1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - 1-On-1 w/DP featuring Nebraska Men's Tennis Head Coach Peter Kobelt - May 28th, 2025

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That's how we get down. Special guest today, and it's always an honor to have Husker leadership show up in the building. He has an open invitation to talk whatever he wants, talk about, whenever he wants, talk about. Because the year he had with him and his crew, man, go ahead, stand and applaud wherever you are. Greatly appreciated head coach, Huskers tennis, Peter Corbilt. Coach, congratulations. This is my first time I get to say congratulations on a run. Face to face, man.

Thank you for stopping in. Congratulations. Thanks, D.P. That was amazing little entrance there. I don't know if I deserved all that. We did all right. But, yeah, no, it was a great year. You know, I always say coaching's 5% of it.

Playing's 95% of it. You know, we got great student athletes. We had great players and, you know, they really care and love Nebraska, and they put it all out there this year, and they had a great year. So, you know, it was nice. We finished the NCAA tournament.

on Saturday. We flew back Saturday night, took Sunday off, and the transfer portal opened on Monday. Hello. Right back to work, D.P. Hello. Hello. There was the time you're like, hey, I'll come in earlier. And then he goes, transfer portal. And I was like, that's all that needs to be said. That's all that needs to be said. No other explanation required. I think a big part of it is identifying what success means in the program, right? That this year's team had a level of success that leads to long-term seeds, planet for the program because this is now a new standard that you don't want to go backwards and you don't want to go lower. But what does it mean on the scale of satisfaction? I know coaches are really satisfied. But for you, how does the season rate? Yeah, it was a great season. I think we truly maximized our team. I think, you know, we lost four seniors. Obviously, all four seniors played, contributed. So, you know, that's a big deal. It was a big deal for them. going into the year. They all wanted to have a great year and they all really bought into our

our vision and our team philosophy at the beginning year. They trusted me in my vision for the program and so did our staff. And I think that's why, you know, last year we finished 49 in the country. This year we finished 39 in the country. So, you know, there's not many teams that can go from 49 to top 10. I don't think that's necessarily how it works, but we took a big step in the right direction and now we've kind of set the standard and and when the new recruits come in and the new faces come in and those are the new standards we're trying to just get better each and every year so I mean it's you know it's it's nothing any sexier than that it's just the way it is so you're you're the most recent head coach at a program at university Nebraska to come on these airwaves and I thank

you for that but it allows me to ask you questions about the process because now the process it's just bananas. Like it's all that you just said the two words that either make, either make you smile or make you lean away from, from cell phones and microphone. Transfer portal, right? That it's changed the way business is being done. It changed the way selections and choices are being done. Recruiting now changes. Where do you stand on transfer portal versus high school talent? Sure. So I think you have to make a decision as a head coach, kind of the model that you want to, that you want to have. I'm a big locker room guy.

I'm a big team guy. I think that's where the really special stuff comes from. And it takes a little bit longer to do that. But I think getting a guy that you've recruited for a year, year and a half, you fly and you see their families and they get to know you, they trust you. You know, the level of the relationship coming into the program is extremely high. and they want to buy into what your vision is. I think the transfer portal can be a little bit of a little bit quick. It's hard to get the recruit to fully understand what you're trying to do.

And sometimes I don't think the level of recruiting isn't thorough enough to really understand what the, what's going to come from that. So I think, you know, if you have a boatload of money and, yeah, things are changing, but you can, you can go and, you know, more or less buy a team these days and you can become top 20 in the country pretty quick. I don't think that's how you become a national champion. I don't think that's how you win the Big Ten Conference. I think you do that by bringing in the right people, the people that believe in me as a head coach, that believe in Nebraska, believe in what we're doing. And when you have guys that buy in each and every single day

and they're not there to collect a paycheck, I think that's where you can really build on something special and you can continue to have continued success year in and year out. And I think now that the student athletes can make money, I think, you know, there's a model to do it the right way. But I think you need to recruit young. You need to recruit high school talent. You need guys in your program for four years, four or five years so you can help them develop.

