Dan Duggan is SHOCKED...

[MGSA99]

Dan Duggan is surprised that Rutgers is closing the locker room after today's game he tweeted just now. "It's always been open after games."

This is why local media everywhere kiss up to their local college team. If you want access, you have to play nice.

It is time for Rutgers football to start saying to the local sports media: "you need us more than we need you."

 

[IL Lusciato]

I saw the assholes from NY making a pit stop on their way to sleaseside, in an eye witness news van at the game. Wouldn't be here if we had a bg game. They r here to pile on.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Dan Duggan is surprised that Rutgers is closing the locker room after today's game he tweeted just now. "It's always been open after games."

This is why local media everywhere kiss up to their local college team. If you want access, you have to play nice.

It is time for Rutgers football to start saying to the local sports media: "you need us more than we need you."

I'm not in favor of denying media access but I'm always tempted. I mean what are they going to do? Smear us more. Really they don't need to play nice just play fair but they don't. I'd guess it's a temporary thing maybe to keep players from discussing the issue until they're properly prepared.

 

[theRU]

you mean Dan Douchegan?

 

[ruready4somefootball]

Serves them right. Fu$k them.

 

[Saint Puppy]

Agree - should be closed.

 

[RUich]

Why not? The media will just be looking for something else to help bury Flood and the program. This way, they will have to find something else to work with.

 

[MikeR0102]

I feel bad for guys who provide fair coverage like @bobby deren or Ryan Dunleavy.

 

[koleszar]

This had to be done. Can't have Douchbag Dan asking every player the same thing until he gets a response. No need to rehash this incident over and over. Team needs to get refocused.

 

[rutgersguy1]

This had to be done. Can't have Douchbag Dan asking every player the same thing until he gets a response. No need to rehash this incident over and over. Team needs to get refocused.

I agree with this. Just to clarify, when I say I'm not in favor I meant permanently denying access not specific to today. On a temporary basis, I don't see it as a big deal. I think they want to keep them focused, prep them and then it'll probably be back to usual.

 

[Andy117]

It is time for Rutgers football to start saying to the local sports media: "you need us more than we need you."

That's not exactly true.
Good luck in recruiting when other coaches can say, "They don't even get covered by local media"

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Guess he'll have to go back to reporting in who is parked at the Hale Center after the game...

 

[RutgersMO]

Dan Duggan is surprised that Rutgers is closing the locker room after today's game he tweeted just now. "It's always been open after games."

This is why local media everywhere kiss up to their local college team. If you want access, you have to play nice.

It is time for Rutgers football to start saying to the local sports media: "you need us more than we need you."

Why not let selected press in or two separate areas: up close for press that report objectively / an area much further away perhaps on a different campus for Douchebag et al.

MO

 

[RU76]

There will be the usual press conferences. Maybe a player or two will be made available or not. We don't need snakes crawling around the locker room asking for opinions on home invasions, assaults, coach-professor contact, police reports, Flood's Hale Center parking space, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

 

[NickyNewark51]

That's not exactly true.
Good luck in recruiting when other coaches can say, "They don't even get covered by local media"

eff em...like the us against the world modus operandi...might pull the team together.

 

[RutgersROB]

Im sure Fooch and RVision Luicci will be in there

 

[NickyNewark51]

Im sure Fooch and RVision Luicci will be in there

I loves me some FOOCH...Carlin and Ray Lucas too...just call me Homer.

 

[Andy117]

eff em...like the us against the world modus operandi...might pull the team together.

Short term gain, not worth the long term pain.

 

[RU62]

In view of what has happened this week I think it is a very smart move to keep the press out of the lockerroom and not badgering players with question about the dismissals and how did they affect team play today etc. A standard general press conference should be sufficient. No need to make it sound or appear any different..

 

[mal359]

Do other schools do this?

Maybe this is why we have a terrible relationship with the media.

 

[knightfan7]

Do other schools do this?

Maybe this is why we have a terrible relationship with the media.

Rutgers, even when things weren't as crappy has been the media's whipping boy yet never did it before. You'd have to be a total moron not to understand why now.

BTW, I'm sure you do understand. You're obviously too smart not to. It's just your "thing" to be contrary.

 

[RUBand]

Hey Dan, enough is enough!

