OT: Jay Young Stepping Down

[RULoyal]

 

[CollegeAve]

Former assistant under Pike. Strange timing.

https://fairfieldstags.com/news/202...transition-for-fairfield-mens-basketball.aspx

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

Hmmmm

 

[Rokodesh]

I hope it's not health related

 

[MiloTalon13]

Yikes. Horrific timing.

 

[GORU2014]

The Fairfield board seems surprised. I hope it’s nothing health related

 

[kupuna133]

Weird timing! What stands out to me is "will be leaving the University" sentence in the press release. Usually when it is health related the person takes a leave of absence and maintains status with the University. Something does not add up.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

There are certain jobs that keep getting mentioned for top assistant coaches like Brandin Knight 4 to 5 years ago and it's a dead-end job, with little to no hope and few resources. Not every HC job is a good opportunity.

I hope Jay Young is fine and maybe he reboots for the next 6 months and can rejoin Pike and the team in a behind the scenes role like Steve Hayn.

When you are at Fairfield and schools like Georgetown or Seton Hall target your best player like Supreme Cook, how are you supposed to compete with Georgetown for NIL, if you are at a MAAC school like Fairfield??? You might see more HCs asking for double the money to take these jobs.

 

[Scangg]

Sad to see it not work out for Young

If Pike can get him back into the program at some level, that's a big win for RU

 

[RutgersNo1]

Bryan Dougher

 

[Scangg]

Oof. Really poor judgement from the assistant. Get hookers on your own time if that’s your thing, not a work a trip

 

[kupuna133]

Bryan Dougher

Yep as I said earlier something doesn't add up. Can't cover this type of stuff up. Especially at a Catholic school.

 

[Loyal_2RU]

And scorched earth by assistant to get rid of Jay too.

 

[djrc89]

Dougher is a Rutgers guy too, no? Hmm. Let’s pick the star Ledger headline

 

[kupuna133]

Dougher is a Rutgers guy too, no? Hmm. Let’s pick the star Ledger headline

Takes a special kind of d-bag to blow up your own career and then go scorched earth and blow up your bosses as well. Could have walked away quietly and been able to get onto someone else's staff. Now he is done! Will never coach again.

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

i cant imagine dougher doing that to jay. Dougher and Jay are tight. i believe jay recruited dougher to stony brook. he was the first guy jay took when he left.

 

[RutgersNo1]

 

[RUJMM78]

Sad to see it not work out for Young

If Pike can get him back into the program at some level, that's a big win for RU

Young was responsible for the player development of the centers and power forwards at Rutgers.He was a very good assistant coach.

 

[RU82]

Takes a special kind of d-bag to blow up your own career and then go scorched earth and blow up your bosses as well. Could have walked away quietly and been able to get onto someone else's staff. Now he is done! Will never coach again.

Yep

Sounds like an Eric Murdock type situation.

 

[GORU2014]

One day people will stop blindly believing anonymous Twitter accounts

 

[RULoyal]

Takes a special kind of d-bag to blow up your own career and then go scorched earth and blow up your bosses as well. Could have walked away quietly and been able to get onto someone else's staff. Now he is done! Will never coach again.

A lot depends on the details.

 

[Russ Wood]

 

[ancienthooper]

One day people will stop blindly believing anonymous Twitter accounts

This. Pikiell, Young, Dougher are joined at the hip. None would do anything to harm the other. I’m not privy to all the details, but something took place in Costa Rica and neither Jay or Bryan were part of any inappropriate behavior. That’s factual.

 

[toby83]

Brenda Tracy sightings on campus?

 

[RutgersChow]

Too bad we don't have room - very good defensive coach.

 

[LeapinLou]

Gotta admit, I'm super curious to see what this is really all about. I wish Coach Young well.

 

[SHUSource]

i cant imagine dougher doing that to jay. Dougher and Jay are tight. i believe jay recruited dougher to stony brook. he was the first guy jay took when he left.

Dougher is not the assistant in question, although he was indeed fired.

 

[RUDiddy777]

Society is getting soft. (No pun intended).

 

[GotEmmm]

Society is getting soft. (No pun intended).

You literally don’t know what happened lol

 

[RUDiddy777]

You literally don’t know what happened lol

It’s not like I would have watched.

 

[MADHAT1]

Until I find out what happened , can't say anything except :hope whatever happened doesn't reflect badly on Jay