I think that's where the fun part of the process is, is helping them grow and develop. But if there is a hole in your team, I think the transfer portal allows you to go in and find someone quickly. If you need, if there is the right person and you're able to find them, I think it gives you the opportunity to maybe plug a hole where you, maybe taking a step back for a year or two, you can maybe keep ship riding in the right direction. Well, we've talked about that coaches tend to fall in a pocket that they either recruit to who they are, right? That you want to recruit players who either you connect with on a level of priority that works for the coach or on a talent level that, quite frankly, I like coaching players

with big serves or players with great returns or hard workers. or hard workers or academic superstars. Depends on the coach, it depends on the program in the university. For you, how do you recruit? Is it towards you or is it towards the production that needs to happen from? Yes, it's a good question. It kind of based on what we're looking for. But I think in general, we have five staples that we look at in recruiting.

Number one, are they an elite competitor? Number two, do they have a relentless effort each and every single day? Number three, are they, can they understand the game? Are they intelligent? Are they able to adapt? You know, tennis is a game of adapting, and a lot of times it's on their own. They've got to be able to do it without a coach telling them what to do or what plays the run.

Four, when the big moment comes, do they step up or do they step down? And five, you know, when they're playing, they're worse, are they really hard to beat? So those are the five things that we look at when we're recruiting players. you know, nine out of ten times. If there's a guy with all five of those things, they're being recruited by the best programs in the world. So you kind of take what's most important for you and what the team kind of needs at the time. Do we need a guy that's going to be able to come in and play at the top of the lineup?

And maybe he doesn't have one or two of those things, but he has the most important ones. So you kind of got to really go through the process thoroughly. I personally think that Nebraska is an extremely special place. and it's only reserved for the most special student athletes in the world. Tennis, we recruit the world. So, yeah, I mean, the training table that they eat in, the academic resources that they have, the life skill resources that they have playing in front of arguably the best fans in all

of college sports, arguably in all of sports. We're not just going to bring a guy that can hit a tennis ball really well into the program. They've got to check off a few more boxes than that. And that's what makes it hard, but I think that's how you continue to have success to after year after year. Talking to Peter Cobalt, head coach, Husker, tennis, and you mentioned, you know, the five things that are of high value, but then you just mentioned for all the success in production and changing of the program, you now hit the transfer portal, the first sleep after that season. Yep. With four seniors gone, are you looking to replace those four seniors?

Are you looking for four people at the top? Do you recruit to people that can help you beat USC and UCLA? What's the priority for you, coach? I'm a big play. I'm a big play the long game. I think you've got to get the locker room right. I think you've got to get the right guys in the locker room that are willing to work and willing to play through some,

some Knicks, being sick, you know, being injured, maybe not doing well in a class, you know, stress on and off the court. You got to have, you know, the right people here. We play tennis in the wintertime. You hear it's cold. People get sick. You know, you got to have guys and you can't just have six guys that can play. You need to have eight or nine because things happen. So, yeah, you do your due diligence in the portal and you look at everybody. And we just got a recruit last night. We got a call last night from a recruit that just verbally committed from the transfer portal. You know, he's not going to be able to come in and I don't think play number one,

but he's exactly what we're looking for in those four qualities. And I think when you have those guys in your program, it elevates the whole team and everyone gets better. So maybe you don't go out and replace a Calvin Mueller, who's first team all big 10. I think you need a handful of money and some other things maybe to go and find those guys in the portal. But I think if your program's running the right way

and the standards are the standards, and you've bringing the right people, I think there's a lot of, there's a lot of, there's a lot more inside of that student athlete that you can find and that they can find in themselves. And all of a sudden you have another one. So I think that's the approach that we're taking. There's so many.

This is the thing. I always have to put a disclaimer when I get in front of Peter because there's so many different directions I want to go. And there's so many ores I want to put in the water. But it's the thing that you're talking about that. It's you get to, pitch at the highest volume, why Nebraska? And for football, basketball, some of that's known already.

But in your particular case, it's a unique discussion to explain to athletes from other places, often other countries. Yep. Why Nebraska? What's the pitch and sell to get young people to commit to being a Nebraska husk? because you got all the resources in the world here. You got all the resources. You're at the eighth most valuable athletic department in all of college sports.

Like this, I mean, this is as big as it gets. You know, our facilities are top class. Like I mentioned before, all the academic resources, we eat the best food, you know, in the world. I mean, our training table is the nicest. I can't imagine a nicer one. Right. The people here, the fans, they really care and they love Nebraska. The support for the tennis program this year has been phenomenal. We set an attendance record, 283 people for the Baylor match this year.

