“The thing that I admire the most about him is that it was never, ever, ever about him,” Rhoades said. “It was always about the players, it was about the staff, it was just about how he could serve and help.”

Rhoades added that he thinks that the appreciation for Grobe among Baylor fans will only grow over time.

“I think that you don’t always appreciate it when it’s in the moment,” Rhoades said. “It’s not until afterward. I’m grateful for the people that do appreciate it today, but my sense is that a year from now, two years from now, three years from now, we’re going to look back and that’s when we’ll really appreciate what Coach Grobe did.”

Grant Teaff was the man who helped talk Grobe into coming. The former Baylor coach and retired director of the American Football Coaches Association called Grobe following the school’s dismissal of Briles and asked him to help.

Looking back now, Teaff said he couldn’t be more grateful to Grobe for saying yes.