Panthers give Matt Rhule the axe
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Let the list of schools begin where he ends up.....
I'll start with Oklahoma
I'll start with Oklahoma
From what I heard he gets all the money remaining on his contract. If that is the case why work?
Because he loves coaching and he knows that, the longer he sits at home, the less likely the phone is to ring.
The Panthers owe Rhule about $40 million. So, if he does not find a head coaching job, he would make $844,000 per month. $10 million/year for doing nothing.
Honestly, why would you bother with the hassle and stress of going back into coaching? He, quite literally, never needs to work another day in his life. If I just had the itch to compete, I'd volunteer coach at a high school.
Whatever he makes at his next coaching job will negate that portion of the buyout from the Panthers, but nobody's gonna pay him anywhere near $10 million/year, so the Panthers are still gonna be on the hook for a significant portion of his salary.
Honestly, why would you bother with the hassle and stress of going back into coaching? He, quite literally, never needs to work another day in his life. If I just had the itch to compete, I'd volunteer coach at a high school.
Whatever he makes at his next coaching job will negate that portion of the buyout from the Panthers, but nobody's gonna pay him anywhere near $10 million/year, so the Panthers are still gonna be on the hook for a significant portion of his salary.
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I hear you, but the same can be said of virtually all coaches fired from FBS P5 and NFL programs. None of them will ever need money again. But coaches at that level just aren't wired like we are. It gets in their blood and they just HAVE to compete again.