Friedgen had 10-2, 11-3, 10-3 seasons 2001-03 and 9-4 in 2006, 8-5 in 2008 and 9-4 in 2010. He did have some stinkers in between those years.
Who has the Authority to fire Hobbs and Ash ASAP ?
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That is what we call scared leadership and overthinking. How about tell the next coach - “we fired Ash after 3 years because we couldn’t fire him after 2.. now go out there and win”
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It’s just not true what you’re saying. There are absolutely coaches who feel like they can win here and rather easily and quickly.
Winning games isn’t the difficult part, you can do that by out-scheming. It’s the consistency over time that is the true test.
You need coaches that know how to win. Look at Friedgen when he was here. We suddenly looked competent on offense. Hell even when Jerry Kill was here we had at least a somewhat competitive team compared to the year before And after he left. Hire a proven winner Head Coach. And put up some money to do it. We are not gonna be an attractive destination now. Ash saw to that. We re gonna have to sweeten the pot.
Who feels they can win here easily and quickly? Names.
Two separate issues. Transfer (and Frosh) qbs are starting and excelling all over the place.
As for coaches, Rutgers pays significantly more than every school in the MAC, Mountain West, CUSA, and Sun Belt, and most in the AAC. That's a good pool to choose from. The notion that Rutgers pays too little to get someone decent is not true given the above.
what other sport minus wrestling and womens soccer has even been over 500 in B10 play?
People need to understand that our olympics sports were going to improve no matter what just by being in the big ten. We can attract a better player, better coaches and have more money to spend. Are some of Hobbs’ hires good ? Sure why not.. but if he didn’t make them, someone else would have
There is not an experienced coach in America that thinks they can win easily at Rutgers. This has been the case for years. Sure some young guy from Ohio State can sell a certain AD a bill of goods...
Good, established, Coaches won’t touch the Rutgers Job with a 100’ pole, because it requires too much work, unless Rutgers way overpays. This would be like a risk premium situation.
EXACTLY. And Barchi didn't even fire Rice properly because of not watching the damn video.
I've said it elsewhere, but I would hire an associate AD whose primary responsibility is football. Or as I've also said, just ask the folks at Temple who they would hire if they had an opening this year. They seem to get it right over and over, sort of like Cincinnati.
I think i'm Clare Voyent ! lol, What started as a post Iowa question rant, starting to get answered.
" So Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs finally pulled the trigger on his horrible hire, firing coach Chris Ash Sunday following a 52-0 loss to Michigan that left Ash 8-32 for his three seasons-plus. Hobbs, who is little more than a fundraiser, hired Ash in five days after conducting his own search – even though he has no football background (yes, it was a half-Ashed decision). It was a bad fit from the start, and that’s on Hobbs. The problem now is the at Hobbs’ enormous ego and arrogance may preclude a return by Greg Schiano because it’s hard to see those two co-existing. Good thing Hobbs is a fundraiser, too, because Rutgers owes Ash a reported $8.47 million. Wonder how long the Rutgers administration will be able to live with a mistake that costly from its AD, especially since the next guy will cost even more and will have to dig out from a massive hole (yet again) created by Hobbs’ hire."
" So Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs finally pulled the trigger on his horrible hire, firing coach Chris Ash Sunday following a 52-0 loss to Michigan that left Ash 8-32 for his three seasons-plus. Hobbs, who is little more than a fundraiser, hired Ash in five days after conducting his own search – even though he has no football background (yes, it was a half-Ashed decision). It was a bad fit from the start, and that’s on Hobbs. The problem now is the at Hobbs’ enormous ego and arrogance may preclude a return by Greg Schiano because it’s hard to see those two co-existing. Good thing Hobbs is a fundraiser, too, because Rutgers owes Ash a reported $8.47 million. Wonder how long the Rutgers administration will be able to live with a mistake that costly from its AD, especially since the next guy will cost even more and will have to dig out from a massive hole (yet again) created by Hobbs’ hire."
