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Smoaky's One on One with Coach Matt Rhule

November 19, 2018
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Coach Matt Rhule answers all of the tough questions from David Smoak this week on his one on one.

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Smoaky's One on One with Coach Matt Rhule

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For whatever reason....sometimes these stickied threads at the top don't get much attention. I hope people find this and listen.

Great interview Smoak.

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Heck yeah!!! Thanks for this.
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What kind of coach laughs at his defense when a touchdown is scored on them?
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What kind of coach laughs at his defense when a touchdown is scored on them?
Most people laugh when they don't know what else to do.
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Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
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Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
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hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
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bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
Maybe so, but it makes it no less frustrating to see how a tweak or two by Rhule would have made this season so much better.
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BellCountyBear said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
Maybe so, but it makes it no less frustrating to see how a tweak or two by Rhule would have made this season so much better.
That's fine. Be frustrated. This has been a frustrating season, and if we lose Saturday and miss a bowl game there will be dozens of "what ifs" we can point to that kept us from getting there.

But I think you'll see fewer and fewer coaching "tweaks" needed as our talent improves and grows in the system. In other words, I think a lot of things get attributed to coaching during lean/frustrating years that are more attributable to players' ability to execute what they're being coached to do in game conditions. And as those who are currently playing get a better grasp of their duties or more talented players are brought in to replace them, the level of execution will rise naturally.

Nick Saban, the undisputed greatest college football coach on earth, didn't earn that title until he got to Alabama and started recruiting better rosters than everyone else in the country. He won more than seven games only once in five seasons at Michigan State and lost three or more games in four of his five years at LSU -- posting a worse winning percentage there than his successor, Les Miles, did.

The point being, great coaches are made great by recruiting and developing great players. We don't have enough of those yet. It's Rhule's job to change that. If he does in the next two or three years, he'll look like a much better coach to those who think he's an idiot now.
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bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.


"Rape scandal"? How long have you been serving on the BOR? Or are you Sharon Grigsby?
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SIC EM 94 said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.


"Rape scandal"? How long have you been serving on the BOR? Or are you Sharon Grigsby?
How would you describe the scandal that has third-parties from sea to shining sea referring to Baylor as Rape U? It doesn't matter what you or I think really happened. Perception is reality with this one.
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bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
You're forgetting that part where we go to CUSA because we can't win.
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bear2be2 said:

BellCountyBear said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
Maybe so, but it makes it no less frustrating to see how a tweak or two by Rhule would have made this season so much better.
That's fine. Be frustrated. This has been a frustrating season, and if we lose Saturday and miss a bowl game there will be dozens of "what ifs" we can point to that kept us from getting there.

But I think you'll see fewer and fewer coaching "tweaks" needed as our talent improves and grows in the system. In other words, I think a lot of things get attributed to coaching during lean/frustrating years that are more attributable to players' ability to execute what they're being coached to do in game conditions. And as those who are currently playing get a better grasp of their duties or more talented players are brought in to replace them, the level of execution will rise naturally.

Nick Saban, the undisputed greatest college football coach on earth, didn't earn that title until he got to Alabama and started recruiting better rosters than everyone else in the country. He won more than seven games only once in five seasons at Michigan State and lost three or more games in four of his five years at LSU -- posting a worse winning percentage there than his successor, Les Miles, did.

The point being, great coaches are made great by recruiting and developing great players. We don't have enough of those yet. It's Rhule's job to change that. If he does in the next two or three years, he'll look like a much better coach to those who think he's an idiot now.

excellent post
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Doc Holliday said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
You're forgetting that part where we go to CUSA because we can't win.
We won't go to CUSA because we can't win. We'll go to CUSA -- in this overwrought hypothetical -- because we're a modestly sized private school that only those who attend(ed) it like. Baylor will never be a big TV draw and we've alienated ourselves from current and potential conference mates with two major scandals in 15 years.

If the Big 12 does ultimately dissolve -- and I remain unconvinced that another round of realignment bingo will occur at all -- the other major conferences will pass on us well before the discussion makes it to on-field competitiveness.
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bear2be2 said:

Doc Holliday said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
You're forgetting that part where we go to CUSA because we can't win.
We won't go to CUSA because we can't win. We'll go to CUSA -- in this overwrought hypothetical -- because we're a modestly sized private school that only those who attend(ed) it like. Baylor will never be a big TV draw and we've alienated ourselves from current and potential conference mates with two major scandals in 15 years.

