Fickle Fickell

Also, a lot of people talking about these huge buyouts don't seem to realize that they all have duty to mitigate clauses. They don't just get paid that money from a buyout, they have to seek and gain a football head coaching job, and once they get one the school they're leaving is only liable for the difference in salary.

So if James Franklin gets hired at a different school for a $60 million contract, Penn State owes nothing and he doesn't get anything from them.

Me personally??? Luke Fickell is 52 years old and he's been paid north of $30 million since 2022 when he started. If I had that kind of money already by 52 I'm telling Wisconsin to keep the rest of it and I'm retiring to Montana or somewhere. Time is the only thing you cannot and will not get more of, and I can live just great on that kind of money and so would my son and any grandkids. Go have fun and relax, go coach a high school team for free where you can make a difference and not have donors and fans attacking you and your family.

I mean come on, is it really going to crimp your lifestyle? Yeah, I know these guys are driven individuals who can't live without the adrenaline, blah, blah, blah. But I also think that factor is a little overblown.

Hmmm...go on TV every Saturday night and get asked by reporters why I'm so shitty at my job, listen to 70,000 people boo me in front of my kids and yell at me what a piece of shit I am, not want to walk around in the town I live in because I'll get heckled to death...or go build a house in Montana and watch the sun set with my wife never having to worry about money. Maybe it's San Diego or Maine or Florida for them...

I know which one I'd choose.
 








CP87 said:
Good move by them...he seems to be more substance than splash, and his team is a much tougher out than they were before he got there.
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With as many Penn ties he has I was expecting him to remain in the conversation a big longer. Nebraska, I feel, made a solid decision. He’s had them in a better spot than they had been pre-Rhule. I don’t want them exploding on the scene but having Black Friday as a more competitive game is a win for everyone.
 


HawkeyeHypnosis said:
With as many Penn ties he has I was expecting him to remain in the conversation a big longer. Nebraska, I feel, made a solid decision. He’s had them in a better spot than they had been pre-Rhule. I don’t want them exploding on the scene but having Black Friday as a more competitive game is a win for everyone.
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Penn State might have told him that they were no longer interested. The Penn St. AD and Ruhle are long time friends. But the loss to Minnesota, the way they were dominated, might have been a deal breaker for PSU. Nebraska hasn't beaten a top 20 team for a long time, far longer than the Hawkeyes. Why would you replace Franklin with another Franklin? Not sure the boosters and fans would have been good with that.
 


haydensly said:
Penn State might have told him that they were no longer interested. The Penn St. AD and Ruhle are long time friends. But the loss to Minnesota, the way they were dominated, might have been a deal breaker for PSU. Nebraska hasn't beaten a top 20 team for a long time, far longer than the Hawkeyes. Why would you replace Franklin with another Franklin? Not sure the boosters and fans would have been good with that.
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If one game tilted the scales, he wasn't really a serious candidate to begin with. A lot of "experts" connected the dots because he went to Penn St and knew the AD but that was all speculation. Talked to a number of PSU folks in Iowa City a couple weeks ago and none of them named Rhule as their choice.

Getting Gopher-holed certainly buried any chance he had.

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hawkdrummer1 said:
If one game tilted the scales, he wasn't really a serious candidate to begin with. A lot of "experts" connected the dots because he went to Penn St and knew the AD but that was all speculation. Talked to a number of PSU folks in Iowa City a couple weeks ago and none of them named Rhule as their choice.

Getting Gopher-holed certainly buried any chance he had.

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"The only good Gopher is a dead gopher!"
 




Ruhle was the 15th highest paid coach in all of college football this year, and his biggest accomplishment was 7 wins.

So they gave him more money.

Nebraska doing Nebraska stuff.

Smart move by Ruhle's agent to sign this deal before losing to USC this week, then at UCLA next week, then at PSU and Iowa to close a 6-6 season.
 


ICHawk24 said:
Ruhle was the 15th highest paid coach in all of college football this year, and his biggest accomplishment was 7 wins.

So they gave him more money.

Nebraska doing Nebraska stuff.
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They've probably started to smarten up to the fact that they're a middling college football team and won't be able to upgrade from Rhule if he left.

Only took them 21 years, 5 head coaches (Callahan, Pelini, Riley, Frost, Rhule), and 6 athletic directors (Pedersen, Osborne, Eichorst, Moos, Alberts, Dannen) to realize it.

If Wisconsin is smart they'll be taking notes when deciding how they handle the Fickle situation. Pun intended.
 


Also, anyone bitching about Iowa's football results should take some notes here...

As stated above, since nebraska started playing musical football staffs in 2004 they've had 5 HCs and 6 ADs, and at one point were paying 3 head coaches at one time (Pelini, Riley, Frost). Right now they're paying Scott Frost to live in Florida and lose football games for UCF, and Matt Rhule to get blown out by Minnesota, a team the Hawks hung 41 points on last week.

All because 21 years ago their ridiculous fan and donor base thought 10 wins wasn't good enough.

Wisconsin is about to do the same because they're stupid.
 


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