OT - Rutgers football coach debacle

[Boukworm23]

Schiano knows he can't get $4 million out of the UConn AD, but he does know that UConn has great facilities and great benefactors who are willing to write checks. He also knows that Benedict has a pretty good independent schedule for next year.

Apparently you very serious. Holy cow.

 

[huskyrob1]

Apparently you very serious. Holy cow.

Yes, I very serious. How you?

 

[ZooCougar]

Yes, I very serious. How you?

Come on man. For real?

 

[Huskygrad88]

Schiano knows he can't get $4 million out of the UConn AD, but he does know that UConn has great facilities and great benefactors who are willing to write checks. He also knows that Benedict has a pretty good independent schedule for next year.

Facilities, perhaps. But we have the lowest paid head coach, a guy who had to go into his own pocket to try to pay an assistant, and no money to pay the fired hoops coach (driving an odd legal battle where we had to practically ask the NCAA to level violations against us). To say we have great benefactors who write checks shows me how little people understand about real money donors in big time college athletics
I get you don’t like Edsall...many don’t. But this is a misguided argument to try to make that point.

 

[AndOne]

Schiano knows he can't get $4 million out of the UConn AD, but he does know that UConn has great facilities and great benefactors who are willing to write checks. He also knows that Benedict has a pretty good independent schedule for next year.

Schiano was asking for $25 mil guaranteed, private jets, and $7.7 mil for his assistant coaches. Even with Rutgers stinking up the joint, the desirability of the Rutgers and UConn football head coaching jobs are on two different planets.

 

[buddy]

Addazio would more likely. He loves CT.

Why would he possibly leave a great job in a stable conference for less pay?

 

[huskyrob1]

Schiano was asking for $25 mil guaranteed, private jets, and $7.7 mil for his assistant coaches. Even with Rutgers stinking up the joint, the desirability of the Rutgers and UConn football head coaching jobs are on two different planets.

Wow.... didn't know that. He knows he could probably get a piece of that given the money RU gets from the B1G. Private jets????

 

[Bongo Fury]

Why would he possibly leave a great job in a stable conference for less pay?

Of course he wouldn’t and Schiano would not be interested as well. Daz would be a better option if let go. I believe the hiring and firing of RE is heavily influenced by major boosters.

 

[uconnbill]

Schiano was a solid coach and had a couple of really good years with Ray Rice at running back.

Rutgers is in a great league, but if it can't get the top players in NJ they will continue to be a 3-9, 4-8 team in the Big Ten

 

[Husky68]

You can't go home again. Exhibit A: Randy Edsall.

I thought home was Maryland.

 

[Boukworm23]

Yes, I very serious. How you?

Ok. Schiano is waiting to see if Randy gets fired. Makes total sense. Laugh out loud unintentionally funny.

 

[AAC Guru]

I agree, but they have to give Schiano what he wants for the program and facilities or I don't think he's going to take the job. He very well could also be waiting to see if UConn fires Edsall next week. I know alot of the UConn players and assistant coaches are.

Why would UConn deciding what to do with Edsall have anything to do with Whether or not Schiano decides to take the Rutgers job? This honestly makes zero sense to me. You think Schiano is waiting to see if UConn fires Edsall before deciding if he should take the Rutgers job? I just fell off the couch and am literally LMAO

 

[AAC Guru]

Schiano was a solid coach and had a couple of really good years with Ray Rice at running back.

Rutgers is in a great league, but if it can't get the top players in NJ they will continue to be a 3-9, 4-8 team in the Big Ten

Eh..I don’t see any reason why they cannot become a Minnesota

 

[SirHypeAlot]

Schiano to Rutgers is back on

 

[Uconnalliance]

And a done deal for 8 years.. mama Mia

 

[polycom]

The same posters show over and over again they have no idea wtf they are talking about

 

[huskymedic]

 

[methodology]

Eh..I don’t see any reason why they cannot become a Minnesota

Minnesota has a rich football history including 7 national championships.

They are a much better program than Rutgers will ever be

 

[Boukworm23]

The same posters show over and over again they have no idea they are talking about

No @huskyrob1 was right. Once Schiano found out Edsall wasn’t getting fired he decided to take the Rutgers job. But Schiano really wanted the UConn job for 75% less money. Makes total sense.

 

[metsfan2323]

Eh..I don’t see any reason why they cannot become a Minnesota

I agree with this, PJ Fleck would win there but instead they will hopefully get helicopter boy.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Minnesota has a rich football history including 7 national championships.

They are a much better program than Rutgers will ever be

And they don't have Ohio State, Michigan and Penn St in their division.

 

[TRest]

When this doesn't work out I will expect the RU fan base to own its terrible decision.

 

[noeynox]

Here is hoping his return goes as well as Edsall's.

One thing different was Schiano recruited NJs finest with more luck than Edsall at UConn.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Looks like the RutgersAl video persuaded them lol

 

[DoctorWho85]

Maybe this will lead to getting Rutgers on the schedule every year.

 

[metsfan2323]

Maybe this will lead to getting Rutgers on the schedule every year.

It probably will actually. Schiano loves to pad his schedule.

 

[ruthetiger]

I would like to see us schedule a few games against you guys, but I wouldn't hold my breath. We had a scheduled game against UCLA that was nixed, but scheduling games against creampuffs, well, those days are over. The conference will have something to say against that.

Besides if there will be scheduled games against you guys, will it be even. Like maybe a 2 for 2 or worse?

 

[Bongo Fury]

Much like UConn, there is no such thing as a cream puff for Rutgers

 

[Watchdog]

I would like to see us schedule a few games against you guys, but I wouldn't hold my breath. We had a scheduled game against UCLA that was nixed, but scheduling games against creampuffs, well, those days are over. The conference will have something to say against that.

Besides if there will be scheduled games against you guys, will it be even. Like maybe a 2 for 2 or worse?

You mean 3 B1G teams playing UConn in one year would be too many?