Do you have evidence of Rhule's courting NFL jobs causing problems in recruiting? or are you assuming? Are you assuming that kids don't like it when a NFL type coach sits in their house and talks about developing them at the next level? I have dealt with a significant number of D1 athletes in my career and none of them ever said, "I ain't committing to a coach who might be in the NFL!" Not one. Lots of them have talked about a coach getting fired, but never has one said a word of concern about a coach getting a promotion. The fact that he is a prospective NFL coach is a positive. I guarantee it gets him in doors on the fact that kids would get an opportunity to impress a potential future boss. You go ahead and listen to the other fan boards filled with idiots. But it won't make it any more true. It won't make it OU's success over the past 15-20 years contradict your point any less. Stoops was always mentioned about going to the NFL. Riley is almost assumed to already be an NFL coach by many in the industry. Yet they don't seem to have the struggles you allude to.Timbear said:
Don't forget that Rhule's own actions , courting NFL jobs, has caused the lack of current recruiting success. More $ will not guarantee that he won't continue to talk to NFL teams. He has, so far, not shown Baylor the loyalty that we deserve for the $ we're paying. Everyone HOPES he will stop dating, and go ahead and marry us, proving himself to be faithful. Only time will tell. Until then, what we have is here and now. 4-0 and rolling.
There are plenty of possible reasons why we are struggling in recruiting. But the Rhule/NFL connection is not one of them. 85% of kids look for 2 things connection and playing time. I have had kids come back from Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, etc. and talk about facilities and how impressive it was. When they come back and say "Coach so and so was great!" is when i know they are seriously considering a place. FOr the vast majority of kids the facilities, fan base, etc. only make a difference when looking between 2-3 schools where they really liked the coaching staff.
What loyalty do "we" deserve? We are paying him to 1) rebuild our reputation, 2) develop young men into character men, 3) to win games. He is doing that. I can verify 1 and 3, and 2 is show in time. So many of you are only johnny come lately when it is negative. He could go 10-2 this year, lose a bowl game and then a slow start the next year and you would be calling for his head. (regularly happened with Briles on BFans) But his recent success has to be viewed in light of his one past failure of a year. He is as married to us as any big time coach is married to their program not named a blue blood. If we are married to him we will stop bringing up Liberty and 1-11 in the most impossible year a football coach could be placed in. Too many of our fanbase are clueless as to how toxic our job was in 2016. We had to bring a average coach out of retirement and appeal to his love of God to get anyone here after the absolutely craziness surrounding us. The fact that he was willing to come here when his arrow was pointing up is more loyalty than you can imagine. This guy was not sitting around wondering if he was ever going to get a chance. He and everyone else knew he was getting one, and he chose our opportunity. So the loyalty talk that I get from other fans is the most ludicrous thing I have heard since complaints of Drew in years 2-3.