Nah, I've read a hundred times on here that star rankings mean nothing.:grimace:
Kyle Flood Is Sitting On His Couch Laughing
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In all fairness to Shea, the team he inherited lost 25 players from the prior year due to graduation and grades (that team that went 4-7, and led to Graber's firing, had something like 21 5th year seniors, and was supposed to win at least 7 or 8 games - but did not).
And while it is true that Shea took a week or 2 off before he started at RU (amazingly inconceivable, but true), he only had 54-5 weeks to pull a class together - and Graber had done almost ZERO recruiting from late October on, since it was obvious he was going to be fired.
Shea was only able to get 16 players in that first class - yes, partly or even largely, his fault. But that first season RU had fewer than 60 scholarship players available by the middle of September, due to an incomplete class, a number of very material injuries, and some serious academic suspensions. Shea had no hope whatsoever of fielding a competitive team for AT LEAST 3 years, given the scholarship player situation, and then the extreme youth - yet was able to win 5 games in his 4th season, I think.
Yet I would not disagree that Shea was worse. But his 1st 2 seasons were not ENTIRELY his fault.
Kyle can laugh all he wants! We as a fan base have been laughing at him for years!
Yes it will take years to build the results we want. Just to illustrate the difference in talent (yes, stars matter), here's Washington's vs. Rutgers' roster sorted by star ratings
Washington:
Rutgers:
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, see Houston.
Washington:
Rutgers:
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, see Houston.
Flood's apparent current gig as part of a Saturday morning radio show is exactly the place he should be if he wants to be part of anything even remotely related to football. Radio is the "field" where he can cause the least damage, 'cause Lord knows, the amount he caused while pacing the field as RU's HC is definitely gonna take some time to overcome.
In Flood's own mind, he's actually sitting on his couch in cognito, wearing no Rutgers gear so that any passers by looking at him through his bay window won't recognize him as the Rutgers coach meeting with a dance teacher. The dance teacher is his dog Snuggles, who's sitting next to him on the couch. Flood is taking copious notes on a pad, and he has with him a freshman cornerback who just decommitted from Hofstra whom Flood is trying to recruit to Rutgers. The cornerback is sitting in the lounge chair across the room from him and is actually his cat, Mr. Peebles. Flood tells Mr. Peebles that he believes he can help Rutgers go 1-0 at some point next season. Just then, Flood receives a phone call, and says to the caller, "Professor, thanks for calling back. We think of you as part of the program here." Mr. Peebles and Snuggles look over at Flood and hear the Professor's voice at the other end of the phone asking Flood whether he would like to lower his energy bill. Flood writes some additional notes on his pad and calls time out.
Flood was hired for one reason -- to keep a recruiting class together. At the time, it looked like the goal was achieved.
Unfortunately, that move should have paid its dividends last year. Perhaps it did the year before with an 8-5 record and bowl win over UNC. Perhaps that was just smoke and mirrors in 2014, along with a down year by UM to give us a victory.
But the attrition of the roster and the lack of control was reminiscent of the last years of the Graber regime, a lot of promise but kids leaving the program in droves.
Flood should have been fired after the 2013 season -- it should have been better than 6-7 and we should not have been blown out by Houston and Cincinnati, and in a close game with SMU. If Julie had been able to put the $$$ together, that would have happened and we'd be 2 years in to a rebuild.
Unfortunately, that move should have paid its dividends last year. Perhaps it did the year before with an 8-5 record and bowl win over UNC. Perhaps that was just smoke and mirrors in 2014, along with a down year by UM to give us a victory.
But the attrition of the roster and the lack of control was reminiscent of the last years of the Graber regime, a lot of promise but kids leaving the program in droves.
Flood should have been fired after the 2013 season -- it should have been better than 6-7 and we should not have been blown out by Houston and Cincinnati, and in a close game with SMU. If Julie had been able to put the $$$ together, that would have happened and we'd be 2 years in to a rebuild.
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Most of the guys on Washington's list are freshman. We have as many upperclassman 4 and 5 stars as they do.Yes it will take years to build the results we want. Just to illustrate the difference in talent (yes, stars matter), here's Washington's vs. Rutgers' roster sorted by star ratings
Washington:
Rutgers:
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, see Houston.
The score wasn't good, but we gave up half the yards in the UW game as we would have given up in Flood's defensive scheme. Throw out the first quarter and I am encouraged by the adjustments on D. The ST game is very fixable. Let's see how we progress going forward before you start gloating on KF's behalf.
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