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For the love of God, please not Golden

To sum up this thread: Golden or not, some of the folks who were so certain this was a done deal are now hedging, and suggesting we may be moving on. Some are sticking to their guns and saying that Schiano is still it. I don’t know what to believe. But I’ll say this...ain’t no way that Golden, Butch Jones, Joe Moorhead, Lance Leopoldo changes the narrative around here. Unless Urban Meyer comes, it’s Greg or bust. If bust I’m out for football.
See ya
 
If they're seriously looking at Golden then I think it's just too much focus on Jersey ties and not enough on coaching acumen. If you're so desperate for that I'd like Elko or Hafley better but then they don't have the HC experience which is why I guess a Golden makes the list. Golden is a CEO coach and he did have Rhule/Day on staff but he also had Mark D and was too attached to him so big negative to me. Does he still have good contacts in college or what not? Don't know.

I've always said it's a bonus if you can get the local ties but not mandatory. How is it Rhule can go to Baylor with no roots at all and be successful or Longo to to Texas/Miss/NC or Elko to the Midwest/NC/Texas or Hafley to the Midwest...it's only one way traffic lol? I mean come on. If you've got it you've got it and if you don't you don't IMO it doesn't matter where you're from and there are many example of coaches coaching in places not of their origin doing just fine.

the lack of local ties works everywhere except N.J.. here high school coaches want to be stroked whereas everywhere else high school coaches want to be in the graces of the state college programs. It’s pretty horrible.
 
In 2015 Golden was a very solid option....2019 possibly paying him double would cement Hobbs as a failure

There is a reason Jules is selling houses and Golden is coaching Linebackers in Motown.

Everyone seems to be missing the issue here. Had Hobbs hired Golden or Butch a month ago with a significantly upgraded staff, most people would have rolled with it. I begrudgingly would have. Even those of us who don’t want either coach would have probably returned with hopes that a better staff and some real HC experience at the helm would at least get us in a better direction. Ash was THAT bad.

Instead, the guys behind the guy decided to kick off the public Schiano crusade distracting the fan base and making it almost impossible for Hobbs to have a legit search pushing it to the point where the fan base was foaming at the mouth for a $100mm+ facility and return of the chosen one. By last week Politi and clan were all on board and the twitter warriors were out in full force. Greg or bust!!!! Now, if things collapse the fan base is in revolt mode and nothing we can do save an Urban level hire would satisfy.

When does Greg Brown or Towers take a hit for this fiasco allowing this to become so public and political?

Yet again, RU can’t control the message and has put themselves at risk of a PR nightmare. And THAT my friend is the real story.

Like I said, this collapses and we look like smack asses, I’ll be spending my Saturdays drinking an 18 year Scotch in that boat.
 
Greg is just off his rocker here. i get the concerm of overpaying for someone else but that someone else is someone we can get rid of. Greg is unrealistic and we would be saddled with him. Time to move on and turn the page and focus on the next candidate

We have already lost a good portion of the season ticket base. We may be down to the RU diehards who will renew seats every year no matter what the record.

Im starting to wonder how much Greg will actually move the needle on season ticket sales for 2020. Many former ticket holders may take a wait and see approach before getting back in again.
 
We have already lost a good portion of the season ticket base. We may be down to the RU diehards who will renew seats every year no matter what the record.

Im starting to wonder how much Greg will actually move the needle on season ticket sales for 2020. Many former ticket holders may take a wait and see approach before getting back in again.

We (my crew) went from a high of 28, to 8, this year. An early “poll” suggests we’ll double that next season with a Greg hiring.
 
We have already lost a good portion of the season ticket base. We may be down to the RU diehards who will renew seats every year no matter what the record.

Im starting to wonder how much Greg will actually move the needle on season ticket sales for 2020. Many former ticket holders may take a wait and see approach before getting back in again.