And the turnout for the matches this year was unbelievable. So you're getting the play. And then hopefully you're getting coached by a decent coach. That might know a thing or two about tennis that can help you. You know, I played on the pro tour. I just finished six years ago. I have wins over guys that are in the top of a hundred in the world. Name them.

I can still put Arthur in their neck. I'm not going to go. No, no, that's right. But anyway, like, I can. can sit down and be like, look, all you got to do is come, come here, believe in what, I believe in me, believe in Nebraska, everything else is going to get taken care of for you. All you have to do is come to your very best and let's, you know, let's take care of the rest. But it isn't easy because, you know, it's only the third time we've made the NCAA tournament since 1928. And the first

time since 2014, you know, we've only had one All-American in the program. So there's, there's a lot of room to grow and we've got to keep pushing the envelope. But I think we've got some traction and, you know, recruits are excited. The community is excited. There's a lot of really cool things going on. And yeah, it's just how can we up the ante each and every year. It is that time of year where Nebraska's across the fold and Husker Nation across the world

make donations for good causes and then they get involved financially. It is, you've got a challenge that you've put. put out that you shared and said, you know what, Husker Tennis is always working. And even for something in October, you have to get to work now. What's your ask, what is your challenge for Husker fans that want to support Nebraska tennis? Yeah. So last year, an agency was looking to run a professional tennis tournament somewhere in

United States, and they kind of beamed in on Lincoln, Nebraska. and they thought this would be an amazing place to host an ATP event and top-notch management. They're a boutique tennis agency, but they work with some of the best players in the world. They also run tournaments, and they want to host a tennis tournament here each and every year. So we're inviting everyone out for like a little fundraiser, or June 18th at the tennis center for, you know, a free clinic and some nice food from the training table. to kind of discuss what that all looks like, but it's top-notch doing it all. They're the ones running the whole show.

They do an unbelievable job. They were here last year for the first time, so the people that were able to come out. Last year got to kind of see what that looked like with just six weeks of preparation. This year we got a little bit more time, but, you know, I think it's great. I think it only helps grow tennis here.

In Nebraska, not just Lincoln, you know, in a state that's really dominated by, you know, you see all the football helmets here. We've got to get a few tennis rackets out here. I got room on the wall. I get some red spray paint. I got some room on the wall, man. And we'll stick up a few tennis rackets in here.

But that's really our biggest challenge is just growing tennis here. And I think the fact that a company like Top Notch was able to look at a town like Lincoln, a university like the University of Nebraska, be like this would be an amazing place to host an ATP event is amazing. So we're lucky that something like that happened. And yeah, I mean, we're trying to keep it going. in as long as we can. So let me ask you the question because other sports have these huge, huge, uh, rosters of coaches, recruiters, analysts, consultants, etc. to help recruit because,

you know, it's all over the place. How big is your recruiting staff? Uh, we, three guys. It's me. It's mostly, uh, our assistant coach Brett Foreman. He does a phenomenal job doing that. He's the one doing all the really hard, uh, digging. and searching and then he kind of throws them all on my plate at the very end. But look what I made. But no, we have our second assistant, Junio. He's back home in Japan. He just went to a showcase in Tokyo.

We're talking to a guy or two over there. You know, there's a boy from Nigeria that we're recruiting right now. You know, we will look anywhere and everywhere. And if it doesn't matter where they're from or anything else, will they fit right in our program? And if we think they, they will. Or, you know, we do the very best we can with it. But we'll look and search anywhere we can to find the right people to bring it to the program.

So, but yeah, it's a lot of, it's a small group. Our staff works really hard. There's, there's no two other ways to do it. I think it's, you get what you deserve and you work, you work. You know, you're going to be good eventually. So, yeah, through all of it, there are, there are concerns. about money and it seems to be at least from the outside looking in the window that so much of the conversation about recruiting and roster is about money is that true what would be the real

thing to say to a husker fan is yeah come support us uh yeah make donations to n iL yeah uh send referrals to players your nephew in texas that might want to come to come to how can Husker Nation be more involved, whether it be trans reporter, NIL or recruit? Yeah, I think it's a new day and age. And I think recruiting is still recruiting. And I think especially in tennis, I think the relationships are still extremely important because the head coach has a great, you know, I think with football year, they're 105 guys or however many they have. It's almost impossible to have an amazing relationship with. all 105 guys, but in tennis, it's, you know, you got a locker room of 10, and you can do that.

