Matt Rhule Leaves Temple For Baylor

[Drew]

almost left for Mizzou last year:

 

[J187Money]

That's a nice jump for him.

 

[huskymedic]

... and that's how things are done behind the scenes. Very little chatter.

 

[Skiblets]

That's a strange fit

 

[huskymedic]

Ralph D. Russo@ralphDrussoAP 2 mins ago · Manhattan
Can confirm Matt Rhule will be the next coach at Baylor. Temple has just told the team.

Side note: oldest is sitting in Sports Management-Stadium/Arena Design & Management class @ Temple when news broke and said noise went from usual class noise to explosion in nano-second.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Maybe now we can finally beat Temple (probably not though)

 

[HuskyHawk]

almost left for Mizzou last year:

Mizzou is a better job than Baylor.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Excalibur]

That's a strange fit

Very strange. Northeast guy through and through wouldn't seem to be comfortable at a religious school in Waco . . .

 

[Palatine]

What about the kid who just de-committed from the Huskies to Temple. Surprise!

 

[freescooter]

Seems like an odd fit to me too. We will see. Also be interesting to see what Temple does. Can we trade Diaco for a used kicking tee?

 

[huskymedic]

Also be interesting to see what Temple does.

Poor GDL...

 

[uconnphil2016]

Wow. Baylor is in shambles. He could have gone to a better program, I'd imagine. Pretty sure they only have one 2017 commit

 

[huskymedic]

Matt Fortuna ‏@Matt_Fortuna 8m 8 minutes ago
#Temple calls 1:30 ET presser for "major announcement."

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

What about the kid who just de-committed from the Huskies to Temple. Surprise!

And that is example # 3,857,301,472 why you do not burn your bridges in the recruiting world.

While I appreciate the honesty and perspective from that kid's dad here, it also seemed to completely burn the bridge with UConn. If the kid had simply changed his verbal to Temple, then he might have had the ability to come back to UConn with the Temple coaching change (still somewhat awkwardly, but that is the world of recruiting we live in). But because his dad threw the UConn coaches under the bus publicly (and probably rightly so), it may end up hurting his son in the long run. Again, just another example why burning your bridges is not a good idea in this college recruiting world--you never know what is going to happen.

Although, maybe he does end up coming back to UConn when we have a completely new coaching staff in 4 weeks !

 

[huskysupporter]

He must be getting a huge raise, because Baylor just doesn't make sense for him otherwise.

 

[06029]

Seems like an odd fit to me too. We will see. Also be interesting to see what Temple does. Can we trade Diaco for a used kicking tee?

Money from Baylor will be big.

Morehead to Temple.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Money from Baylor will be big.

Morehead to Temple.

This would piss me off so much

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

If we really are stuck with Diaco in 2017 (I am still not giving up hope given the silence from Benedict and UConn)...maybe this opens up our OC savior:

Temple University Athletics - 2016 Football Coaching Staff


Successful current OC in our conference and experience working with QBs (was the Falcons QB coach with Matty Ice before coming to Temple)

 

[Excalibur]

Morehead to Temple.

I may shoot myself if this is the case . . .

 

[huskymedic]

If we really are stuck with Diaco in 2017 (I am still not giving up hope given the silence from Benedict and UConn)...maybe this opens up our OC savior:

Temple University Athletics - 2016 Football Coaching Staff

Successful current OC in our conference and experience working with QBs (was the Falcons QB coach with Matty Ice before coming to Temple)

I would bet he's going to Baylor w/ Rhule. Texas bridge.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Money from Baylor will be big.

Morehead to Temple.

Could you imagine if we are stuck with Diaco at UConn next year, while Temple had Moorhead and Houston had Orlando as Head Coaches? My mind would explode.

 

[UConnJim]

PJ Walker, who has been QB at Temple for 4 years graduates. Rhule had 2 good seasons with Walker as a junior and a senior and it is probably time to go as Temple will probably take a step back. Their backup QB is Logan Marchi, the former UConn commit who was denied admission to UConn.

I think Moorhead stays at Penn St as I expect PSU to bump his salary. He made PSU's season running their offense.

 

[beerfan]

Luke Mayeux‏@LukeMayeux
hearing that Randy Edsall is the #top #name for the recently vacated Temple head coaching job folks

 

[Skiblets]

Luke Mayeux‏@LukeMayeux
hearing that Randy Edsall is the #top #name for the recently vacated Temple head coaching job folks

Oh this would piss me off the most