Schiano will NOT coach Rutger
They couldn’t come to an agreement. Schiano wanted time (8 years) and improvements that RU wasn’t willing to give him. Leading candidates now include M Assistant Anthony Campanile and former M assistant Jedd Fisch. Former UW Coach Bret Bielema may also be in the picture.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
So they've gone the ex-OSU route and now they want to tap into the ex-Michigan coaching pool?
I understand Mike DeBord is available.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:21 PM ^
As are RichRod and Brady Hoke.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
I don't want RichRod there. His offense at Ole Miss is rolling. I think this may land him a bigger gig, again.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
You would be afraid of Rich Rod at Rutgers? Wow.
November 24th, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
We saw Rich Rod here. We saw Rich Rod in Arizona. But a Rich Rod at Rutgers scares you? Okay dude. Whatever you say.
November 24th, 2019 at 5:21 PM ^
Both RichRod and Brady Hoke are good examples for promotion concerns beyond sports.
Rich Rod was very creative and good even great at one aspect of coaching - offensive football. Just look around college football and lot of pro football - the whole spread option idea exists nearly everywhere. He wasn't a great a HEAD coach here and elsewhere he seemed to have run into the same issue - he never could get defense sorted out and never got the amount of work he had to do outside of football in programs like Michigan. A division may be great running his division but needs a bigger picture view to run the whole department / company.
Brady Hoke was good at his prior head coach job but only had a short record and is a very decent person (see the John U Bacon books) but was in over his head and got stuck with a horrible athletic director situation. Essentially Dave Brandon wanted to be the coach. He wanted to be a personality. Someone who is popular in the department / company and a very nice guy doesn't mean that good will translate into great performance, especially if the supervising manager wants to micromanage.
I have a soft spot for Hoke and will always feel sympathy towards him - he got handled a Faustian bargain and ended up with one amazing game (UTL I versus ND) and one amazing season (Sugar Bowl) before it ended in a nightmare.
November 24th, 2019 at 7:20 PM ^
Rich Rod got the Michigan job because he took WVU within a game of the BCS title game, after he left here he made Arizona a pretty good team..so the whole head coach thing seems to have at least partially worked out for him.
He certainly has his flaws as a coach and man, but the 'offense-only' head coach thing isn't that weird or unique. In many ways Urban Meyer is also an offense guy, so is Art Briles, or Mike Leach. All guys with a lot of success. You just gotta find guys who can handle the D for you reliably and are OK with the circumstances (fast-scoring offense that won't have a lot of time of possession) which is something RR often lacked especially at Michigan.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:43 PM ^
Al borges al borges al borges
November 24th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
Why doesn't Brian send in a resumé? He thinks he is better than Borges.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:16 PM ^
They were probably fine with the 8 years. It's the improvement crap they couldn't deal with.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
Our old friend Brett McMurphy reported that Schiano was offered 8 years/$32M. There were earlier reports that Schiano wanted total control over the program. I'm not sure what was meant by that.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
Bag men.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:16 PM ^
Rutger fans are mad!!!
November 24th, 2019 at 3:16 PM ^
Hopefully Bert comes back to the B1G along with the Mrs.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:34 PM ^
Last pic of Bert I saw, it appears he may have eaten Mrs. Bert.
in all seriousness, there is a pizza place on campus called PJ’s that will flush with cash if Bert moves to town...
November 24th, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
Mrs. Bert is too skinny. Get her some carbs.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:00 PM ^
Take off those American midwestern colored glasses.
She's perfect.
November 24th, 2019 at 5:26 PM ^
Mrs. Bert can't get any food in edgewise.
November 24th, 2019 at 7:13 PM ^
Nope. She is fiiiiiine. Love the thin women with thigh gaps, tiny butts, and flat stomachs.
November 25th, 2019 at 10:58 AM ^
Agreed, prefer a little more meat on them bones. Small up top and in the rear does nothing for me.
November 25th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
You should come up with a rap just about how much you love big booties. It'd be a massive hit.
November 24th, 2019 at 5:16 PM ^
To hell with Bert; hire her to coach the team.
If I were a 5-star recruit, and she showed up at my house, I'd sign.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:16 PM ^
So they basically admitted they want to suck? I don’t understand.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:18 PM ^
Surprised they don't want Partridge
November 24th, 2019 at 3:33 PM ^
He's not in line for a head job just yet. I could see the next RU coach trying to poach him for DC though.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
I think they want a coach with some previous HC experience. I can't imagine they wouldn't at least get a coordinator.
And on top of that, Partridge does not get along with some of the coaches in the New Jersey high schools Bad blood from his time at Paramus Catholic.
November 24th, 2019 at 5:19 PM ^
It doesn’t make sense. Why do they want our LB coach? He’s the big brother of their interim guy, who hasn’t even won a game.
Why hire his brother, who also has no non-HS head coaching experience and is a position coach at Michigan?
November 24th, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
November 24th, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^
Seriously. They've dug themselves too deep of a hole in a conference they can't compete in. They were alright competing against East Coast teams with similar program potential. They either need to go to the AAC or dump football.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
Nobody with a brain would want that dumpster fire
November 24th, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
EIGHT YEARS! Who does he think he is? Saban? Urban? Belichick?
November 24th, 2019 at 3:26 PM ^
One name Rutgers might go after is Joe Moorehead I don't Miss. State is fit for him and is an east coast guy.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
The back-up candidates listed by Bruce Feldman on Twitter:
SOURCE: Greg Schiano is not taking the #Rutgers job. These terms that @Brett_McMurphy reported are similar to what I’ve heard. RU has moved on to its back-up plan I’m told. Names to keep an eye on now: Anthony Campanile, Jeff Hafley, Butch Jones, Bret Bielema & Joe Moorhead. https://t.co/N9e8wwLP8F
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 24, 2019
November 24th, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
Jeff Hafley!
November 24th, 2019 at 4:34 PM ^
Butch Jones please. Rutger can be Champions of Life.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:26 PM ^
Because hiring a former B1G assistant worked so well for md with Durkin and rutger with Ash. ?
They should get a MAC coach that has actually run a program and is young/hungry/dumb enough to take the job
November 24th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
They should get a MAC coach that has actually run a program and is young/hungry/dumb enough to take the job
I think this guy might be available...
November 24th, 2019 at 4:50 PM ^
You are looking at the next Michigan State head football coach!
(It could happen.)
November 24th, 2019 at 5:02 PM ^
I have it on good authority that the shark turned sparty down...
November 25th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
Too funny XM!
November 24th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Can't think of a more perfect choice than John L. Smith.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:32 PM ^
Speaking of east coast guys, I just hope Don Brown doesn't want to give this a shot!
November 24th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
I think Don Brown is smarter than that.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
No, he doesn't.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:35 PM ^
If Rutgers can’t find anyone else I’ll take the job. My demands will be modest and well within budget.
qualifications: played one season. Experienced armchair coach. Fenced a garden once.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:39 PM ^
You sound overqualified.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:45 PM ^
Resume seems a little thin. What kind of fence? Did it look nice? That could make the difference to Rutger.
November 24th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
I’ll accept $500k salary to be HC if I can work from home
November 24th, 2019 at 4:34 PM ^
at least you are expert on one side of the ball: D Fence.
November 24th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^
If Bielema is in the picture...you can be sure that no one else is.