The Boo's

[Jersey383]

If you had any common sense you would know the boo's were directed at flood. Les take a look at the play that caused this whole fiasco. Laviano got blown up and was rolling around on the ground for a good 5 minutes he was clearly in pain. Insert Hayden rettig who was "so close" to winning the starting job over the summer but hasn't seen any meaningful time since he played lights out the first game of the year. He gets one play a hand off that went for 8 yards. The next thing you know laviano is trotting back on the field after rolling on the ground for 5 minutes. It was clear to me that the fans were booing flood for putting laviano back in the game after one play off. The fans were frustrated that the so called "1b" qb could only be trusted with one play after such a close summer race. This just shows that flood does not care for his health. As a coach I wouldn't care what the trainers said laviano would have been sitting the rest of that drive to give him a breather so he could gather himself after being driven into the ground.
Yes there may have been another way to express the anger but fans are fans thy paid for those seats they can do whatever the hell they want

 

[RobertG]

The Boos were not directed at Flood they were directed right at a player who was coming back on the field after making a great play and getting injured from it.

And if you believe that somehow Laviano was not going to take it personally you were and are wrong. It was classless and crass and I'm ashamed of the fan base.

I don't care if the fans boo the opposing team, I don't care if the fans boo the coach, the AD or the president.

But this kid is a Rutgers Player and a Rutgers student he deserves no booing directly or indirectly.

 

[zappaa]

As I said earlier, the most innaproprite collective boo I've ever witnessed.
But once again Flood shows zero awareness and poor decision making. CL is a gamer and wants to be tough, I commend him for that, but a coach has to be smart enough to give the kid a series off after having his chest caved in, if only not to subject him to what he should know will happen.
I know you going to say Flood shouldn't be concerned with a bunch of A holes in the crowd, but by being oblivious, he allows it to happen

 

[Jersey383]

The Boos were not directed at Flood they were directed right at a player who was coming back on the field after making a great play and getting injured from it.

And if you believe that somehow Laviano was not going to take it personally you were and are wrong. It was classless and crass and I'm ashamed of the fan base.

I don't care if the fans boo the opposing team, I don't care if the fans boo the coach, the AD or the president.

But this kid is a Rutgers Player and a Rutgers student he deserves no booing directly or indirectly.

Ask any fan that boo'd and I guarantee they will tell you they were showing there anger towards flood with the way the whole qb situation went. It was just icing on the cake when jackass decided to run laviano back out there after he almost got implanted into the turf. Laviano played a good game yesterday I will admit that (finally it only took him 5 weeks to throw another touchdown pass) but every other coach in the country would have had rettig finish out that drive. Seriously you let laviano catch his breath and gather himself. Shit laviano handed the ball off twice after that... Your telling me rettig couldn't have done that so laviano could shake off the cobwebs from that hit?!

 

[RUbusylady]

Would we even be discussing this if Flood had not made the stupid decision to put a player back in the game two seconds after he was injured? It was a poor decision by the fans to boo at the time Laviano was going back into the game and I was embarrassed that they were booing at that time. I don't blame Laviano for being upset but this is all goes back on Flood. He brings on the controversy with his poor decision making. I have been a Rutgers fan for many years but I can't take much more!!!!!

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Fans should have booed all game.

RU was severely outcoached the entire 2nd half.

Flood is a dud, needs to be fired by tomorrow.

 

[lighty]

The Boos were not directed at Flood they were directed right at a player who was coming back on the field after making a great play and getting injured from it.

Yeah, for sure. I mean, it's obviously that Flood is loved and thought of as a great coach by the majority of the fanbase right?

 

[Jersey383]

I find it funny that the best all around game we played all year was against Mich. St with Wilson calling the shots.... I don't think it's a coincidence that we played better without flood coaching.

 

[rsutton86]

I didn't boo, but the boo's were directed at Flood for putting Laviano back in. I can see how Lavisno thought the boos were directed at him but they weren't. People wanted flood to make a decision to keep Rettig in longer

 

[RUInsanity]

RU should have instructed the PA to announce.....

Ladies and Gentlemen they are not saying Booo- they are saying Caroooo.

I recall this type of commentary happening on Yankee broadcasts when Lou Pinella was playing. LOL

 

[RUMBA-JK]

Saw on TV & No question - the boos by any standard ended up appearing hideous - so hideous that all other factors end up being insignificant.
However, to remain tethered to reality, it is important to consider the larger picture and to keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of RU fans are not a bunch of cloddish insensitive ghouls.

