Lets Look at Next Year
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Been there done that. ONE win in 6 years against a B1G team with a Winning record. 15-39 in B1G play in 6 seasons. Schiano is 27.8% in B1G games. Worst than Kyle Flood in his short time. Fire the loser now.
Brian Kelly?
Keli has worked with him. He's from the north east. Would be the most successful coach ever at RU. He'd be cheap too considering the buyout that LSU needs to pay him.
Keli has worked with him. He's from the north east. Would be the most successful coach ever at RU. He'd be cheap too considering the buyout that LSU needs to pay him.
A new AD isn’t going to throw the football coach under the bus the second she gets the job. Her response was the correct political one. If you really believe the results she’s seen at Rutgers after being at LSU are acceptable you’re naive.
That’s not how it works. RU would have to pay a market value salary and LSU would only have to pay the difference.
And on top of paying Kelly, we’d be on the hook for all of Schiano’s buyout because no other school would hire him. No offset.
NIL is as important as ever. Some facade of a cleaning house ia just that. There is a reason Kelli is hyper focused on NIL. She understands it.
I'm confident KZ has a plan. This is her department and she will clean house at the right time.
Schiano had more resources than any BE team and still couldn’t win a title before he left. He would get smoked like he does now, more talent or less. Wouldn’t matter. The game has passed him by.
What is your evidence that the clearinghouse (I'm sure that's what you meant) is a facade?
The Grifter will retire in 2040 with a 15% conference record. No accountability here.
About what I expected, actually a little better (I predicated 4-8). Challenging schedule. Excessive injuries, which as usual makes me question the sufficiency of conditioning. One of Schiano's best offenses and probably the most exciting. Inexplicably poor defense, even considering injuries. Special teams failed to impress. Avoided customary epic beatdowns. Had the talent to go bowling, but not the coaching. Too early to speculate. But, given what's known of next year's schedule, I'll guess anywhere between 4-8 and 7-5.
The last AD raised 0 money for NIL. He actually had his compliance department go out of their way to hamper the collectives' efforts. This is not a rumor but true. People will eventually find out just how bad of an AD Hobbs actually was and how much he set RU athletics back.
Boosters are smarter than the NCAA. If they need to make it look pretty for some guy at NCAAHQ then they will. All these big NIL schools are as focused as ever on raising funds. Nothing has changed. Money is increasing.
That's speculation, not evidence. NIL schools are focused on raising funds, but that's to make up for the $20.5 million they're spending to compensate athletes. If you read sports business journals (I do), you will find that the collectives are frustrated at their difficulty in getting NIL deals approved. That's why, as I said above, the two Rutgers NIL collectives are out of business.
It’s not speculation. Boosters with desire at big schools have always found a way to pay players. Some clearinghouse (which will get challenged anyway) won’t even be a speed bump.
There is a reason a guy like Lane Kiffin is about to leave his current team who is in the playoffs. And that reason is money. LSU has a war chest to buy players.
The rev share is completely separate. Every school will have that. The big baller schools will have another $25MM to $40MM to compensate players with.
There never was a clearinghouse before -- and players couldn't legally be compensated before now -- so what happened in the past doesn't prove very much. We'll see what happens now. Maybe the new system will fail, but it's much too soon to say that with certainty.
P.S. Warchest or not, Kifflin has a great reason to change schools: he's going to make a lot more money ($12 million compared to $9 million, with hefty bonuses available) at LSU than at Old Miss.
Among many stupid posts on this board, this may be the stupidest of all time. Get a clue.
Nah man, this chick gets it, unlike the Kate Sweeney agenda driven hire, Believe me I was skeptical, but her NIL initiative is doing astonishingly well and she's constantly hobnobbing with the casual fan. Hobbs got lazy in the last few years, maybe because he had a wife and mistress to deal with.
hobnobbing after Hobbs should be banned from this board's vocabulary.
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Why was Hobbs so opposed to NIL? Didn't he see it was the future of college revenue sports?
Some details here. He was mired in legal aspects
Rutgers is grappling with an NIL problem that has no easy answers | Politi
Rutgers is running out of time to raise the NIL money football coach Greg Schiano believes is needed to keep his team together.
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Are you sure about that? I mean, what has she accomplished at a big stage and not as some underpaid second or third stringer deputy at LSU?
There was a genuine legal problem: under NCAA rules, the schools themselves weren't supposed to be involved in creating NIL opportunities. Hobbs, being a lawyer, recognized that. What he didn't recognize is that no one was going to enforce the limits, therefore no school was going to respect the limits, and that we had to do the same. There's no point obeying the rules when your competitors don't. Sometimes we lawyers are idiots (I know -- "speak for yourself"), and don't recognize that a rule exists only when there's someone enforcing it.Some details here. He was mired in legal aspects
Rutgers is grappling with an NIL problem that has no easy answers | Politi
Rutgers is running out of time to raise the NIL money football coach Greg Schiano believes is needed to keep his team together.
How do you know she “gets it”? Wasn’t she part of the Brian Kelly hire that cost the school and Louisiana millions??
Agenda much? How about you let things play out. Anyone who has met and interacted with Keli, watched her speak about plans for RU Athletics and seen her pitch NIL can see she "gets it." Another keyboard warrior ready with slings and arrows and trying to find negatives where none exist.
Brian Kelly was hired in November 2021.
Brian Kelly Named 34th LSU Football Head Coach
Brian Kelly, who has more victories than any active coach in major college football, has been hired as the head football coach at LSU, LSU Director of Athletics Scott Woodward announced on Tuesday. Kelly, who will receive a 10-year, $95 million contract, plus incentives, will be formally...
lsusports.net
Keli Zinn did not arrive at LSU until July 2022.
