Could Y'all Put up with Bo Pelini as Coach?

[MikeRU09]

They will do that anyway, no matter who is the head coach or AD.

Exactly...and believe me...I hate the hack jobs at the SL...I really do...never click on a SL link....But I think they would be happy to write about Rutgers winning, competing for the division title and playing in a conference championship...If the state of NJ wants to read about Rutgers winning then that is what they will write about...might leave them less time to dig up BS stories....

 

[RutgersRaRa]

He's what this entire university needs.

(And that is why it won't happen. But please God, get Julie to do this)

Here's the inside scoop on Bo, and why he wouldn't work well here: He doesn't like the media, and he doesn't like boosters. He'd become a media non-darling in a heartbeat, and would become an alumni pariah shortly thereafter. There are better choices than Bo for our next hire. He can coach, and he can piss people off--that's why he got fired at Nebraska.

Huskers, care to elaborate?

 

[WhiteBus]

Run a clean program, win 9 or 10 games a year = God.

There was a guy similar in NJ who coached two pro teams and didn't get along with the media. Actually made them look foolish. Fans loved him because he won.

 

[ScarletKnightRider]

Our fan base could handle him for sure. Our scandal mongering media would have a ball with him. But our school administration? Hell no, they wouldn't tolerate him. He would need a school president to have his back. Barchi is afraid of his own shadow, he would throw Pelini under the bus at the first hint of negative publicity

 

[devoted2ru]

Hey, as long as he's not spitting in my direction if he goes on a tirade, I'd take him in a tenth of a nanosecond.

(Wouldn't mind seeing him giving a bit of a "shower" to some of the Jersey media folks, though.)

 

[Wolv RU]

There was a guy similar in NJ who coached two pro teams and didn't get along with the media. Actually made them look foolish. Fans loved him because he won.

This sums it up regarding this possible negative. If he wins here, the media can call for him to be fired every single day if they want to. That will only say more about the media than it does about the coach, and no one will care.

As to the boosters, Rutgers isn't Nebraska. Rutgers doesn't need a head football coach to schmooze the existing boosters. Rutgers needs a head coach to win games. That will fill the stadium and create thousands of new donors. Any existing booster will recognize that the thing Rutgers needs to do most right now is maximize its current potential.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Hey, as long as he's not spitting in my direction if he goes on a tirade, I'd take him in a tenth of a nanosecond.

(Wouldn't mind seeing him giving a bit of a "shower" to some of the Jersey media folks, though.)

Mark Twain summed up the folly of this approach when he said, Never do battle with people who buy ink by the barrel.

 

[srru86]

I don't think any of the guys currently covering RU for the NSL are old enough to have covered Bill Parcells but if they did he'd make mincemeat of them.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Right at the top of my list he'd be perfect IMHO.

 

[RU Mike73]

No. I live in Omaha. Bo is cancer.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Absolutely! Right there at the top of my list If I made one.

 

[devoted2ru]

Mark Twain summed up the folly of this approach when he said, Never do battle with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Well, I'm sure that philosophy worked well for Samuel Clemens, (a.k.a Mark Twain), back in the 19th century, but it certainly wouldn't bother me to finally see an RU coach give back as good as he got in the 21st.

 

[LC-88]

They would hate him and our media would hate us twice as much.

Maybe not. If his personality, and antics help the SL click counter all by themselves. The SL may get behind him, and help keep him around. I dont think this would be the case, but one could hope.

 

[mikemarc1]

He is an absolute d-bag.

There's a reason with that record he's not in FBS anymore. A guy who called his bosses a p-ssy and a c-nt...no thanks.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

He is an absolute d-bag.

There's a reason with that record he's not in FBS anymore. A guy who called his bosses a p-ssy and a c-nt...no thanks.

Yet you like and defend Steve Politi lol

 

[mikemarc1]

Yet you like and defend Steve Politi lol

Two totally different jobs.

Writers\columnists\people with opinions can and should be more outspoken.

Coaches should not be.

 

[MADHAT1]

If he tells off the Star liar and NJonlie.com dirt-bags , he needs to be hired.
Proven winner as HC and if you go by how Nebraska handles their HCs since Osborn,
his being fired by them should be considered a plus.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Two totally different jobs.

Writers\columnists\people with opinions can and should be more outspoken.

Coaches should not be.

Plenty of outspoken coaches have one SB's, national titles, New Year's Day bowl games, and the rest, so who cares?

 

[chase07470]

Plenty of outspoken coaches have one SB's, national titles, New Year's Day bowl games, and the rest, so who cares?

This hire will NEVER happen. After all we've been through, do you really think they would consider bringing in Bo? This isn't a professional franchise, it's an extension of an institution of higher learning. The coach has to be aligned with that mission and brand.

Bo belongs in the pros where you can do and say whatever you want.

