Matt Rhule: “I wish I never took the job”

[KSpan]

2 hours ago, mav1234 said:

Eh. Rhule was a very hot name that year. He wasn't the only one interested in Rhule, just the only one willing to give him so much money... Not like he hired a random college coach, Rhule was billed as this great talent developer etc etc 

A bunch of people being stupid and making Rhule a 'hot name' because they're chasing the next McVay doesn't excuse the stupidity. I'm not needling you here, but rather that the fact that anyone was enamored with him and his mediocre college track record at that level was absurd, and Tepper and Hurney getting caught up in it is not to their credit.

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

...and total control.

Therein lies the stupid

A big part of it, absolutely.

46 minutes ago, CRA said:

It was pretty inexcusable IMO to allow Rhule to go into year 3.  Bad contract or not.   It was obvious he wasn’t going to work out and we wasted a season.  

But the patented Rhule Year 3 Leap... lolz. 

[Jackie Lee]

Well this WR saw the Satterfield hire and was like nope. Maybe he researched a little more about Rhule as well 

 

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Well this WR saw the Satterfield hire and was like nope. Maybe he researched a little more about Rhule as well 

 

Matt Rhule's team from Temple to Baylor to Carolina all have one thing in common.  Meh offense. 

yeah, that kid is smart.  Satterfield is horrible. Rhule is horrible.  

Nebraska kid too.  Bad start to the Rhule era.  When the homegrown kids want nothing to do with you. 

[CRA]

Tough tough question 

 

 

[MechaZain]

Cam knew.

 

[mav1234]

2 hours ago, CRA said:

It was pretty inexcusable IMO to allow Rhule to go into year 3.  Bad contract or not.   It was obvious he wasn’t going to work out and we wasted a season.  

I hated that decision too, but I also understand why Tepper wanted to see if the Third Year Leap was real. He kept his hands off the team and waited. I also wonder who he was consulting in that decision. 

There's a lot of unknowns about it all and I hope Tepper learned something from it, but not so sure.

[CRA]

3 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

I hated that decision too, but I also understand why Tepper wanted to see if the Third Year Leap was real. He kept his hands off the team and waited. I also wonder who he was consulting in that decision. 

There's a lot of unknowns about it all and I hope Tepper learned something from it, but not so sure.

I think the 2nd year shitshow was simply too big to allow a 3rd.    Normally I would agree to give a meh coach a 3rd season just to see but I still think how bad Rhule was in year 2 didn't get proper recognition. 

[Jackie Lee]

3 minutes ago, CRA said:

I think the 2nd year shitshow was simply too big to allow a 3rd.    Normally I would agree to give a meh coach a 3rd season just to see but I still think how bad Rhule was in year 2 didn't get proper recognition. 

Yeah the losing streak at the end of the year was not acceptable. If they had started off slow and got better as the season went on I could understand seeing if the momentum would carry over to year 3. Instead they fired/replaced a bunch of people except Rhule and we got Training Camp battles! 

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah the losing streak at the end of the year was not acceptable. If they had started off slow and got better as the season went on I could understand seeing if the momentum would carry over to year 3. Instead they fired/replaced a bunch of people except Rhule and we got Training Camp battles! 

Not just the losing streak.  It’s the fact he simply revealed himself to be a clown.  Starting in camp the BS was too much.  Then how he handled players and tossed guys under the bus.   The nonsensical nature of how he managed the team.   It was all a joke. 

it also highlights how he was nothing like Ron.  Which Rhule was referencing.  Ron wasn’t a comical joke year 2 as a HC and there was direction.  Ron was building something.   Whether you agree or not he was doing something from the ground up and wasn’t a clown. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

39 minutes ago, CRA said:

Tough tough question 

 

 

Its hard for me to even name 1 to be honest.

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Jackie Lee]

OC? He does have a coaching talent

 

[Sgt Schultz]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

Tough tough question 

 

 

 

37 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Its hard for me to even name 1 to be honest.

Come on now, it shouldn't be too hard since there are not a lot of wins to choose from.

[Jon Snow]

4 hours ago, mav1234 said:

Eh. Rhule was a very hot name that year. He wasn't the only one interested in Rhule, just the only one willing to give him so much money... Not like he hired a random college coach, Rhule was billed as this great talent developer etc etc 

That turned out to be complete and utter bullshit.