{"id":429180,"date":"2023-07-09T04:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=429180"},"modified":"2023-07-09T04:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T04:02:40","slug":"matt-rhule-defines-coaching-experience-with-panthers-in-two-precise-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/matt-rhule-defines-coaching-experience-with-panthers-in-two-precise-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Rhule Defines Coaching Experience With Panthers In Two Precise Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Carolina signed Matt Rhule to a seven-year contract in 2020, no party anticipated that his stay there would be that short. After a 1-4 start to the previous season, the head coach was fired by owner David Tepper just five weeks into Year 3 of that deal.<\/p>\n<p>Rhule has now recovered, though, and is about to begin his first season as Nebraska&#8217;s head coach after returning to the collegiate levels.<\/p>\n<h2>Matt Rhule Defines Coaching Experience With Panthers In Two Precise Words<\/h2>\n<p>Rhule promises that his time in Nebraska will be quite different from his stay in Carolina as he adjusts to his new position. He will utilize his failings at Carolina as a learning lesson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Rhule described his stint as Panthers coach as \u201cpurifying fire\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMgoBLvE3x\">https:\/\/t.co\/DMgoBLvE3x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1677792469415522306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After much hype at Baylor, the 47-year-old was hired for the 2020 season after going 11-3 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rhule, though, only had an 11-27 record in Carolina, where he was fired midway through a seven-year, $62 million contract after never managing to win more than five games in a season there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I really wanted to take the high road, but then I didn\u2019t. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LSjbf4k9bg\">https:\/\/t.co\/LSjbf4k9bg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cat Crave (@CatCraveBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatCraveBlog\/status\/1677380344985812992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He spoke up about his experience with the Panthers in an interview with <strong>ESPN&#8217;s Pete Thamel<\/strong> as he begins the first of an eight-year deal with the Cornhuskers.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGoing through the fire in Carolina was a <strong>purifying fire<\/strong> that melts away all the impurities, all the hubris, all the worrying about stuff that doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Rhule told ESPN. \u201cI learned very much to worry about what matters. I have a focus and a desire in me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI watched what my kids had to go through in Carolina, and we\u2019re not going to let \u2019em go through that here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Rhule: Coaching Carolina Panthers was like \u2018purifying fire\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHJPCIH47n\">https:\/\/t.co\/XHJPCIH47n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tQFriBCSXi\">pic.twitter.com\/tQFriBCSXi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1677811063167803392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rhule has confidence in his group.<\/p>\n<p>We can absolutely be a national power,\u201d Rhule said. \u201cI think we can be relevant in the [new world], as the College Football Playoff goes to 12 teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We can absolutely be a national power.\u201d Spent some time in Lincoln taking a peek at Matt Rhule\u2019s Nebraska rebuild, which is taking place one crashed baby shower and fullback camp at a time.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cpi17nqwRx\">https:\/\/t.co\/cpi17nqwRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/1674771970209054720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Panthers appear to be on a better path as Rhule seeks to rebuild himself at the collegiate level. The team just selected Alabama quarterback Bryce Young with the first overall choice and hired former Colts head coach Frank Reich to man the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Responds To: \u201cIf There\u2019s An Increased Sense Of Urgency To Win?\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-responds-to-if-theres-an-increased-sense-of-urgency-to-win\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Responds To: \u201cIf There\u2019s An Increased Sense Of Urgency To Win?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Carolina signed Matt Rhule to a seven-year contract in 2020, no party anticipated that his stay there would be that short. After a 1-4 start to the previous season, the head coach was fired by owner David Tepper just five weeks into Year 3 of that deal. Rhule has now recovered, though, and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":407251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,48],"tags":[2530,10953,10952,10954,2211],"class_list":["post-429180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carolina-panthers","category-nfl","tag-matt-rhule","tag-matt-rhule-coaching-experience","tag-matt-rhule-panthers","tag-matt-rhule-panthers-experience","tag-nfl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}