A team's best or worst games never "represent the team", though I guess having two of your best games be losses does kind of represent this team.
www.onthebanks.com
I cannot for the life of me understand what your point is here.This is the same "Call your shots" type of Politi or On the Banks article that was written just a couple of months ago, after a 4-0 start spiraled to 4-4......any fan who follows the press conferences of Schiano, he essentially said everything Pike said, just in a different level of spin.....this was after the debacle of UCLA and Homecoming. But granted UCLA had the better QB, better WRs and playmakers on the field.
Greg Schiano tells doubters to "call your shot now. We will get there." But when?
Schiano makes a statement to fans, or maybe more than that.
Here is Schiano after the UCLA Homecoming loss.....
I’ll just close it with this, guys. We will get there,” Schiano said. “This program will get there. I know that there’s going to be certain people that want to cast their ballot and say, oh, we’ve got big problems. You call your shot. Just remember, we will get there, I promise you. So you want to call your shot now, just call it. But know that you’re calling your shot. This program will be just fine. Thank you.”
Schiano has mastered the element of coach-speak following games. It is no surprise when looking at the recent history of the program. Schiano is 23-29 overall, 10-30 in Big Ten play, since returning in 2020. This was a year that brought accelerated expectations with three conference victories during a Big Ten only schedule. Hopes were let down once again as the team went 1-8 in the Big Ten in 2022. A seven-win season in 2023 and a large majority of returning starters made many believe that Rutgers could compete in the Big Ten.
Those notions have gone away midseason.
The Scarlet Knights have been outplayed in each of the last four games. If it wasn’t for Washington shooting themselves in the foot constantly, Rutgers would be in the midst of a four-game losing streak. Let’s focus on today.
Schiano took the podium following another poor performance against the Bruins and put his usually words to the side. Fans have heard constantly about “Chopping the moment” but at this point, what does that mean? The performances on the field have not lived up to expectations."
Same narrative, same coachspeak, same results......
...I said something similar a few posts ago. Schiano gets skewered for stuff like this but Pike seemingly gets a pass.
From who? Certainly not this board on which 99% or more of the posts are anti-Pike. Like the most pro-Pike opinions on the entire website are of the form "yes this is bad but he shouldn't be immediately fired".
It's no secret that as an abused fanbase, a large segment of our fanbase (and unfortunately donors) salivate and feed off of mediocre results. It's a disease that is worsened by stupid contracts, raises and extensions handed out like Halloween candy. The major positive in all this is our football coach and mens basketball coach are good guys who run clean programs. That seems to be a salve for many.
Court club aint exactly full of folks who can stroke 7-figure checks, lets be honest here. Greg has multiple 7-figure check writers, most of which have zero association to RU. Pike needs to think outside the box.
We do not know exactly what Schiano did or didn’t do. You can say the same for Pike. Pike in that meeting begged the so called die hards many who post on this board and he got nothing. You’re right it’s a. It creepy sitting in the court club meeting with so many senior citizens but I love the school and the program so I go. Same thing happens at the Touchdown club meeting. My point is the fanbase ignores what NIL means to winning and just bashes away. You think BAC is donating a dime? Yet he is considered a die hard and is one of the biggest bashers of the program.
Oh i agree..schano never accountable either and his defenders slnost always fall back on injuriesThis is the same "Call your shots" type of Politi or On the Banks article that was written just a couple of months ago, after a 4-0 start spiraled to 4-4......any fan who follows the press conferences of Schiano, he essentially said everything Pike said, just in a different level of spin.....this was after the debacle of UCLA and Homecoming. But granted UCLA had the better QB, better WRs and playmakers on the field.
Greg Schiano tells doubters to "call your shot now. We will get there." But when?
Schiano makes a statement to fans, or maybe more than that.
Here is Schiano after the UCLA Homecoming loss.....
I’ll just close it with this, guys. We will get there,” Schiano said. “This program will get there. I know that there’s going to be certain people that want to cast their ballot and say, oh, we’ve got big problems. You call your shot. Just remember, we will get there, I promise you. So you want to call your shot now, just call it. But know that you’re calling your shot. This program will be just fine. Thank you.”
Schiano has mastered the element of coach-speak following games. It is no surprise when looking at the recent history of the program. Schiano is 23-29 overall, 10-30 in Big Ten play, since returning in 2020. This was a year that brought accelerated expectations with three conference victories during a Big Ten only schedule. Hopes were let down once again as the team went 1-8 in the Big Ten in 2022. A seven-win season in 2023 and a large majority of returning starters made many believe that Rutgers could compete in the Big Ten.
Those notions have gone away midseason.
The Scarlet Knights have been outplayed in each of the last four games. If it wasn’t for Washington shooting themselves in the foot constantly, Rutgers would be in the midst of a four-game losing streak. Let’s focus on today.
Schiano took the podium following another poor performance against the Bruins and put his usually words to the side. Fans have heard constantly about “Chopping the moment” but at this point, what does that mean? The performances on the field have not lived up to expectations."
Same narrative, same coachspeak, same results......
I'm seeing some of the same posters who skewer Schiano defending Pike with the same exact logic, which baffles me.
It’s the new dogma. More likely to get fouled AND make the inside hand layup. Shelby doesn’t have a problem with it.
Rutgers is 8-12 against the spread this season but that is a little misleading because we started 1-5 when the team was massively overrated and since that was corrected have been 7-7.
If one believes the assertion that the AD search begins after new president is hired, the interviews would begin last this year, possibly October or November.
Yea obviously, but he was there and it was still obvious (and the results were such) that even if he didn’t miss a single play, this team was very unlikely to make the dance.
But... six teams above them with better overall records. LOL. You've been outed. 😉
Shelby wouldn’t call it a Frankenstein roster. Frankenstein has useful traits. This is a ‘festering, dog diarrhea in August’ roster. No ambiguity.
It’s beyond ridiculous that a school 10 years into being in the Big Ten is publicly having conversations with these insane timelines
He’s not walking away from guaranteed money
You basically described the 100 level seating as well.
We are hiring a school President not an entry level employee. This takes time. Plus we have a Governor getting elected this year. We have already started the process of hiring a President when we still have the current guy for 6 months.
That’s all well and good, but not having an athletic Director for this long is not a good thing
I know it's hard but try not to be a moron
True. Like Parcells said, the worst thing you can do as a coach is try and be something you're not. Players see right through that
