Lou Holtz has always been fond of saying the difference between a 1st time head coach and a successful head coach is all the mistakes the successful head coach has made. The last 3+ years, we’ve witnessed a plethora of mistakes from Chris Ash. Thankfully, he’s learned from his mistakes, and now knows how to work to eliminate/ mitigate them.
His biggest mistake was to stop recruiting Florida. This deprived us of much needed talent, which he was unable to replenish by recruiting Ohio. Thankfully, we are back to recruiting Florida at full force, with Noah Joseph and Kolby Smith spending much time in Florida. Florida recruits are a key component of the incoming class which will help us get Big Ten competitive.
The next mistake was having a coaching staff that wasn’t ready for prime time. Now,I can look at each of these coaches and say that they have the skill set to get the job done.
Lastly, not having a good backup quarterback you can count on to win, was another mistake.
Ash has recruited mcclane carter so I feel comfortable with the talent at quarterback.
Now people are fond of pointing out that he’s getting $2M, and shouldn’t be making mistakes. Everything is relative. The top coaches in the profession, like Jim Harbaugh, make at least $8 M. If Ash can turn Rutgers around, he will make more, probably the 3.5 M that Fleck is getting.
I think Ash will be a much better coach going forward, than prior, because he’s learned from his mistakes.
His biggest mistake was to stop recruiting Florida. This deprived us of much needed talent, which he was unable to replenish by recruiting Ohio. Thankfully, we are back to recruiting Florida at full force, with Noah Joseph and Kolby Smith spending much time in Florida. Florida recruits are a key component of the incoming class which will help us get Big Ten competitive.
The next mistake was having a coaching staff that wasn’t ready for prime time. Now,I can look at each of these coaches and say that they have the skill set to get the job done.
Lastly, not having a good backup quarterback you can count on to win, was another mistake.
Ash has recruited mcclane carter so I feel comfortable with the talent at quarterback.
Now people are fond of pointing out that he’s getting $2M, and shouldn’t be making mistakes. Everything is relative. The top coaches in the profession, like Jim Harbaugh, make at least $8 M. If Ash can turn Rutgers around, he will make more, probably the 3.5 M that Fleck is getting.
I think Ash will be a much better coach going forward, than prior, because he’s learned from his mistakes.