Kyle Flood is a guy who was hired to do a job.
He was hired at half a mil a year. To replace a coach making four times as much.
He may not be up to the task, but you can't blame him for the state of the program right now.
You can't even really blame Julie Hermann. She tried to replace Flood two years ago. We couldn't come up with the money.
If you're frustrated with the Rutgers football experience, the only person who shoulders real accountabiity, here, is Robert Barchi.
It was Barchi who said that no additional indebtedness would be incurred prior to the B1G break-even point. It was Barchi who said that he was happy with the trajectory of the program. It was Barchi who said that the short-term goal of Rutgers Athletics was "business as usual" until we started getting a full share of the conference money.
The inertia that is inherent in this program will never be broken by Kyle Flood. It will never be broken by Greg Schiano. The only thing that breaks the inertia of the program is a $5 million guy. And as long as Robert Barchi sits behind the desk in the President's office, that guy will never be hired.
The trajectory of Rutgers football is to be Purdue. People who can't live with that have two choices - either hope and pay for new leadership, at every level - or find another team.
He was hired at half a mil a year. To replace a coach making four times as much.
He may not be up to the task, but you can't blame him for the state of the program right now.
You can't even really blame Julie Hermann. She tried to replace Flood two years ago. We couldn't come up with the money.
If you're frustrated with the Rutgers football experience, the only person who shoulders real accountabiity, here, is Robert Barchi.
It was Barchi who said that no additional indebtedness would be incurred prior to the B1G break-even point. It was Barchi who said that he was happy with the trajectory of the program. It was Barchi who said that the short-term goal of Rutgers Athletics was "business as usual" until we started getting a full share of the conference money.
The inertia that is inherent in this program will never be broken by Kyle Flood. It will never be broken by Greg Schiano. The only thing that breaks the inertia of the program is a $5 million guy. And as long as Robert Barchi sits behind the desk in the President's office, that guy will never be hired.
The trajectory of Rutgers football is to be Purdue. People who can't live with that have two choices - either hope and pay for new leadership, at every level - or find another team.
