RU short in the cash department

RUAldo

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Hobbs shmobbs.

You are incorrect. Hobbs was acting AD at Seton Hall. He was involved in the Pru Center deal. If you remember, Bob Mulcahy had no AD experience either, and he did fine. And on paper, Julie Hermann had a strong resume , and how did that work out.

The constant hand-wringing over the past gets us nowhere. We have a pro in charge now, and a President who gets it. I am confident they will move the program forward.
Sure Seton Hall is just like RU in every respect. And Pru Center Redevelopment in Newark and being Christie’s buddy made him a great candidate to lead the Athletic Department of Big Ten program.
 

Nycrusupporter

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I keep asking this question and no one can give me a reasonable answer, his contract already calls for him to receive 76% of the remaining value if he's fired. Why is he then going to take another cut on top of what was already negotiated?

Frankly, he owes the university nothing when you consider how much he had to endure with Rutgers doing everything on the cheap during 1.0. I also don't see him retiring anytime soon. He will continue working in one capacity or another.

Agree with the rest.
He owes us nothing, and we owe him nothing other than the terms of his contract. Fire him and move on.
 
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Knight Shift

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Sure Seton Hall is just like RU in every respect. And Pru Center Redevelopment in Newark and being Christie’s buddy made him a great candidate to lead the Athletic Department of Big Ten program.
But you said he wasn't an AD. You were wrong on that. And if you think building a sports arena is not useful experience to be an AD at a P5 school, you are wrong again. Just own it. What experience did Bob Mulcahy have before becoming AD? Oh that's right, the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority.
 

RU#1fan

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Schiano deserves to be fired. The last two years a total cluster flub.

But despite what the mods say, I can understand the money argument. He would be owed about 18 million, not including the other coaches, all that paid over time. Schools like Rutgers typically don't fire a coach until the remaining salary is 10-12 million. See eg, Maryland, NC State. Rutgers historically has had low donations to athletics. They don't have deep ticket sales. So who are these mysterious donors who will come up with the money, to pay the guy not to work?

That unjustified extension from Hobbs really F' Rutgers over.

If we use Maryland as a template, their guy had two bad 4-8 years before this disaster of year where he was fired, where Rutgers went 7-6, 5-7 and then the ludicrous year. So if RU follows the same course, he gets one more year. Even with Ash we had to suffer through four 1-3 win seasons before he was fired.

I don't know. I'll believe when I see it. But if history any guide, it's really a coins toss if he gets let go, even though he absolutely deserves it. I'm assuming the buy out needs to be donor funded, but maybe they can take it out of uni general purpose funds.

BK thing changes the analysis meaningfully. If you can get BK at less than his personal FMV, then maybe you can afford to let Schiano go with three years left on his contract. Still though, believe it when I see it. BK only comes here if there's meaningful commitment to NIL. We'll see; but what disaster of a year.
If we have the money it’s no discussion. He’s gone.
 

RU from Jersey_rivals

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Maryland nc st and others similar to ru will be in the market. Pool has not been overwhelming that has been discussed so far
There should be a few successful Group of 5 coaches looking to jump to the Big 10.
If we have the money it’s no discussion. He’s gone.
People on this site say that RU has the money. I wonder if GS knows if RU has the money to fire him.
 
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