Regarding whether or not Rutgers should hold onto the current staff just to keep our core in place, I'll ask:
Are the New York Giants expecting Ben McAdoo to do better than Tom Coughlin, a HOF'er who won two Super Bowls? Probably not.
Did the Giants make a change anyway? Yes, because it was time. Yes he was there much longer but when it's time it's time.
If the Giants can move on from Coughlin, an institution for the Giants for more than 10 years, I think Rutgers can accept it and do the same with our current head coach. It's a business and this is the Big Ten. We can't avoid change because we think we suck. The evidence is overwhelmingly against our current coach.
This is now Pat Hobbs' athletic department, not his predecessor's. And it's in better hands than the post-Rice, pre-Herman period in which Jordan was hired.
Hobbs deserves his own guy.
The argument that we will have to blow up the roster and start over? It'll happen, but it's not a guarantee. And let's be honest here and admit that transfers could happen whether we keep him or not. They could happen the following year too if we win 2-3 conference games and 12 for the entire season.
Aa far as the recruiting class, the three 2016 commits could decide to break it off and sign elsewhere; or they could spend one season here, read the tea leaves, and bail when Jordan's let go after the 2016-17 season, leaving just as many holes on the roster than what we fear could happen this spring.
It's the same situation. Now or later. And we know at least one unemployed coach with Sweet 16s and years of experience at two power 5 schools is available. Who knows what the market looks like after next season. We're not a wealthier basketball program in a year. The money to make a move is either there or it's not.
You don't keep someone around just because you fear the unknown.
That day is coming, either this year or the next, and another season won't change the program's outlook. It's the bizarro Flood scenario.
The best path forward is allowing our new AD to make an inspiring hire like he did with the football program.
It's in his hands now.
Are the New York Giants expecting Ben McAdoo to do better than Tom Coughlin, a HOF'er who won two Super Bowls? Probably not.
Did the Giants make a change anyway? Yes, because it was time. Yes he was there much longer but when it's time it's time.
If the Giants can move on from Coughlin, an institution for the Giants for more than 10 years, I think Rutgers can accept it and do the same with our current head coach. It's a business and this is the Big Ten. We can't avoid change because we think we suck. The evidence is overwhelmingly against our current coach.
This is now Pat Hobbs' athletic department, not his predecessor's. And it's in better hands than the post-Rice, pre-Herman period in which Jordan was hired.
Hobbs deserves his own guy.
The argument that we will have to blow up the roster and start over? It'll happen, but it's not a guarantee. And let's be honest here and admit that transfers could happen whether we keep him or not. They could happen the following year too if we win 2-3 conference games and 12 for the entire season.
Aa far as the recruiting class, the three 2016 commits could decide to break it off and sign elsewhere; or they could spend one season here, read the tea leaves, and bail when Jordan's let go after the 2016-17 season, leaving just as many holes on the roster than what we fear could happen this spring.
It's the same situation. Now or later. And we know at least one unemployed coach with Sweet 16s and years of experience at two power 5 schools is available. Who knows what the market looks like after next season. We're not a wealthier basketball program in a year. The money to make a move is either there or it's not.
You don't keep someone around just because you fear the unknown.
That day is coming, either this year or the next, and another season won't change the program's outlook. It's the bizarro Flood scenario.
The best path forward is allowing our new AD to make an inspiring hire like he did with the football program.
It's in his hands now.
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