And it's very personal, and the relationships are very tight and close. You spend a ton of time together each and every day. I'm on the court each and every single day working with them. But, but yeah, I mean, there's a, there's a level to this now where there's money. The money is clearly playing a role in a lot of things. You know, Wake Forest just won the NCAA title, and the rumors of the amount of money they spent on their team would, you know, you'd sound like it would be a, like a different sport. So if we were, let's say we were talking about fake wars university, not so much,

not so much the demon deacons, let's call them the, the deacon demons, sure, for sake of conversation. And if Nebraska were to get, try to get on the level of what's being spent to create top 10, top 20 tennis programs, from your. advantage what do you think that number would look like well i i personally think that we're we're going to get there in time and i don't think that's where we need to be tomorrow but in five or ten years that's where i would expect us to be but you know i you would you would hope to have somewhere between two hundred and five hundred thousand dollars sitting around somewhere um to feel like you can go to war with the the the ohio states and the texas and the and the what you call them we're we're yeah

Fake worst. Fake worst. All the universities fake names go with those. Well, Jackson's got, Jackson's got bang. So I think we could probably ask for a loan to get the program started. I don't know about that. There we go. Big money, Jack over there.

I think it's a thing. Listen, I mean, because I think it's a big part of the conversation. Just to one, identify what programs are doing and what you're competing with. two, what your vision of it would be. And then three, what the powers of be can agree is a number that makes sense. And we'll take a break. When we come back, I want to ask you about the Big Ten. Because the Big Ten, I mean, that's the immediate space.

That's the neighborhood you live in. So we need to figure out what, you know what? What's my neighbor paying in rent? What? How much are they spending? We can't live in a shed if they're living in a mansion. You have to kind of have that conversation. so that we identify what this young man needs for this program in this community.

Peter Cobalt, Oscar tennis head coach here on one-on-one. We'll be right back. Download our app by searching 93.7 a ticket in your app store. You're listening to One-on-One with DP on 93-7 the Ticket and The Ticketfm.com. You're listening to One-on-One with DP. Brought to you by Canopy Street Market. on 93-7 the ticket and the ticket FM.com. Great conversation.

Husker tennis head coach, Peter Cobalt, in studio here, 11.0. And if you get a chance, come on through, stop by, have a coffee. But I need all of you to make a plan to actually attend Husker tennis. There are so many people who, if you tell them to go to the Dillon Tennis Center, they don't know where it is.

2400, North Antelope. Parkway. It's right. It's there. It's like indoor, outdoor, a beautiful facility. One of the best in the country, for sure. Right. And this was a pretty good year of attendance. But I've been to those matches and I can tell you it could be better. It could be better. And it's, that's part of my mission plan for next year is that, you know what? those need to be it needs to be 500 butts in the seat every home home match let's do it like there's no excuse for it not to be oh by the way it's free it's free so you and your family yeah get yourself together that's what i would say hey and next year uh all the facilities all the all the athletic facilities i don't know if i'm supposed to be sharing this or not but i think we'll have a liquor

license at all the facilities we'll be able to sell uh some some alcohol at the games as long as well as all the concessions and everything like that. So I know that's one of the things that Troy's been working on hard with not just the football stadium, but with all the other facilities as well. So yeah, come enjoy a cold beverage, your choice and watch some tennis and yell and scream, baby. That may change the whole thing.

Listen, I, for our folks who are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to go watch other sports, to go watch for free and be able to have a, beverage and get your go big red on. That to me sounds like a pretty cool weekend. So that's just me, but that's going to be the mission going forward is to keep pushing this thing across the way. For resources you like, I mean, being a young man that's familiar with Ohio State, Columbus and what happened, and then the rivalry and then the expansion,

because when you take tennis out west to Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA, it's a different kind of recruiting. It is a different kind of recruiting. Where would you put the Big Ten conference when it comes to national conferences? Is it number one, number two, number three, where would you put it? Yeah, I think for tennis,

I think it's in that two, right now it's in that two, three slot. And I think it's getting significantly better, though. And I think with how college sports are changing, I think if you're in the Big Ten and the SEC, you're in a really good spot. And if you're not, you're kind of holding your breath a little bit right now.

So that's why I personally, I can see, as the head coach, you try and see the forest through the trees. And right now, everyone's looking at a program like Nebraska in the Big Ten, you're like, I don't know if I see it. But I'm like, I see an absolute gold mine here. I see this is, in 10 years, this is going to be the place to be. This is going to be one of those four or five dream jobs. That's personally just what I think. I think with the combination of our athletic department, all the facilities that we already have, the support from the community being in the Big Ten conference.

