I have no idea how locked in this schedule was before he arrived, but if it was his responsibility, I would think one of the first orders would have been to get a manageable schedule, with as many home dates as possible, while the team builds. It seems to me that the higher the percentage of your games against your mediocre opponents on the road, the higher percentage of losses to mediocre opponents you can expect to suffer. Other posters talked about the negative perception of the program. The last thing they need is a competitive disadvantage against lesser conference programs where losses would further undermine the program’s perception. RU has had many programs in both the revenue and the Olympic sports go through periods of negative perception. I have never seen any sport, men’s or women’s, had it result in a schedule like this.