APP: Jeff Towers: Rutgers boosters firmly behind Kyle Flood
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der: I would think that at his current age and station in life, legacy has probably overtaken money on his priority list. He's already secured his and his family's futures -- but does he want to achieve immortality? His best shot at that is right here.
Same thing for Hamilton backing Flood. I love the kid...his heart, passion and loyalty...but he's not going to be the one out on the field getting drubbed every week now that he's sidelined for the season. I'm sure he'd feel much differently about the head coach position at Rutgers in November if he was actually playing in some of the beat downs we are about to absorb. No one wants to be put in a position where they cannot succeed and Darius is not exempt from that.
I believe the point he was trying to make is this is what will happen in blowout losses and that is what we are looking at if HCKF doesn't start coaching this team up.
Think about who privately funded Flood's buyout and extension.
ATTENTION ATTENTION! 6-7 wins in the future will be the best we do. PENN STATE AND MICHIGAN HAS MOVED TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHICH MEANS 4 LOSES EVERY YEAR. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WIN ALL OTHER GAMES FOR 8 WINS. THE PROBLEM IS FLOOD WILL GET US TO 3-5 WINS EVERY YEAR.
Firing Flood may set back the school who played the first fball game PERMANENTLY???
Good Lord. Maybe the most outlandish statement I've seen in legitimate print in a while.
A guy with no connections to RU, but only to the current fball caretaker, who put up money ONLY to insure that his guy was kept and extended (and who puts up anything otherwise???) wants to tell us what is in RU's long term interest. No thanks.
To me, this close confidante and his judgment shows something about Flood. Surprised we don't hear more about that frankly.
Good Lord. Maybe the most outlandish statement I've seen in legitimate print in a while.
A guy with no connections to RU, but only to the current fball caretaker, who put up money ONLY to insure that his guy was kept and extended (and who puts up anything otherwise???) wants to tell us what is in RU's long term interest. No thanks.
To me, this close confidante and his judgment shows something about Flood. Surprised we don't hear more about that frankly.
Bullshit. I'll bet you a dozen glazed donuts that the next HC - IF he's got any recruiting skills at all - recruits Jersey better than Flood by his 2nd season.
Towers is probably 1 of the guys on here who thinks THIS team is set up to win 8-10 games next season.
I suppose a positive spin on this article would be to say that some people in high places are feeling the heat from flood's hot seat and feel the need to counter it. That gives me a little hope...but only a little.
There is something in common between the Graber and Flood coaching eras, but it is not what you think.
Graber recruited a lot of talented players who were academic risks and built a decent team out of them. There was the window of opportunity with the 1992 7-4 team to make a bowl game and develop recruiting momentum that could have led to sustained success. Unfortunately, that did not happen in 1992 and after three more years of 4-7, 5-5-1 and 4-7 Graber was fired, and it was by no means premature. Anyone watching in 1995 saw this was a team going downhill fast.
Flood had TWO windows which could have developed momentum and given him a chance at long term success. Making a BCS bowl in 2012 or keeping that recruiting class together a year later could have led to sustained success. Neither happened, and most people not invested in defending Flood at all costs can see that the downward trajectory has started.
Greg brown will decide who next coach of Rutgers football will be
What Jeff doesn't seem to understand is what Flood did with his end around the rules has gotten even professors who support the program upset. Jeff needs to understand that if the Professors etc are more powerful than him, RU might be forced to fire Flood. He needs to take that possibility into account and have a contingency plan.
Nuts: I think der was agreeing with the PSU poster, in that keeping Flood as HC is making it all too easy for PSU and other top B1G to come in and cherry-pick NJ recruits that RU would want
Yes I was. It pains me every time my PSU co-worker comes in talking about how they just picked up some other Jersey recruit and all I can say is - well one day you wont have Kyle Flood to kick around.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL my bad then YES, I agree, it WILL keep it easier for them to recruit NJ!
The point being discussed in this post is if Schiano will come cheaply or not. Unsure how your post fits into this.
