I'd be ecstatic with this guy. He should have gotten the job 1rst time around
Norries Wilson
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He's awesome. If he can coach half as well as he does press conferences, I'd hire him.
Ben McDaniels--QB coach for Michigan. Last OC we had with a semblance of an offense in 2015. 27.1 points per game!!!
He's fvcking great. Ya yell over each other? Well we're not going to do that. Then he starts asking reporters names and where they're from, like he's a teacher asking his pupils who the hell they are on the 1st day of class. Hilarious. Media Days would certainly be entertaining and must watch.
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At .667 one of the best coaches in RU football history. A spiked 4th down from potentially being 1.000 and a playoff team taken down
The kicker was that Wilson got a lot of shade for his "bizarre" conferences. Media hates Rutgers coming and going
Rutgers' interim coach Norries Wilson conducts bizarre press conference after Penn State loss
https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2015/09/rutgers_interim_coach_norries_wilson_conducts_biza_2.html
He absolutely OWNED the press conference. That’s some classic video.
The media is so friggin insufferable. It's "bizarre" because he had the audacity to ask them who they were in his first ever press conference.
This is the type of guy players run through walls for
Heck, he's the type of guy some fans would run through a wall for, lol
I have to agree that Norries Wilson was so entertaining to listen to. I really liked that guy and his press conference and interviews were priceless. I would love it if we got him back on the staff somewhere. Just not as full time HC. But I bet he’s a good recruiter
Nutty would be an upgrade on the sidelines and the post game press conferences would actually be worth watching as opposed to the canned, predictable platitudes we get now
Gotta love his press conference style. If we're not going to hire a real head coach, then I'm all in on hiring that guy.
Ash's response: "Ummm, Ahh, Errr, umm. He has been doing really well in practice, and we love his effort and progress. We will look for the right opportunity for him."
I don’t have a problem with Ash’s press conferences. He does okay. In fact, I’m not nearly as negative as everyone else about Ash. I think he’s trying his best and doing the right things. But the hole we’re in is just too deep for him.
So we hire someone else. I suspect that, unless we spend huge money, we’ll be in the same boat with the next guy.
We need to recruit much better to win. But selling the program to kids good enough to help us compete in the Big Ten is extremely challenging. I get the sense that a lot of people are underestimating that challenge.
I'm not so sure it's doable. Every year loads of great prospects from New Jersey go away to play for some of the top programs. How is that supposed to change ?
I'm beginning to think that my friend is right when he says that Rutgers football peaked with the Louisville game.
It may indeed not be doable with a no-name, up and comer, coach. But spend the money to get a big name coach with a history of winning in a P5 conference, and it becomes possible. We need to pay to play. What we did with Flood, and did again with Ash, obviously has low odds of working and those odds don’t improve just because we change to a new no-name coach.
RU can keep throwing low-to-medium money at the problem and hope lightning strikes, or they can get serious and invest in the program in a way with much higher odds of instantly improving recruiting.
Yes, who was the last guy to do well at Columbia? Probably says more about Lions than him.
I have a friend whose kid played for him and can't say enough good about the man.
This. Baldwin runs an innovative offense, proven winner, now OC at big time program. And will be able to immediately recruit even without ties to the tri-state region.
I can't speak to how good a coach he is. But he sure does seem like a very good person.