CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In 2019, the New York Jets were interested in hiring then-Baylor coach Matt Rhule under the condition he choose his coaching staff from a list of candidates they provided. They weren’t good with his proposed list of coordinators and assistants who had very little NFL experience.
Rhule withdrew from consideration.
“I’m never going to be in an arranged marriage,’’ Rhule told ESPN 1660 in Dallas at the time. “I’m never going to sub-contract out jobs for offense and defense. I’m always going to hire people I believe in ... and are going to do things our way, that are going to believe in process, that are going to be part of a program.