If the Big 12 does ultimately dissolve -- and I remain unconvinced that another round of realignment bingo will occur at all -- the other major conferences will pass on us well before the discussion makes it to on-field competitiveness.

Truth. Amazing that some still think winning football games would trump those considerations. It would not.
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Ok, I can dig it. I am often critical but I am willing to give him a go. I would be critical whomever the coach is when I see something patently obvious that needs criticism. I think I get turned off by the constant selling but maybe we need that. Hopefully it continues to work with recruits. At some point you have to actually perform on the field. I would rather that be now. I do think Coach Rhule and the staff work hard and have dealt with much outside of the realm of football. What I am interested in is if his "process" works and will it hold up long term in The Big XII. Even the purple wizard is having a rough time playing the old school style 24-20 game.
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bear2be2 said:

Doc Holliday said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
You're forgetting that part where we go to CUSA because we can't win.
We won't go to CUSA because we can't win. We'll go to CUSA -- in this overwrought hypothetical -- because we're a modestly sized private school that only those who attend(ed) it like. Baylor will never be a big TV draw and we've alienated ourselves from current and potential conference mates with two major scandals in 15 years.

If the Big 12 does ultimately dissolve -- and I remain unconvinced that another round of realignment bingo will occur at all -- the other major conferences will pass on us well before the discussion makes it to on-field competitiveness.
Not true at all. Just a few years ago we were the "cool" school. You could find kids in other parts of the country wearing Baylor gear. I'm not claiming to the same degree as with a blue blood. But we were cool and kids liked wearing Baylor stuff. During the hey day. I personally saw a kid wearing a Baylor sweat shirt in the SF Bay Area. I saw a Baylor t shirt in Seattle. I saw a kid wearing a Baylor hoodie in Cincinatti. I dont know where they all came from but I saw a slew of Baylor gear worn at WDW....and there I actually sort of kept a talley. I saw more Baylor gear than any other school there with the exception of UF. Which of course is only an hour and a half away.

I'm not saying that keeps us in P5. I'm just refuting the the "we are little an no one wants a fan of our's" BS. So stop with the pre spin some of y'all are coming up with that says G5 was going to happen no matter what. It isnt true. We have actually proven with an entertaining and winning product we can have a following like others.
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bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.
Rhule didn't inherit a rape scandal. It was in the past, but the BOR re-gifted it.
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PartyBear said:

bear2be2 said:

Doc Holliday said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
You're forgetting that part where we go to CUSA because we can't win.
We won't go to CUSA because we can't win. We'll go to CUSA -- in this overwrought hypothetical -- because we're a modestly sized private school that only those who attend(ed) it like. Baylor will never be a big TV draw and we've alienated ourselves from current and potential conference mates with two major scandals in 15 years.

If the Big 12 does ultimately dissolve -- and I remain unconvinced that another round of realignment bingo will occur at all -- the other major conferences will pass on us well before the discussion makes it to on-field competitiveness.
Not true at all. Just a few years ago we were the "cool" school. You could find kids in other parts of the country wearing Baylor gear. I'm not claiming to the same degree as with a blue blood. But we were cool and kids liked wearing Baylor stuff. During the hey day. I personally saw a kid wearing a Baylor sweat shirt in the SF Bay Area. I saw a Baylor t shirt in Seattle. I saw a kid wearing a Baylor hoodie in Cincinatti. I dont know where they all came from but I saw a slew of Baylor gear worn at WDW....and there I actually sort of kept a talley. I saw more Baylor gear than any other school there with the exception of UF. Which of course is only an hour and a half away.

I'm not saying that keeps us in P5. I'm just refuting the the "we are little an no one wants a fan of our's" BS. So stop with the pre spin some of y'all are coming up with that says G5 was going to happen no matter what. It isnt true. We have actually proven with an entertaining and winning product we can have a following like others.
A lot has happened since then to change our reputation both regionally and nationally.

And I'm not saying G5 happens no matter what. In fact, I'm one of few here who doesn't think another round of realignment is coming. But Baylor's best -- and likely only -- shot at remaining in the P5 is the survival of the Big 12.
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Things can happen that change the reputation back as well. My point is we don't have to be where we are right now.
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I would suggest that people rely on what they SEE, NOT on what Rhule SAYS. He is absolutely the best talker we have ever heard, and people fall in love with that.
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For $28 million or whatever it is, I'd be pretty tough too. Tough all the way to the bank!
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Timbear said:

I would suggest that people rely on what they SEE, NOT on what Rhule SAYS. He is absolutely the best talker we have ever heard, and people fall in love with that.