Lavianio had just gotten dramatically flattened & was motionless on the field
- did the fans cheer during the extended period of time while he lay on the field? ... NO ....
- Did they cheer when he was assisted off of the field? ...NO ..... polite applause for an injured player
But moments later when Rettig ran on to the field they did wildly ROAR their cheers of approval ... (or shall we assign cynical motivations to the roaring & cheering and say that the sickos in the crowd were displaying their delayed delight with the injury to Laviano?)
I'm inclined to think that the cheering was far more that they were ecstatic that Rettig was getting into the game - especially since the cheering coincided precisely with Rettig's sprint to the huddle.
..Rettig got one simple play ... and the TV cameras stayed pretty much focused on him - I don't recall seeing the TV show Laviano make his way to the huddle - the cameras followed Rettig to the sidelines and zoomed in to capture his look of frustration as the Boos filled the stadium .... so, the visuals for a TV viewer were probably far more supportive of the idea that the Booing was from fans who wanted to see Rettig play more & was directed toward Flood for Rettig being pulled out. I can recall cringing as I watched this - thinking - ugh - this is awful - and thinking that Rettig had to be frustrated at not staying in the game - but also furious at the absurdity of the situation - pretty sure that Rettig got no pleasure from all of the Booing.

Regardless of the true motivations - (and no doubt there were many different ones - some positive, some negative, many,many simply unthinking ) - this ended up looking hideous.

 

[bitnez]

Forget whether "you" believe the booing was right or wrong. Many posters who admitted to booing have said that they were booing Flood. Yet, other posters keep telling them that they were actually booing Laviano. One can question whether the timing created a perception that they were booing CL but if someone says the intent was to boo Flood you either accept it and move on or call them a liar.

 

[RobertG]

Rettig was cheered when he ran on the field, Laviano was booed when he ran on the field. Please stop with the crap that you were really booing flood. here's the other posts today by the OP on Laviano

Yeah laviano no shit laviano supports coach flood. He handed him the starting job and said don't worry no matter how shitty you play you will be the starter all year. I felt like I was watching a fifth grade football team where the coaches son is the qb all the time no matter how bad he's playing.

No laviano your gonna need to find a new team when Russo comes in and takes that starting job away from you. I heard Rowan needs a qb...

The kid has taken a lot of crap and he played some bad games and some good games. I would have loved to see Rettig get some meaningful time, but it was low and classless to boo when he came back on the field, even if you really "meant it for flood"

 

[Jersey383]

Rettig was cheered when he ran on the field, Laviano was booed when he ran on the field. Please stop with the crap that you were really booing flood. here's the other posts today by the OP on Laviano

Yeah laviano no shit laviano supports coach flood. He handed him the starting job and said don't worry no matter how shitty you play you will be the starter all year. I felt like I was watching a fifth grade football team where the coaches son is the qb all the time no matter how bad he's playing.

No laviano your gonna need to find a new team when Russo comes in and takes that starting job away from you. I heard Rowan needs a qb...

The kid has taken a lot of crap and he played some bad games and some good games. I would have loved to see Rettig get some meaningful time, but it was low and classless to boo when he came back on the field, even if you really "meant it for flood"

I'll tell you why I'm going after him!! He's trying to tell me to go support another team and all the other fans that don't support him of flood to go support another team. Well that ain't happening I'm invested to deep in this program to just move on. News flash Chris I'll be here long after you and your daddy are out at Rutgers. Lol and you don't think people arleady read those posts?? Laviano played a total of three good games all year..... THREE!!! It's pretty obvious that flood was sticking with laviano all year no matter what and I think his play suffered because of it. He wasn't worried about losing his job and because of that we saw the result of a comfortable qb who felt like he didn't need to prove himself each and every game. No matter how bad he was playing jackass was still running him out there. He's not a d1 qb..... Everyone knows that

 

[hiwater]

If you had any common sense you would know the boo's were directed at flood.

True, but it doesn't matter now.The SL will make an issue of the boos because of the ideas that they got from this site with last nights complaints about RU fans booing and injured Laviano. Reality does not matter. Just the sensational story line.

 

[Phi_1055]

Some, not all, fans are really splitting hairs now. "I'm not booing YOU. I'm booing the coach for putting YOU in the game. See the difference?"

 

[Jersey383]

Some, not all, fans are really splitting hairs now. "I'm not booing YOU. I'm booing the coach for putting YOU in the game. See the difference?"

