What I'm Hearing
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Agreed. Unless RU can lure away a big time coach from his current job (almost no chance of that happening) RU needs a young, hungry, tireless worker like Schiano and Ash were/are when they first took the football job.
I would assume that Hobbs has some prior relationship of working with Amaker, so it would make sense that he would at least inquire once things shake out.....I don't hear anything regarding Amaker leaving, supposedly he is locked in there for the long run. After that inquiry, I would have to think Sendek goes to the top of the short list, especially since he's unattached to any school right now.
So Hobbs raises funds to hire a new HC and staff if he feels it's necessary to fire EJ after this season.
There isn't talent on the squad to successfully compete in the B1G. A two year span of consecutive losses proves the point.
Sendek has the experience, but does he have the energy. This is a total rebuild. We need someone with lots of energy, high IQ, and tons of savvy. Somebody that won't be upset by having to live on an Airplane for the first few years of this job.
There are a few reasons we hired Hobbs and THIS (being an ACE "fundraiser") is one of them. No, it won't be easy, but this is the guy who can probably get it done.
He is only 52...lol...he has always had great assistants and can coach. Above all we need a coach here to get back to respectability. Mike Rice was a coach, Fred Hill wasn't. Herb doesn't have to show flash. He has rebuilt 3 programs and that's more than enough evidence to me why he would work
This program isn't looking for a rebuild. It needs a build. This is NOT a turnkey organization.
Herb, who is bald, would need to wear a lot of hats.
On his 4th program is he willing to work harder than he has ever worked in the past 15 years? Is he going to do all the PR things to initiate interest in the program he didn't have to do at NC St or ASU? will he kiss the a$$ of all the high school and AAU guys?
This is the primary reason Eddie failed, not his inability to motivate (very close 2nd)?
Herb, who is bald, would need to wear a lot of hats.
On his 4th program is he willing to work harder than he has ever worked in the past 15 years? Is he going to do all the PR things to initiate interest in the program he didn't have to do at NC St or ASU? will he kiss the a$$ of all the high school and AAU guys?
This is the primary reason Eddie failed, not his inability to motivate (very close 2nd)?
The "primary reason" Eddie is failing is that he has no idea HOW to get it done at this level. Comparing Sendek, a guy with a TON of top-level BCS experience, to Eddie, is an absolute "FAIL" of a comparison.
Unreal. Com'on Green, YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, fine, but stop with the complete bullshit!!! I'm begging you lol!
I don't like him or dislike him. Probably a prefect fit for other programs. If Crean didn't get his team turned around he'd work there.
The guy who comes here can't have a preconceived notion of what works. What works at NC State or Arizona State probably isn't enough here.
Speaking about Arizona State...anyone watch the game on Sunday with the FTs behind the curtain. 2 unicorns making out in what was the most bizarre thing I have ever seen.
Even before I read this, the word that I was going to use for Sendek is "safe." Hiring him is like buying a Camry: It's safe, reliable, you'll probably have it for a long time if you want, but it isn't a performance car and doesn't excite anyone. And then 10 years after you get rid of it, when you;re taking your Audi to the mechanics again, you probably look back at it somewhat fondly, thinking, "that really wasn't such a bad old car ... why'd we get rid of it, again?"
The reason Sendek was about to be fired (or was thought to be, anyway) is because he was their Camry. His teams were consistently anywhere from bubble consideration to potential 7 seed, but (and there may have been an odd year, but...) never any better. He was the embodiment of high-end mediocre, even at a place, NCSU, that has a pretty good basketball tradition.
Of course, if he can do that at Rutgers, he'll get a parade down George Street, and if you can get him, you should. But eventually, you'll forget about the depths you plumbed back in 2016, and want more than 8-10, 9-9, 10-8 Big Ten records and occasional 9 and 10 seeds in the NCAA, and he's going to look pretty stale. That's when he starts to look like the 2004 Camry.
Rutgers would never allow this. Look how they put that gate up in front of the students section.
Would sign up for this in a heartbeat. We'll deal with eventually, eventually.... and those are the kinds of problems I want to have, when 9 and 10 seeds in the NCAA tournament have gotten stale and you're looking for someone to take you to the next level.
Things could be different with Hobbs at the helm now? No inside info but just a hunch. Hobbs has seen many of the basketball pits so he may be more receptive.
Sendek actually counted all the student seats at ASU (942) and gave them the name "942 Crew"........he would not have to do that at RU...there is a "Riot Squad".......just need to figure out how to get them to show up to the games.........winning would sure help
The curtain of distraction is awesome. Blows those dolts from Monmouth out of the water.
What has happened to our student section, over the years, is disgraceful:
- take the 250 or so seats, from behind the RU bench, away
- start selling student section seats to non-students for games that AREN'T sold out
- move the student section back
- "fence" the student section
- move the student section FURTHER back
....IMHO Hobbs should have it pulled right back to about 5-fee from the back of the basket and let the cheer teams, et al, stand there like they did for the first 25 years or so.
yes its pretty awful how many rows the student section lost from the push back and it definitely affects energy. There really was no good reason that they needed to put the fence up as well. Plus they also put in tables for media as well..why?
I would assume due to the removal of media space from directly in front of the original seat-backs, opposite the benches, to add the VIP seating?
Now, MY SOLUTION:
Put the press (see: people who don't pay to get in) in the 1st 2 rows of Section 110 and pull the bleachers back up to where they belong!!
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Someone I or you probably have never heard of. i don't have specific names. There will be a list of 5-10 upcomers and the interview is crucial.
The ideal candidate was an assistant at a P5 school, went to a mid major and succeeded, and is ready to move up.
The discussion of Sendek makes me wonder where we would be today if we had pursued Ben Howland a few years ago.
Fantastic Post. Sendek is a Camry. Rutgers can do better. Why can't Rutgers make a play for Kevin Ollie. or go outside the box for a Mitch Henderson, Michael White or Archie Miller.
Archie Miller is a Bentley. Rutgers is the teenager bagging groceries over the weekend.
Mike White just took the Florida job!!
Ollie makes more than $3 million. C'mon guys!!
"... someone who is pretty in the know with what's going on at RU," but didn't know Sanders was suspended discusses potential coaching hires with an anonymous poster and we're already on the fourth page of this thread. Just imagine if we had some hard information from someone who is actually in the know.
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