I think you're right Chuck. There were better candidates, but we can't prove those guys would be better unfortunately.
My biggest critique of Matt Rhule when his name was being floated is that he would not be able to handle the pressure here. I didn't know the guy, but went and looked at a lot of tape from him to get a feel for who he is. I saw some of the Carolina stuff when things were going bad, and it was a big clue to me that this guy wasn't going to handle the job here very well.
Many people have noticed a big change in his demeanor after week 1 already.
The good news is, I don't think this is going to last too long.. I still say 3 years tops.
The only thing the pro Rhule people have, is to say he turned around 2 programs in year 3, so that will be their argument, as was Carolina's until he went 1-4 and was fired in the beginning of his 3rd year.
I was actually hoping he would do sort of ok, good enough for him to just move on, on his own. This way, we wouldn't have to fire the guy and pay all this obscene money. (again)
It looks to me right now, that Matt Rhule is a boat anchor, and nobody is going to be offering him a job anytime soon.. and here we are subsidizing losers with massive multi-million dollar contracts over obscene time periods.
How could we as a University be any more stupid?
I blame Ted Carter, but you can not get rid of Matt fast enough for me.
It's just more damage to a brand that has been damaged so far that it's becoming un-recoverable.
