Matt Rhule is supremely confident in his ability to take raw balls of clay and mold them into football players competing at a top level and playing on Sundays.
As the saying goes, you can teach a player to run routes, but you can’t teach them to run a 4.4 40-yard dash.
His philosophy on recruiting has been his calling card since his days at Temple and Baylor, but it is not without risks. Having a raw athlete who can run by the opponent is a valuable asset, but it requires having the right assistant coaches around to upskill them in a very complex football environment.