This.
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bear2be2 said:

BellCountyBear said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
Maybe so, but it makes it no less frustrating to see how a tweak or two by Rhule would have made this season so much better.
That's fine. Be frustrated. This has been a frustrating season, and if we lose Saturday and miss a bowl game there will be dozens of "what ifs" we can point to that kept us from getting there.

But I think you'll see fewer and fewer coaching "tweaks" needed as our talent improves and grows in the system. In other words, I think a lot of things get attributed to coaching during lean/frustrating years that are more attributable to players' ability to execute what they're being coached to do in game conditions. And as those who are currently playing get a better grasp of their duties or more talented players are brought in to replace them, the level of execution will rise naturally.

Nick Saban, the undisputed greatest college football coach on earth, didn't earn that title until he got to Alabama and started recruiting better rosters than everyone else in the country. He won more than seven games only once in five seasons at Michigan State and lost three or more games in four of his five years at LSU -- posting a worse winning percentage there than his successor, Les Miles, did.

The point being, great coaches are made great by recruiting and developing great players. We don't have enough of those yet. It's Rhule's job to change that. If he does in the next two or three years, he'll look like a much better coach to those who think he's an idiot now.



Huh, aint that interesting. Appreciate the input

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Timbear said:

I would suggest that people rely on what they SEE, NOT on what Rhule SAYS. He is absolutely the best talker we have ever heard, and people fall in love with that.
We see a team that has one game left to go bowling, the original goal of this year. Is that not the case.
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Best question by Smoak "Are you tough enough to see this thing through and are you fully bought in?"
-Rhule (in summary) "Dang right I am"

I believe him... his resume both as a player and a coach make me believe him
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Krieg said:

Timbear said:

I would suggest that people rely on what they SEE, NOT on what Rhule SAYS. He is absolutely the best talker we have ever heard, and people fall in love with that.


This.


We're in the proving business.
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Smashmouth said:

Best question by Smoak "Are you tough enough to see this thing through and are you fully bought in?"
-Rhule (in summary) "Dang right I am"

I believe him... his resume both as a player and a coach make me believe him
I think he is, but what the heck is he gonna say, "Uh,no Smoak. Just can';t see it".
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BellCountyBear said:

bear2be2 said:

hodedofome said:

Big_Pumpin said:

Great interview. Screw it. I'm all in with Rhule. I think he may be stubborn in some ways but I think he wants to win more. He has a way to inspire people and kids and he will find a way to get it done. He will be able to bring in the talent needed to compete for championships. I always thought we should be a bowl team this year and compete for the Big12 championship in year 3. That may be a little aggressive, but I think year 4 will be the one where we fall in love with our coach.
It's either that or he's just a good salesman. What's the damage going to be if he's the latter?
A lot less than the rape scandal he inherited.

I think Matt Rhule has proven this season that he will at worst be an average coach at Baylor. If after four or five years we struggle to eclipse the six- or seven-win mark, then you reevaluate and decide what's best going forward. But it's a lot easier to move on from a five- to seven-win-per-year coach than it is to rebuild from a program-crippling scandal. So win or lose, Matt Rhule will have done the heavy lifting for whatever coach follows him at Baylor.
Maybe so, but it makes it no less frustrating to see how a tweak or two by Rhule would have made this season so much better.
Wow, why you're not the HC I'll never be able to figure out. You're such an expert. Please teach us and explain the two tweaks that you are referring to. Thank you, in advance, for your gift to us all.
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Tweak No. 1, No more QB under center that telegraphs the play. Tweak No. 2, TE pop passes to slow down the pass rush. Tweak No.3, No more diamond backfield plays. Tweak No.4, Rush more than 3 on 3 and 7 plus. These 4 would be a start.
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I just want a win against a Texas based Big 12 opponent. We haven't had one since...Briles. Tech would be a great start Saturday. Sic 'Em
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Timbear said:

Tweak No. 1, No more QB under center that telegraphs the play. Tweak No. 2, TE pop passes to slow down the pass rush. Tweak No.3, No more diamond backfield plays. Tweak No.4, Rush more than 3 on 3 and 7 plus. These 4 would be a start.
should have brought 4-5 all game long against TCU...
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Bexar Pitts said:

I just want a win against a Texas based Big 12 opponent. We haven't had one since...Briles. Tech would be a great start Saturday. Sic 'Em


Dang, didnt realize that.

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