Greg really is that dumb
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still not a fan of it and I thought state employees in NJ couldn't hire family that report to them.
Wouldn’t have matter. Brilliant Schiano and DC Joe allowed WR #13 to run free all game. Burned us for 200 yards. Not even a thought to put double coverage on him.
Harsh reality is that Schiano will never again beat a ranked team at Rutgers. Beating up patsies and underperforming B1G teams will get us 6 win regular season victories . That’s Schiano’s ceiling. Until a change is made that’s what we have.
So true.
BTW, Illinois got the ball at their own 25 with a little more than a minute left in the game. Rutgers had multiple chances to stop them and end the game as they moved down the field into RU territory. The defense failed. The winning td was just the last in a series of bad defensive plays. They made the Illinois QB look like Mahomes in the fourth quarter.
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The d stopped them and created a 4th and 13 at midfield this created an impossible fg with 14 seconds left and Illinois with no timeouts. Their job was to keep the ball in front of them and not give up the sideline. The players did their job. The coaching decisions let them down.
Yeah, they took a beating, with players getting hurt during the game.
I’m surprised nobody mentioned that as another reason calling the TO was the wrong call. Because trusting the D vs. the wind and distance was a bad trade off given how banged up the secondary was by that point.
Which is easy to think about here on my warm sofa with hindsight and plenty of time to think. 😀
Thought you might like to read this.
Yeah. Most people said don't ice the kicker and Schiano did it anyway. Were you at the game? The wind was noticeably affecting the game to the point that snacks and trash were flying throughout the stadium. It was the coach's job to assess the situation Illinois was facing and for a guy who gets paid $6 million a year, he did worse than his own fans in this moment.
FTR, I'm not saying fire Greg. But the program needs to adapt and make changes going forward for the next upcoming seasons. This was an easy schedule without PSU, OSU, and Michigan. We might not be bowl eligible if that were any different and I'm concerned that the program could regress if Greg lets recruiting drop and his development skills as a coach deteriorate as he gets older.
If we get 6-6 or 8-4 seasons, I will die happy as an RU fan. This game did not necessarily give me the confidence that this will be the case going forward.
We know where Greg's ceiling lies as this point and the credit he deserves. It's not the end of the world if we end up having to rebuild either. Schiano will be remembered as the coach that saved our program in school history regardless if he were to stay or go in these next years.
indefensible and those trying clearly don't understand the rules
beyond dumb move on his part
beyond dumb move on his part
I’m a grandfather. Have 2 Degrees from Rutgers. My wife also has a degree from Rutgers. Season ticket holder for 20+ years and I’m a fan since 1989. I don’t know how much more I can take of this. I’ll be a Rutgers fan until the day I die, but losses like these stick to your soul. This was the old “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” that I thought we had moved beyond. I hope a merciful God will allow this fanbase to enjoy championships one day at Rutgers …and I hope to be around to enjoy them with you.
I don’t care if Schiano gets fired or not. I never wanted him back in the first place. I’m not defending him. I don’t get emotionally attached to coaches.
I’m pointing out the difference between coaches making calls real-time under pressure with very little time and fans judging stuff using hindsight.
You can't make this up! I was in a shopping mall earlier today. An older woman (not as old as me) saw my RU sweatshirt and said "What's up with Schiano?"
Great take buddy. Schiano is a great program builder and a solid fella. But that decision in real time has to be better. Has to be.
People defending the decision are clueless or being trolls. You’re getting paid a ton of money to be two steps ahead of the game and the fans. And if the fans knew that decision in THAT WIND was dumb, and you defend it? I cannot change your opinion then. It’s a horrible decision and that’s not hindsight. It’s foresight. That said 7-5 or 6-6 or 8-4 is kind of whatever. This season with a weak schedule started like a house of fire and had a chance to be special. Losing that game was sad. My coworker is old school MSU alum so we are going to the game next weekend. Fun road trip. But I am numb
I'm friends with former players and the like and the text messages that went around over the past 24hrs are far from complimentary. This morning SEC show referenced the RU game; that's how bonehead the decision was