 

[mikemarc1]

Plenty of ADS care Nuts..hence he's at Youngstown.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Well, I'm sure that philosophy worked well for Samuel Clemens, (a.k.a Mark Twain), back in the 19th century, but it certainly wouldn't bother me to finally see an RU coach give back as good as he got in the 21st.

The principle still remains, at least in certain pockets. We are in one of those pockets, so it would be another shitshow that I'm not sure we'd win. We still would benefit from positive coverage, and even though i don't know if we'd ever get it from Politi (we wouldn't), some of the other coaches might engender fewer slam pieces from other writers.

 

[devoted2ru]

The principle still remains, at least in certain pockets. We are in one of those pockets.

Whatever. It's all simply conjecture at this point anyway. -Still, I'd personally have no objection to Bo being HC here.

Simply my opinion and take. Others may feel differently, and that's their right.

 

[NotInRHouse]

Here's the inside scoop on Bo, and why he wouldn't work well here: He doesn't like the media, and he doesn't like boosters. He'd become a media non-darling in a heartbeat, and would become an alumni pariah shortly thereafter. There are better choices than Bo for our next hire. He can coach, and he can piss people off--that's why he got fired at Nebraska.

Huskers, care to elaborate?

I'm sure they'd both get over it.

Also Rex Ryan, Christie and Schiano among others have a foul mouth. This is NJ. No one cares.

 

[lighty]

I would love him as coach. There are others that would be good choices, but he already recruited in the Big Ten and knows the conference. That's a big plus imo.

 

[Caliknight]

Pelini would be a lightening rod here.

Imagine if he walked out with a cat for a game. Jeezus, no.

 

[NorthNJRUFan]

He would be on my short list. For certain. Outside of Tressell he's probably the most proven winner in the Big Ten not actively coaching in conference.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

I'm sure they'd both get over it.

Also Rex Ryan, Christie and Schiano among others have a foul mouth. This is NJ. No one cares.

He never got over "it" at Nebraska, and I'm not talking about foul language, which none of us gives a shit about unless we're around middle-schoolers. I'm talking about his dislike of boosters, including high-level donors, who wield influence, and not wrongly so. Regarding Bo wearing out his welcome for this proclivity, I have this on the Highest Authority--that's right, Huskers himself.

 

[brookdale-soda]

He'd be great here. And he would be a great fit in the NYC Media market. He wont take Duggan BS. Pelini wouldve nipped that Tyree thing in the bud last year. Not let it fester.

 

[Wolv RU]

He never got over "it" at Nebraska, and I'm not talking about foul language, which none of us gives a shit about unless we're around middle-schoolers. I'm talking about his dislike of boosters, including high-level donors, who wield influence, and not wrongly so. Regarding Bo wearing out his welcome for this proclivity, I have this on the Highest Authority--that's right, Huskers himself.

If Bo were to go 9-4 at Rutgers for 3 years, no booster is going to care that they don't have influence.

This isn't Nebraska.

 

[MADHAT1]

Plenty of ADS care Nuts..hence he's at Youngstown.

Do you know the terms of his buyout .
That could be a big factor in his taking the Youngstown position.
Especially since it wasn't a lump sum payment, but monthly installments.
While the Youngstown HC Bo can pick where he thinks is the best fit and still receive full monthly payment owed him , minus his Youngstown salary.
Any change in salary upward is deducted from what Nebraska is paying him monthly .
All told Nebraska is on the hook for $6.54 million while he earns what he is earning now.
If his pay goes up, Nebraska's obligation goes down the amount Bo's salary increases.

He now can coach and look while earning Nebraska's money on top of the type of salary Youngstown can afford.
I'd say you're wrong about his not being able to get a position because ADs don't want him.
I'd say that he decided to take a lesser school's position while waiting for an offer from a P5 school that makes it worthwhile to give up the money he's receiving from Nebraska and the terms of his buyout there.

 

[brookdale-soda]

I don't understand why we would want to placate the SL. They are know nothing sports journalists. They'll try to make a story when one doesn't exist regardless of whom is here. They're trying to keep alive a starving newspaper. The only difference is that RU will have an outspoken leader to defend RU.

 

[mikemarc1]

Do you know the terms of his buyout .
That could be a big factor in his taking the Youngstown position.
Especially since it wasn't a lump sum payment, but monthly installments.
While the Youngstown HC Bo can pick where he thinks is the best fit and still receive full monthly payment owed him , minus his Youngstown salary.
Any change in salary upward is deducted from what Nebraska is paying him monthly .
All told Nebraska is on the hook for $6.54 million while he earns what he is earning now.
If his pay goes up, Nebraska's obligation goes down the amount Bo's salary increases.

He now can coach and look while earning Nebraska's money on top of the type of salary Youngstown can afford.
I'd say you're wrong about his not being able to get a position because ADs don't want him.
I'd say that he decided to take a lesser school's position while waiting for an offer from a P5 school that makes it worthwhile to give up the money he's receiving from Nebraska and the terms of his buyout there.

