It's utterly wrong, at least when it comes to me. He's a coach that ultimately produced consistent but very, very mediocre results. I was told year after year post 2006 to just give him more time--I distinctly remember being promised by one board member that we should wait a couple of years once Tom Savage was on board and if he didn't win the Big East or go to a good bowl game it was fair to criticize him. That didn't pan out, never mind, give him more time, Schiano will get us there. RU regularly had the easiest schedules in college football, usually 8 FBS opponents per year. He beat midmajors a lot and went .500 in conference. At some point if you're a coach you produce something great or you don't. 10+ years is enough time to see. 3rd rate bowls is not a particularly noteworthy achievement.
Failing anything great his supporters have decided to spin the situation that the Big East was really tough--hence it was asking too much that Schiano win it even once. Never mind UConn did it one year, by beating WVU, something Schiano also never did in 11 tries. Never mind Brian Kelly came in and ate everyone's lunch right away.
These same people screamed and shrieked so loudly that Schiano was brought back--for 8 years. Who gets 8 year contracts second time around? So far results are unimpressive--and what am I hearing? 1. It's always someone else's fault: AD, OC, QB, O-line. 2. He needs more time.
I've seen both movies before, many times. If you're happy with consistent mediocrity that's fine but admit it. And stop making excuses for unimpressive performance or exaggerating mediocre wins. Temple? For $32 million? Year 1 was an impressive turnaround, but since then the team has hit a low ceiling. I hope he does better in the future because we're stuck with him but the same people who insisted he was going to do great things before are doing it again. And if anyone doubts them, they resort to personal attacks and claim you aren't a real fan--because real Rutgers fans are content to wait and wait and wait while their team is crushed all season for years, and are boring AF while doing it. Call me skeptical.