The Football Fieldhouse is the last piece of our puzzle

[Jimpeg]

But building the field house in a prime lot where many donor may not help create more donors. The catty weirdo may disagree, but those are conversations that have been had by many yellow lot pass holders. There are other options, but for some reason, they are choosing the Yellow lot option.

I would imagine the yellow lot is the easiest and cheapest option....
Personally with the field house and lacrosse field on the blue lot parking nearby will be hard to get and thats under the assumption the bubble will stay for other sports. (sorry i dont think RU will take over part of the golf course)
RU will build on cheap, instead of putting the field house on the brown lot and tennis courts and building a parking deck on the white lot...

 

[Plum Street]

Honestly, forget sports facility planning. Rutgers' infrastructure planning in general is just god awful. Why does Beck Hall even exist? 🤢

For secret free parking at the RAC ??

Doh!!! 😣

 

[NickRU714]

But building the field house in a prime lot where many donors park may not help create more donors. The catty weirdo may disagree, but those are conversations that have been had by many yellow lot pass holders. There are other options, but for some reason, they are choosing the Yellow lot option.

Unfortunately for you (and others potentially displaced), success will paint over everything.
If we become a top Big Ten program, any fans and STH lost from the Yellow Lot will be replaced.
And frankly, the University is planning on it.

Sidenote: just another note in the ledger for the "schools are just as selfish as players".


To quote Thanos:
Thanos:......And then with the stones you've collected for me create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe.

Steve Rogers : Born out of blood.

Thanos : They'll never know it. Because you won't be alive to tell them.

 

[Knight Shift]

Unfortunately for you (and others potentially displaced), success will paint over everything.
If we become a top Big Ten program, any fans and STH lost from the Yellow Lot will be replaced.
And frankly, the University is planning on it.

Sidenote: just another note in the ledger for the "schools are just as selfish as players".


To quote Thanos:
Thanos:......And then with the stones you've collected for me create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe.

Steve Rogers : Born out of blood.

Thanos : They'll never know it. Because you won't be alive to tell them.

IDK if Rutgers will ever become THAT successful. Rutgers Athletics is surviving on old legacy donor (a few who develop huge sums of money (Browns, Towers, Garuttis, Rodkins). Not many new donors. Not so sure Maryland is swimming in new donor money with their recent "success." Time will tell if winning 8-9 games per year will germinate and sustain a bunch of new donors. To get to the next level, IMO, sustained success like Michigan, Ohio State, or even Penn State is needed. Not trying to be a Debbie downer or a doubting Thomas, but not sure the calculus is there for a new slew of donors.

 

[SBP]

Is there a rendering somewhere?

 

[rutgersal]

Is there a rendering somewhere?

 

[retired711]

The Football Fieldhouse is needed to improve our chances to get that next level recruit, who can help take us to the promised land. The Quincy Porter type recruit, from Bergen Catholic, who is going to Ohio State, and didn’t give Rutgers a second look. We land the Quincy Porter type recruit, and we will be throwing on third and 7, to Quincy Porter.

Schiano was able to recruit this caliber of recruit at Ohio State and Miami. He is unable to recruit this type of kid to Rutgers because our value proposition isn’t strong enough.

The Basketball practice facility is the best facility money can buy, and this year, we landed two of the best three incoming basketball players. In time, Football will see similar recruiting results, once the Football Fieldhouse is built.

Below is the link to donate to support the building of the fieldhouse. We need to raise $50M to get a shovel in the ground.

Indoor Football Practice Facility | Support Rutgers University Foundation

<p>The indoor practice facility will take current and future Rutgers Football student-athletes to an unprecedented level of competitiveness. The facility will feature a height clearance of 96 feet and will be fully equipped with technology, temperature control, video boards, and more to op…

give.rutgersfoundation.org

This post is fine -- having a football fieldhouse would indeed "improve our chances to get that next level recruit." (It doesn't guarantee that we'll get him, but recruits do care about facilities.) The thread's title -- that a field house is "the last piece of the puzzle" -- is untrue. As our coaches and staff say, we need to have a lot more NIL money available. Some of our fellow posters think that better staff and coaches are needed. It's a question of priorities: does it help the program more to get a football fieldhouse or to have more NIL money or to have better coaches? As desirable as a fieldhouse is, I'm not at all sure that it the top priority.

This is so typical of this poster. He makes an excellent point in his post and then undercuts himself with an extravagant (and probably untrue) claim.

 

[Knight Shift]

This post is fine -- having a football fieldhouse would indeed "improve our chances to get that next level recruit." (It doesn't guarantee that we'll get him, but recruits do care about facilities.) The thread's title -- that a field house is "the last piece of the puzzle" -- is untrue. As our coaches and staff say, we need to have a lot more NIL money available. Some of our fellow posters think that better staff and coaches are needed. It's a question of priorities: does it help the program more to get a football fieldhouse or to have more NIL money or to have better coaches? As desirable as a fieldhouse is, I'm not at all sure that it the top priority.

This is so typical of this poster. He makes an excellent point in his post and then undercuts himself with an extravagant (and probably untrue) claim.

