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Baylor Hires Matt Rhule
Good hire for Baylor. Not necessarily a good move for Matt Rhule.
Even under the best of circumstances, is Baylor really that much of an upgrade over Temple? Sure, Baylor is in a Power 5 conference and Temple is not, but Baylor is a very difficult P5 job in spite of Art Briles' success there. In terms of prestige and resources, Bayor is behind Oklahoma, Texas, OKlahoma State (big boosters), and West Virginia. You have to go all the way back to the mid 90s with Chuck Reedy to even find a Baylor coach that went to a bowl game before Art Briles. The most successful coach before Briles was Grant Teaff, who took Baylor to 8 bowl games in 21 seasons and had a .528 conference winning percentage. For much of the past few decades, Baylor has been a cellar-dweller and the later Art Briles years look like an aberration.
Baylor is a very tough job even in good times. It's going to be even worse with the restrictions it faces and nearly non-existent recruiting class for 2017. Its current recruiting class is ranked #162 by 247Sports and they only have one commitment. Tennessee-Martin is actually ranked one spot higher in recruiting than Baylor right now.
Good luck to Rhule. But frankly, I think he would've been better off waiting it out at Temple for another year or two. This Baylor job looks like a coach-killer right now. If he succeeds, he deserves all the accolades in the world.
Good hire for Baylor. Not necessarily a good move for Matt Rhule.
Even under the best of circumstances, is Baylor really that much of an upgrade over Temple? Sure, Baylor is in a Power 5 conference and Temple is not, but Baylor is a very difficult P5 job in spite of Art Briles' success there. In terms of prestige and resources, Bayor is behind Oklahoma, Texas, OKlahoma State (big boosters), and West Virginia. You have to go all the way back to the mid 90s with Chuck Reedy to even find a Baylor coach that went to a bowl game before Art Briles. The most successful coach before Briles was Grant Teaff, who took Baylor to 8 bowl games in 21 seasons and had a .528 conference winning percentage. For much of the past few decades, Baylor has been a cellar-dweller and the later Art Briles years look like an aberration.
Baylor is a very tough job even in good times. It's going to be even worse with the restrictions it faces and nearly non-existent recruiting class for 2017. Its current recruiting class is ranked #162 by 247Sports and they only have one commitment. Tennessee-Martin is actually ranked one spot higher in recruiting than Baylor right now.
Good luck to Rhule. But frankly, I think he would've been better off waiting it out at Temple for another year or two. This Baylor job looks like a coach-killer right now. If he succeeds, he deserves all the accolades in the world.