Matt Rhule available
- Thread starter WVU_Dave
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Unfortunately for you- you have nothing to do with hiring a coach at WVU so it doesn’t matter if you are interested or not.
Just as you have no say who goes or doesn't. It's his opinion not yours *******. Matt Rhule would be a huge mistake.
Let's see. Hire a coach who is known for making a one hit wonder at schools and then fleeing immediately else where.
Rhule was 19-20 (13-14) at Baylor. Bucky would want him fired year 2 after going 8-17 (5-13). He bolted after turning it around year 3 with 11-3 (8-1) record.
At Temple his first 2 years 8-16 (5-11) his final 2 before he turned it around and bolted 20-7 (14-2) total 28-23 (19-13). This guy might be here 2 to 4 years tops. Then it's back to square 1.
Need to find a guy who will be here at least 8 years.
Rhule was 19-20 (13-14) at Baylor. Bucky would want him fired year 2 after going 8-17 (5-13). He bolted after turning it around year 3 with 11-3 (8-1) record.
At Temple his first 2 years 8-16 (5-11) his final 2 before he turned it around and bolted 20-7 (14-2) total 28-23 (19-13). This guy might be here 2 to 4 years tops. Then it's back to square 1.
Need to find a guy who will be here at least 8 years.
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I haven’t pretended I do, while you make declarations as if you think you do.
WVU wouldn’t have hired Brown if it had been up to me.
Would be ok as well- has a proven track record of rapid turnaround and success at the P5 level and his NFL experience may be attractive to recruits too.If Lyons and Gee pull the trigger on Brown I'd be OK with Ruhle. Just sayin
Really?
I know you get flack on here for being a flaming liberal, but now you are just not very good at reading comprehension, or you’re just wanting to be a douche troll; probably both.
You mean his horrible experience in the NFL is attractive? Proves how dumb you really are. He had 1 good season at P5 level.
Even Penn State didn't want him.
Finding a guy who will be here 8 years, ideally while winning atleast 1 conference title in that span is not an easy task. I would say RR is the only coach on our radar who would not leave if he sniffed success simply because the last time he left his life went into the ******* afterwards. But I have serious doubts RR could win with us in the current landscape.
He also was ahead of his time. And now he is behind the times. We’d be better off pivoting to a triple option offense.
Because parts of his offense have been adopted into just about every single spread offense in the college and pro level. In 2007 it was still new, by the time he left Michigan it was old news.
If you want to have success chasing the past, a triple option offense would absolutely yield positive results in terms of improving our win pct, the caveat is that we are basically disqualified from ever competing nationally with that type of offense. See: Army and Navy who are sitting on talent that in conventional offenses would win 1-2 games per year, but schematically it can elevate that talent to bowl eligibility most years
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GT running triple option - 82-61 (51-37) with ACC title and a major bowl win.
GT since - 12-28 (9-19)
We would see success doing it, there is definitely a ceiling though and transitioning out of this type of offense is a big headache, if we ever did it we have to be committed to it forever basically like Army and Navy.
RR at WVU - 60-26 (34-14)
RR after WVU - 62-58 (30-48) and has been out of the FBS ranks for 5 years.
If he had some type of magic coaching method it would have showed up at some point after WVU or he would have atleast gotten a call since his Arizona stint from a FBS program.
Would see success for about 2 years then it all gets figured out. Stay your lanes and the option is easy to stop.
Not advocating for it, just saying it is probably the only option that guarantees our record gets better