FDU Coach Quote on Rutgers Athletics

[ScarletDave]

Man I think this guy is a bigger fan of Rutgers than some people on this board!

"I love the arena and I love Rutgers, I really do. I'm rooting for Steve and (Chris) Ash and all of these guys. This is our state and you guys cover it. If everybody wins, it makes everyone better. I live in Hillsdale and I pay a lot of taxes, and I'm proud to pay the taxes to Rutgers basketball. I just love their team. Steve (Pikiell) and I have been friends; I'm close with the UConn staff and all those guys. (Rutgers) plays really hard, they rebound, they're long, they're a good basketball team and it was a privilege (to compete against). This is the fourth time I've been a head coach here and we won won once. That's was a highlight, it was my first Division I win here in Piscataway. But now it is a new Rutgers basketball team. I really love their team and I know it is going to be tough in the Big Ten, but I am excited to be a New Jersey resident. I am also proud to be the head coach of Fairleigh Dickinson."

 

[Arizona Knight]

Much respect. I like to hear it although he is apparently pretty savvy and knows what to say to help keep the series going.

 

[knights1212]

That was really nice to read.

 

[Scarlet Knut]

Amazing quotes. I will be rooting for FDU from now on. Well, unless they are playing RU.

 

[geoman]

That was fairly ridiculous. :grimace::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

 

[satnom]

Nice compliments but if I had a dime every time a Bergen County resident mentioned paying taxes going to Rutgers I'd be paying for the redesign of the Hale Center. Glad to know he mentions enjoying being head coach of his own team after complimenting the State U. I'm sure his employer is happy to hear that.

GO RU

 

[Debtbubble]

He's pays a lot of taxes? Isn't it like literally pennies that go to RU?

 

[ecojew]

He's pays a lot of taxes? Isn't it like literally pennies that go to RU?

In relative terms, yes, but the public perception is that they are all paying through the nose to keep Rutgers running, including the athletic programs. People believe what they want to believe.

As for the FDU coach, I also enjoyed reading his comments and hope he's right about our bright future.

 

[80RU]

He mentioned that he paid taxes to Rutgers basketball, not Rutgers -- while I love most of what he said, it disappoints me that people do not realize that mens' basketball operates in the black.

 

[LevaosLectures]

Still awesome comments and I feel the same way. Its why I root for Seton Hall when they are in the tourney or whatnot.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

That is a great quote for the low information crowd that believes Rutgers athletics are a waate of tax dollars. Here is the head coach of a competitor telling people why he supports our programs and saying it is good for the state to support Rutgers. Lots of praise for the program too.

 

[Mr_Twister]

The coach might still be woozy from the 31-point beat down that NJ native Joe Dooley's FGCU put on FDU last year in the tourney.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

I love 90% of the quote, but it drives me crazy that people in NJ think any meaningful amount of their taxes goes to Rutgers. And guess what .. the few dollars of your annual taxes that go to Rutgers only a tiny % of that ends up in athletics. So you're literally contributing pennies or less to RU athletics. You without a doubt contribute more to your local corner store by taking a penny/leavning a penny !! But yet people think about RU athletics budget as if it impacts their taxes at all ?!?!?! Drives me nuts. Do people realize that the Urban K-12 Schools get a significant amount more of your taxes than all of the higher education schools in the state combined?

 

[RAA-1]

Taxes in NJ are high but that is due to extremely high property taxes. NJ's State income Tax and Sales Tax are reasonable.

Property taxes in the State do not fund one penny of any of NJ's colleges. The bulk of the money goes to local education.

 

[RUich]

His comment about RU winning is good for everyone is spot on. Think about how we all view certain states based solely on football. Florida, Ohio for example. It doesn't mean that every school is great, but the perception is that it is.
We all complain about the state's image nationally. Well, very often it is being great in sports that elevates the image. What do residents of NJ have to be most proud of? Certainly not athletics. TV shows that put NJ in a bad light are what most Americans see.

 

[RUBand]

Amazing quotes. I will be rooting for FDU from now on. Well, unless they are playing RU.

Me too!

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

I like this team slogan as well:

“We don't want anybody coming in here and feeling like they can walk out with a win,” Sanders said. “Coach Pikiell said we're going to pack them up and send them back on a bus and tell them that they don't want to come anymore. That's our little slogan right now and we're just trying to keep rolling going into Big Ten play.”

 

[PiscatawayMike]

A friend of mine is a long-time friend of Greg Herenda. They both graduated from St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City in 1979. He can't say enough good things about the FDU coach. Herenda is :100points:when it comes to New Jersey.

 

[BoroKnight]

He says he's proud to pay taxes to support Rutgers, and we're going to nitpick? Seriously? We know the myth that somehow taxpayers prop up Rutgers athletics is ridiculous, but here's someone who at least thinks some part of it is true AND IS STILL HAPPY TO PAY IT AS A SOURCE OF STATE PRIDE!!! No reason to take issue with it.

 

[LC-88]

Property taxes in the State do not fund one penny of any of NJ's colleges. The bulk of the money goes to local education.

And the majority of that goes to busing.

 

[Trekology]

Taxes in NJ are high but that is due to extremely high property taxes. NJ's State income Tax and Sales Tax are reasonable.

Property taxes in the State do not fund one penny of any of NJ's colleges. The bulk of the money goes to local education.

State income tax doesn't fund any of NJ's colleges either. Or any other part of the state government for that matter.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

He mentioned that he paid taxes to Rutgers basketball, not Rutgers -- while I love most of what he said, it disappoints me that people do not realize that mens' basketball operates in the black.

It is very difficult/impossible to do a profit loss on each sport. Allocation of certain cost and revenue streams are very debatable.

The bottom line is athletics is not self sufficient AND college tuition is way too high. The college model is currently broken. Athletics is a tiny part of the problem.

 

[RUDutch]

State income tax doesn't fund any of NJ's colleges either. Or any other part of the state government for that matter.

If it doesn't fund state government what does it fund (or am I just missing sarcasm here)?

 

[ColonelRutgers]

His comments are all well and good but has he donated to B1G Build Fund yet?

 

[Trekology]

If it doesn't fund state government what does it fund (or am I just missing sarcasm here)?

100% of your personal income taxes goes to property tax relief, per Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph 7 of the state constitution. All of it goes to counties, municipalities, and school districts.

The whole of the state government is funded on sales tax, various use taxes and fees, and business taxes.

 

[80RU]

It is very difficult/impossible to do a profit loss on each sport. Allocation of certain cost and revenue streams are very debatable.

The bottom line is athletics is not self sufficient AND college tuition is way too high. The college model is currently broken. Athletics is a tiny part of the problem.

Yes, but it is done and basketball showed a profit, and this accounting is most likely is skewed towards understating the drain of non-revenue sports.