The Huskers’ second-year head football coach is setting a solid foundation. Can he build something that lasts?
Matt Rhule may be the most Nebraskan of any living coach from outside the Cornhusker State. Not bad for a kid born in New York City who walked on to play football at Penn State.
With all due respect to Cook, I give Rhule a ton of credit for the 18 laborious months he’s put in to rebuild the Nebraska football program, whereas Cook took over a high-performing Nebraska volleyball machine fabricated by Terry Pettit. Rhule already has done more infrastructure work than native son Scott Frost and his predecessor, Mike Riley, produced in a combined eight years.
Rhule is frank, matter-of-fact and more open with the media than even the agreeable, approachable Riley was. He’s got some of Bo Pelini’s fire. He’s more innovative on offense than Frank Solich. From almost every indication, Rhule has the moxie to be an effective CEO during a turbulent period in college football. He’s not afraid to trust his eyes, his experience and his gut, and appears to be rebuilding Nebraska football the right way. He hires solid assistants, whose recruiting strategy is largely dependent on their ability to analyze, recruit and develop athletes with firm measurables who other major schools have written off or failed to discover.
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