Jay Williams interested in Rutgers job (short article)
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I know it said HC, but without the experience, that would be hard. But maybe a package deal with an older, established coach....
Rutgers biggest issue is attracting talent without the facilities.
Jay will while raw would be able to recruit. Not sure he can coach but kids would be attracted to him.
If Jason Kidd and Derek Fischer can get nba jobs without experience why not jay will.
Jay will while raw would be able to recruit. Not sure he can coach but kids would be attracted to him.
If Jason Kidd and Derek Fischer can get nba jobs without experience why not jay will.
I'd love the job, too....
...that being said Jay would make a GREAT assistant coach OTB.
...that being said Jay would make a GREAT assistant coach OTB.
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Two biggest differences that EJ could not grasp (NBA vs college): GM vs recruiting; teaching children vs organizing adults.
No, it's not "interesting" at all, to be honest. Again, like Boyle, I'd take him as an assistant but that's it, he's simply not ready for THIS challenge.
Has he checked with his parents yet?
Agree with Nuts. College bball HC is a complicated job and you have to know the ropes. But whoever is the HC, it would be great for Williams to be a high level assistant. After a few years of apprenticeship, he could be ready for an HC job somewhere. This could be a route to such a position and would lend huge visibility to RU.
He did not want us and went to Duke and now we get a chance to say no thank you, we don't want you.
Yeah, never coached anywhere and now he's going to be hired as head coach of Big Ten program with a huge rebuilding job? Absurd. If he wants to get into coaching for real, yes, take a flyer on him as an assistant for a couple of years and, at least, he can be a mentor for Sanders if he can convince him to stick around.
You're definitely a child abuser. See, it's easy to throw out falsehoods on a message board.
I was waiting for the punch line but it never came. No way Hobbs would even consider Jay Williams as HC. A home run here and raising money for facilities becomes more of a reality.
Because former players are only successful as HC at their former schools??? Come on. JWill isn't nearly ready but the fact he didn't go here has no impact.
If Jay Williams wants it and we can afford him, just do it.
We will never have a better opportunity to FAIL with a coaching pick. We cannot sink any lower.
If Jay Williams is cheap enough we can afford to let him learn on the job. There has to be value in the risk for us. Taking a risk and paying him like he is an experienced head coach is NOT something I would recommend.
iirc, as a highschooler.. JW used to play pick up games at Livingston and Werblin. His choice of Duke over Rutgers was a very close thing.. there was a trio of Jersey guys JW, Troy Murphy (Notre Dame).. and I forget the 3rd... who could have chosen Rutgers (and Banon) at about the same time. Another example that if the Jersey Guys stayed home we coulda been a contenduh!
We will never have a better opportunity to FAIL with a coaching pick. We cannot sink any lower.
If Jay Williams is cheap enough we can afford to let him learn on the job. There has to be value in the risk for us. Taking a risk and paying him like he is an experienced head coach is NOT something I would recommend.
iirc, as a highschooler.. JW used to play pick up games at Livingston and Werblin. His choice of Duke over Rutgers was a very close thing.. there was a trio of Jersey guys JW, Troy Murphy (Notre Dame).. and I forget the 3rd... who could have chosen Rutgers (and Banon) at about the same time. Another example that if the Jersey Guys stayed home we coulda been a contenduh!
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Its not the same je spurned rufor duke. Kind of hard to see him persuading recruits to make choice he refused to make.
I think the 3rd kid was Danny Miller. The 3 of them were all within a year or so of each other & there was talk that all 3 could end at RU.
This appears to be not as far fetched as it does on the surface......Hearing Sendek and Hurley are both fading as far as the likely "easy" selections for whatever reason.....Massiello still willing to walk to RU if offered, but probably not going to happen for various hurdles beyond just whatever his buyout is at Manhattan.....there are some items that can help Williams here, but it would take a relatively easy strategy that would take over the recruiting/coaching aspect. If it's played properly, it will be a home run or utter failure that is no worse than where RU has been in recent years.
Absolutely true but Murphy could have said Yes and then the others might have followed. He was always eyeing Notre Dame. Rutgers has not done a good job of recruiting Jersey since the 80's.
Jay Williams is the ultimate wildcard hire. On the surface he is smart, intelligent, well spoken, and a great face of the program. The hire would give RU major buzz. Hiring retreads won't and having RU go with a "traditional" candidate will not see significant improvement still for years. The no experience thing is an obvious concern but I have to think he would recruit super well and we all know hoops only takes 2-3 studs to be good. Williams I have no doubt would bring in the talent as I think kids would be drawn to him and has the potential to get this program higher and quicker than anyone else. RU has to pay no buyouts could get him relatively cheap and get some high priced assistants to support him. RU has to think outside the box to rejuice the program and this may do it and where RU is at is worth the risk.
I like him. Not a huge fan of a lot of the names mentioned besides Mike Lonergan..he'd be my number 1 choice personally
I know Jay Williams has no experience and would be a gamble but having experience doesn't necessarily mean it will equal success..and having no coaching experience doesn't mean it will be a failure either
I know Jay Williams has no experience and would be a gamble but having experience doesn't necessarily mean it will equal success..and having no coaching experience doesn't mean it will be a failure either
I love how people just say we have nothing to lose. We have plenty to lose. We have another 4-5 years to lose. You have donor dollars and confidence to lose. Not to mention the AD's job. You can't go boom or bust on this hire. If Williams came here and absolutely sucked we would pour more fuel on the fire of Rutgers being a hopeless case. Hobbs would be run out of town. Even if the next coach was just decent that is a better hire than gambling on Williams. Our next coach has to build up. Maybe they aren't "the guy" but then they need to leave some decent foundation in place for the next hire. You can't risking burning this place down even further.
If Hobbs makes that hire he immediately loses a lot of freely given trust/confidence and the only one that can earn it back for him will be Jay Williams.
