Great article, hard not to get excited after reading this:
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...ator-had-doubts-but-sold-by-rutgers-potential
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...ator-had-doubts-but-sold-by-rutgers-potential
ESPN: New coordinator had doubts, but sold by Rutgers' potential
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Maybe this will quiet some of the people still complaining about them finishing their seasons and coaching the bowl games
"If we were going to line up with Michigan State and try to go punch for punch, it probably wouldn't be good"
Well....we did pretty much do that in 2015 with MSU. The game was tied until they scored with a minute to go. We also came up with innovative wrinkles in that game to confuse their defense- like the 4 Down Spike Play!
Snark aside, these guys are doing a very good job coming out of the chute. Can't wait!
Well....we did pretty much do that in 2015 with MSU. The game was tied until they scored with a minute to go. We also came up with innovative wrinkles in that game to confuse their defense- like the 4 Down Spike Play!
Snark aside, these guys are doing a very good job coming out of the chute. Can't wait!
Perhaps, but they will simply find something else to complain about.
Hope springs eternal in that time before the games begin I think these guys bring a mentality of success but let's get some players on the roster who can make their plans a reality. I have waited for a culture of winning since I was a kid. I will wait some more . Show me..
WTF is this supposed to mean?
"Hiring a 28-year-old coordinator is the province of schools that are rungs on the ladder, not the top of the climb. Rutgers may be 4-12 in its two seasons in the Big Ten, and it might hire assistants as if it’s a mid-major, but whatever you say, it’s still in the Big Ten."
You can't read into that?
We are in the B1G conference but we rank less, ie. Lower rung. In his eyes we aren't even a mid major. Just piddly little sisters of the poor.
We can say we are in the B1G all we want cuz that's as close as we will get.
We are part of the B1G East but we will never be members of the club.
We are in the B1G conference but we rank less, ie. Lower rung. In his eyes we aren't even a mid major. Just piddly little sisters of the poor.
We can say we are in the B1G all we want cuz that's as close as we will get.
We are part of the B1G East but we will never be members of the club.
What he's saying is that he feels we should be making a more 'experienced' hire than Mehringer. That a B1G school doesn't hire someone like Mehringer to be their coordinator.
I don't agree with that line of thinking. The sports world is changing, the way coaches gameplan the game of football is coaching. Go young, & go innovative.
I don't agree with that line of thinking. The sports world is changing, the way coaches gameplan the game of football is coaching. Go young, & go innovative.
I wouldn't say never. But, it is hard to anyone outside of fan base to think otherwise when nearly every time we play someone with a pulse we get blown out by 30-40 points.
I gotta wonder if I'm a Flood-regime
Is Maisel an a-hole? Of course. But his point is when a real B1G team needs an OC, they go to a mid-major like Houston and hire Applewhite, the OC to be your OC. Mid-majors go to another mid-major and hire their WR coach to be their OC, gambling on the hope that the WR coach is more than capable. I like Mehringer, but unless you're a Rutgers fan, you know it's a gamble.
The thing is Rutgers has to hire like a mid-major because we're still making Big East-type money while playing in the B1G East. You can't fault Ash for that.
When Schiano was hired he was the youngest head coach in div I-A, and he remained so for a few years. But he grew and the team grew and GS brought us to respectability. Now we have an OC at 28 years old. HOWEVER, I don't know if Mehringer is the youngest OC in a P5 conference but we've had success with youth before and we'll have success again. Let youth be served.
In plain language: "It don't mean shit"
what does it mean? well, for one it makes a good argument that Maisel a simplistic a-hole - or... just too lazy to look in depth. Making a conclusive judgment on the capability of somebody based just upon age - "Hiring a 28-year-old coordinator is the province of schools that are rungs on the ladder" - is just shallow & lame.
- thoroughly overlooks the fact that he has 8 years of experience (fate jump started his coaching at an earlier than normal age - check it out Maisel)
- 7 years of his experience in progressively increasing responsibility with Tom Herman - so if Maisel is so limited in his knowledge of Drew Mehringer that the only thing he can cling to is '28-year-old' ... he could have taken a few moments to ponder Tom Herman's view - who says: “He’s the brightest young coach in America and is more than ready to run his own offense”
