Jay Williams interested in Rutgers job (short article)
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You don't think a Jay Williams hire would be well-received? You don't think he would get a "honeymoon period"?
So, I disagree.. we have NOTHING TO LOSE with such a hire. And I thought this AD was also a stop-gap measure. If this were to be an AD as a lifetime post, why wouldn't we have waited with someone with football experience?
We time the hire for the Final Four.. that gives the AD and staff a reason to be there. Isn't that how this game is played?
I like Dooley. Longtime Asst at Kansas where he was a top recruiter for Self.
Got the job at Dunk City and kept them from collapsing which happens many times when guys take over jobs at that level. Has them back in the Dance this year
And for all the people who insist that our next coach have NJ ties he was born in NJ & graduated from St Benedicts.
Is he a glamour name? No, but if it's not Hurley or Sendek I think he is likely on the short list
hiring Jay Williams would be incredibly careless decision with such a high risk it could doom Hobbs for years. You do not hire a guy who has NO NONE ZILCH coaching experience...wtf...I really really really hope that this is not any road Hobbs is going down because he would lose some support and create unnecessary skepticism against him
Jay Williams as HC? Maybe as an assistant but too risky for us to be his entry level position. How could sender be fading in light of some of these names?
Do you know something or not? Lots of words here. I'm tired of all the cryptic posting on this board. I'm tired of inferences that I'm in the know, but I can't talk about it. It's not just Hawk by any means.
I can't believe that some here actually like the idea of hiring Williams as the next RU HC. Totally absurd. I'd rather hire Eddie back instead.
it seems like RU fans are always putting the cart ahead of the horse...they feel that Williams has some unlimited ceiling so lets cling to the best case scenerio which is 1% and forget about the rest which is 99%...sort of like they did with Eddie Jordan
Hobbs needs to hire either an experienced winner like Sendek or Travis Ford or a young energetic guy still on the up like Hurley or maybe the guy from Stony Brook who has recruited and coached
oh yeah lets just give the job to Jay Bilas too if he shows interest
Hobbs needs to hire either an experienced winner like Sendek or Travis Ford or a young energetic guy still on the up like Hurley or maybe the guy from Stony Brook who has recruited and coached
oh yeah lets just give the job to Jay Bilas too if he shows interest
Maybe Williams AND Greenberg..they make good team on ESPN..btw on train back from Big East Final. Good game. Not sure if foul should have been called on last play. Need to see replay..
If his name wasnt hurley, he wouldnt even be part of the discussion. I pray hurley passes on us
No hate. Just facts. He is a mediocre coach, at best, with the results match. He has never taken one team to the tournament. Desperation hire.
Stop with the Hurley fanboy love.
For obvious reasons, this is a name I wouldn't have thought of if you gave me a 100 guesses. I'd agree with NJ Hawk either a home run or and utter bust.
Off the top of my head coaches who were similar would be Fred Hoiberg when he went to ISU as an alum and did a nice job. In the NBA, Mark Jackson and Steve Kerr. Most recently Mullin at St John's who has struggled in his first year.
So you'd really have to see something in him to give him the shot without the prior experience. As a typical fan, is there anything really you can point to and say this guy has got "it" to give him a shot. Our job is as "entry level" as you get on the P5 stage but still. You'd have to trust Hobbs' instinct. I can't say there's much you can go on as fan by just seeing him on tv which will give you hard evidence of how he'll do. So it would just be Hobbs' gut and whatever else he can garner from coaching circles out there. Big risk IMO but there's at least some evidence where you've gotten solid results in the past. I'd still look in a different direction but for a job that has seemed so hopeless as ours at times I guess it's understandable to be looking in unexpected places.
Off the top of my head coaches who were similar would be Fred Hoiberg when he went to ISU as an alum and did a nice job. In the NBA, Mark Jackson and Steve Kerr. Most recently Mullin at St John's who has struggled in his first year.
So you'd really have to see something in him to give him the shot without the prior experience. As a typical fan, is there anything really you can point to and say this guy has got "it" to give him a shot. Our job is as "entry level" as you get on the P5 stage but still. You'd have to trust Hobbs' instinct. I can't say there's much you can go on as fan by just seeing him on tv which will give you hard evidence of how he'll do. So it would just be Hobbs' gut and whatever else he can garner from coaching circles out there. Big risk IMO but there's at least some evidence where you've gotten solid results in the past. I'd still look in a different direction but for a job that has seemed so hopeless as ours at times I guess it's understandable to be looking in unexpected places.
This is the kind of disaster I hope Hobbs is smart enough to avoid. There are a million no-name guys that would be a better choice than this "name" guy.
No Williams, and BAC sorry a lot of us have doubts about Hurley. I am on Scout board and people are not sold either. Again if we hired a football coach with losing record people on here would go nuts.
Not to mention, hurley's only postseason experience as a head coach was making the NIT once....again he wouldnt even be a consideration except for his name
Please explain to me the qualifications. Great HS and college player. All of that was 15-20 years ago. No coaching experience to speak off. Just an ESPN analyst. And someone wants this to be RU's choice. If Hobbs were to hire this guy, I'd have to give up my tix.
But I'm pretty confident he's not even considering this silly idea.
But I'm pretty confident he's not even considering this silly idea.
What in Williams background would even suggest he has the skills to run a program, hire assitants, recruit, coach a game. Hurley has at least done this and has had some success.
Is Hurley my first choice - no. But Williams. EJ at least was a HC before coming here and we see how that worked out.
Please get someone who has done all of the above and had some success. We aren't in the business of training coaches.
BTW, why would Willliams be either a home run or bust? The odds are much more likely he would be a bust, or mediocre than a home run.
I can't speak for Hawk, but maybe the home run part would be in the assistants who Jay Williams gets surrounded by
Yes because its so similar to compare a guy who has not coached any level to one who has coached and succeeded at high school and college
Lets go after Doug Gottleib next
Would only hire Williams if his assistants were Troy Murphy and John Celestand. Murphy understands how hard it is to win at the RAC when the building is rocking and John Celestand knows the facilities well. And throw in Dahntay Jones while we're at it.
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Bingo.....again, I think Hobbs is making the call that an AD makes, but there are some hurdles with other candidates that eventually will either surface or won't.....
Either they will take too long or are too expensive because of where they are contract wise, they are just leveraging RU for an extension or really are non-splash hires that just don't move the needle.
Williams and Hurley move the needle as far as credibility or name recognition....only in NJ would Williams be considered questionable, nationally or regionally, he has more name recognition than Danny Hurley....in NJ Hurley's name is more familiar but not so outside the tri-state area.....
Williams makes more than most Head coaches at a Mid major level and isn't coming here as an assistant.....I know there are people he could obviously assemble, but the key is who joins him............Hurley is still the obvious choice, but ball is in his court FWIW.....if he decided to stall again like last time, I don't see Hobbs standing at the train station waiting for a decision that is pretty straight forward.....you are in or you aren't.....
Would ABSOLUTELY HATE Jay Williams as a coach..this isnt pre school training. Its D1 basketball in the Big 10, lets act like it.
A risky hire, but one that could pay huge dividends. Hobbs would need to give JWill some really awesome assistant coaches to help. But it would be cost effective, and you could incentivize the contract. I'm not sold on this, but I could easily be persuaded.
That's exactly what Hurley is. No peer school would hire him. Jay Williams and Hurley have the same number of tourney appearances.
national pundits believe URI may win the A10 next year, not sure what you want....8 wins to 14 to 23 and then 17 this year derailed by injuries
Lol, basing a hiring decision on national pundits opinions and predictions. We are B1G. Act like it.
