Nebraska football has been in their lowest record in history, sitting at 5-5 after surviving four consecutive losses. Matt Rhule had to answer the frenzied fans who got sick of a sloppy offense almost every week. Rhule probably has to let go of the Huskers’ slim bowl eligibility again for the first time in history but he took some wise steps to make the future look better, at least. After Nebraska, for the third time in a row, dropped the ball against UCLA, Rhule made a bold decision on offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield. While he continues to serve the team as the tight end Coach, Rhule handed the play-calling duties to former Houston and West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. As a few weeks under the new OC passed, the question regarding the new coach’s apathetic attitude and controversial past started to air concern. Did Rhule just make another bad call?
Just when you start to think that the struggling Huskers will do better with better guidance on the board, the reality hits you hard. Dana, the new OC that has had all the eyes on him since he joined the force, spilled a rude reason for accepting the Huskers’ offer. ”I didn’t come here with the intention of being the OC and the play caller, we didn’t know what it was going to look like he was (Rhule) just like hurry up and get here, so I got here.’‘ The new face of the Nebraska offense said during his first newsroom conference.
“He is not the same as Matt Rhule at all.”@mitchsherman thinks that adding Dana Holgorsen to the Nebraska football program brings a new mindset to the coaching staff.
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If you already feel like ranting and racing, we suggest you wait for more. What do you think a newly appointed mentor could tell more obnoxious? Well, it was simply an ‘‘I was bored” confession from the prime veteran.
Sensing the clear disrespect in his tone, Nebraska insider Connor Happer broke the silence, digging up his underwhelming past. ”He is pretty blunt. I think he said at one point in time I didn’t really like what I was doing with TCU which was not being a part of the game, he would go and be a part of the prep and come in for a couple of weeks at a time. He didn’t have his hand dirty.” Happer spilled the bean.
Mitch Sherman chimed in, noting, ”he went on a vacation for a few weeks, so tells you what his role was with Sunny Dykes in the program.” But that annoying casual approach isn’t the only fault under the new OC‘s belt. He has a serious savage mouth that can come in a clear loggerhead with diplomatic Matt Rhule.
Dana Holgorsen’s savage mouth might be a concern for the Huskers
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In Saturday’s game against USC, the Nebraska offense breathed a little, but not enough to let them survive the Trojans’ 28-20 storm. Now, the last thing Rhule and his team can do to improve their image is to aim for at least two consecutive wins against Wisconsin and Iowa to hit the six-win barrier. Before the Huskers suited up to tackle the Badgers in an unforgivable game, the team received some strong flakes from the new offensive coordinator.
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As Awful Announcing’s Reice Shiply broke it out, Holgorsen dubbed the players ‘fairly big kids’ and asked, ”Why are you not blocking worth a crap on the perimeter? It’s embarrassing.”
‘‘If you don’t start blocking out there, then you aren’t going to get the ball thrown to you.” Holgerson finally made some sense while throwing some reality checks to the receivers.
But the biggest concern around his uncontrolled tongue is he doesn’t know the difference between talking from a street corner and the interview room with 18 cameras pointed at him, which is the utter opposite of head coach Matt Rhule, who has calculated each word before passing it on the mic.
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As they say, honesty is good only when it comes with basic decency. Can Dana live up to the mark? Let’s the time talk.
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