Rumor on Free Football Board: Hobbs / BB implications?
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For now.
From those who would know and I've now heard from, what happened on the softball team is very typical of what you see when a new coach comes in.
Pike is really really happy here
As long as we keep doing what we are doing ...he is going to be here as long as the program does well
As long as we keep doing what we are doing ...he is going to be here as long as the program does well
No major conference school with tournament hopes is hiring a coach that hasn't made it. Imagine if we hired Pat Chambers three years ago
Need to know if having softball players run to they hurl really happened.
This isn’t 1990 or even 2000.
More so than the running is any verbal abuse.
They way our AD responded to the media is totally not acceptable.
There is nothing unusual about what a new coach coming into a program did from those who would know.
Not if winning is important.
Hurley and Willard both made tournaments at their schools before getting hired. If there's a power conference school who hired another power conference coach without that coach having been to the dance I'd be very surprised.
great but if he is winning then Rutgers is winning and the new AD will try to keep a winning coach, if he leaves fine, RU is winning and the job is attractive
our fans always worry about something that hasnt even happened or if it does happen, it means we have arrived...
Finding winning coaches isn't easy. Football is a perfect example.
Because Pike was successful doesn't mean the next person will be.
Because Pike was successful doesn't mean the next person will be.
That could change if Hobbs is removed and Schiano comes in. The writing would be on the wall that FB was 1st, 2nd and 3rd and basketball was a distant 4th. That was the way it was when Schiano was here.
Fortunately we got a great FB program and an invitation to B1G
Let's not kid ourselves about the attractiveness of the program. It will look a TON better when we win, but we still have no fanbase and reside in a professional town "market"
As a parent of a D1 athlete in a non revenue sport winning is so low on the list of what is important.
Probably not a kind thing to say.......
When looking at Men's golf or Women's softball I just don't want to see the programs get in trouble. We have failed even with this low bar.
When looking at Men's golf or Women's softball I just don't want to see the programs get in trouble. We have failed even with this low bar.
It is in his contract because he had some leverage, his agent asked for it and got it. RU admin probably agreed because, before the extension, his buyout was only $900k. Even with the 50 percent reduction clause his buyout would still be more than $900k except in that final year.
I asked around and was told that is not an unusual clause.
The reason why it was this way because this athletic department had NO money ...
Times have changed ...there is enough revenue coming in to make this work
Think Hobbs seen the frustration the fanbase had over the state of RU FB under Ash and felt showing a willingness to get out in front of the problem was needed .
What changed is the fanbase got what it wanted by Ash being let go.
Now patience is needed so Ash's replacement hiring isn't rushed and even though the fans might have an overwhelming favorite, all options that soon will be available for the position need to be looked at before settling on the one to be hired in an effort to reverse RU FB's fortune .
Remember, just because Greg did it before years ago, that doesn't mean he's a lock tyo do it again, just gives him an edge on most that will be looked at to replace Ash.
You never know who will be available, so you don't limit your options before availability season opens.
Schiano isn't going anywhere , so the process should be allowed to play out before jumping the gun and ending the competition before it starts.
I wouldn't mind seeing Greg come back, but would mind to have him do that before other
options have a chance to be looked at .
I agree with you. The clause is there to benefit Pike if there is an AD change.
Cali, other than someone coming off an injury, is it safe to say almost every college lacrosse player could run those sprints mentioned in the article?
Personalities not even close. Schiano is a controlling person who did some really dumb stuff in the NFL that angered other coaches. He was eventually fired because the team did poorly. Pike is not the rah rah perpetually young guy that Schiano was, a quality that caused people to think Schiano was dynamic. If this all sounds like criticism of an icon, well so be it. He won games in a much weaker conference. He is considerably older now, and not exactly sure why people want him back. Surely we can find someone better?
What is the capacity of Rutgers Stadium?
What conference do we play in?
Has RU ever been in the top 5?
What conference do we play in?
Has RU ever been in the top 5?
Rutgers is stupid enough to can Hobbs. If I were Pikiell and Hobbs isn't here I would look to leave soon too. If Hobbs is canned it will be clear to anyone with any sense that Rutgers just doesn't know what it takes to be a good athletic program and I would not hitch my wagon to it.
He would be smart to leave. If Hobbs goes it would be a clear sign that the Athletic Department is too unstable and is unlikely to ever work like a real AD office.
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Do you even Rutgers?!? Not knowing what it takes to be a good (heck mediocre) athletic program is the hallmark of the AD...
There is never enough money. There are 3 schools in our division with football stadiums that hold over 100,000. That means they earn about $15MM-$20MM more just in ticket revenue. Add donations, etc. to that. Our entire football budget is only $26MM. If we get more money from the Big Ten, they get the same amount of money from the Big Ten. We can never catch up.
and to add if there really is a mandate to balance the athletic department's budget one day.......
Way too easy to vilify the corporate-backed media. Maybe...just maybe...the news is one of those bastions that was never meant to be monitized. That said, Rutgers needs to learn how to play the game and not consistently exhibit 'foot in mouth' syndrome.
Why wouldn't it mean if the next AD isn't as agreeable to Coach P as (clearly) Hobbs was that he would (possibly) look to leave? Seems like Coach P would want that in the contract for a reason, no?
Pikiell has made the NCAA tournament as an HC.
And Hobbs agreed to it because it made him look very important to the hire. Which he was.
Terrible mistake to fire Hobbs. Yes, he screwed up with Ash. Almost everything else has been impressive. Don't create more rifts and instability, please.
Think all the rumors posted by in the know posters are being walked back .
Seems the things that could be taken to the bank might have been put in the wrong account [roll]
Another case of:" I heard it on the internet so it must be true" strikes again [banana]:cool2::ThumbsUp
Seems the things that could be taken to the bank might have been put in the wrong account [roll]
Another case of:" I heard it on the internet so it must be true" strikes again [banana]:cool2::ThumbsUp
