Owls to tell AD they want Rhule as next coach
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Owls to tell AD they want Rhule as next coach
Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
Members of Temple’s football team are scheduled to inform Owls athletic director Bill Bradshaw that they want Matt Rhule to be their next head football coach during Wednesday's 11 a.m. meeting at the Edberg-Olson Hall, multiple sources have confirmed.
Temple began a national coaching search to replace Steve Addazio, who resigned Tuesday to take the head-coaching job at Boston College.
Rhule, the New York Giants assistant offensive line coach, interviewed for the job in 2010 when Addazio won the position vacated by Al Golden, who left for Miami.
Rhule was the co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Temple before joining the Tom Coughlin Giants NFL staff in March. He had various coaching positions during his six seasons as an Owls assistant, five of which he served under Golden.
“Coach Rhule is a Temple guy,” said a source, who didn’t want to be identified. “He understands the players. He understands the area. He’s just going to be a better fit more than Addazio.
“Addazio didn’t know much about Philadelphia, and his philosophy was to just run the football. And he didn’t really get us anywhere.”
Dick Vermeil said the same about the fans booing Ron Jaworski. If you listen to your players, you'll end up sitting next to them in the stands after they graduate.— dazmeister- Hire Matt Rhule. He knows the players, they respect him. He is a Penn State guy with excellent credentials. Rhule will stay the course and move the program forward. In this case, I would listen to the plsyers. Addazio was a BSer. Now, he's BCs problem.— Harvey Matloff
- Harvey,
tell me. If Temple doesn't hire Matt Rhule, does any other college hire him as their head coach, even lower lights like Kent State, NIU and Bowling Green? You know in your heart the answer is no. Temple should go out and seek a great head coach who has proven it at the FBS level. Matt Rhule has proven nothing and Temple is too large a laboratory to be dealing with Guinea Pigs.— dazmeister - dazmeister, if they go after a highly sought-after name, then he will be sure to leave after a few seasons... like Golden and Addazio. We need a guy like Matt Rhule who would want to stay for at least 5 years— Mikey Fresh
- C'mon MikeyFresh, ANYBODY who comes in and does a good job at Temple, turns them into a winner and goes to bowl games will be lured away by bigger programs with deeper pockets. Golden built his reputation at Temple and it took 5 years and then he was gone. You just can't expect a successful coach to hang around when he can increase his salary by double or triple. Its foolhardy to think so. A good coach won't need 5 years to prove his worth at Temple and will be gone sooner anyway. Its just the way it is. I mean, hell, even these MAC coaches are leaving after only a couple seasons (Kent State prime example) if they show success. Dazmeister is right, Matt Rhule hasn't shown he can do what Temple needs now. Other possible applicants have. If Temple looses a couple players/recruits because of this, so be it. It opens some slots for the new coach to get who he wants. If that's the way these kids want to play it, its their choice and chance to take. Anyway, does Temple want a mediocre coach who can't improve the program just so they'll stick around for 5 years? I think not. Us old fans want to see some winning. Go Owls.— joninohio
Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock. Reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.