People who disagree with him should donate enough money to have their opinion matter more than his.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
I think his point is that even if we had a great coach we would only expect 6-7, so if thats what Schiano gets us, its fine becuase we can't expect any better. Loser talk.
If we had strong leadership it wouldnt matter. Of course we dont, so we will take the advice of the guys with the biggest checks, as if that makes them at all qualified to pick FB coaches.
How did Pitt make out after Wannstedt? - Maryland after Fridge? PSU?, Syracuse?, Uconn?
People forget how hard it is to get a coaching change right. Rutgers is in financial safe mode until we are a year or two into a fill share of B10 proceeds. Not many people expected winning seasons for RU early in the B1G - last year exceeded expectations. This year is on track to 'normal for now'. We had Fridge and 4th year Nova as the difference makers last year, vs a 1st year OC and a new QB. Then you add the loss of the defensive players, which I see as an off the charts anomaly for this program. The current recruiting class is solid and is ranked #35. We have 2 QB's that look surprisingly good, with more on the bench and on the way, and a top RB group. The defense will get better as the season goes on.
Its great to have high expectations for the program. I understand people being upset, disappointed, impatient, yada yada yada, but I don't see the big decision makers sending Flood away any time soon. No need to fuel the haters stirred up by the bloggers who work for institutions that were once proud and useful.
People forget how hard it is to get a coaching change right. Rutgers is in financial safe mode until we are a year or two into a fill share of B10 proceeds. Not many people expected winning seasons for RU early in the B1G - last year exceeded expectations. This year is on track to 'normal for now'. We had Fridge and 4th year Nova as the difference makers last year, vs a 1st year OC and a new QB. Then you add the loss of the defensive players, which I see as an off the charts anomaly for this program. The current recruiting class is solid and is ranked #35. We have 2 QB's that look surprisingly good, with more on the bench and on the way, and a top RB group. The defense will get better as the season goes on.
Its great to have high expectations for the program. I understand people being upset, disappointed, impatient, yada yada yada, but I don't see the big decision makers sending Flood away any time soon. No need to fuel the haters stirred up by the bloggers who work for institutions that were once proud and useful.
1) We don't have strong leadership
2) Welcome to the real world. People with money have influence.
Let's see what he's actually donated, other than a guarantee of a termination payment, before we start naming buildings in the football complex after him.
Exactly.
Average 10,000 less people per game and do the math. He would need to donate several million per year to cover that.
THis is a guy who didn't have the juice to land a Recruiting Coordinator position. And judging by his comments in that article, thank God for that...
It is significant that the article only quoted one booster. Where were the other ones? Too busy toasting coach fludd with champagne to answer some questions over the phone or via e mail?
No different than pro sports.
Hundred of thousands of Mets fans can't go buy the team. But they stopped going until ownership took steps to point the franchise is a direction the fans agreed with.
It is inarguable that there will be thousands more empty seats next year if Elmer is on the sideline--ain't nothing Towers can say or do about that.
If you have a football program from the last game, you can check to see where he is listed on the booster list.
Empty seats or not, which is certainly debatable at least for some of the games with who we have coming in, won't really matter to this administration.
They won't bring in a suitable P5 winning coach and associated salary. Their strategy is clear at this point.
Tread water until the real B1G money comes in, continue lowering the subsidy until then. This is their idea of winning.
They won't bring in a suitable P5 winning coach and associated salary. Their strategy is clear at this point.
Tread water until the real B1G money comes in, continue lowering the subsidy until then. This is their idea of winning.
I was going to point this out as well. Poor journalism to not try to at least contact another donor to verify.
This is nothing more than a puff piece, complete with all the clickable links to increase page views
Whatever the impact on revenue it's an undeniable fact that bad football will keep people away, and hopefully before long those who agree with this numbnuts that getting rid of flood would set the program back permanently will have to write bigger checks or be brushed aside.
I have the Penn State one from last year.
He isn't listed.
I am.
He isn't listed.
I am.