I don't know, D.P. I just see, I see the potential. I get excited about it. When you meet the young people and then you meet the leaders and the leaders, for me, I'm a bit of a tough sell because sometimes parts of my career were built on identifying back coach. In full. Like, let's be totally full disclaimer. Like the job was to go in and see the trouble at a program and go, okay, this is fixable.

And I always say this about football, basketball, otherwise. You can tell the standing or the status of a program by the number of questions you have about, especially the leadership. And I don't buy into some programs because I don't buy into the leadership. I'm buying into both what you and Herman are doing with your programs because you care. You actually care. And at the top of the pyramid for me, when it comes to quality leadership is care. And I think it's important.

I think it's important. Love of the game, that's pretty easily done. You're not getting super rich off of this thing. You should be getting paid better, but that's just DP talking. And to say it that to see the success that you're having. So I'm impressed by what you're doing and how you do it. Then the next question is, if there, was one thing that you could add to this program to help it take its next step forward.

Is it just time? Is it just attitude? Is it work? Is it resource? What is the next thing that will take Nebraska tennis one more step forward and up? I think that's a tough, tough question to answer. The easy answer would be just, you know, some of some additional resources and not even necessarily from the school, but just in the NIL space maybe.

That's probably the cheap way. But I think it's my job to get, you know, more and more people are going to contribute to that sort of thing. The more they believe in me, the more visible I am, the, you know, seeing, you know, this wasn't just a fluke this year, you know, part of me is like, oh, you know, we have, we're losing four seniors. We're losing our number one or number two or number four, number five player. And they're going to be like, ah, Nebraska is not going to be as good next.

year. And I'm like, hey, you guys don't know me yet. Like, I'm not planning on taking a step backwards. You know, this team's going to keep moving forwards. That's how we do it. You know, I was at a program at Ohio State. You know, we won the big 10, five years in a row, my senior year. We had, I was the only starter coming back. My senior year, we ended up winning the national indoor title that year with one and a half returning starters. So I've been in the locker room like that before I understand how it works. I know how you need to move the pieces of around, you know, we'll see if, we'll see if we can do it. But that's, that's the mindset and the mentality going into next year. But I think going back to the question, if, if, if we can get

more people to truly believe in what we're doing, get more people truly excited about tennis and what we're trying to do here. I think in time, like those kind of, those, those, you know, the financial things kind of take care of themselves. So I think it's time. Give me some more time, Nebraska. And let me up the any again. And we'll go from there. From the text on Bill says, what? Selling booze next year? Huster fans will show up. Bill and Bennett, we're going to hold you to it. Big Slim, good to see you back on here, bro. I know you're doing your thing, man. Appreciate you for what you do. It is, you mentioned four seniors. you every program needs somebody to lead it in the transition so from end of season to beginning of season you've got returning players who's going to lead this program for you on the courts next

year yeah i think it's going to be a group effort i think the guys that are coming back are evolving and in different ways you know i think we have one captain coming back henry ballisic he's he's grown a lot with his tennis and his body, but he's a natural-born leader. You know, we're going to really lean on guys like Leo Linkett, Joanne, Torres Espinoza, Olson Wells, and Nico, Nikolae, C-Siv. You know, those are four guys that got a lot of playing time this year, and naturally they're going to have to step up. And, you know, that's kind of the way it works in college sports

is, you know, guys walk out the door, and the guys inside the facility are kind of responsible for stepping up. it's hard for a new guy to step in and kind of take over that responsibility. So they know that. And we've set the standards, you know, most of them go home over the summer. Some of them are around Leo and Joanne are around right now practicing. We just left the facility to come over here and talk. We had to practice this morning.

But they know, and they know that I'm not going to say, hey, oh, it's a rebuilding year. No, no, no. Like, they understand that. So they understand when they go home that they better be working and doing the right things. Because when the fans show up again in January, the expectations are the expectations and people want to win here. Well, Ohio State doesn't care. No, that's right.

