LOL!!!

A lot of people on this board just became Carolina fans. They loved Fhule so much because he was so devoted to Baylor......

Forest Bueller_bf said:

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Samwise said:

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What a phony. Good riddance. I loved the wins, but he's untrustworthy and has done serious damage to our program leaving like this.

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I don't understand this sentiment.

Rhule was a hired gun from the get go, one who is very good a bible speak and such.

This job was a stepping stone from the moment he got here, and he telegraphed it from the beginning.

Those that romanticised anything else were simply fooling themselves.

Maybe, just maybe, Baylor can now get a coach thinks Baylor is the destination.

Not saying Rhule wasn't a real good coach he is, but he has always been, from the outset, "that guy" who is engaged to a great girl, but still sleeping around with others on the side, until he finds a better girl.

Rhule is not a phony at all, he is what he is.

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I agree, but a lot of people on here convinced themselves his on-camera stuff was the real him and his actions were irrelevant. "He said he loves it here! He'll stay forever!" despite him trying to leave every year. If you watched his actions this was expected.

Krieg said:

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Forest Bueller_bf said:

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Samwise said:

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What a phony. Good riddance. I loved the wins, but he's untrustworthy and has done serious damage to our program leaving like this.

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I don't understand this sentiment.

Rhule was a hired gun from the get go, one who is very good a bible speak and such.

This job was a stepping stone from the moment he got here, and he telegraphed it from the beginning.

Those that romanticised anything else were simply fooling themselves.

Maybe, just maybe, Baylor can now get a coach thinks Baylor is the destination.

Not saying Rhule wasn't a real good coach he is, but he has always been, from the outset, "that guy" who is engaged to a great girl, but still sleeping around with others on the side, until he finds a better girl.

Rhule is not a phony at all, he is what he is.

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I agree, but a lot of people on here convinced themselves his on-camera stuff was the real him and his actions were irrelevant. "He said he loves it here! He'll stay forever!" despite him trying to leave every year. If you watched his actions this was expected.

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Isn't that the definition of phony?

Rhule/Rhoades are geniuses and always had Baylor's best interest in mind.

We all should appreciate them for working out and executing the recent extension/contract....planning together on this inevitable event. Both knowing it would happen, they set it up so that the NFL buyout now reimburses Baylor for most (if not all) of the 3 years of Rhule's comp while at Baylor.

Brilliant, and THANK YOU Coach Matt Rhule!

Assassin said:

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Guess the Giants didn't want to be leveraged...

How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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With incentives for another 10 million..

HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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I just read that. CRAZY. Ok, good on him. I take it all back. I'm having a hard time coming up with something I WOULDN'T do for $60 million.

HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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There were media reports that he was making $8 million a year here.

7 years for $60 million would be $8.5 million a year. I don't think this was about money.

HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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not bad but how long will he able to keep a job with that salary is what everyone is questioning. Good deal if he finds success.

Redbrickbear said:

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Forest Bueller_bf said:

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Samwise said:

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What a phony. Good riddance. I loved the wins, but he's untrustworthy and has done serious damage to our program leaving like this.

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Rhule was a hired gun from the get go, one who is very good a bible speak and such.

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Yep I agree.

I still don't really understand why our fan base and Regents fall for the "bible speak" and "God has brought me to this school" stuff.

All these coaches are hired guns....they come for a while and then they go.

Simple as that.

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Exactly. Except for Grant.

Krieg said:

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Forest Bueller_bf said:

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Samwise said:

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What a phony. Good riddance. I loved the wins, but he's untrustworthy and has done serious damage to our program leaving like this.

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I don't understand this sentiment.

Rhule was a hired gun from the get go, one who is very good a bible speak and such.

This job was a stepping stone from the moment he got here, and he telegraphed it from the beginning.

Those that romanticised anything else were simply fooling themselves.

Maybe, just maybe, Baylor can now get a coach thinks Baylor is the destination.

Not saying Rhule wasn't a real good coach he is, but he has always been, from the outset, "that guy" who is engaged to a great girl, but still sleeping around with others on the side, until he finds a better girl.

Rhule is not a phony at all, he is what he is.

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I agree, but a lot of people on here convinced themselves his on-camera stuff was the real him and his actions were irrelevant. "He said he loves it here! He'll stay forever!" despite him trying to leave every year. If you watched his actions this was expected.

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Rhule never came close to saying he'd be here forever. In fact, he made the opposite quite clear.

BylrFan said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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not bad but how long will he able to keep a job with that salary is what everyone is questioning. Good deal if he finds success.

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We don't know how much of it was guaranteed, but it wouldn't be surprising if it was a massive chunk of it.

Also, people still don't know what his specific salary was at Baylor, so it would be difficult to try to gauge how good it was.

