Toggle sidebar

Zinn's post-mortem meeting with Schiano

PiscatawayMike

PiscatawayMike

Heisman
Jul 27, 2001
17,426
15,405
113
When the season is complete and Zinn sits down with Schiano to discuss the 2025 campaign, please post one question you want her to ask Schiano.

Please... no silly replies. Only questions you would honestly like her to ask the RU head coach.

My question:

Greg, as humans, we are constantly learning and changing. Please make a list of the top 10 things, as leader of the football program, you do differently now than in the past. Include how each item has led to success to an individual player(s) or the team as a whole.
 
  • Haha
Reactions: drewbagel423, RUBlackout and RUTGERS95
S

Shelby65

All-Conference
Apr 1, 2008
8,484
4,695
66
Excellent question PMike, not what you said she should ask him but what you’re asking here.

There’s really not much she can ask or demand from him. She should ask how he plans to be more competitive next year but he knows he’s safe for at least 3 more years and she won’t have him make staff changes because she realizes he has a history of struggling to find people to work under him.

Further, he’s arrogant and won’t give straight answers.

She’s handcuffed. He has more power and control than she does currently. She’ll stick to fund raising and leave him alone until the buyout shrinks enough to flip the power edge.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: DHajekRC1984 and Fat Koko
A

Anon1751632159

Senior
Jul 4, 2025
773
504
63
Serious question to show Greg she knows football
Are there really only 4 plays that either go left or right in the Entire playbook ???

do you really not return kicks with your best athletes cause a young man you love like a son was paralyzed ?

Big one ….i wasn’t here in 2006 , how long do you think that ONE game will let you earn 6 million a year ?

do you think your take no risk demand from your OC is hurting your ability to hire someone with a bigger playbook then a cape Atlantic league team from South Jersey ??

do you feel lucky that 98% of the fanbase accepts losing and that 2% with higher standards are losers and mean nothing because they don’t donate 100’s of thousands of dollars ???

WHY SHOULD I NOT FIRE YOU ?
 
  • Haha
  • Like
Reactions: MrsScrew, Section124 and DHajekRC1984
MADHAT1

MADHAT1

Heisman
Apr 1, 2003
31,826
16,613
113
What do you plan to do to make Rutgers into a better program than the one you have now?
 
M

mdk02

Heisman
Aug 18, 2011
26,865
19,158
113
Anon1751632159 said:
Serious question to show Greg she knows football
Are there really only 4 plays that either go left or right in the Entire playbook ???

do you really not return kicks with your best athletes cause a young man you love like a son was paralyzed ?

Big one ….i wasn’t here in 2006 , how long do you think that ONE game will let you earn 6 million a year ?

do you think your take no risk demand from your OC is hurting your ability to hire someone with a bigger playbook then a cape Atlantic league team from South Jersey ??

do you feel lucky that 98% of the fanbase accepts losing and that 2% with higher standards are losers and mean nothing because they don’t donate 100’s of thousands of dollars ???

WHY SHOULD I NOT FIRE YOU ?
Click to expand...

Interesting response to a request for a single question.
 
  • Like
Reactions: tru2ru1, Fat Koko, ScarletDave and 1 other person
R

RUtrumpet92_rivals498139

All-American
Feb 5, 2003
10,987
9,400
113
Hard to limit it to just one. I need a two part question.

Your best teams were built with attacking defenses that got after the quarterback and had playmakers all over the field. Now, we give up time off big plays and rarely create chaos or turnovers. What changed, and how do you reverse the tide?

Offense and specials: There's little creativity on the offense and close to no big plays on special teams as you have eliminated the return game. Your teams look so risk-averse on offense. The QB dives on his runs any time the defense gets near him. Why do we look scared of making mistakes and like we are playing not to lose, rather than playing to win?
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Doctor Worm, Atlasxal, DHajekRC1984 and 1 other person
J

jsol_05

All-Conference
Jul 2, 2005
5,392
3,066
113
Have the same talk he has with players that he want to leave the program. Please for the good of the program let's work out a buyout that we can both agree on. You can ride off into the sunset and I can't get to work on turning this program around.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ndigirolamo1
ScarletDave

ScarletDave

Heisman
Oct 7, 2010
34,616
15,380
85
Greg, what are your thoughts on us having the least amount of presnap motion in college football by a wide margin? Do you think there’s any correlation here to us having the historically worst red zone percentage in CFB and our 1-5 conference record, will you address this with Kirk or do you see no problem and continue business as usual?

 
  • Like
  • Wow
Reactions: angmo, KevH, SouthJerseyRU and 3 others
R

RU Jeep

Junior
Jul 7, 2025
220
273
63
It is now very simple:

How much NIL $$ do you need to guarantee me that you will have a winning season ?
 
  • Like
Reactions: tru2ru1
LeapinLou

LeapinLou

All-American
Jul 24, 2001
13,350
7,169
113
RUtrumpet92_rivals498139 said:
Your best teams were built with attacking defenses that got after the quarterback and had playmakers all over the field. Now, we give up time off big plays and rarely create chaos or turnovers. What changed, and how do you reverse the tide?
Click to expand...
Keep in mind, in the "old" days, he basically was the de facto defensive coordinator. I think he would answer that question by explaining that the head coaches role has changed so dramatically in recent years that he has to trust other people to handle the coordinator roles. Apparently, he didn't sleep during Purdue week because on top of everything else, he got heavily involved with defensive strategy.
 