Listen I wasn't at the game I was working. I had family at the game and the booed. A lot. But from what I gathered from them they were booing that fact that laviano was being brought back into the game one play after being pasted to the ground. They were booing the egoistic dunce that is on the sideline. From what I understood people were yelling stuff at flood and booing at flood the whole time. But hey I wasn't there I am only speaking on what I was told and what I witnessed when I watched the highlight when I got home from work.

 

[RUich]

Didn't Flood actually call a time out during a game so Laviano could return rather than put Rettig in for the required one play after being injured?
If my memory is correct, it speaks volumes to how much respect Flood has for Rettig.

 

[RUsSKii]

Listen I wasn't at the game I was working. I had family at the game and the booed. A lot. But from what I gathered from them they were booing that fact that laviano was being brought back into the game one play after being pasted to the ground. They were booing the egoistic dunce that is on the sideline. From what I understood people were yelling stuff at flood and booing at flood the whole time. But hey I wasn't there I am only speaking on what I was told and what I witnessed when I watched the highlight when I got home from work.

This. Some of the stuff I heard being screamed at Flood after that exchange (and the second half in general) would make a biker club wince. It was quieter outside of the booing though, because a lot of people were either laughing at the futility on the field or just seemed to stop caring.

 

[herdof3]

unfortunately not many opportunities for fans to show displeasure with Flood. I wasn't there. probably wouldn't have booed but not 100% positive.

 

[SouthJerseyRU]

As I said earlier, the most innaproprite collective boo I've ever witnessed.
But once again Flood shows zero awareness and poor decision making. CL is a gamer and wants to be tough, I commend him for that, but a coach has to be smart enough to give the kid a series off after having his chest caved in, if only not to subject him to what he should know will happen.
I know you going to say Flood shouldn't be concerned with a bunch of A holes in the crowd, but by being oblivious, he allows it to happen

Another great post from Zappa on this subject. The only thing worse than Flood's situational awareness on this was that of our fans. Simply do no boo in a situation where the player was coming back in from injury.

 

[Phi_1055]

Listen I wasn't at the game I was working. I had family at the game and the booed. A lot. But from what I gathered from them they were booing that fact that laviano was being brought back into the game one play after being pasted to the ground. They were booing the egoistic dunce that is on the sideline. From what I understood people were yelling stuff at flood and booing at flood the whole time. But hey I wasn't there I am only speaking on what I was told and what I witnessed when I watched the highlight when I got home from work.

A typical fan reaction to a player shaking off a hard hit and coming back into the game is to cheer, not boo. Fans can say they were booing the decision or the coach, and not the player, but it's the same thing in this instance. Either way, it's booing Laviano coming back into the game and there's no way CL wouldn't take that personally.

And I say this as a fan who has thought Rettig should be playing over Laviano since seeing them in the opening game. If I was at the game I would have been on my feet clapping for Laviano and his grit when he came back on the field. While silently wondering WTF Flood was doing.

 

[zappaa]

A typical fan reaction to a player shaking off a hard hit and coming back into the game is to cheer, not boo. Fans can say they were booing the decision or the coach, and not the player, but it's the same thing in this instance. Either way, it's booing Laviano coming back into the game and there's no way CL wouldn't take that personally.

And I say this as a fan who has thought Rettig should be playing over Laviano since seeing them in the opening game. If I was at the game I would have been on my feet clapping for Laviano and his grit when he came back on the field.

I remember distinctly a fan yelling at me from the third base line, I'm not booing you Dale, I'm booing the coach for putting you out there.
As a player believe me, you think they're booing you.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

The booing when Laviano returned to the game was the single most embarrassing moment I've ever experienced as a Rutgers fan. And that is saying a lot. It was goddamn pathetic. I saw it coming, and stood there in awe that it actually happened. Of all the ignorant, senseless ways to express your disgust with the coaching staff.

Of course you want to boo Flood, everyone does, but to express that emotion at that moment -- booing the return of a first year starter at QB, who has done everything that was asked of him all year long, without complaining, without taking plays off or giving up despite the fact that the offensive line must be one of the worst in the country was beyond any sense of decorum.

My only thought walking out was that our shitty fan base gets exactly what they deserve.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

While we are on the subject, I also had my second most embarrassing moment on Saturday.

I witnessed some "fans" booing at the tunnel when the team was walking out. These boos were also apparently directed at Flood and the coaching staff, but do you really think the players taking the field don't take it personally? Of course Leonte Caroo was walking with some staff members, and makes an angry hand gesture at the booing idiots.

It was surreal. F*cking morons booing at the tunnel when our star player, who is playing hurt, is going back out onto the field. Keep in mind, this was at halftime -- so we were winning 31-10 I believe.