Wouldn't that work in favor of the FBS schools then? They'd be able to get him at a much lower salary? Unless I'm not understanding the buyout..his demand would skyrocket then, no?

Either way, a school with the tradition of Nebraska wanted nothing to do with him, and he was winning. There's something telling there...to me.

I wouldn't touch him, at least for a few years.

 

[brookdale-soda]

If Bo were to go 9-4 at Rutgers for 3 years, no booster is going to care that they don't have influence.

This isn't Nebraska.

And on top of that WED HAVE MORE BOOSTERS!

 

[buffalochicken21]

Bo Pelini would make mincemeat of the NJ media and the Star Ledger crew. If they tried any of the crap they've tried with Flood he would shut them up very fast. Hire a guy like this, and the problem of the media goes away very quickly.

 

[Caliknight]

Bo Pelini would make mincemeat of the NJ media and the Star Ledger crew. If they tried any of the crap they've tried with Flood he would shut them up very fast. Hire a guy like this, and the problem of the media goes away very quickly.

You'd need an administration w/ balls to allow some meathead to spout off on the reg. It ain't happening.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Bo Pelini would make mincemeat of the NJ media and the Star Ledger crew. If they tried any of the crap they've tried with Flood he would shut them up very fast. Hire a guy like this, and the problem of the media goes away very quickly.

How could anybody shut up the media? They sit behind keyboards and type, and they aren't being paid by the HC of Rutgers. It's unrealistic to think that the media is in any way controllable, especially with our weak university administration and politicians playing their own version of horseshit football. The media cannot be shut up, only placated, and that only to a point.

 

[MADHAT1]

Y

Wouldn't that work in favor of the FBS schools then? They'd be able to get him at a much lower salary? Unless I'm not understanding the buyout..his demand would skyrocket then, no?

Either way, a school with the tradition of Nebraska wanted nothing to do with him, and he was winning. There's something telling there...to me.

I wouldn't touch him, at least for a few years.

The way it is, Bo can wait a few years and be coaching at YSU till he sees a position he wants.
Right now he doesn't need to take a P5 position that he doesn't feel would be better than if he waited.
Don't think Bo's agent hasn't been contacted by some of the better schools looking for a HC, but Bo can afford to be choosy and still be in the game ( though at a lower level) making a great salary courtesy of Nebraska .
But his future also depends on how he does as the Penguins HC in their effort to become a power again.
The last HC there had a respectable 31-26 record in 5 years, but that isn't the type of record that satisfied YSU.
Especially being 18-22 in the MVC during those 5 years.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

The hell with the Starliar and nj dot com both are much worse than the worse tabloid.

They tried to get our last three ADs fired and endless basketball and football coaches fired. They make a living by trying to make Rutgers look as bad as possible on every single issue.

The rest of the NJ/NYC media may have their moments but they are not nearly as negative and hellbent on screwing us over.

SL and their band of idiots should never ever factor in to who Rutgers hire.

They are going write hit pieces no matter who we hire. They wrote hit pieces on ultra clean Eddie Jordan for crying out loud. So screw them. Everyone would be better off if they didn't exist.

So just hire the best coach possible.

Always call out those hacks on their BS. And never buy their dirt rag.

 

[huskersalways]

Pelini's buyout is based on what he is making at whatever school, however it must be at least the national average for coaches with his experience and record. A school like RU cannot hire him for $100,000 a year and have NU's payment be the rest. If that occurred the NU money stops. If they pay him $2mil a year then that is deducted from NU payment. Somebody on NU board thought that Pelini had to make at least $2.3mil annually at a P5 school to maintain any NU payment.
There is other reasons that we won't get into as to why you folks need to stay as far from him as possible unless you want to see things go down hill. The media there and him would be very ugly and it would get worse when/as Bo got more unfriendly towards them.
You can also hire him if you want all ties with former players to come to an end. Do you want it to where Eric Legrand is not allowed near the team, practice, ect? That is something else Bo does. He creates an us against the world bunker mentality with the team and shuts EVERYONE else out.
He does not also realize that donors are the reason schools have what they have. Donor "pressure" is not really an issue at NU as far as big donors thinking they run the program, however they do expect the coach to attend, speak, ect at donor/alumni functions that are part of his deal and also at least smile when doing it.
Bo's idea of running a fb program is that him and his coaches and players are 100% isolated from all other aspects of the university, alumni, media, and anything else. It is them against the world and there is to be nobody allowed to ever talk to him, the players or assistant coaches.
You don't want him. You will just have to trust me on this one.

 

[Caliknight]

I trust you, and the other thousands of NU fans. Way too many red flags. He never won big enough for bringing the meat headed drama that he is known for. Rutgers deserves much better. Someone clean and fresh.