If you’re a regular reader of mine, you know I wasn’t in favor of Matt Rhule keeping Donovan Raiola on staff after he took over the Nebraska football program in November 2022. During Raiola’s four years in Lincoln, how many kids can you think of that he recruited and developed into prominent players?
Under his tutelage, the Husker O-line lacked consistency, particularly against fellow Power Four opponents. He was an average recruiter who wasn’t effective at developing the talent in his room. Nebraska is heading into a second-straight offseason needing to find multiple starters via the transfer portal.
In my Dec. 4 article addressing the dismissal of defensive coordinator John Butler, I wrote about how significant a team’s offensive and defensive line coaches are. Outside of your coordinators and strength coach, they’re the most important coaches on your staff…