Knight Shift

Knight Shift

Heisman
May 19, 2011
89,898
87,809
113
ScarletDave said:
Greg, what are your thoughts on us having the least amount of presnap motion in college football by a wide margin? Do you think there’s any correlation here to us having the historically worst red zone percentage in CFB and our 1-5 conference record, will you address this with Kirk or do you see no problem and continue business as usual?

Click to expand...

And what about the performance of the defense?

 
R

RRRRUUUU

All-Conference
Nov 19, 2005
2,411
2,044
63
Would your 3 sons have these jobs if their last names aren’t Schiano?

Since you have no understanding of basic analytics as seen by some of your presser comments, how about hiring someone who’s qualified to do that job instead of your son?
 
AdventureHasAName

AdventureHasAName

All-Conference
Mar 1, 2022
1,768
1,931
113
RRRRUUUU said:
Would your 3 sons have these jobs if their last names aren’t Schiano?

Since you have no understanding of basic analytics as seen by some of your presser comments, how about hiring someone who’s qualified to do that job instead of your son?
Click to expand...
What job? Are you suggesting his kid is unqualified to stand next to him and hold the clipboard?
 
  • Like
Reactions: RRRRUUUU
Knight Shift

Knight Shift

Heisman
May 19, 2011
89,898
87,809
113
^^^^

stripes lighten GIF
 
MADHAT1

MADHAT1

Heisman
Apr 1, 2003
31,826
16,613
113
Anon1752686019 said:
This board has the collective IQ of three pebbles
Click to expand...
would be more, except you post here and drag the IQ down to the dumb and dumber level.
Guess you could consider me the dumber, if I expect your dumb butt to understand what I mean :D
 
C

charliem24

All-Conference
Jul 18, 2005
16,904
1,460
103
MADHAT1 said:
What do you plan to do to make Rutgers into a better program than the one you have now?
Click to expand...
This, only I would word it differently to make it more specific.
What are the reasons why next year will be significantly better than this year?
 
  • Like
Reactions: MADHAT1
R

Redrich66

Junior
Sep 19, 2025
271
320
63
Shelby65 said:
Excellent question PMike, not what you said she should ask him but what you’re asking here.

There’s really not much she can ask or demand from him. She should ask how he plans to be more competitive next year but he knows he’s safe for at least 3 more years and she won’t have him make staff changes because she realizes he has a history of struggling to find people to work under him.

Further, he’s arrogant and won’t give straight answers.

She’s handcuffed. He has more power and control than she does currently. She’ll stick to fund raising and leave him alone until the buyout shrinks enough to flip the power edge.
Click to expand...
Truth be told.
 
R

Retired711

Heisman
Nov 20, 2001
19,971
10,152
58
RU Jeep said:
It is now very simple:

How much NIL $$ do you need to guarantee me that you will have a winning season ?
Click to expand...
As I pointed out in my thread, it doesn't work that way any more. GS has the same resources to work with as everyone else because everyone is capped at the same level. He can't use that excuse any more. Instead, he has to explain how he will do a better job with the resources he has.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RUTGERS95
R

Retired711

Heisman
Nov 20, 2001
19,971
10,152
58
"What can I do to help your program succeed?" That question puts him on the spot to tell her what he thinks would improve things. If she thinks it's unrealistic or unlikely to help, she can tell him that loudly and clearly.
 
LotusAggressor_rivals

LotusAggressor_rivals

All-American
Oct 11, 2003
16,365
8,228
113
Retired711 said:
As I pointed out in my thread, it doesn't work that way any more. GS has the same resources to work with as everyone else because everyone is capped at the same level. He can't use that excuse any more. Instead, he has to explain how he will do a better job with the resources he has.
Click to expand...
#Coaching Matters.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Knight Shift
R

RU Jeep

Junior
Jul 7, 2025
220
273
63
Retired711 said:
As I pointed out in my thread, it doesn't work that way any more. GS has the same resources to work with as everyone else because everyone is capped at the same level. He can't use that excuse any more. Instead, he has to explain how he will do a better job with the resources he has.
Click to expand...
That is absolutely false.
School contributions are capped for revenue distribution to players.
Outside contributions are not.
It is well documented that many other schools do and will spend tens of millions more than Rutgers in football rosters.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RUBob75
LotusAggressor_rivals

LotusAggressor_rivals

All-American
Oct 11, 2003
16,365
8,228
113
When RU is getting stomped by the likes of Oregon and Ohio State, it's a talent and resources problem. Losing to Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, and Illinois is a coaching problem.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
The Knight Report

Latest

  1. 01 The Knight Report Rutgers Football Opponents on 2026 Bruce Feldman Freak's List
  2. 02 The Knight Report Rutgers Football LB Sean Allison talks first training camp with team
  3. 03 The Knight Report Rutgers Football places two on Bruce Feldman's 2026 Freaks List
  4. 04 The Knight Report Rutgers Football adds Temple transfer defensive lineman Sekou Kromah - TKR Pod
  5. 05 The Knight Report Commitment 101: Breaking down new transfer Defensive Lineman Sekou Kromah
Top Bottom