Flood booed
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Devil's advocate, has there ever been any thought that Flood's motivation for reaching out to the Prof was not football related, but rather him overplaying the father figure role and looking out for Barnwell the person? Perhaps he figured he was in a unique position where he actually has some influence, and can help Nadir in a way that reaches beyond football. Still a bone head move to break the rules, don't get me wrong. Just a thought
If Flood wanted to be a father figure, he would've made sure the guy went to class and stayed out of trouble. Trying to get a guy eligible after he blatantly failed tells me he cared more about wins than the guys future.
Even assuming that was actually the case, the scenario paints a bad picture of Flood as a father figure. He overstepped his boundaries for a player who was involved in criminal action and subsequently dismissed from the football program as a result. As a strong father figure, he should have been able to better influence his players to be model citizens, even if it involved discipline and/or suspension for more minor transgressions early on. In that sense, he failed with at least six individuals, arguably more counting former players. You can't have it one way and not the other.
LOL the Flood fan club didn't hear it what a shocker
Hey Floodies/blue sky, did you hear Flood's anti drunk driving ad instead?
Or was it drowned out by the irony of him putting into writing that he was breaking RU rules to garner eligibility for a player found driving drunk?
Hey Floodies/blue sky, did you hear Flood's anti drunk driving ad instead?
Or was it drowned out by the irony of him putting into writing that he was breaking RU rules to garner eligibility for a player found driving drunk?
If that was the case he wouldn't have made sure to change his clothes before meeting the prof. It was all about football
When he lied, broke the rules, and refused to listen to the academic advisor on his staff that told him to stop
For me, it was the day after the recruiting class signed. A career assistant OL coach at Rutgers is somehow going to continue the trajectory and lead the program to a perennial top twenty five team?
Was never going to happen, its too hard and if he had that sort of talent, he would have been on that path long ago. I was hoping for one year and out but then the defense gave us a great year and Rutgers decided to turn off the athletic budget spigot and we got stuck in the mud, where we remain.
Starting to think he's back no matter what happens this year. The financials are running this show and $950,000 is way better than $2.5 million.
Will never understand the B1G inviting us in and then starving us for what seems like an eternity. They certainly can't complain about the bad headlines, we don't have the money to fire and start over which is what any other vested member of the conference would have done with this situation.
Booing is the sort of behavior one expects from a two-year old that hasn't yet learned to control his emotions when he doesn't get his way. So yeah, you have the right, no question about it. The question is, what lack of self-awareness or self-respect causes you choose to exercise that right?
Yawn, non-event, there was NOT a noticeable reaction either way. Spin all you want but the large majority of fans lignored the commercial. When the stadium is booing or cheering there is no way to miss it. Didn't happen in a large way today
This is a very good point. If B1G wants to change things give us some money....NOW
None of want 5-7 wins long term
None of us are happy with the current state
Some want Flood to somehow save this year
...that is quite unlikely given the folks we have lost
Maybe more than some want a new HQ
Probably that same crew wants a new QB
...lots of football to be played.
I would like to see Flood get some religion, give Rettig a shot and shock us all his 7 games.
I do believe his job is in the line and will be lost if it goes how some/most of us fear.
...certainly not holding my breath...but will be rooting for RU every game no matter how ugly it might get!
Long term...this will all get fixed..RU's long term future in the B1G is very bright!
None of us are happy with the current state
Some want Flood to somehow save this year
...that is quite unlikely given the folks we have lost
Maybe more than some want a new HQ
Probably that same crew wants a new QB
...lots of football to be played.
I would like to see Flood get some religion, give Rettig a shot and shock us all his 7 games.
I do believe his job is in the line and will be lost if it goes how some/most of us fear.
...certainly not holding my breath...but will be rooting for RU every game no matter how ugly it might get!
Long term...this will all get fixed..RU's long term future in the B1G is very bright!
I guess that's why stadiums of bad sports teams are filled with booing 2 year olds, smh.
Think positive, Flood will be fired and JH will hire a guy that will get this program back on track. I don't understand why people think that supporting Flood is the positive thing to do.
Are you seriously arguing that because lots of adults at sporting events behave like children, that makes it a good thing for you to do as well? Or are you trying to say that a stadium full of people venting their frustration by making a sound like "boooo" is somehow not childish?
Play this argument out and I think you'll realize that there's no winning it. Nobody can stop you from booing. But you can't change the fact that it's a childish expression of frustration that, in a best case scenario, has no effect at all, but often has the opposite effect of what's intended.
I'd be happy if I get you to realize that it accomplishes nothing good and makes you look bad.
I'm trying to make the world a better place one person at a time. I'm all kinds of douchebag (just ask that prick @RU4Real) so I'm a lost cause. But you have potential, I can tell. :)
KJ...stay at home snd boo all you want. The situation is not great but stop reacting if this is the end if the world. Did Flood commit a crime or simply break a university rule that could have easily been handled in house?
The political atmosphere at Rutgers stinks. And how did all of this get escalated. Could it be that Rutgers PR is just not that good snd damage control is even worse when folks and administration think it is doing a good job.
