Dour. Joyless.

[oldtimer67]

And don't forget, TG continued her great success at RU when she went to Illinois. Oh wait!

 

[oldtimer67]

Read the NYT article today and then fire CVS. It would just be another example of how well RU does with managing its perception and PR overall.

 

[waretown]

Read the NYT article today and then fire CVS. It would just be another example of how well RU does with managing its perception and PR overall.

no one really cares, its not uconn

 

[bac2therac]

Read the NYT article today and then fire CVS. It would just be another example of how well RU does with managing its perception and PR overall.

actually keeping her at 700K is another example of waste

 

[RizwranIII]

actually keeping her at 700K is another example of waste

TG was a very good coach, not a great one (taking her whole career into account) I think she was the first full-time hired coach in WBB, but not totally sure. She was an AA at Immaculata. I remember getting so frustrated when her teams year after year would consistently make wild passes. Wicks/Sticks years were great, but that was the only real highlight of TG's RU career, I remember when nemesis Kris Kirchner (Super Center) from Maryland, transferred to RU for her senior year, RU fans excepted real big things that never happened. Mentioning the attendance at the barn is a big non issue since I think she only coached a couple or maybe one season in the barn. It was time for her to go.

 

[bac2therac]

Here's a rumor ( link below) that gives a reason why Teresa might have decided to leave.
From my understanding she felt slighted by Grunninger and not getting the type of support she expected to run a successful program.
Fake news it's not and revisionist history is not the case.
Take this ( message board chatter) with a grain of salt, but understand that there were reasons why Gentz left and they were unknown to the general public.

Grentz leaves Rutgers for Illini >
http://sporttoday.org/14_7d77b1cf045bc88b_1.htm#p3

then read this:
Grentz Takes Dip At Illinois - tribunedigital-thecourant
>But she left Rutgers frustrated and unhappy. The administration didn't want to try new ideas or marketing strategies. As Olympic coach, Grentz had limited time to spend with her program and in the ever-increasing competitive atmosphere of women's college basketball, her team suffered. In 1994-95, her last season at the school, Rutgers (17-13) didn't win more than 20 games or qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years.

When Illinois called, she was ready for a change.

``I don't mean any disrespect to Rutgers,'' she said. ``I was in that situation for a long time, getting it done year in and year out. They didn't give me what I needed.

``I'm looking around and seeing what's going on at other places, like Connecticut. They play Tennessee. They build this rivalry. I'm saying, `Hello. That's marketing. That's promotion.' ''<

http://articles.courant.com/1997-01-12/sports/9701120240_1_rutgers-polar-bear-club-illinois

some of that may be true but it was clear that Grentz was not recruiting like she used to, that was the decline the program was headed to . It was something that had to happen. RU was barely supporting football and mens hoops at the time, so how could the womens hoops coach get more

 

[MADHAT1]

some of that may be true but it was clear that Grentz was not recruiting like she used to, that was the decline the program was headed to . It was something that had to happen. RU was barely supporting football and mens hoops at the time, so how could the womens hoops coach get more

I think FG wanted Theresa out and was willing to pay more for the replacement than he was willing to pay what Grentz wanted (the same as Wenzel> $124,000 base)
Vivian came in for $150,000 base and that was more than Graber was getting ($145,000)
Vivian had been highly successful at Cheney St & Iowa and was considered one of the top college WBB coaches at the time
Rutgers was going into the BE and wanted to overtake UConn (under Geno) who just started taking control of BE WBB .

 

[rudad02]

Agree re: body language, demeanor, sour puss etc. Have felt this way for years. Also believe she puts poor results on her players, not on herself.

 

[rucoe89]

Here's a rumor ( link below) that gives a reason why Teresa might have decided to leave.
From my understanding she felt slighted by Grunninger and not getting the type of support she expected to run a successful program.
Fake news it's not and revisionist history is not the case.
Take this ( message board chatter) with a grain of salt, but understand that there were reasons why Gentz left and they were unknown to the general public.

Grentz leaves Rutgers for Illini >
http://sporttoday.org/14_7d77b1cf045bc88b_1.htm#p3

then read this:
Grentz Takes Dip At Illinois - tribunedigital-thecourant
>But she left Rutgers frustrated and unhappy. The administration didn't want to try new ideas or marketing strategies. As Olympic coach, Grentz had limited time to spend with her program and in the ever-increasing competitive atmosphere of women's college basketball, her team suffered. In 1994-95, her last season at the school, Rutgers (17-13) didn't win more than 20 games or qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years.

When Illinois called, she was ready for a change.

``I don't mean any disrespect to Rutgers,'' she said. ``I was in that situation for a long time, getting it done year in and year out. They didn't give me what I needed.

``I'm looking around and seeing what's going on at other places, like Connecticut. They play Tennessee. They build this rivalry. I'm saying, `Hello. That's marketing. That's promotion.' ''<

http://articles.courant.com/1997-01-12/sports/9701120240_1_rutgers-polar-bear-club-illinois

Fred Gruninger wounded RU athletics so severely that we were left comatose. Mulcahy, may have had many faults, but at least allowed us to get some life back with Schiano and set us up for the B1G. Pernetti in retrospect kept us breathing, but little else. Hermann put us back on life support and now Hobbs is doing his best to rehab us with little money and essentially mortgaging part of our future (he has no choice in that). And it all began with over 25 years of incompetence under Gruninger.