As with anything in life, everyone has their pluses and minuses. I'll say this much, Leipold probably would have gotten more out of the roster/players he inherited more quickly. That's a "probably," and we will never know, and I don't care. Greg is our coach now, and I fully support him, just like I did for Flood (and still do!), and in the beginning (3 quarters?) Ash. 🤣
I was for Leipold until Greg emerged. I just thought Greg knows Rutgers, Knows the players in NJ politics, knows many of the HS coached in NJ, and would be best to "right" the program. I Still think Greg is the right guy for Rutgers right now and I think he will succeed. But like any fan I always wonder "what if" lance came here. would rutgers be within a score of upsetting Ohio State? Its fun to imagine what could be but I am happy with the progress Greg is making in this NIL environment.
None of his wins is a huge upset but the fact that he's beaten so many decent programs in Year 2 is what's impressive. Its not a lineup of weaklings. According to Massey Iowa State is 38, Duke is 53, Houston is 63 and West Virginia is 67. So far we've barely beaten both Boston College at 100 and Temple at 120, in Year 3. There's no way to argue Kansas isn't way ahead so far and wouldn't very likely beat us.
Yes. It's the job of the head coach to find and develop players for the most important position. Some people act like the HC is powerless to do much about it, like the players are just letting the head coach down.
Yes Jalon Daniels in his junior year has proved to be a good one this year after 2 years as a part time starter
he was good under Miles as well.
Sure it is, but as the saying goes, you can't make chicken soup out of chicken poop. That is in no way a characterization of our QBs. But more goes into the soup than the QB--the most important ingredient---the soup stock is the OL. I have detailed numerous times that he inherited experience OL's, and their 2 deep is full of JRs, RS Srs and Srs. RU had to clean house and start over.
Really fun game. Love underdogs so I like TCU too but was rooting for Kansas in this one. Just too good an underdog story to not love for me lol.
umm, in a competitive exciting game? When we play a ranked opponent we get blown out by 30+.. are you seriously trying to brag about anything regarding Greg after that atrocity in Piscataway last night?
he did get Rutgers in position to earn a bowl game appearance, even if it wasn't the usual way.
Dude is the 2nd oldest QB in college football. Only Georgia's QB is a few months older. 24 and change. Can you imagine Wimsatt in 5-6 years? I suppose we can argue as to why we don't have a great 24-year-old QB.
Leipold is an accomplished roster builder. He is a steroid version of K.C. Keeler. His success landing transfer portal and JUCO contributors to his roster who are from serious programs is notable. I assume Kansas has deep NIL pockets. The Jayhawks are not scouring the Patriot and Northeast conferences for talent.
Losing one of the top performing qbs in the country is quite a bit different than anything in our qb room. Daniels even had a little dark horse Heisman talk attached to him. I that was a little too much but he was playing fairly well.
The point is, I’m curious how they would do without a good qb. I wonder if Leipold will suddenly forget how to coach.
I think Bean has a good chance to be okay. Daniels was on the roster but wasn’t any finished product when Leipold got there so I’d assume Bean can improve as well.
