Frank Reich, Kevin Stefanski coached like they wanted to be fired in Week 2
By John Buhler
Is Matt Rhule a Michigan man? Because that’s where he will be coaching next!
Matt Rhule’s reign in the Queen City feels like it is coming to an end. The Carolina Panthers fell to 0-2 after losing a winnable game on the road to a rebuilding New York Giants team. Daniel Jones beat his boyhood team at MetLife to get first-time head coach Brian Daboll to 2-0. Even though the NFC South is pretty much hot garbage at this point, is Rhule about to put five wins on it again?
The former Temple and Baylor head coach may need to go back to the Power Five. He may be a Penn Stater, but he would be the ideal replacement for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan if he decides to play flirt with an NFL team again. Although he was a finalist for the Minnesota Vikings gig that went to Kevin O’Connell, he could be Reich’s Indianapolis successor. He was a former Colts star…
What I think we are seeing out of Rhule in Charlotte is he really is better suited for the college game. He can go to a downtrodden program and get the most out of impressionable 17 to 23-year-old men. But this is the NFL. It is a league where you have to regularly out scheme your opponent because everybody has good players. Plus, David Tepper has a quick trigger finger.
If not Michigan, Rhule could take over at places like Arizona State, Auburn, or even at Nebraska.