USA doesn't care. No. How would you define, what would you define as the biggest win of the year, match win of the year? Because you had several high-level performances against top 40, top 30, top 20 team. Yep. What would you say was the one that you would just go, if you want to know who the 2024 Husker tennis team was,

look at this particular matchup. Yeah, I would point to USC. It was our first matchup ever against them. We're one and no against the very best tennis program in all of college tennis. And the most all Americans, the most national titles, you name it, they lead the way. You know, they roll into Lincoln, Nebraska on a 52 degree day

with 17 mile an hour wins and they don't want to be outside we don't want to be outside the fans don't want to be outside but that's where we need to be and we took them down so i mean that that was a win they ended up losing in the the the around the 16 of the NCAA tournament um so i mean that was that's that's a ginormous win you know for for for a programs are just coming from two totally different places the very very very best most history ever in tennis and uh the uh the Nebraska coming up, coming up the ranks right now. Like that was a huge, huge statement win for, for us.

Who would you compare in football to UCLA tennis? USC, I would say, I don't know for football. It might be USC. It might be, yeah. I mean, you could, you could. I think, right. I think the football program is still trying to figure it out a little bit down

in Los Angeles. Yeah, but we're enjoying that. But it's the same type of prestige and program. You know, when you're getting recruited by USC, it's like, well, you know, you're playing against USC. It's like, you know, I don't, do they come here this year? Does the USC come here? Do we play them?

Yes, USC is here. So that's a game where you're like, this one just feels a little bit different. Yeah, they go to Rose Bowl to play UCLA. They go to Pasadenae for UCLA. Yeah, so it's just a big deal. You know, these in Southern California, they're going to get the best. looks from the best recruits and they're going to have, you know, it's just different kind of sun, different kind of breeze, different kind of tan. Like, there's a lot. Yeah, but I mean, that's what,

that, you know, you got to figure out, you know, your, your recipe. Our recipe is not the same recipe as those SoCal boys. Yeah, and everybody can't be on the UCLA and you, USC roster. There's that room for everybody. Yeah, absolutely. I'm going to put you on the spot that I'm known to be tough. Let's do it. But I'm putting you on the spot because Next fall, next fall, the Ohio State Buckeyes go face to face with the Nebraska Huskers. Who do you root for, coach? I'm all like people, guys in the team made me a hard time. I'm a Buckeye. I'm a Husker, man. I'm a husker.

I've fallen in love with this place. You know, it took me six months to eight years to find my rhythm. And anytime you moved here, I was by myself. I moved here alone. But I was like, wow, once I was really here, I was like, man, this place is just different. And it's extremely special. And I'm a husker through and through what Coach Ruhl's doing. I truly feel like he's going to see the fruits of his labor.

I think we saw it a little bit last year. But just knowing coaching and knowing what coaching looks like and the amount of effort and work he puts into this and how much he truly cares about Nebraska, like, I'm just telling you, I can, I can, I can, I can, see it coming. I can feel it coming. You know, you need some luck in the Big Ten as an absolute nightmare of a conference. Obviously, the two last national champions are coming out of the Big Ten, not the SEC.

It's no tough task, but we got the right guy running the ship. I don't know, you know, I can't think of a guy better than Coach Rule. Well, we're going to do this. We're going to talk about Coach Rule and the other programs because I want to get your take on where that will be. We also have

text from Magic and Chase B will read those texts and get coaches take on what you guys have sent in. If you want to get a comment or question to into Coach Cobalt, now is the time to do it over the break. We'll be back to finish up one-on-one. Set you're all up for the captain's show here on the ticket. Watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch. You're listening to One-on-One-on-One with DP on 937 The Ticket and The Ticketfm.com.

You're listening to One-on-One with DP, sponsored by Mary Ellen's Food, Food, for the soul on 93-7 the ticket and the ticket FM.com. Tennis is like a jungle sometimes. Makes you wonder how you keep from going under. Peter Cobalt, head coach, Husker tennis in the building. We appreciate him stopping by. And when I say this, I actually mean it. Open invite.

Open invitation for you. I mean, because you're a sports dude. like tennis happens to be your forte, but you're a sports guy. Before we get into the questions we had, Chase B says this on the text, and he says, we might need a tennis one-on-one, coach, built into the program so I know what I'm watching, right?

Inviting fans down to meet players, to get training, to talk about, you know, here's some things you might want to know about this game that we love so much. Sure. And I think that's, Chase, I'm actually pushing that he and, the women's head coach actually do some regular program. And that'll be also a way for them to raise some funds for the program.

