really was done, draft someone.  The moves they made were baffling to say the least.  

Looking back, I think Rhule felt that he was such a great coach, that he could take a average qb and win superbowls.  

Edited July 9, 2023 by Davidson Deac II

[Panthera onca]

2 hours ago, ladypanther said:

He is not currently coaching. Tony White is the DC at Nebraska.

Snow was the brains behind any modicum of success Rhule has ever had. Apparently even Phil grew sick of Rhule’s nonsense and checked out.

[panfanman]

I supported this guy like no other.  Even in his last season here I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and wanted the team to succeed under him.

That being said. . . he's just a moron.  How in the world did he ever have success at Baylor and Temple is beyond me.  Good luck Nebraska.

[Davidson Deac II]

13 minutes ago, panfanman said:

I supported this guy like no other.  Even in his last season here I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and wanted the team to succeed under him.

That being said. . . he's just a moron.  How in the world did he ever have success at Baylor and Temple is beyond me.  Good luck Nebraska.

He could have success at Nebraska. Being a college coach is just vastly different than being an NFL coach these days.  Steve Spurrier, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, etc... excelled in college and failed in the pros.  Rhule is a salesman, and can sell himself to recruits.  That alone gives him a shot at being a winning coach in college.  But in the NFL, being a salesman doesn't matter so much.  

[GRWatcher]

10 hours ago, 1989 said:

Yikes. Honestly feel bad for the players that were on that team. 

Bless those who stuck with the Panthers and their teammates, saying the "right" things when asked, keeping it all on the down low and out of the press no matter what they really thought. Like Shaq Thompson. It must've been extremely stressful with the COVID lockdown and Rhule combined.

[mccjeff]

8 hours ago, panfanman said:

I supported this guy like no other.  Even in his last season here I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and wanted the team to succeed under him.

That being said. . . he's just a moron.  How in the world did he ever have success at Baylor and Temple is beyond me.  Good luck Nebraska.

This pretty much sums up my attitude

[WUnderhill]

12 hours ago, ladypanther said:

He is not currently coaching. Tony White is the DC at Nebraska.

He went from Snow to White. I feel like he’s trying to tell us something I just don’t know what it is.

[Gerry Green]

13 hours ago, WUnderhill said:

He went from Snow to White. I feel like he’s trying to tell us something I just don’t know what it is.

 

That the Matrix has a sense of humor?

[stratocatter]

Man, Bridgewater would have been fine for two seasons of building the team. The real screwing up started with running him off after a year. Seriously, how bad was two years of him going to be given where the team was?

Bridgewater may have told Rhule something that sparked that. How impatient was Tepper for a QB? That was a possibly factor. 

But really analyzing the missteps of a guy would couldn’t learn to be an NFL level HC, after he is gone, kind of pointless.
On his positive side there is a higher level of talent that was achieved last year, it was almost tangible. On paper the secondary was pretty covered, OL came on and got pretty good, top third maybe. So some things were getting figured out. Maybe he really did need 7 years. 

[UnluckyforSome]

11 minutes ago, stratocatter said:

Maybe he really did need 7 years. 

Completely unrealistic though. I think the team exceeded some expectations in his 1st year, and that got them thinking maybe they were closer than they really were. That little 3-0 start the next year just added to the fool's gold, and when reality settled in he was hopelessly over his head.

Edited July 10, 2023 by UnluckyforSome

[stratocatter]

That was supposed to be a little throwaway joke.
7 years. Tepper gave him 7 years. Which really isn’t very funny either. 

Edited July 10, 2023 by stratocatter