{"id":54975,"date":"2024-06-07T01:44:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T06:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=54975"},"modified":"2024-06-07T01:44:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T06:44:57","slug":"troy-dannen-on-matt-rhule-i-called-trev-and-said-i-think-thats-a-brilliant-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/troy-dannen-on-matt-rhule-i-called-trev-and-said-i-think-thats-a-brilliant-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Dannen on Matt Rhule: \u2018I called Trev and said I think that\u2019s a brilliant hire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before they worked together at Nebraska<\/a><\/strong>, Troy Dannen<\/strong> and Matt Rhule<\/a><\/strong> were American Athletic Conference rivals. Dannen took over as the athletics director at Tulane<\/a><\/strong> in 2015 as Rhule was winding down on his tenure at Temple<\/a><\/strong>, and their two years in the league was enough time to build a relationship.<\/p>\n

Dannen watched from afar as Rhule took Temple to back-to-back 10-win seasons before heading to Baylor<\/a><\/strong>. It was another tough situation after the firing of Art Briles<\/strong>, but the Bears went from a one-win team to 11 in just three years under Rhule\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

Those coaching jobs are why Dannen had such respect for Rhule. In fact, when Trev Alberts<\/strong> hired Rhule to take over the football program last year, he got a call from the man who turned out to be his successor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to know him [Rhule] personally a little bit over the years,\u201d Dannen told Big Ten Network\u2019s Rick Pizzo<\/a>. \u201cSo when Trev hired him a year ago, I called Trev and said I think that\u2019s a brilliant hire. You put that guy in what I consider a goldmine, those two things are going to produce results.\u201d<\/p>\n

After taking over at Nebraska, Rhule talked about installing the principles he used at Temple and Baylor as part of his quest to take the Cornhuskers back to the top of college football. That includes toughness, which was a staple of both his previous college stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go back to when he was at Temple and I was at Tulane, Temple was maybe a couple years ahead of where I thought we were at Tulane, trying to get the program off its back,\u201d Dannen recalled. \u201cAnd [I] just watched with great admiration what he did and knew he built it on great toughness. The thing I remember at Temple, the teams Matt played never won the following week because they were so beat up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Troy Dannen: Matt Rhule is \u2018engaged in every sport\u2019<\/h2>\n

Rhule hasn\u2019t been a stranger around Nebraska\u2019s campus since setting foot in Lincoln. He attended a men\u2019s basketball game shortly after his hire became official and did an interview during the matchup. He also was in attendance for the Cornhuskers\u2019 March Madness game against Texas A&M<\/a><\/strong> this past season.<\/p>\n

But even beyond attending games, Dannen said the way Rhule handles himself around the building sets a good example. Considering football is perhaps the highest-profile college sport, that\u2019s a big part of establishing a bond between the coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust being with him a little bit, coaches so much set the culture of the department \u2013 football coaches in particular,\u201d Dannen said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s engaged in every sport. He traveled to the NCAA basketball tournament to watch the men play. Coaches in meetings, I\u2019ve already seen them just kind of turn their head and look to him like he\u2019s E.F. Hutton<\/strong> to see what he\u2019s thinking and what he\u2019s saying. He cares about the entire department, not just about the football program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have that kind of cultural leader in the football program, let alone his ability to win and to coach in places that are much less-resourced than Nebraska is, I think the trajectory\u2019s great with Matt at the helm.\u201d<\/p>\n

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