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PartyBear said:

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If USC announced Meyer would not be a candidate for them if they fired Helton, I can't see us looking at him. As much as it would be great, we can't have him as a candidate.

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I guess that financial package Baylor was offering to Rhule wasn't the end all be all, or the panthers are shelling out a juicier package.

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It's going to cost them far more in the end than it did us. Now Baylor can use the new fundage to hopefully get a coach who's into finishing what was started.

Trust the process...he needs a belt in the mouth.

https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/07/hiring-matt-rhule-would-cost-new-york-giants-a-tremendous-amount-of-money/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NFLdraftmaverickMikeTwitter

"In September, Baylor announced a contract extension for Rhule, which Jay Glazer of FOX Sports estimates is around $8 million per season. That is, of course, a substantial amount of money the Giants would have to top right out of the gate, but it's hardly the costliest part of hiring Rhule.

In addition to having to offer Rhule at least $9 million per season to leave Baylor, the Giants would have to buy out his current college contract."

A few thoughts... First, he loves rebuilding, and this is a good team to try and rebuild. He already said no to the jets because they wouldn't let him hire his own coordinators and assistants, so probably he is getting a lot of autonomy from the panthers.

Second, he sweet talked many posters all the way, who are now silent. It will happen again with the next guy.

Third, the money is somewhat shocking. I think anyone would have gone for that.

Fourth, this isn't about sour fans, at all. Rhule is smart enough to know that an NFL fan base will be 10x as toxic if he puts them through an equivalent 1-11 season.

Forest Bueller_bf said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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Narn, of us.

But he just signed a 10 year 6+ million a year contract here, with MUCH less pressure.

So it isn't the same thing.

He was going to have more money than he could ever spend no matter whether he stayed or left.


I think the bottom line was his dream was to be a head coach in the NFL. Now it's a reality.

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I think people don't understand that given the opportunity to do something you've dreamed of doing is going to trump a certain percentage of money. Much easier to accept if you are already making millions as well.

BylrFan said:

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I have already mentally accepted Rhule is gone and am ready to move forward...but I sure as hell was hoping he would leave Yoda behind...damn it

Wonder what impact Rhule and potentially Snow leaving will have on James Lynch's decision about staying or leaving...

CorsicanaBear said:

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"As a rule God is on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones."
Viscount Turenne but usually mis-attributed to Napoleon

"As a rule God is on the side of the larger paychecks."
Matt Rhule and everyone else considering a career change.

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As a rule, God favors the humble to the arrogant.

boognish_bear said:

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Wonder what impact Rhule and potentially Snow leaving will have on James Lynch's decision about staying or leaving...

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No need to wonder.
Coach Frank Okam (ex-NFL D Lineman) will go with Rhule/Snow too.
Does that help you?

Sic'em

Exactly - no problem with the decision - man should pursue his dreams and what's best for his family financially, big problem with the deception leading up to and then making that decision, while professing to be this massive Man of God. What do you think all these recruits who signed early think of God now, if HE has guys with this kind of ability to be deceptive, being their purported agents?

boognish_bear said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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There were media reports that he was making $8 million a year here.

7 years for $60 million would be $8.5 million a year. I don't think this was about money.

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ESPN published that he made $4.1M last year at Baylor which made him the 26th highest paid coach.

Big-12-coaches-salaries-2019-USA-TODAY-137378481

boognish_bear said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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There were media reports that he was making $8 million a year here.

7 years for $60 million would be $8.5 million a year. I don't think this was about money.

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If it wasn't about the money, he would be going to NY

Aberzombie1892 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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There were media reports that he was making $8 million a year here.

7 years for $60 million would be $8.5 million a year. I don't think this was about money.

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ESPN published that he made $4.1M last year at Baylor.

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He just got re-upped a few months ago...

Aberzombie1892 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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How many of you would pass up a 7-year, $60 million deal?

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There were media reports that he was making $8 million a year here.

7 years for $60 million would be $8.5 million a year. I don't think this was about money.

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ESPN published that he made $4.1M last year at Baylor.

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That is great money, but he just resigned, so you know it was for more than this.


His dream was to coach in the NFL and now he gets his shot.

BearFan33 said:

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I said this in another thread....I'm thankful he came here in our time of need, We were a dumpster fire and in a few years he had us in the top 10. Well done Matt Rhule. It's a shame his departure constantly hung over the program but I'm happy we had him for the time we did. It appears Rhodes did everything he could to try to keep him. Where do we go from here? Rhodes is going to be earning his money with this next hire.

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sums it up

thanks for your hard work coach rhule and staff.

- KKM

now, go hire dale steele.

D!

{ sipping coffee }

{ eating donut }

But... what about the smock? Does the Carolina Panthers merchandise shop sell one?

He might be able to cut the sleeves off this...