Do these fools who hate Greg see attendance today because this will be your every game attendance without him
 
We went from a high of 28, to 8, this year. An early “poll” suggests we’ll double that next season with a Greg hiring.

Hiring Greg will sell 8k addl season tickets next season?

That would be impressive. I have my doubts.
 
We have already lost a good portion of the season ticket base. We may be down to the RU diehards who will renew seats every year no matter what the record.

Im starting to wonder how much Greg will actually move the needle on season ticket sales for 2020. Many former ticket holders may take a wait and see approach before getting back in again.
I went from 5 to 1. I’ll be back up to 5 immediately if Greg is hired.
 
There is a reason Jules is selling houses and Golden is coaching Linebackers in Motown.

Everyone seems to be missing the issue here. Had Hobbs hired Golden or Butch a month ago with a significantly upgraded staff, most people would have rolled with it. I begrudgingly would have. Even those of us who don’t want either coach would have probably returned with hopes that a better staff and some real HC experience at the helm would at least get us in a better direction. Ash was THAT bad.

Instead, the guys behind the guy decided to kick off the public Schiano crusade distracting the fan base and making it almost impossible for Hobbs to have a legit search pushing it to the point where the fan base was foaming at the mouth for a $100mm+ facility and return of the chosen one. By last week Politi and clan were all on board and the twitter warriors were out in full force. Greg or bust!!!! Now, if things collapse the fan base is in revolt mode and nothing we can do save an Urban level hire would satisfy.

When does Greg Brown or Towers take a hit for this fiasco allowing this to become so public and political?

Yet again, RU can’t control the message and has put themselves at risk of a PR nightmare. And THAT my friend is the real story.

Like I said, this collapses and we look like smack asses, I’ll be spending my Saturdays drinking an 18 year Scotch in that boat.
This message makes so much sense that you'll be labeled a Negatoid by the Schianoites
 
paying 4mm for GS is like paying 100k for a yugo
My fear with Al Golden is that we would not be getting the Temple Al Golden, but the Miami version. I think Al's time has passed. If Al had come from Temple to Rutgers instead of Miami I think he would have been successful, but I don't see an Al Golden removed from college football for many years doing much here now. The fact that after Diaz abruptly quit on Temple they didn't even consider Golden from what I have read should tell you all you need to know.

His time has passed just like Schiano’s time has passed
 
His time has passed just like Schiano’s time has passed

AG is coaching in the NFL and has been for 3 years. Greg is sitting at home. Not down on GS but if his demands are out of line it’s time to move on. AG is a reasonable alternative. Both turned around downtrodden programs. Both coached in the nfl. Both can recruit. Both from NJ. Presumably AG has some FL connections from coaching Miami. The similarities are eerie
 
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There is a reason Jules is selling houses and Golden is coaching Linebackers in Motown.

Everyone seems to be missing the issue here. Had Hobbs hired Golden or Butch a month ago with a significantly upgraded staff, most people would have rolled with it. I begrudgingly would have. Even those of us who don’t want either coach would have probably returned with hopes that a better staff and some real HC experience at the helm would at least get us in a better direction. Ash was THAT bad.

Instead, the guys behind the guy decided to kick off the public Schiano crusade distracting the fan base and making it almost impossible for Hobbs to have a legit search pushing it to the point where the fan base was foaming at the mouth for a $100mm+ facility and return of the chosen one. By last week Politi and clan were all on board and the twitter warriors were out in full force. Greg or bust!!!! Now, if things collapse the fan base is in revolt mode and nothing we can do save an Urban level hire would satisfy.

When does Greg Brown or Towers take a hit for this fiasco allowing this to become so public and political?

Yet again, RU can’t control the message and has put themselves at risk of a PR nightmare. And THAT my friend is the real story.

Like I said, this collapses and we look like smack asses, I’ll be spending my Saturdays drinking an 18 year Scotch in that boat.

If this comes to fruition...I'll be in the boatslip next to you
 
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