A friend of mine got married and left NJ and now works for a high level law firm in St Louis that's loaded with Missou and Illiinois alumni and Rhule had a so-so to not so good (terrible) interview. The culture in the Midwest is significantly different than the Northeast and Rhule did not impress. My contact is at a ground level as an employee at this firm and works for all the big-wigs at this firm, arranging travel, offsite meetings and other sensitive items....she understands the basics of sports and she is not a sports guru, but she overhears tons of specific information that has no value for legal fans but does for college sports fans like myself.
They are all huge St. Louis Cardinals fans like myself, so I asked about Missou after the players almost striking a couple of weeks ago, the retirement of Pinkel and then Rhule interview. He flat out didn't impress, but Missouri is looking for Gary Pinkel 2.0, someone that is very polished, smooth, someone that can kiss babies and take photo opps with alumni throughout the region. Rhule is definitely not that type of coach or fit for what they want, but some of their alumni wanted to interview him anyway. They then agreed he wasn't the right fit for what they wanted as the face of their program, along with the challenges of what the SEC offers.
I view Rhule as a grinder that fits the NFL mode that is 1000% all about football, when you can get away with being gruff, unshaven at times, not as polished or refined, when the NFL franchise stands on it's own. I don't see Rhule fitting in at a lot of schools and RU would be crazy to not interview Rhule, but his stock has dropped significantly around the country, after his Missou interview.....which is good for Temple and their program.