Huskers Radio Host: Nebraska should talk to PJ Fleck if things go south with Matt Rhule.

[GophersInIowa]

Not sure about that last park. Fleck has a better 1st 3 years at MN than Rhule had at Nebraska and Rhule is still going.

Rhule 19-19 (10-17)
Fleck 23-15 (12-15)

I was really talking about the first two years and hypothetically questioning if Fleck would have gotten year 3. Frost was given more time because of his history with Nebraska. Rhule will get a little more time due to his success at Baylor. Fleck's style would not have gone over well at all with two below average seasons right off the bat.

 

[caliGopher]

I think if he has a couple of 9 or 10 win seasons in a row he’ll be lured away

Yeah, he's not going anywhere

 

[GophersInIowa]

I think people tend to exaggerate the level of expectations that a lot of bigger name programs have. I've heard people say things like "Matt Campbell will get fired as soon as he goes 7-5 at PSU", when PSU gave James Franklin an extension after he went 4-5 then 7-6 in back to back seasons.

Now I still think they were dumb to fire him, but this whole idea that these programs fire guys on a whim is greatly exaggerated.

Nebraska's best season by far since Pelini was fired was 2016 under Mike Riley. Riley was fired the next season. If it was Fleck hired by them back in 2018 instead of Scott Frost and the results were the same, it's highly doubtful Fleck lasts nearly as long as Frost did.

 

[caliGopher]

Not sure about that last park. Fleck has a better 1st 3 years at MN than Rhule had at Nebraska and Rhule is still going.

Rhule 19-19 (10-17)
Fleck 23-15 (12-15)

Ruhle took over a dumpster fire.

PJ did not. The program had issues, but the core of the team was high-quality students/players, and Kill had erased all the stink of Brewster's era on the academic front.

PJ put his stamp on things and made changes, but had a lot to work with. It was not a total rebuild, regardless of how he's tried to shape the narrative.

 

[4four4]

Who would have thought the Huskers would ever want a Gophers coach? The Huskers are like the Gophers 1970s era. The glory days of Husker football are over.