Eyebrow-raising Matt Rhule quote making rounds after his move to NFL

The Carolina Panthers gave former Temple and Baylor head coach Matt Rhule $60 million reasons to make the jump from amateur athletics to the NFL on Tuesday. Carolina hired Rhule, signing him to a seven-year, $60 million contract in the process. It was an eye-opening deal for a guy that has no experience as even a coordinator at the professional level. In looking back on Rhule’s successful college career, a quote from less than five years ago when he was the Owls’ coach is making its rounds. It’s rather interesting stuff. “This is hard man,” Rhule said back in 2015, via a CBS News affiliate in Philadelphia. “This is really, really hard. People start coming to your door and say hey, ‘I got four million dollars.’ But you know what, I’d rather coach Temple’s kids. I love these kids. I’d rather coach here and coach Temple’s kids then just sell my soul for four million dollars. That is the truth and that’s as honest and open as I can be with you guys.” Things change in a half-decade. We’re not trying to bury Rhule

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