2 out of 3 believe he will, without a doubt move on to a bigger program. Whether that is Miami, Texas, Penn State, Arkansas, Oregon, etc..... Who knows. Some of these programs have already hired an OC. There’s about 5 programs with high level interest in him. His stock will likely never be higher as an OC candidate for a bigger program.
What Sonny and him did with SMU this year is almost incomprehensible. #15 8-0 at one point, with a College Gameday. 10-3 overall, best record in 35 years for SMU. Best three offensive players were transfers. Rhett took a 2 star RB in The X-Man Jones and in his Spread Run Game behind a nothing but 1 and 2 star OL got Jones to produce 1,200+ yards and an NCAA BEST 21 TDs...
My other SMU source says 50-50 stay or leave, but I probably put more stock in the first two who believe he will move on to a bigger program.
We’ll see.
Here is his "Bio" I posted in another thread:
Rhett Lashlee is SMU's OC and Sonny's right hand man. He's 36/37 years old with a bright future. He's been in coaching at some level since he's been out of college. Gus Malzahn was his high school coach in Arkansas where he was a QB, and he's had two stints at Auburn as both an assistant and then coaching QBs and being an OC under Malzahn. My friend says he's smart, workaholic, and works well with players.
He was a semi-finalst for the Broyles Award.
SMU finished 10-3; it's best record in 35 years; 8-game winning streak this year, and that accomplishment is shared only by La Tech and Cincinnati among non-Power 5 schools. Certainly, the Bowl Game against FAU was a bad game; the team was mentally on vacation, and it showed. Nevertheless, the offense Sonny Dykes and Rhett have put out this year at SMU with little to no talent is almost incomprehensible. We scored 30 or more points in every regulars season game this year except against Navy (28 points), a game played in 40 degree rain with Navy hogging all of the TOP; we scored 40 or more points in 8 out of 12 games.
Sonny Dykes implemented the Spread Offense, but the ELEVATED success of SMU's offense due to Rhett Lashlee, and his innovate running scheme within Sonny's Spread Offense to give it its balanced attack: almost 50-50 run-pass this year, with a lot of RPO. Rhett calls the plays and does the play designs and gameplans. He has done wonders helping Beuchele audible, and has pushed for an up-tempo, get-up-and-go offense that attacks and doesn't allow defenses to sub that much. Our offense was running 70+ plays this year almost on auto-pilot.
- QB Shane Beuchele, who was a former Texas QB and a mere 6'0" 205 lbs, threw for 3,900 yards and 35 TDS
- RB The X-Man Xavier Jones, A MERE TWO STAR RB, ran for 1,250 yards and an NCAA LEADING 23 TDs
- WR Jimmy Proche a THREE STAR WR had over 1,200 receiving yards and 15 TDS
- and our TWO STAR TE Granson had 10 receiving TDs and was a beast
- 70 TDs scored, 35 Passing TDs and 35 Rushing TDs
- 7th in PPG (41.8)
- 30th in 3rd Down Conversion % (.440)
- 25th in Yards Per Play (6.1)
- 3rd in Plays Per Game (80.8)
All this, with ZERO OL TALENT, and SMU's SOS was #61; Miami's SOS was #59.
What Sonny and him did with SMU this year is almost incomprehensible. #15 8-0 at one point, with a College Gameday. 10-3 overall, best record in 35 years for SMU. Best three offensive players were transfers. Rhett took a 2 star RB in The X-Man Jones and in his Spread Run Game behind a nothing but 1 and 2 star OL got Jones to produce 1,200+ yards and an NCAA BEST 21 TDs...
My other SMU source says 50-50 stay or leave, but I probably put more stock in the first two who believe he will move on to a bigger program.
We’ll see.
Here is his "Bio" I posted in another thread:
Rhett Lashlee is SMU's OC and Sonny's right hand man. He's 36/37 years old with a bright future. He's been in coaching at some level since he's been out of college. Gus Malzahn was his high school coach in Arkansas where he was a QB, and he's had two stints at Auburn as both an assistant and then coaching QBs and being an OC under Malzahn. My friend says he's smart, workaholic, and works well with players.
He was a semi-finalst for the Broyles Award.
SMU finished 10-3; it's best record in 35 years; 8-game winning streak this year, and that accomplishment is shared only by La Tech and Cincinnati among non-Power 5 schools. Certainly, the Bowl Game against FAU was a bad game; the team was mentally on vacation, and it showed. Nevertheless, the offense Sonny Dykes and Rhett have put out this year at SMU with little to no talent is almost incomprehensible. We scored 30 or more points in every regulars season game this year except against Navy (28 points), a game played in 40 degree rain with Navy hogging all of the TOP; we scored 40 or more points in 8 out of 12 games.
Sonny Dykes implemented the Spread Offense, but the ELEVATED success of SMU's offense due to Rhett Lashlee, and his innovate running scheme within Sonny's Spread Offense to give it its balanced attack: almost 50-50 run-pass this year, with a lot of RPO. Rhett calls the plays and does the play designs and gameplans. He has done wonders helping Beuchele audible, and has pushed for an up-tempo, get-up-and-go offense that attacks and doesn't allow defenses to sub that much. Our offense was running 70+ plays this year almost on auto-pilot.
- QB Shane Beuchele, who was a former Texas QB and a mere 6'0" 205 lbs, threw for 3,900 yards and 35 TDS
- RB The X-Man Xavier Jones, A MERE TWO STAR RB, ran for 1,250 yards and an NCAA LEADING 23 TDs
- WR Jimmy Proche a THREE STAR WR had over 1,200 receiving yards and 15 TDS
- and our TWO STAR TE Granson had 10 receiving TDs and was a beast
- 70 TDs scored, 35 Passing TDs and 35 Rushing TDs
- 7th in PPG (41.8)
- 30th in 3rd Down Conversion % (.440)
- 25th in Yards Per Play (6.1)
- 3rd in Plays Per Game (80.8)
All this, with ZERO OL TALENT, and SMU's SOS was #61; Miami's SOS was #59.
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