I've read it a couple times. You wrote "Too bad he was given X, and he resorted to Y. Recipe for disaster."
I'm not sure how else that can be read, especially since you've posted similar stuff before.
Yes I have written similar stuff. I find it amusing how some blame Flood for everything that has happened, including superstorm Sandy and global warming.
If RU did not have such a pennywise and pound foolish BOG and President, we would be years ahead in football and men's basketball.
Is anyone seriously going to debate that it was a boneheaded move to hire Flood for $700K and couple that with giving him a pittance for assistants? he was doomed from the start being primarily an OL coach, and then he was put in charge of the whole team with a crap budget for coordinators and assistants. He was a dead man walking as soon as Julie was hired, and she added to the chaos of Rutgers athletics making it much harder for a guy who was innately handicapped at recruiting. You see I said "innately handicapped at recruiting." It was plainly evident from day one. That's where solid coordinators and coaches could have pitched in and helped out, but with the budget he had, none were to be found. So is it really all on him, or he just part of a series of bad decisions?
The best year he had was when RU opened up the budget and he was able to hire Ralph Friedgen as OC. If only they could have done the same for a decent DC.
Now, none of the above excuses the boneheaded things he did in his final year that got him fired. I have posted that many times too, and since you have said I have written similar stuff, perhaps you will find it. So, things did happen serially--poor budget and support, which followed with his boneheaded mistakes--but again, he could have fought for more resources instead of taking shortcuts and breaking rules. It always pays to do the right thing and do things the right way, even when the deck is stacked against you. Peace out.
