Nice Article on Big 10 QB Recruits -- Russo quoted

[NewJerseyGuy]

Sounds like AR is going to be a great representative for RU on and off the field.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2524465-how-2016-qb-recruits-will-re-shape-big-ten-football

 

[RU#1fan]

Great read.
Cast your vote for AR in the Poll !

 

[brookdale-soda]

I never really thought of the significance of Russo to RU and Haskins to MD. If both teams can build momentum in recruiting off these guys, this could become a great rivalry led by 2 solid players. granted, we havent seen them play against live B10 competition but I can dream.........

 

[RU4Real]

There's going to be some great football down the road.

 

[rutgersdave]

Rutgers never had a great QB in the last 15 years. Russo, if he's really good, could be the difference of 2-3 games a season which translates to 8-9 and if real lucky 10 wins. We will move up a level with the recruiting. An exciting passing game will also do it.

 

[RealityChech2]

Great read.
Cast your vote for AR in the Poll !

Weren't you screaming that Russo was a Plan C QB and Flood should be fired for not get Haskins and the Prima Donna from BC.

 

[GeorgeStreet]

Russo and Rutgers -- it even SOUNDS right together!

 

[RU#1fan]

Weren't you screaming that Russo was a Plan C QB and Flood should be fired for not get Haskins and the Prima Donna from BC.

No, I was the one screaming ( and still am) that Flood can not recruit any talent from his own state : New Jersey for 3 consecutive years now. Also, Flood has not convinced me; and many others on this Board; that he is a B1G caliber Coach. Maybe it's the fact of Flood only beating 2 Teams with Winning records since October 2012 ( Navy and Maryland in 2014) , missing 2 chances at the end of the 2012 season of making the BCS ( despite having 7 NFL picks on the Roster) , or the fact that we got absolutely destroyed in 4 B1G Conference gamesBin 2014 ( including an embarrassment on Homecoming vs. Wisconsin ).

Believe me I love that we got a prospect like Russo....near more of them and a proven leader running the ship.

 

[Knight Shift]

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[Fishky]

No, I was the one screaming ( and still am) that Flood can not recruit any talent from his own state : New Jersey for 3 consecutive years now. Also, Flood has not convinced me; and many others on this Board; that he is a B1G caliber Coach. Maybe it's the fact of Flood only beating 2 Teams with Winning records since October 2012 ( Navy and Maryland in 2014) , missing 2 chances at the end of the 2012 season of making the BCS ( despite having 7 NFL picks on the Roster) , or the fact that we got absolutely destroyed in 4 B1G Conference gamesBin 2014 ( including an embarrassment on Homecoming vs. Wisconsin ).

Believe me I love that we got a prospect like Russo....near more of them and a proven leader running the ship.

Gentlemen we all should agree here this is a very good point. Are things looking up slightly I say yes. But as much as we like Flood I believe he needs to do as good if not better than last year in this season to start to prove he belongs at the helm in this conference. We need a study upward trajectory now every year improving performance, recruiting, and competitiveness. If we get crushed in several games again this year what will happen to this class and what will happen to future NJ recruiting? No he is right Flood needs to prove himself still and believe me if he doesn't do at least as well as last year this board will be unreadable at some point during the season.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Great read.
Cast your vote for AR in the Poll !

If you need to justify the vote, think that if Russo is as good as advertised, he'll start 4 years. Some of the guys will have to contend with Elite 11 QBs already on their schools' rosters with more to come (gee, I hope that becomes a "problem" for us).

 

[j10oreo]

I predict a bright future for Rutgers. He's not even on campus yet but you can't help but get the feeling we just got the right person at the most important position. We have some really good talent on this team and hope Flood manages to put a gameplan in place so that we can compete with the best of them.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Same old stupid crap from the same old people.
Can't even let other fans enjoy anything good.
And now one guy isn't happy with 8 wins in a year we were expected to have 4. And we have to do even better this year.

 

[rurahrah000]

Rutgers never had a great QB in the last 15 years. Russo, if he's really good, could be the difference of 2-3 games a season which translates to 8-9 and if real lucky 10 wins. We will move up a level with the recruiting. An exciting passing game will also do it.

We have had 2 of the best QB's in our history in the last 10 years (Teel and Nova)

 

[JQRU91]

Russo and Rutgers -- it even SOUNDS right together!

First two letters in Russo are R and U. ;)

 

[CornerTavern]

"Still, in a game that growingly revolves around the guy behind center, this group represents a major step forward for the conference."

growingly revolves?

 

[ru109]

Gentlemen we all should agree here this is a very good point. Are things looking up slightly I say yes. But as much as we like Flood I believe he needs to do as good if not better than last year in this season to start to prove he belongs at the helm in this conference. We need a study upward trajectory now every year improving performance, recruiting, and competitiveness. If we get crushed in several games again this year what will happen to this class and what will happen to future NJ recruiting? No he is right Flood needs to prove himself still and believe me if he doesn't do at least as well as last year this board will be unreadable at some point during the season.