 

[SAE96]

Rutgers, even when things weren't as crappy has been the media's whipping boy yet never did it before. You'd have to be a total moron not to understand why now.

BTW, I'm sure you do understand. You're obviously too smart not to. It's just your "thing" to be contrary.

I think you're giving him too much credit.

Based on many of his posts, I'm leaning to "total moron" actually being his thing.

 

[_dave_]

Do other schools do this?

Maybe this is why we have a terrible relationship with the media.

Yep, you nailed it. The star ledger has always attacked Rutgers because they knew that sometime in the distant future that Rutgers may restrict access to the locker room.

 

[BLewis1968]

Do other schools do this?

Maybe this is why we have a terrible relationship with the media.

Some do. For example, of Schiano's earlier stops, Miami always had open locker rooms and treated their players like men/adults/pros. Penn State OTOH was always very, very limiting in the access they provided. It was closed, and they brought players into a press conference room.

 

[beaced]

THREAD TITLE: Dan Duggan is shocked. Quote: How high was the AMPERAGE?

 

[theRU]

That's not exactly true.
Good luck in recruiting when other coaches can say, "They don't even get covered by local media"

screw that.. we now have BTN. You dont need local media when you actually have a conference that knows what it is doing. BTN will continue to grow and gain importance. As soon as we get that full share of revenue, the financial detractors will have nothing to complain about.

 

[scarletcrew]

Radio interviewed Flood and they are interviewing a couple of players too.

 

[mildone]

That's not exactly true.
Good luck in recruiting when other coaches can say, "They don't even get covered by local media"

And that's worse than having the local media turn everything into a witch-hunt? If they just reported facts, good or bad, and were balanced in their reporting, there would be no issue. But that's not what's happening.

The SL absolutely did not have to put up a poll about whether or not Flood should be fired. That's not reporting the news. That's rabble-rousing. Or click-baiting.

The media should report the news, not become the news.

 

[RUMcMahon]

Totally agree with closing the room. When it opens , Marshawn Lynch The Star Liar reporters.

 

[PaKnight]

That's not exactly true.
Good luck in recruiting when other coaches can say, "They don't even get covered by local media"

Smh

 

[PaKnight]

Yep, you nailed it. The star ledger has always attacked Rutgers because they knew that sometime in the distant future that Rutgers may restrict access to the locker room.

Too funny.

 

[S_Janowski]

Duggan, Sargeant and Politi can go play with their pencils all night. And no not the ones you write with.

 

[SAE96]

Yep, you nailed it. The star ledger has always attacked Rutgers because they knew that sometime in the distant future that Rutgers may restrict access to the locker room.

I totally get the whole Mulcahy witch-hunt now.

 

[Dr. Potato]

Close it for the whole year. F them.

 

[RU89]

Short term gain, not worth the long term pain.

You're kidding right? This won't hurt recruiting at all. Just temporary. Really?!?!

 

[Sideline20]

Dan Duggan is surprised that Rutgers is closing the locker room after today's game he tweeted just now. "It's always been open after games."

This is why local media everywhere kiss up to their local college team. If you want access, you have to play nice.

It is time for Rutgers football to start saying to the local sports media: "you need us more than we need you."

I hope Kyle closes this week's practices to the media this week too,.......circle the wagons time.

We don't need the media letting WSU know each play's down and distance, hash, and result.

 

[IMARUFAN]

Sports headline tomorrow:

Rutgers wins by 50 points despite being in turmoil

 

[BigLou]

Good move closing the locker room. Dugan can kid himself but the questions wokfpd have all bren about the arrests and not the game.

 

[mildone]

Sports headline tomorrow:

Rutgers wins by 50 points despite being in turmoil

Because of the petulantly childish way some of the SL writers (politi mainly) have behaved in the past, I will be very surprised if the SL writers don't take plenty of cheap shots at RU in their post-game articles. They will probably try to keep the focus on the negatives about the players that were arrested rather than any positives from the game.

[Edit] Forgot to say that I agree with others here who say that Flood should keep the locker room closed to the media for the entire week, at least. Flood should make one brief statement about the arrests and then all players and coaches should respond to any/all questions regarding the arrests with "nobody in our program will comment due to the ongoing investigation".