Kudos to Greg
Like I’ve said, he has the boys ready to go post bye weeks
Being that i have season tickets and donate a decent amount of money to the program, I’d be an idiot if I didn’t root for them to win (also, the guys funding the program are generally the most outspoken, because they’re writing the damn checks)
It’s generally the old, cranky guys on here that come to Greg’s defense when someone dares question him
Which is ironic, as a lot of them are more concerned with losing their parking spots (rather than losing games), and most don’t donate to NIL (which, in case you’ve been living under a rock, has become the single biggest indicator or whether or not will be successful in the future)
I have no issue with people questioning Greg's preparations or decisions, but I do have an issue with people doing lousy analyses of Greg's career to claim he's not a good coach (especially for RU, which has seen so many bad coaches). I've said this many times, but some point to his overall record in 1.0 of 68-67 as being average without even considering how he inherited the worst 1A program in the history of the planet, so IMO, a better indicator of his record is 65-47 (in a BE conference that often ranked in the top 3-4 conferences back then), taking out the first two seasons (3-20). Plus, he did engineer that magical 2006 season, which led to the stadium being expanded and was critical to getting us into the B1G eventually.
And in Schiano 2.0 he took over a team that I don't think was as bad as Shea's, but playing in a B1G-east with one of the toughest schedules anywhere every year (OSU/UM/PSU every year - nuff said), the gap between his first team or two and the conference was probably as great as the gap that Greg 1.0 had with his BE foes. Even given that, his record in his first four years of 2.0 is 19-28, which isn't great, but it's way better than 2.0's first four years, where we were 12-34, plus in 2.0, at least we made it to a bowl in year 4 and hopefully we'll get a bowl again this year. Sure this year has been a bit disappointing - although we're on track for the 6-7 win season most predicted (I predicted 7-5) - but it's hard to not at least consider the huge rash of injuries to key starters we've had (more than I can ever recall).
So, to me, Greg has been a good to sometimes very good, but not great coach, but certainly light years better than the people who preceded both 1.0 and 2.0, which is worth remembering, plus IMO, there's still something to be said for the high quality program he has run with regard to academics and helping to build fine young men. I can also live with 6-9 win seasons and making bowl games most years with maybe an occasional 10 win season where perhaps we challenge for the CFP, as football isn't life and death for me. I also donate quite generously to RU sports (including NIL) and RU academics, moreso, having created an endowed $50K scholarship with one of my best friends and fellow RU grads.