Very well- stated. Almost every rutgersal post is prone to hyperbole or irrational exuberance. We need more fans like rutgersal. It's also OK to debate the hyperbolic nature of his posts in a friendly manner. What's not needed is catty attacks on donors experience donor fatigue wondering where they should donate their money: (1) NIL, (2) facilities or (3) general fund, especially when Rutgers finally seems to be rolling in B1G money. Conjures up the Creedence lyric:
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
They only answer, "More, more, more"
Or the lyrics from Rush's The Big Money:

Big money got a heavy hand
Big money take control
Big money got a mean streak
Big money got no soul

 

[retired711]

Very well- stated. Almost every rutgersal post is prone to hyperbole or irrational exuberance. We need more fans like rutgersal. It's also OK to debate the hyperbolic nature of his posts in a friendly manner. What's not needed is catty attacks on donors experience donor fatigue wondering where they should donate their money: (1) NIL, (2) facilities or (3) general fund, especially when Rutgers finally seems to be rolling in B1G money. Conjures up the Creedence lyric:
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
They only answer, "More, more, more"
Or the lyrics from Rush's The Big Money:

Big money got a heavy hand
Big money take control
Big money got a mean streak
Big money got no soul

Or Bob Dylan's line, which I found so appropriate when the Pac-12 was destroyed with the result that West Coast athletes will often have to travel two or three time zones East for games: "money doesn't talk, it swears."

 

[rutgersal]

This post is fine -- having a football fieldhouse would indeed "improve our chances to get that next level recruit." (It doesn't guarantee that we'll get him, but recruits do care about facilities.) The thread's title -- that a field house is "the last piece of the puzzle" -- is untrue. As our coaches and staff say, we need to have a lot more NIL money available. Some of our fellow posters think that better staff and coaches are needed. It's a question of priorities: does it help the program more to get a football fieldhouse or to have more NIL money or to have better coaches? As desirable as a fieldhouse is, I'm not at all sure that it the top priority.

This is so typical of this poster. He makes an excellent point in his post and then undercuts himself with an extravagant (and probably untrue) claim.

Maybe you are unaware, but we paid significant amounts of NIL, which is how we retained most of our players. We will never raise as much as coaches want, due to cultural reasons: many fans simply won’t support NIL.

This staff and coaches is as good as it gets at Rutgers.

In my mind, the field house is indeed the last piece of the puzzle because it’s an opportunity to shore up our greatest weakness, especially when compared against the primary competition: Penn State, Ohio State, Maryland, and Michigan.

 

[sct1111]

But building the field house in a prime lot where many donors park may not help create more donors. The catty weirdo may disagree, but those are conversations that have been had by many yellow lot pass holders. There are other options, but for some reason, they are choosing the Yellow lot option.

I always see the Scarlet Lot half empty. Maybe many of you can switch? There also seems to be new parking lots being created. Possible tailgating lots?

 

[LotusAggressor]

Very well- stated. Almost every rutgersal post is prone to hyperbole or irrational exuberance. We need more fans like rutgersal. It's also OK to debate the hyperbolic nature of his posts in a friendly manner. What's not needed is catty attacks on donors experience donor fatigue wondering where they should donate their money: (1) NIL, (2) facilities or (3) general fund, especially when Rutgers finally seems to be rolling in B1G money. Conjures up the Creedence lyric:
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
They only answer, "More, more, more"
Or the lyrics from Rush's The Big Money:

Big money got a heavy hand
Big money take control
Big money got a mean streak
Big money got no soul

More Rush

Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away.
Waiting for the rainbow's end to cast its gold your way.

 

[rutgersal]

IDK if Rutgers will ever become THAT successful. Rutgers Athletics is surviving on old legacy donor (a few who develop huge sums of money (Browns, Towers, Garuttis, Rodkins). Not many new donors. Not so sure Maryland is swimming in new donor money with their recent "success." Time will tell if winning 8-9 games per year will germinate and sustain a bunch of new donors. To get to the next level, IMO, sustained success like Michigan, Ohio State, or even Penn State is needed. Not trying to be a Debbie downer or a doubting Thomas, but not sure the calculus is there for a new slew of donors.

To get to the next level, we need a field house, which will help us better recruit that next level recruit. This is a 5 star program when you look at our results in transforming 3 star kids into 5 star performers, like Kyle Monangai.

We need a better facility which will strengthen our value proposition. All the donors we’ll ever need are already in the fanbase. It’s a matter of convincing our Wall Street alumni, pharma alumni, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals, the value in investing in Rutgers Football.

The first time the Hale Center was improved, it resulted in arguably our best class ever, with Ray Rice, the McCourtys, and others joining up. The next year we landed Kenny Britt. We throw up the field house, our class will see a similar bump.

1000 donors giving $833 a month for five years gets it done. That’s a nice car monthly payment.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

5 star programs are those in the CFP and NYD bowl games on a regular basis. They also pump out numerous 1st & 2nd round draft picks.

 

[rutgersal]

5 star programs are those in the CFP and NYD bowl games on a regular basis. They also pump out numerous 1st & 2nd round draft picks.

When our classes have a good representation of 4 and 5 star recruits, we also will pump out 1st and 2nd round picks effortlessly, and also be in the CFP and NYD bowl games consistently .

Miami did so in the early aughts and the same culture has been transplanted here. The last variables to be elevated here is support and consequently recruiting. Everything else is in place for success: Championship Caliber Culture and Championship Caliber Coaching.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

When our classes have a good representation of 4 and 5 star recruits, we also will pump out 1st and 2nd round picks effortlessly, and also be in the CFP and NYD bowl games consistently .

Miami did so in the early aughts and the same culture has been transplanted here. The last variables to be elevated here is support and consequently recruiting. Everything else is in place for success: Championship Caliber Culture and Championship Caliber Coaching.

Thank you for admitting that your prior post was inaccurate.