What if we don't agree that these are good points. If you told me we would win 7 games again this year I would take it. Have you looked at our schedule it's actually harder this than last. As for getting crushed again, well we are going to a couple of times. OSU and Mich St will probably not be close, but anyone who things we can hang with those teams are kidding themselves. As for recruiting, I could care less where the players are from. If you look nationally other then Alabama almost half of the top 20 kids leave most states every year. I would rather Flood get a 4* kid from Bumblefvck Tennessee then a top 10 kid from NJ that's not as good. Finally once again people talk about replacing Flood, who are you going to replace him with. Find another coach that can do what he can for $1 million a year. Please put together a list of 5 or 6 guys you think would come for for that money. We ARE NOT spending $2 or $3 million on a coach in the near future so who are we getting?

 

[shields]

Maryland was also destroyed by the big teams last year also. We were too small on d last year.

 

[Fishky]

Nobody is saying to get rid of flood dude read it again. Simply stating that we need to improve every year to help in recruiting and in building a power house we all would like to see RU be. Improving doesn't always mean just wins either but if we consistently get blown out by the top teams will you still be happy? We can have 7 wins and I would be happy too as long as we show up and be competitive in the games against the teams we got crushed by. If I was not improving In My job I would expect to be held accountable and I am sure flood expects that too. I happen to like flood and hope he can succeed but the jury is still out and we shall see if this team is prepared in all games this year.

What if we don't agree that these are good points. If you told me we would win 7 games again this year I would take it. Have you looked at our schedule it's actually harder this than last. As for getting crushed again, well we are going to a couple of times. OSU and Mich St will probably not be close, but anyone who things we can hang with those teams are kidding themselves. As for recruiting, I could care less where the players are from. If you look nationally other then Alabama almost half of the top 20 kids leave most states every year. I would rather Flood get a 4* kid from Bumblefvck Tennessee then a top 10 kid from NJ that's not as good. Finally once again people talk about replacing Flood, who are you going to replace him with. Find another coach that can do what he can for $1 million a year. Please put together a list of 5 or 6 guys you think would come for for that money. We ARE NOT spending $2 or $3 million on a coach in the near future so who are we getting?[/QUOTE

 

[MikeR0102]

We have had 2 of the best QB's in our history in the last 10 years (Teel and Nova)

That says more about Rutgers history then anything.

Both those guys had some really good games and when they played their A game, we had a great chance to win, but they also had way too many F games. I will have to look deeper at the stats, but their completion percentages, TD to INT ratio and INT rate are not so hot.

 

[PSUPOWER]

Nobody is saying to get rid of flood dude read it again. Simply stating that we need to improve every year to help in recruiting and in building a power house we all would like to see RU be. Improving doesn't always mean just wins either but if we consistently get blown out by the top teams will you still be happy? We can have 7 wins and I would be happy too as long as we show up and be competitive in the games against the teams we got crushed by. If I was not improving In My job I would expect to be held accountable and I am sure flood expects that too. I happen to like flood and hope he can succeed but the jury is still out and we shall see if this team is prepared in all games this year.

The object of each game is to win. How much you lose by when you don't win doesn't really matter. Rutgers has been on the rise with Kyle Flood as Head Coach and their shouldn't be any jury involved. Rutgers Football program will improve even more as supportive fans increase and jurors decrease.

 

[RU-05]

That says more about Rutgers history then anything.

Both those guys had some really good games and when they played their A game, we had a great chance to win, but they also had way too many F games. I will have to look deeper at the stats, but their completion percentages, TD to INT ratio and INT rate are not so hot.

Ya, put it simply, Teel and Nova were decent college qb's. Sure they had some big time games, but like you say, they also had some down right awful games as well, and that inconsistency was there for the entirity of their careers.

RU has never had a true big time QB. And if we could ever get one, and fingers crossed we have one already, then that changes our fortunes greatly.

 

[RU-05]

Gentlemen we all should agree here this is a very good point. Are things looking up slightly I say yes. But as much as we like Flood I believe he needs to do as good if not better than last year in this season to start to prove he belongs at the helm in this conference. We need a study upward trajectory now every year improving performance, recruiting, and competitiveness. If we get crushed in several games again this year what will happen to this class and what will happen to future NJ recruiting? No he is right Flood needs to prove himself still and believe me if he doesn't do at least as well as last year this board will be unreadable at some point during the season.

Same. I think anything less then 7 regular season would put Flood right back on the hot seat.