Magic says this. He says, I got a phone call and trying to explain to folks where, how to see tennis. He said, you have to kind of explain that it's attached to Hibner. It's attached to the soccer fields. He said, because that's how he figured out where it is. So again, we're going to keep pushing and keep feeding. We're planting seeds in May so that you're there doing Husker Tennessee's.

and we want you to be a part of this growing program because the program is on fire. I asked about, you brought up that rule and I want to ask as a coach, as a coach, in that fraternity and then that shared space, what should Husker fans really be excited about from one coach to another? What does Matt Rule do that makes you applaud and go,

you know what, he's doing it right? Well, I think when you get into coaching, you have two different priorities and one of them is you know you either have the priority to win or you have the priority to show them a good time or have fun and I'm very careful with who I take advice from I you know I was in a program that won a ton and I've won a ton in my career as a player and even my short time as a coach I've had success so I only take advice from people that have had experiences like me I haven't gotten a chance to sit down and talk to Matt a ton but he'd be one of those coaches because he has a ton of six like a ton of experience coaching in in in winning so

his experiences are winning you know what he's done at temple what he's done at bailer like those weren't easy things to do and he was able to go to both of those places and win so you know everyone's like holding their breath a little bit I'm like look I really don't there's I don't you know I don't want to put any extra pressure on them but I really I really think because I know this place isn't easy for for football uh but i really i really just you know the way he handles things the how he speaks in front of the media some of the things he says you know i you know you hear about some of the thing how they're he's holding all of his guys accountable all the way up to qb one um i think when you when you have a a a leader that knows how to win and instills that in his

entire staff instills it in the entire locker room, you know, you're going to win. So I personally, I'm betting on Coach Ruhl. I'm betting on the brass of cornhuskers. The leadership from the top down and the football program's amazing, you know, having a guy like Troy Dan and lead the way through this mess that we're going through right now with the settlement and stuff like it, you know, you know, I think he's on the committee now, right? College football committee. Like, come on. Like we're, you know, we're moving in the right direction, guys like it's if it the big 10 is very hard though like Ohio State's not going anywhere you know I will see what happens with Michigan in this whole scandal thing I don't know but they're they're

recruiting like they're not going anywhere um USC and UCLA are always going to be relevant you know there's some there's some big hitters in this conference but we're doing it the I truly feel like Matt's doing it the right way here and just give him give him some time he's he's doing it I can see it. Coach, I know they're like brothers and sisters, but do you have a favorite coach here on the Husker staff? Is there somebody you just got to look at and go? Yep.

Well, I'm friendly with a few of them, but I think the one coach that's been the most supportive of me is probably Rhonda Ravel. So we had the same boss when I first got here. So I always bugged. I think I asked her for a coffee once or twice, just she's another one of those coaches that's had a lot of winning experiences.

and values winning. And, you know, there's more to sports than just winning. But when, you know, you get a lot of advice, but you want to take advice from people who have been successful. And she's definitely been successful. They had an amazing year this year. What a run. What a run.

Unbelievable. They were just, you know, this close away from taking down the valls. And, you know, that's not an easy town to play. And that's not an easy university to go down there and play in front of those fans. That's for sure. I was at Kentucky for two years, Kentucky and Tennessee, don't like each other. Right.

Yeah. But Rhonda's probably been the most supportive of me. And she sends me messages all the time, you know, when she sees something this or that. And then maybe Fred, maybe Fred Hoyberg, too. I could see you and Fred. Yeah. We traded some shoes.

He's a tennis player. Yeah. His wife's a tennis player too. And they play some tennis. Yeah, Carol loves it. So, yeah, Fred, I, I, I heard a rumor, though, that the wives are beating the husband. So I was like, Fred.

Oh, see, that's what I'm talking about. That's the challenge we need to have. We got to get you down here and get you hitting some balls. So we swapped out some shoes. He got me a pair of basketball shoes. I got him a pair of tennis shoes. And he's going to come down and hit some balls here sooner or later. I'm not going to hit any balls.

I'm going to come down and getting that shoe collection. I'm a shoe guy. And I, listen, I don't even care. Coach, again, open invitation. And I think you talking to coaches, would also be a really cool radio show. Yeah, let's. I think that would be a phenomenal radio show.

So we'll talk about that. Coach, thank you so much for what you do. Appreciate you. And again, you're invited to come down to Matt Talbot Kitchen. We're going to be there all day tomorrow. Great. As a matter of fact, Coach Horyberg will be there at 4 o'clock. All port to the day.

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