Keli Zinn coaching thoughts.
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So the massive amount of coaches on staff to help improve recruiting mean nothing? What the hell do we have them for then?
crazy that you've had to change usernames because of new phone, new computer, or forgotten passwords but still have those images saved somewhere
So all this extra money spent on recruiting produced a roster that is a smaller shoe size away from possibly being 1-6, although YOU said that there was enough talent to run the table the rest of the season. Now you're beating the NIL horse again?
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If NIL is not competitive, and that is why, according to YOU, RU isn't winning, why would increasing the number of support staff solve that problem? YOU said that the better players are "chasing the bigger bag." How is spending money on support staff going to increase the size of the bag to attract better players? And a few weeks ago, this roster was, according to you, good enough to beat Indiana despite their huge financial advantages.
His story doesn’t make any sense lol
He remembers all of those usernames but isn’t smart enough to know he can retrieve passwords
It also helps to have had an Imgur account. Other Rutgers images/photoshops I have stored include ...
I'd love to say I care enough to learn how to recover lost username/passwords from 15 years ago (attached to email addresses I no longer have access to), but I don't. *shrugs shoulders* It's a dopey message board for a historically bad athletics department, not a CIA database. As for recovering banned and suspended usernames from a different message forum platform? Again, *shrugs shoulders*
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So you can remember the password to your Imgur account but not here. Makes total sense.
At the time I could. This may shock you, but in 2008 passwords didn't require numbers, special characters, upper and lower case numbers ... they'd let you just use words (often just my dogs' names; sometimes I'd add my birthday because I'm super secret like that). Then, they started making you use all this other ****. And if you had to recover your email/google/microsoft password once? You couldn't use the same one again.So you can remember the password to your Imgur account but not here. Makes total sense.
Or ... as I pointed out earlier, this is all untrue and an elaborate 20 year effort to hide my already-anonymous identity from AreYouNuts by using the incredibly sneaky method of making new usernames that are identical with the numerals "1, 2, 3, etc" affixed to the end and identical avatars. It's definitely one or the other; you figure it out.
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2-10 or 3-9 are the most likely final records, which is a huge step backward. We are nearly where we started when Greg took over. Consider the past four seasons.
| Season | Reg Season W-L | B1G Season W-L | B1G Opponent W % | B1G Opp > 500 | B1G Opp < 500 |
| 2023 | 6-6 | 3-6 | .598 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7-5 | 4-5 | .395 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5-7 | 2-7 | .519 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2-6 | 1-4 | .519 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 Proj* | 3-9 | 2-7 | .426 | 4 | 5 |
This is currently the 2nd weakest B1G schedule since Schiano's return and the 3rd where our B1G opponents were below .500 (2020 was the 1st at .459).
Again, no. very unlikely to recoup costs in a matter of a year or two. You saw the empty Maryland stadium last week. You honestly think ticket sales will increase once the new coach is named ? Maybe some will keep they already have, but like here many will cut back and very few will buy for the first time or add.
I'm actually shocked that NJ/NY area Michigan fans didn't buy-out the stadium last week. There might be something to the just general college football malaise that was being discussed in the other thread. If that turns out to be a major factor then we wouldn't sell-out the stadium if we replaced Schiano with Nick Saban.
It's not just ticket sales. There are big sponsorship deals that hang in the balance that need to be considered.
Disagree. I already know for a fact my season ticket group number - which has dwindled since Greg came back - is going up next year with a new head coach.. If he’s still here, we probably lose a couple more seats. He is the reason for the apathy at this time.
For years I defended Al's positive posting , even those that went a bit overboard .
I felt Al was a great contrast to the negativity that seemed to rule the board and his messages gave a little relief from them by looking on the positive side, even if some of what Al claimed was a but much to believe .
Now I mainly ignore threads he starts and very seldom will say a nice word about the posts of his I see.
I don't begrudge his right to post what he wants, just won't listen to the BS he is putting out now because what he's posting now is more than overly positive, it has become ridiculous and riot worth reading or responding to
Al's zenith was asking how he could get a girlfriend here. He's become a broken record Schiano apologist who long ago stopped making sense. It only took 2 games to go from winning the NC to we will never compete because we don't have a field house. He's flailing here, the pay side, the main board, everywhere he posts under all 5 usernames. If he was a pinball machine it would be screaming "Tilt!".
It has literally become Ash level. Except that I like Greg better. I know for a fact that Greg loves Rutgers and NJ.
But I have seen some of the most loyal fans lose major interest over the past couple of years- and most of us know who they are as you rarely even see them posting anymore. This is why it has gotten to the point that keeping him becomes more expensive than buying him out. and I can't believe we even have to still explain that to some simpletons.
He should love Rutgers. No other school would have paid him tens of millions to lose much less have hired him in the first place. He owes everything to the school.
Michigan offered him 5 years at $2.2 Mil in 2007 about $500 k over what RU was paying him.
At the time I was glad to see him turn it down, now wonder if Mulcahy would have hired a quality replacement and Rutgers Football would have been better off with him leaving
Increasing the support staff ensures we could fill the class with decent players who might pan out. Haven’t you noticed that we’re not getting our first or second choices most of the time? It takes a lot of hard work to fill a Rutgers class, especially when the head coaches future is in question.
When you don’t have big bags to hand out, you look for players who have the attributes to succeed who aren’t looking for big bags, which is an especially difficult proposition. It takes a lot of hard work to find these players.
Since we’re not landing many jersey recruits, for HS recruiting, there’s a huge amount of work that goes into identifying, vetting, and offering prospects from elsewhere. This is what Rutgers is forced to do when it can’t successfully compete with peer programs for prospects nearby. In addition to Florida, we’ve been going to South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. You can see this on the commitment page.
Next, Who do you think is currently vetting possible portal candidates? You’ve got to do your checks beforehand if you’re going to invest in a player. Portal is coming up quick in January so you’ve got to do your homework. Lots of additional work to identify, vet, prioritize, and schedule visits.
Sorry, but I don’t deserve to be insulted just because you don’t agree with my interpretation. Nut’s immature, petty reply shows a lack of class. We can disagree and not be Neanderthals. I expected better from you.
Understood- but seriously- the non stop no matter what thread we go into- has driven even myself completely bats...You are allowed your interpretations, but it has gotten to the point of really almost ruining each thread you post in. and while you are certainly allowed your opinion- can't you just give it and not just continue it everywhere all the time? You some self-control and self-reflection on it. You know I have always had your back but man, you need to find a way to slow it down and tone it done a bit.
And what drives sponsorship deals ? Eyeballs. And there will be fewer such eyeballs with or without a new coach.
Shelby’s been waiting a very long time for RU to rid itself of The Grifter but the idea that keeping him is more costly than firing him is absolutely false. Were it true it would have happened by now and it would have been received positively by the press and the public, something RU would be quick to point out given the hundreds of millions of deficit over recent past. But instead he and his bloated staff are still here because it’s the cheaper choice. Tate and Zinn aren’t dumb. Lack of action proves financial motives to keep him.
That’s you. Shelby’s not giving up tickets either. But the casual fans who already bailed aren’t coming back so fast with a new coach.
Of course he loves Rutgers. No one else would hire him and pay so much for so long just to usually lose. What’s not to love?
Al, most understand that Rutgers has tried to give Schiano extra staff resources to try to offset some of the lack of player budget. But you’ve lost the plot. You said we needed more NIL over and over and over. WE told you it probably wouldn’t help much became the program has too many flaws. You obsessively disagreed. Then he got more NIL and the team got even worse.
What are we even talking about anymore?
Notice how basketball got a GM and more NIL and how now we have a serviceable roster.
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