Guy had a plan all along and seems to be implementing it nicely. Already named his AD(which from what I've been told is an excellent hire) and will have a new HC in 48 hours.
Lots of people seem to owe Barchi an apology
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Hats of to Barchi right now. He is leading.
I like Barchi, but I don't like the idea of hiring Hobbs for a permanent AD. It looks like he is letting fans/big donors pull his string on this one:
"the search for a new Head Football Coach will begin immediately and will be led by Pat Hobbs, with input from Greg Brown, Ken Schmidt, and me. We all believe that Rutgers football can be competitive in the Big Ten Conference and we will find the right coach who can get us to that place."
Say what? Greg Brown and Ken Schmidt are the Chair and Vice-Chair of the BOG, and you label them as just being "fans and big donors"?
I will admit that this is a very good piece of leadership from barchi
Finish the deal and get us a great coach
Finish the deal and get us a great coach
Job is only 1/10th done. Firing Flood was always going to be the easy part. Hiring a great new coach that can recruit players and bring in a staff that can compete w/the big ten elite is the other 9/10ths of the job.
Still, I didn't expect him to act this year, so he's doing better than I expected already.
Still, I didn't expect him to act this year, so he's doing better than I expected already.
If Schiano is hired this week I will eat crow. Still want to see who HC is.
Also want to understand why JH was fired.
Also want to understand why JH was fired.
It's a plan doesn't mean it's a good one until we see how the people put in place do. The justification only comes after some time. Our SH friends said this is the guy that hired Willard and Anne Donovan both who have done lousy at Seton Hall. Not confidence inspiring to me.
I give Barchi credit, he clearly took this decision seriously and thought it through. He has a plan and is executing it. I thought that we'd be twisting in the wind for weeks, instead this whole process will be done before the week is out. This process clearly started a long time ago.
This gives me a little pause too. I thought the idea of Hobbs as interim was brilliant as a way to shake things up before bringing in someone with experience in a high-level P5 AD job. But from interim to permanent in matter of days during a holiday week? Gives me pause.
The flip side is that Hobbs did a really good job as the SHU AD when it was imploding (under a former Rutgers Senior Associate AD).
Barchi is leading and leading strongly right now, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
He's making decisive moves but that doesn't make them good moves. I'm underwhelmed by this guy. People knock JH but then this guy hired 2 basketball coaches at SH and both didn't do well. Did you take a look at their records I posted in the other thread.
I'll give Barchi and his plan the same thing I gave Pernetti and Flood, the benefit of the doubt. I'd rather go into this situation with somebody that has a plan, rather than with somebody who doesn't.
I don't care what SH says about Hobbs, I'll judge him on what he does here.
Yeah, I saw. And I follow women's basketball so I know all about Donovan. A little concerned about the insular search committee of Barchi, Schmidt, and Hobbs for the FB hire. But if they have someone lined up already, then maybe it's ok.
It does seem a little like the usual suspects closing ranks. Based on the original rumors of Hobbs as interim, I thought it was a brilliant move, Hobbs as permanent I think is only ok to good.
What else are we suppose to look at but his past track record as an AD. It's not a lie. The people he hired and their performance at SHU are facts.
Kevin Willard is 84-80 overall and 30-60 in conference at Seton Hall.
Anne Donovan from what I found was 23-57 overall and 4-34 in conference.
Hopefully his fundraising is better than his hiring skills. If he's a supposed consensus choice they should be. Towers has that big donation on the table according to others here so hopefully that comes to fruition.
If Schiano is the hire, Hobbs will be what Mulcahey was- a politically connected guy who will let football do its thing. The difference is Hobbs has bball experience and is an attorney. I think under the circumstances it makes sense.
I didn't post this but I wish I had, I was thinking that they would hire an interim AD, do a faux search and after a couple of weeks the interim would be made the permanent AD. The fact that Hobbs has been named the permanent AD tells me the process is done, we have our new AD and the new HC is just waiting to be announced.
I agree but the reality is that we are no longer in a situation where we have to starve the other programs for the sake of football. B1G money is kicking in and I think it's going to be enough to keep Schiano and all other sports happy.
Hopefully Hobbs, Barchi, Brown, and Schmidt are aware of the need for, and totally supportive of, an additional house cleaning in the AD at all levels.
