Many of his fans seen to care more about Schiano than Rutgers football so they get very defensive about him. Any endorsement of another coach is a direct threat. But these are the people who insisted loudly that Schiano must be re-hired, and for 8 years, and that he was by far the best choice, and that he had learned things (even though he was mostly not a HC while he was away). With the team limping along in Year 3 they have more explaining to do than just saying critics are Syracuse fans or Schiano needs more time and money. He's like George McClellan, always demanding more troops and supplies and then only ever delivering mediocre results.
"only ever delivering mediocre results."
yes the Gator Bowl loss last year was a mediocre result.
This season isn't over but some act like it's a disaster , even if a bowl invite is still a possibility.
The Kansas and Kansans St Head Coaches would have been good choices accepted by most RU fans based on their previous results.
But most that defend Schiano's hiring over them are basing their defense on how he fits the area , past tenure at RU when he took a clown show and made it a respected program.
The trust is there for Greg while Lance (2-10 at Kansas) & Klieman (20-16 in 3 years at K-St)wouldn't be a factor with those records until this season and Lance needs to prove next year this season wasn't a fluke
So realistically they wouldn't be in the picture and would have faced opposition from most of the fanbase even though successful at the programs they were at before their current teams.
Klieman was 8-5 at K-St the season before Greg came back to RU.
Through he had great success at a lower level, I doubt the don't want Greg crowd would have considered him a great choice
I felt he had coaching chops, but wondered if it fit rebuilding a program he wasn't familure with the area.
Leipold dropped down from 10-4 in 2018 to 8-5 in 2019 at Buffalo , so in 2020 his stock wasn't as strong as it is now and many RU fans cxould point that out as the reason they felt Schiano was a better choice..
5-7 last year earning a bowl bid might just be a reason to think so , even if the winning record RU has nnow isn't really impressive , it's a reason to feel the program is moving forward and has a chance to make a bowl game again.
Yes many of the fanbase loudly claimed Schiano needs to be the one hired and helped Hobbs make the derision to hire him.
Right now Rutgers is showing the type of improvement that Schiano1 brought to RU before.
Long term results need to be looked at as something needed and instant gratification sometimes doesn't last.
That's the reason Greg is the right man for the RU job, even if some of the RU FB fanbase look on the job as an easy fix in which Schiano isn't doing fast enough for them and claiming their opposition to him being hired over their choice makes them a target ffor Schiano supporters .
Not so and playing the victim card is out of place when discussing coaching choices for a 3-2 program that just got blown out by a great OSU team , but RU is still being looked on as a bowl possibility by many college football followers, even if the ones that aree down on Greg feel the season ended because the wrong coach is leading RU.
