Kratch and Politi

RUJeffro

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Most of the questionable coaching happened in the first half when Rutgers was getting its' doors blown in. The coaching was scrambling to find something that worked. Had they known how the second half would shake out, maybe they don't make some of those decisions. But no one has a Crystal ball. Plus the coaches didn't call a penalty at 10 yard line or a dropped pass. Jesus, this team is light years ahead of a Chris Ash led squad. And why is that?

After the Flood/Ash years, I don't get caught up in W's or L's but simply how the team plays. If they play well, like we saw yesterday, they'll win their share and the program will have an upward trajectory.
Blasphemy
 

RUTGERS95

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Yeah, it would have been nice if they could have made some adjustments to shore up the defense in the 2nd half.
Or better prepared in the first half. Remind us, how was that first half? Not like Mich did anything crazy there right?

Don't be stupid
 

BLewis1968

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Maybe things have changed, but someone who worked in the sports department at the Star Ledger once said that the writers don't write the headlines. The Editors do.

That 100% hasn't changed, at the Ledger, APP, NY Post or any other newspaper. I've been in the business over 30 years and never written a single headline. I probably won't write any until I retire. Writers write, photographers photograph, assignment editors assign, and the desk comes up with headlines. (I'm speaking of newspapers, mind you. Some dude doing a blog, or vlog or Youtube channel, or any of the above is a different story).
 
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RUTGERS95

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What is up with there articles following RU's valiant defeat to UM trying to stir up controversy? The articles headlines definitely have an anti-Schiano, anti-R slant. One of Kratch's articles even calls last season OT loss "an epic collapse". Why bring up last seasons game in relation to today's game? A lot of positives they could have highlighted instead they are negative. So much for home cooking
Because the team looked ilprepared in first half, oc headscrstchers in 2nd, a game we should have won based on 60 minutes of play. Coaching cost that game, um did nothing special. Gleeson needs to go with too many stupid plays he squandered being cute or not understanding where um strengths are.
 

kapyoche

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We are not designed to win close games. The offense gets very conservative and tight. We play not to lose even when we are losing. Go figure.

Why have Vedral run with less than 2 minutes left when he was having success passing the ball and time is running out. Rutgers needed a TD, not a FG. I am not an OC, but I would not have had Vedral run. Rutgers would have had to use a timeout even if he didn't fumble. That was not a good call.
 

MADHAT1

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Over the years many RU fans have understood how the Star Liar attacks RU FB any way it can and sometimes their attack hits below the belt by turning progress into failure.

The Star Ledger should be looked upon as we should look on anyone or thing that wants to hurt the chances of Rutgers being considered a national respected program by the residents of New Jersey and in doing so hurt everyone that wants to see RU FB become a success .

Don't expect the so called sports department of the Newark Star Ledger to change, now, from what it was when this article was put out
Keep digging that hole (Star Liar)- On the Banks
http://www.onthebanks.com/2008/08/03/keep-digging-that-hole

or when RU Fans had to place this in that rag ( in which it hide the ad in a little viewd section)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/924/gTlJZO.jpg
 
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koleszar

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Politi kind of pissed me off. He's been hammering the Oline every chance he gets. So what do they do today lead us to 196 yds. rushing and 1 sack. His response the line did "OKAY". Just "Okay" really, any other team and that's considered great line play.

If you think he wasn’t helpful, you are naive. He called out what was going on publicly and made it impossible for Hobbs to shove it under the rug and pick someone else. His coverage of that story was great and his journalism on it made the whole drama a national story. You don’t have to like him, but his role in that was very positive for Rutgers.
I'd say with him, it was more about him trying to stir up controversy and see if he could push the narrative to get the AD fired. It's what he does and if he succeeds he has a ton more stories to write.
 

brookdale-soda

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floods game day coaching is. MILES better than Schiano’s. That’s just a fact.

doesn’t mean he was better for RU..but X’s and O’s..flood is very very very good
Schiano wouldn't have lost to Teddy Bridgewater on one leg. Thats for certain.

If you compare them, you have to compare offense and defense. Flood was an offensive minded coach. Flood opened up the offense for one year when he had a Sr. QB. Whatever good things he did on offense were cancelled out on defense. He instructed his DC to "stop the run" at all costs. Meanwhile spread Os in the AAC put up 500-600 yards of O on Rutgers at will. The guy had one defensive game plan for everyone. And people thought Schiano couldn't defend the spread?

Politi argued for Flood like Rutgers was being unfair to him.
 
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy

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I wouldn't know I don't read nj.com but they're not far off.

That game management at the end of the first half was Chris Ash level bad. Putz around for 3 minutes at midfield showing you have no interest in scoring...then ehhh **** it lets go for it on 4th and 10 with 26 seconds left and hand UM 3 points instead. I was dumbfounded at that entire sequence.

If we don't do that and Val makes his FG it's 17-16 in Q4 with UM playing tight and scared.

But "if" didn't happen...
But if we get the first down and nail a FG its 17-6 at half and then were a valentino dambrosio chippy from 25 away from winning
 

RUTGERS95

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Which team’s game coaching?

