WACO, Texas -- New Baylor coach Matt Rhule has made some immediate Texas
connections by hiring the president of the states high school coaches who is a
former Bears receiver.
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first five hires with the Bears on Friday, three days after being named Baylors
coach. They include four members from his staff at Temple and David Wetzel, the
head coach and athletic director the past 13 seasons at Ronald Reagan High
School in San Antonio.Sean Padden will serve as Baylors director of football
operations, similar to his role at Temple the past four years.Rhule didnt
immediately announce the titles and job duties for Wetzel, Francis Brown, Mike
Siravo and Evan Cooper. There was also no indication of when the rest of his
staff would be completed.Brown and Siravo were defensive assistants at Temple,
and Cooper was director of player personnel for the Owls.Wetzel, who has coached
in the state high school ranks for 25 years, was serving as president of the
Texas High School Football Coaches Association. He lettered at Baylor in 1990
and 1991 while playing for Grant Teaff, and also earned a masters degree from
the school in 1994. Before Reagan, he was head coach at schools in Killeen and
Austin.Wetzel told the Waco Tribune-Herald that he expects to play a major role
in recruiting, but didnt know yet if hed be coaching offense or defense.Given
the opportunity, its really a unique deal, Wetzel told the newspaper. I feel
like its Gods timing for me to be in the right place at the right time.When
Rhule was introduced Wednesday in Waco, he said he had already received about
480 text messages, many from coaches. He also didnt rule out the possibility of
some of the current Baylor assistants staying, but said he hadnt had a chance to
meet with them. Those assistants were retained from former coach Art Briles
staff with Jim Grobe as acting head coach this season.NOTE: Baylor announced
Friday that Jalen Pitre, a defensive back from Stafford, Texas, signed a
financial aid agreement that will allow him to enroll for the spring 2017
semester after graduating from high school early. Before Rhule was hired, Pitre
was the only player verbally committed for Baylors recruiting class in February.
He had 83 tackles, six interceptions and four forced fumbles as a senior.---More
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Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on
Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his
home country. Phoenix1 became PhoenixWon on Sunday as the then-winless underdog
finally took home its first match win of the season over fellow rookies Apex
Gaming. After going through the first half of the season without a victory and
dropping a series to every other team in the league, P1s victory over Apex
allows the team to look forward to next weeks games instead of dreading them. At
1-9 in the standings, Phoenix1 currently sit tied with Echo Fox in ninth place,
and are only three games back of Counter Logic Gaming and Team Envy for the
sixth and final spot in the postseason.It feels really good because weve been
working so hard these last few weeks, said Phoenix1s support Austin Gate Yu
following the squads inaugural match win. I actually thought we could do even
better. I thought we could do well against [Team SoloMid], but I think theyre
just a really cohesive team so Im pretty happy with the one win this week.Before
TSMs ace mid laner S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg took over in the first game on Saturday
versus P1, the forlorn rookies were putting up a fight against the undefeated
league leaders. But, as it has been for the majority of the season, P1s
inexperience playing together and lack of synergy led to them getting picked
apart by a better, more well-rounded team with a game changing player like
Bjergsen.Most of us dont really take whatever people say online to heart, said
Gate, elaborating on how the team was able to put up with the constant backlash
throughout the weeks as a winless rookie club. At the end of the day, we all
think were really good players, so theres not much to worry about when it comes
to third-party [criticism]. Also, when youre the underdog, it feels like there
is less pressure. It feels like its much easier to play the game, too. There is
no real need to care about what other teams or what other people on the internet
think of you.Although the team had failed to live up to its symbol of a phoenix
rising from the ashes before Sundays conquest, all chatter surrounding the
fledgling organization as a whole has been positive. Last split, Gate played on
Team Impulse, a team that did better than expected on paper and even survived
relegations, but was barred from thee summer split when it came out the
organization didnt keep up with payment to the players on the roster.
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he continued. We literally had to call up our friends and ask them if they could
help us with our team because we were having some struggles. With Phoenix1, its
completely the opposite. We dont even have to ask. They just think about it
first. And we, just as players, want to repay them and show the org that theyre
doing good for us with some wins.From the shambles of living with Impulse in the
spring, Gate and the rest of Phoenix1 currently live in one of the nicer team
houses of any team in the league. The property has a main house and a guest
house equipped with a gigantic pool and other amenities youd expect from a
luxurious space in Los Angeles. Id say its the best team house Ive been in so
far, said Gate.I actually think -- people have said it over and over -- North
America is really competitive this split, he said. Were just going to have to
take it week by week, and see if we can pull out more wins and go to the [NA
LCS] Finals in Canada. Because four of us are from there, so wed really like to
make it there.Always looking on the positive side of things instead of getting
sandbagged by negativity, Gate and the rest of P1 have continually done after
game interviews with press and hung around to talk to fans outside the arena
even during the 0-9 stretch of games. He said it was a blessing after last
seasons tumultuous split with Impulse to find an upstanding and supportive
organization like Phoenix1.First things first, I cant really say in words how
much I appreciate it, he said to all the fans of P1 whove been supporting the
squad over the past month. You guys are masochists to like us. Weve been
struggling. Its hard to root for a team thats struggling, so for you guys whove
rooted for us since the very beginning, I cant thank you enough. And then for
all the people that supported me personally, I think youre probably the reason
why I do esports, so thanks a lot. ' ' '