126 people donated between $ 5-6k and that's a sign of overall support for firing Flood?...$ 46.71 per person...it is exactly why we never have succeeded...small time fans donating smaller time money...get a life already...
Hey Politi/Duggan: Here is the headline- "RU Admin declares war on donors"
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I do not want Coach Flood to remain as the RU football coach. That said what employer would not respond in the manner Rutgers did. As of this writing he is the coach of the Scarlet Knights. If they were to embrace the web site what mixed message would it send to University employees. Keeping the coach but supporting the message of the site makes no logical sense from an institutional perspective. The headline of the article is inaccurate. They are not rejecting donors they are rejecting the web site which by the way I applaud the creator(s) of for thinking outside the box and keeping the pressure up and the issue front and center.
If they were going to say anything, they should have said:
1) We appreciate and understand the desire of the Rutgers community to see the university excel in all measures
2) Kyle Flood has the full support and trust of the athletic department and the larger university administration to guide the football program going forward.
4) Thank you to all donators for their financial support of the university.
4) We are looking into whether these donations can be applied to any and all year-end bonuses that he earns.
1) We appreciate and understand the desire of the Rutgers community to see the university excel in all measures
2) Kyle Flood has the full support and trust of the athletic department and the larger university administration to guide the football program going forward.
4) Thank you to all donators for their financial support of the university.
4) We are looking into whether these donations can be applied to any and all year-end bonuses that he earns.
Same here . If Flood returns , my tickets are not renewed after 17 consecutive years and my 4 grand per year goes as well.
The overwhelming majority of fans know he should rightfully be dismissed. Get that through your thick skull, man who has a life.
Surely critics of the site don't think that go fund me effort is the only place our administration has been hearing sh t from. You can't get blown out game after game, year after year and not hear discontent.
The University has to be loyal to its employees no matter what it thinks of their performance. It's not going to say now that it will "evaluate;" that is the kiss of death, and no self-respecting coach is going to want to come to a school that undercuts a coach that way. Sorry, but I think NIRH is off-base on this one.
BS. Other coaches know he flat out sucks and if it's an opportunity for them they won't care what happens to this numb nuts as long as he's out the door and they are on their way in. Stop trying to make this a complicated process. Coach doesn't get the job done. Next man gets his shot. Happens every December across all 4 levels of the sport.
Yes, it happens in *December.* It doesn't happen in mid-season in the form of statements that undercut the coach.
The Local Shill...another tough guy who can't read or interpret what I wrote... nobody said he's not deserving of being fired... you have only a small group who actually donate significant monies yearly to Rutgers football and the proof is in the amount pledged by April 30th each year...Do you know the yearly average amount which is donated by season ticket holders?...it is a total of less than $ 1000.00 ... and for the record Shill...the people who will make the final decisions aren't the fans ...especially at Rutgers....that is why Flood just may be back in 2016...the only way he doesn't stay is if we lose the next 3 games and that is a possibility...
I don't know what's worse overall – the constant attacking of players or the fact that Rutgers fans would actually turn to the very institution that they accused of denigrating their team and school…
By begging for the Star-Ledger to intervene you are selling your soul.
By begging for the Star-Ledger to intervene you are selling your soul.
This. It is not rocket science.
You support the coach until he is no longer the coach.
Towers is not an alum. He is concerned with only Flood, not RU. The donation is about RU, HC aside. Big difference.
Unfortunately this admin needs to be put in a negative light for their negative behavior. They have shown their only response comes when the media yells at them. Not when a coach is a total on and the off the field disaster.
I think RU can afford Dino Babers. I have heard there are more well heeled donors who will pay for Schiano.
This is not about Urban Meyer or Jim Harbaugh, it is about HC who can at least not be an epic failure in all phases of the game, on top of recruiting, academics, etc...
No is asking the admin to "sponsor" or "endorse" the GoFundMe.
Here is what they should have done:
1. Release a statement saying they appreciate any and all donations and take fan concerns seriously.
2. Privately contact the donors who spent bigger sums and consult about change.
3. Put another finger on the scale of letting Norries finish the season, so maybe we make a bowl and more than 3 people show up for Maryland.
And leave it at that, not publically call the site a fraud. The only fraud this season came courtesy of Flood.
They could have said nothing. They attack. They look a gift horse straight in the mouth.
One day, the whole truth about the Flood error is going to come out and more than Flood's "career" will be ruined because he was surrounded by gutlessness.
Here is what they should have done:
1. Release a statement saying they appreciate any and all donations and take fan concerns seriously.
2. Privately contact the donors who spent bigger sums and consult about change.
3. Put another finger on the scale of letting Norries finish the season, so maybe we make a bowl and more than 3 people show up for Maryland.
And leave it at that, not publically call the site a fraud. The only fraud this season came courtesy of Flood.
They could have said nothing. They attack. They look a gift horse straight in the mouth.
One day, the whole truth about the Flood error is going to come out and more than Flood's "career" will be ruined because he was surrounded by gutlessness.
Whether he is an alum is completely inconsequential. Alabama wouldn't be Alabama if only alums donated. You need far more than alums only.
And by "support the coach" you mean what exactly? Keep your mouth quiet about your dissatisfaction even when a major sports publication is writing an article putting him as a top ten coach who should be on the hot seat?
No more or less than talking about anything else on a bulletin board. What should we talk about after the 3rd blowout in a row? How bright the future is?
OK well, imagine if Texas was approached by a Kansas State alum and said I will donate to you to the extent all my money somehow benefits Charlie Strong....
Point being, Towers is a Flood donor, not RU donor. He has no involvement here other than with Flood, and it appears he's trying to abandon even those obligations. He is no friend of RU.