Keli Zinn
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Also, Keli was involved in the most important aspects of athletics at this time--NIL. "Zinn renegotiated LSU’s multimedia rights partnership, securing a 21% increase in value, while the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons also saw a remarkable increase in ticket sales, merchandise revenue and donor support."
"Zinn’s dynamic approach and ability to foster collaborative relationships played a crucial role in the growth of NILSU. Through innovation, fan engagement, forging partnerships with local businesses, and reimagining sponsorship opportunities, LSU has firmly established itself as a leader in the NIL industry. Surrounded by some of the world’s most sought-after college athletes, Zinn secured a lucrative and unique access and rights agreement to produce The Money Game, an NIL-focused documentary series, following Tiger student-athletes during the 2023-24 season. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video in Fall 2024."
We can guess what the "S" stands for in King of S---- Bull S
Time will tell and I’m hope I’m wrong but to say Keli is the answer to everything is just wishful thinking.Agenda much? How about you let things play out. Anyone who has met and interacted with Keli, watched her speak about plans for RU Athletics and seen her pitch NIL can see she "gets it." Another keyboard warrior ready with slings and arrows and trying to find negatives where none exist.
Brian Kelly was hired in November 2021.
Brian Kelly Named 34th LSU Football Head Coach
Brian Kelly, who has more victories than any active coach in major college football, has been hired as the head football coach at LSU, LSU Director of Athletics Scott Woodward announced on Tuesday. Kelly, who will receive a 10-year, $95 million contract, plus incentives, will be formally...
Keli Zinn did not arrive at LSU until July 2022.
Keli Zinn
Also, Keli was involved in the most important aspects of athletics at this time--NIL. "Zinn renegotiated LSU’s multimedia rights partnership, securing a 21% increase in value, while the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons also saw a remarkable increase in ticket sales, merchandise revenue and donor support."
"Zinn’s dynamic approach and ability to foster collaborative relationships played a crucial role in the growth of NILSU. Through innovation, fan engagement, forging partnerships with local businesses, and reimagining sponsorship opportunities, LSU has firmly established itself as a leader in the NIL industry. Surrounded by some of the world’s most sought-after college athletes, Zinn secured a lucrative and unique access and rights agreement to produce The Money Game, an NIL-focused documentary series, following Tiger student-athletes during the 2023-24 season. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video in Fall 2024."
We can guess what the "S" stands for in King of S---- Bull S
If you don’t tho it th system will be gamed your naive. Lane Kiffin took the LSU job for reason. Money. They committed to $25MM in NIL per season. Clearinghouse lol? Yea tell big schools that will stop them
Players have been getting leagally compensated the last few years via NIL. What are you talking about?
Nothing will change. Whoever has the most funds will compete for championships. Just like always.
Truth is, KZ is as big a gamble as Julie was…maybe she’ll be a total game changer and lead RU to heights unseen. The fact that she comes from a program with a strong athletic history is great, but that does not necessarily translate from Louisiana to NJ. Hopefully she has the cajones to fire people that should be fired (GS).
Its an unfortunate reality of the unique situation NJ is. Unlike Louisiana and other sports crazed states where citizens of the state support their State University, NJ is made of of people with money that RUN AWAY from supporting their state institution. Zinn is going to learn that the hard way and how she navigates that issue will determine her fate.
The clearing house is certainly a selective enforcement facade. Kelli understands NIL, but she also has to understand that she's at Rutgers and not LSU. If she actually succeeds with NIL at RU, the clearing house will land on RU like a ton of bricks.
Why is she a gamble like Julie was? Why would she be a bigger gamble than Hobbs who had no idea wtf he was doing with NIL? Keli is very experienced with NIL. She seems to be very qualified for the job.
Are you just comparing them because they're women?
Ding ding ding. That and the other guy he responded to are ding dongs.
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It gets too easy to figure out the agenda or small minds of some posters.
Everything I have seen so far from both Tate and Zinn have been as supportive of Rutgers Athletics as we have never seen before - ok, maybe back in the early 2000's - but that was a much more simplified version of what you need now.
They both also seem to understand the importance of the Football program and what it brings to the University. Keli seems like she is all in on raising additional NIL and it also seems that she will use most of the $20 mil on players, mostly football followed by mens BB.
The real question will be - does she feel GS is capable of winning big if she does put her *** on the line by breaking the bank for him. She obviously has to weigh the contract vs the results - that may give Greg one more year with full support. Or, does she feel strong enough that he is not the answer for the next step forward and has the ability to get the backing to let him go.
One thing I differ from then many on here - I cannot look at this season and see it as a complete failure. I can see a couple of games that we lost due to coaching and a couple of games where we just didn't have enough talent on defense. I saw the players play hard in every game, and if those kids just had that little more talent, they may have overcome the coaching blunders. And outside of a couple of losses- we really were in ever single game. Just a play or two away from being in the lower upper half of the B1G instead of in the lower 1/4.
They both also seem to understand the importance of the Football program and what it brings to the University. Keli seems like she is all in on raising additional NIL and it also seems that she will use most of the $20 mil on players, mostly football followed by mens BB.
The real question will be - does she feel GS is capable of winning big if she does put her *** on the line by breaking the bank for him. She obviously has to weigh the contract vs the results - that may give Greg one more year with full support. Or, does she feel strong enough that he is not the answer for the next step forward and has the ability to get the backing to let him go.
One thing I differ from then many on here - I cannot look at this season and see it as a complete failure. I can see a couple of games that we lost due to coaching and a couple of games where we just didn't have enough talent on defense. I saw the players play hard in every game, and if those kids just had that little more talent, they may have overcome the coaching blunders. And outside of a couple of losses- we really were in ever single game. Just a play or two away from being in the lower upper half of the B1G instead of in the lower 1/4.