re: Joe Brady is there any chance

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Joe Brady is there any chance
He goes the college route now that he has been fired?

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Yes.

He or his agent were in contact with colleges prior to his firing. Rhule got word of that and it had a substantial effect on the timing of Brady's dismissal.

Rhule wanted a run-heavy offense. Really wasn't in Brady's wheelhouse, especially with a mediocre line and injured star RB. Rhule felt Brady had already moved on from Carolina mentally in the job search.

The word I've gotten is several college programs were interested and in contact, presumably one being LSU. But the "noisy" one (i.e., the one Rhule heard about prior to Brady's dismissal) was Miami. There were indiscreet communications between UM officials and Brady following the Panthers loss to the Dolphins in November. Rhule was informed and decided to fire Brady.

I've also heard there could be interest in Brady as OC for the Cincinnati Bengals, which may be complicating/delaying the decision to return to CFB.

Anyway it turns out, Brady seems set to hit the ground running