And of course some of our own fan base contributed greatly to this. No question Kyle made a mistake in judgement and outside of university rules. Beyond that it is a simple we have met the enemy and they are us situation....and that includes some if our posters, fans and administrators within the University.
Just as an aside....could we imagine the reaction of anything with Barchi's picture etc would have been shown on the scoreboard or if he was visible in any way.
The political atmosphere at Rutgers stinks. And how did all of this get escalated. Could it be that Rutgers PR is just not that good snd damage control is even worse when folks and administration think it is doing a good job.
And of course some of our own fan base contributed greatly to this. No question Kyle made a mistake in judgement and outside of university rules. Beyond that it is a simple we have met the enemy and they are us situation....and that includes some if our posters, fans and administrators within the University.
Just as an aside....could we imagine the reaction of anything with Barchi's picture etc would have been shown on the scoreboard or if he was visible in any way.
So, I should just accept the fact that we suck and Flood is responsible for it? I'll be cheering my ass off while watching the beat downs we get during this season. Go, Flood, Go.
C'mon now. Didn't your momma teach you that if you don't have something nice to say you shouldn't say anything at all? Just don't cheer at all when things are going badly.
Apparently your momma taught you to accept failure...thank you mom for not doing that to me.
Not really. Not even close. We didn't "suck" last year either.
I'm guessing you are someone who boos their own team. I'm not surprised.
OMFG there is a really scary, TTFP like portion of this fanbase,
Flood was booed, FACT. Not the team, Flood. You had to be deaf not to hear it.
Flood broke the rules, FACT. He was told he was breaking them, put into writing he knew.
Just stop with the spin...who cares if they would have booed Barchi, FLOOD IS THE PROBLEM.
My god in my whole life I have never seen anyone anywhere else in any facet in life who is defended so vigorously to the point of the individual never having to own up to anything.
You know who wrote those emails- Flood. Not Barchi, Hermann, Schiano, Rossi, Cohen, whoever. Flood is the coach.
There is not a CEO in America who could get 7 employees arrested in 2 weeks and be subject to no scrutiny,
There is not a CEO in America who could rank last or dead last in so many categories and have everyone only blame the underlings.
To use a nice Brooklyn expression from my mom- Flood cooked his own goose. He set the lack of discipline and then bailed out someone who didn't deserve it in a moronic way.
He deserves worse than boos, and he's going to get it once he is terminated. It is coming, so get over it, and when it does, don't blame anyone but Flood.
Flood was booed, FACT. Not the team, Flood. You had to be deaf not to hear it.
Flood broke the rules, FACT. He was told he was breaking them, put into writing he knew.
Just stop with the spin...who cares if they would have booed Barchi, FLOOD IS THE PROBLEM.
My god in my whole life I have never seen anyone anywhere else in any facet in life who is defended so vigorously to the point of the individual never having to own up to anything.
You know who wrote those emails- Flood. Not Barchi, Hermann, Schiano, Rossi, Cohen, whoever. Flood is the coach.
There is not a CEO in America who could get 7 employees arrested in 2 weeks and be subject to no scrutiny,
There is not a CEO in America who could rank last or dead last in so many categories and have everyone only blame the underlings.
To use a nice Brooklyn expression from my mom- Flood cooked his own goose. He set the lack of discipline and then bailed out someone who didn't deserve it in a moronic way.
He deserves worse than boos, and he's going to get it once he is terminated. It is coming, so get over it, and when it does, don't blame anyone but Flood.
Ummm, we didn't suck during those ass kickings last season...you can pretend that this program is headed in the right direction if you want but I'm not going to toe the line for a very bad coach.
The fact that fans boo when their team sucks is suprising to you says alot...enjoy the blowouts.
The fact that fans boo when their team sucks is suprising to you says alot...enjoy the blowouts.
The thing is, the fans didn't boo the team. They booed once, when Flood came on the screen.
This is what Flood supporters do. You booed Flood, so you must hate the players.
They can't win the argument, so they change the argument to one that they can win by inserting words in your mouth.
This is what Flood supporters do. You booed Flood, so you must hate the players.
They can't win the argument, so they change the argument to one that they can win by inserting words in your mouth.
When Flood came on, I was saying booootegrity he has so much of it, give our dear leader a lifetime contract so that he can imbue our lives with joy
I agree, the meme seems to be that if you are against Flood you're against the program.
We don't usually agree, but this is pretty much spot on. Those who are pretending that the booing didn't happen at all have issues, and others need to understand the difference between supporting the team on the field, and booing an already suspended head coach whose integrity (the ONE advantage he seemed to consistently have over others) has been, at best, compromised.
Lol. Our fans have lost it completely. Amazing the type of things someone is willing to root for in order to protect his/her opinions.
FACT: The boos were way louder when Laviano threw his INT compared to when they showed that ad with Flood.
So yea, there goes that argument.
I'm not a Floodtard but people are over dramatizing the reaction he got today. I was actually surprised more people didn't Boo when I saw him come on screen.