 

[ag67]

No, I was the one screaming ( and still am) that Flood can not recruit any talent from his own state : New Jersey for 3 consecutive years now. Also, Flood has not convinced me; and many others on this Board; that he is a B1G caliber Coach. Maybe it's the fact of Flood only beating 2 Teams with Winning records since October 2012 ( Navy and Maryland in 2014) , missing 2 chances at the end of the 2012 season of making the BCS ( despite having 7 NFL picks on the Roster) , or the fact that we got absolutely destroyed in 4 B1G Conference gamesBin 2014 ( including an embarrassment on Homecoming vs. Wisconsin ).

Believe me I love that we got a prospect like Russo....near more of them and a proven leader running the ship.

Talk about Spin! You cherry pick a negative slant for everything that has happened while ignoring all the positives of the past 18 months - except for a qualified acceptance that Russo might be OK. At least try to make it look like you have a balanced perspective.

How in hell do you call yourself the Number One RU fan? Instead of constantly lobbying to shove our coach out the door, why don't you try to appreciate all the positives he brings to this program and hope for the best? He has a very difficult job ahead. We are not going to start cheating like some of our brethren, we are going to be at a huge cash disadvantage for a while, we are not suddenly going to have a solid tradition and a 100,000 seat stadium to sell, we are not going to be able to match the facilities of other schools for a while; so any coach is going to be working at a huge disadvantage.

Could Coach Flood improve his recruiting? Probably, but he seems to be showing an ability to compensate for missing out on the high profile recruits by identifying and developing less publicized prospects. None of us know how effective this approach will be - not even an expert like you, but there are definite signs it is working. Of course you tend to minimize and disregard those signs, because you are so intent on getting him fired.

If guys like Doug and Keith, who have inside insight, were concerned; then I think you would have more support. You just have the entrenched negatoids supporting you. Most of the people who understand the game have disappeared from here because of the negative obsession of people like you.

 

[ag67]

Gentlemen we all should agree here this is a very good point. Are things looking up slightly I say yes. But as much as we like Flood I believe he needs to do as good if not better than last year in this season to start to prove he belongs at the helm in this conference. We need a study upward trajectory now every year improving performance, recruiting, and competitiveness. If we get crushed in several games again this year what will happen to this class and what will happen to future NJ recruiting? No he is right Flood needs to prove himself still and believe me if he doesn't do at least as well as last year this board will be unreadable at some point during the season.

In fact, most fans disagree. If you are expecting a steady upward trajectory from anyone, life is just not like that. Seldom is the path to a desired objective a smooth one. With all the handicaps RU is facing in this league, it is likely to be a difficult struggle to the top. Our coach is just getting his feet under him after 3 years of working to get his system in place. He has now at least developed some stability in his coaching staff, surrounding himself with people who he feels can do the job. He will continue to make errors though, just as all coaches do. With our financial weaknesses and our lack of tradition/facilities, the effects of his errors will be magnified. So there are likely to be more stumbles along the way.

I am impressed however with the ability he has shown during the last 18 months to minimize those stumbles. Every aspect of the program seems to have improved measurably during that time.

Our team made huge strides last year in its first year in the B1G IMO. I am eager to see how much he can build on that during the next season, but RU will have to take a big upward step to equal last year's record, simply because two crucial games will be on the road in 100,000 seat stadiums. IMO 8 wins this season will indicate we have the coach we have been looking for, and the future is bright.

IMO 6 or 7 wins will be acceptable progress. You are right though that this this board will probably become unreadable in such a case because the negative lurkers will come out of the closet and start throwing stones. That will provide the mods here with a huge dilemma, since the positive people will not want to stick around when the venom starts flying.

 

[Abro1975]

Don't forget Mike McMahon and Ray Lucas had NFL careers. I think Teel had 1 season w Seattle. Remains to be seen w Nova.

 

[RU1977]

RUsso? Perfect!

 

[BoogieKnight]

The object of each game is to win. How much you lose by when you don't win doesn't really matter. Rutgers has been on the rise with Kyle Flood as Head Coach and their shouldn't be any jury involved. Rutgers Football program will improve even more as supportive fans increase and jurors decrease.

Thank you. Each individual game every week takes on a life of its own. Alabama, Oregon and Wisconsin got blown out by Ohio State...are those programs trending downward? Florida State got blown out by Oregon. Should Jimbo be on the hot seat? Now if we were 1-11 and Indiana and Kansas are blowing us out (akin to the Shea Era), you have a point. But there are no moral victories. You win or you lose, period. If we go 10-2 and win every game by 4 points or less, are you throwing any of those wins back? Your argument about not recruiting NJ well is absolutely valid. But I want you to really look at who exactly we are missing out on and if they are irreplaceable type players. Jabril Peppers? Sure, he's a national level, can't miss type talent. Rashaan Gary? Yeah, absolutely. The majority of the rest? Eh...