How would you (and all of you) rate Michigan’s game coaching?
I don't care about um, i care about ours. If the first half coaching wasn't a clusterfk we win this game. I'll guarantee you greg isnt happy with staff 1st half, himself included. You cant win consistently with only half game coaching! Amazed people are content with that 1 half. Thats a game we could have and probably should have won
We can play!
 

RUTGERS95

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Schiano wouldn't have lost to Teddy Bridgewater on one leg. Thats for certain.

If you compare them, you have to compare offense and defense. Flood was an offensive minded coach. Flood opened up the offense for one year when he had a Sr. QB. Whatever good things he did on offense were cancelled out on defense. He instructed his DC to "stop the run" at all costs. Meanwhile spread Os in the AAC put up 500-600 yards of O on Rutgers at will. The guy had one defensive game plan for everyone. And people thought Schiano couldn't defend the spread?

Politi argued for Flood like Rutgers was being unfair to him.
Flood certainly was better overall on gameday. Greg has had far too many headscratchers to count. That said, ill take greg every day of the week and twice on sunday!!!!!!
 

Mikemarc

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Schiano wouldn't have lost to Teddy Bridgewater on one leg. Thats for certain.

If you compare them, you have to compare offense and defense. Flood was an offensive minded coach. Flood opened up the offense for one year when he had a Sr. QB. Whatever good things he did on offense were cancelled out on defense. He instructed his DC to "stop the run" at all costs. Meanwhile spread Os in the AAC put up 500-600 yards of O on Rutgers at will. The guy had one defensive game plan for everyone. And people thought Schiano couldn't defend the spread?

Politi argued for Flood like Rutgers was being unfair to him.
Well they were. Lol
 

nukem

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Retarded is a terrible word to use. I’m fine, but ok. We disagree. All good
People have short memories. He's the guy who lost to Kent St with a roster full of NFL players by leaving Gary Nova in to throw 6 INT's. Which probably did more damage to the kid for the rest of the year. He screwed up that 2012 team so bad. How about that great coaching performance against a **** *** Virginia Tech team in the bowl game. Please with this Flood nonsense. If you think he would've coached this team to have a chance to win in the 4th quarter At Michigan then yes, I think you're crazy.
 

Mikemarc

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People have short memories. He's the guy who lost to Kent St with a roster full of NFL players by leaving Gary Nova in to throw 6 INT's. Which probably did more damage to the kid for the rest of the year. He screwed up that 2012 team so bad. How about that great coaching performance against a **** *** Virginia Tech team in the bowl game. Please with this Flood nonsense. If you think he would've coached this team to have a chance to win in the 4th quarter At Michigan then yes, I think you're crazy.

that’s fine.
People have short memories. He's the guy who lost to Kent St with a roster full of NFL players by leaving Gary Nova in to throw 6 INT's. Which probably did more damage to the kid for the rest of the year. He screwed up that 2012 team so bad. How about that great coaching performance against a **** *** Virginia Tech team in the bowl game. Please with this Flood nonsense. If you think he would've coached this team to have a chance to win in the 4th quarter At Michigan then yes, I think you're crazy.

And you don’t remember greg screwing up a New Hampshire game? Or cinci gane?

it’s not about games they screwed up though. Flood has one of the best records I. Ru history, In the toughest conference in ru history
 

Mikemarc

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The best you can say about Flood is that he was better than Ash

muuuuuch better game day coach than schiano. Much.

key word here is game day.

a coach with Schiano’s personality and floods game day decisions is the perfect coach
 

RUbacker

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He’s a Lower tier , below average sportswriter . We don’t need friends like him and he’s not supposed to be our friend anyway.
Media sucks period. Totally biased and slanted. If you have not noticed you are not paying attention.
 

Knight177lb

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Politi's Tar Heels got pounded by GaTech. He's trying to process that.

Well, he's a Tar Heel. So....

Georgia Tech is absolutely horrendous. The fact that North Carolina got beat by them really shows how bad they suck. Their Basketball team sucks now too. The worse NC does, the more Politi goes after Rutgers. It's a pattern I've been noticing for years.
 
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Mikemarc

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Ok… but you know damn well they aren’t objective either. Comments like that don’t acknowledge the situation as it is. Not sure why people throw that out

what about their articles weren’t objective?
 

miketd1

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They aren’t reporting the news. We can easily find scores and highlights elsewhere.

They are selling ad space. Full stop.

They get the most eyeballs with emotional headlines. Quintessential clickbait.

Case in point: would this thread even exist if not for the negative slant?
 

Plum Street

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They aren’t reporting the news. We can easily find scores and highlights elsewhere.

They are selling ad space. Full stop.

They get the most eyeballs with emotional headlines. Quintessential clickbait.

Case in point: would this thread even exist if not for the negative slant?
Right . That’s why people need to stop reading it.
 

Plum Street

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I don’t read their stuff. But when a headline reads Schiano “doomed” Rutgers and that “moral victories aren’t enough” the goal isn’t to support the build up of the program the goal is to create incendiary headlines
Right . Just stop talking about it. This is exactly what a hack job wants
 
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Mikemarc

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I don’t read their stuff. But when a headline reads Schiano “doomed” Rutgers and that “moral victories aren’t enough” the goal isn’t to support the build up of the program the goal is to create incendiary headlines
Their goal isn’t to build up the program!

their goal is to create headlines..

what about that don’t you get?