Why do you want Schiano

[RUchip]

When he clearly doesn't want to coach here? He wanted Miami, yet some fans are willingly to take him back because we are now his 2nd or even possibly 3rd choice? The guy doesn't want to coach here because if he did it would have happened already.

 

[RuWishBone]

Who else is better that might take this position

 

[wegea]

He is by far the most qualified candidate. Great zone blitz and would make a big splash in NJ recruiting.

 

[mikershoein]

Not only for his tight ship, I think his time off has allowed him to breathe and maybe take a fresh approach to coaching. No doubt he's was a hothead, but the fact he's a coach and not a players coach is what ru needs now

 

[graystork]

Because it doesn't bother me in the least that he knows there are better coaching jobs than Rutgers. Shows intelligence.

 

[letitrip2]

hey OP - How do you know he doesn't want it? This is all about negotiation. Happens every year around this time.

 

[scarletrider]

because no one out there knows better, i mean no one, what it takes to win here.

but you have a point. i am cooling on him because he has us as the backup option to the prom.
if he is not an option, we should go with a great Xs and Os guy. someone like Herman.

 

[ruman]

I know there are many cons about GS. I just know the condition of this program in January 2012, after we beat Iowa St. We were ready to rock. I just think the program was ready to take off. His trip to the NFL was unfortunate for our program.

So he has a lot of issues. Many things people complain about are legit. I also know his time in Tampa Bay has done tremendous damage to his career and reputation. If he does not get UVA, and RU goes in a different direction, his window as a viable candidate for college jobs may be done. He may have to go the DC route and rebuild himself.

I just wish he had stayed for the 2012 season and had been here for the B1G announcement.

 

[DHajekRC84]

to be fair. I recall he was OUR third choice the first time around IIRC

 

[yellowlot]

I want him here. He has the edge and ego to compete here.

 

[GSGS]

Schiano once turned Miami down to stay at RU, a choice that Golden would NEVER make.

 

[rbled]

1. Because his last year he landed our best recruiting class ever (and probably would have been better if he stayed). It seemed like there was finally starting to get real momentum behind the stay home movement.
2. Recruiting was trending up despite being stuck in the BE / AAC. Would love to see how he could recruit as a B1G member.
3. One of the reasons we struggled offensively is because we perpetually had a skimpy budget for assistants. While he was able to find some defensive coaching gems since he had a good eye for that side of the ball he was much less successful finding good offensive coaching talent on the cheap. I would like to see what he could do with a real B1G budget for staff.
4. He is the only realistic candidate that I can see having the credibility to recruit against Meyer, Harbaugh, Franklin, etc.

 

[UpstreamRedTeam1]

He will run circles around Franklin. Golden will lose by Flood like margins.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

P R O V E N

He can win here.

 

[lighty]

People would be killing Schiano if he was begging to get the RU job just as much as they're killing him because he isn't begging for the job.

I swear the Schiano haters are like having a contest to see who can say the worst things about the man. I

 

[RUfromNJ]

This program was something to be proud of.

 

[sodakboy93]

My ambivalence about Schiano as a candidate has nothing to do with the fact he interviewed for other jobs. It shows that he's in demand, if nothing else. I just think people have selective memories about where we were as a program when he left - we'd basically plateaued and the act was clearly starting to wear thin. Maybe if he'd stayed he could've won the BE in 2012 and then the perception about him changes, but to me he's still the guy that got us to a certain position but couldn't get us over the hump.

As I said in another thread, Greg Schiano is your longtime ex-girlfriend. You have fond memories of your time together but there's a reason why you broke up in the first place.

 

[BrunswickBob]

I think GS would come in like a ball of fire and through sheer will and the power of his personality, force meaningful change that would raise the bar here. Starting from a higher plane than when he first came, thanks to his original efforts, I think he would take us to new heights. I think his flaws would cap his progress, and he'd flame out after a number of years, but he would once again leave us in a better place than he found us.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I think GS would come in like a ball of fire and through sheer will and the power of his personality, force meaningful change that would raise the bar here. Starting from a higher plane than when he first came, thanks to his original efforts, I think he would take us to new heights. I think his flaws would cap his progress, and he'd flame out after a number of years, but he would once again leave us in a better place than he found us.

I say GS has learned a lot. The man obviously loves the game. It is an avocation for him. He will be better this time around and hopefully, with the Big Ten money, he can have a proper staff behind him... and keep them around awhile.