Sooo.. all these guys had Ash high on their lists..
RUonBrain (OP of this thread)
RUONTHERISE
mikershoein
AreYouNuts
BuckRU
Knight Ed
I would guess some insider knew where this was going. And most of them wouldn't post it here.. but maybe, just maybe, some of these guys are insiders and couldn't help themselves and they masked this leak by putting Mullen and other first on their lists.
Nope!
No insider here.
I've just got RU on my brain far too often.
I had never heard of Ash before last Monday.
Once I saw his name, I started reading Ohio newspaper articles and watching some videos of him speaking and I was blown away. The more I read, the more I started to salivate. Reading the comments section of those online newspaper articles made me realize tOSU fans really like this guy, so he might be pretty good.
The guy just sounds like a football junkie; like he eats, breathes, and sh*ts football. As Doug from CO/RU said, I felt like I running through a brick wall after just watching his frickin' videos!
Thinking about him talking to our players, the press, recruits, their families, boosters, etc., and comparing that to Flood makes you wonder how did we do as good as we did with Flood last year.
(I don't mean to pile on Flood - I am sure he did his best.)
Everyone's consensus pick was Mullen, and I thought he would be a good candidate, too, but believe it or not, I actually wanted Ash over Mullen. I don't know if Mullen could meet those lofty expectations that would have been heaped on him. He is supposed to be a great recruiter, but I wonder could he recruit just as good here because RUTGERS doesn't have bagmen with $$ like Miss St., and we don't load up on jucos. But he would have been great, too.
I can't wait to see Ash build this program up. It is going to be a hell of a ride, and I will be eating popcorn and watching and loving every damn scarlet minute of it!!!