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OT: Locksley out
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Locksley finished 4th in B1G East twice, and then 17th and tied for 16th the last two years.His B1G record the last 4 years:
4-5
4-5
1-8
1-8
0-4
Greg: Never finished higher than 5th in the B1G East, and has finished 9th and 14th the last two years.
Greg's B1G record for last 5 years:
1-8
3-6
4-5
2-7
1-2
4-5
4-5
1-8
1-8
0-4
Greg: Never finished higher than 5th in the B1G East, and has finished 9th and 14th the last two years.
Greg's B1G record for last 5 years:
1-8
3-6
4-5
2-7
1-2
When Schiano beats you it’s time for a change.
Yea, losing to Schiano is the gold standard of incompetence and failure. Yet we keep him. Shows we’re just in the conference for the money.
Locke doing the right thing for Maryland. Too bad Schiano won’t.
Shocker that usual suspects hijacked this into a Schiano bashfest.
CBSSports - Maryland fires Mike Locksley after 2-5 start as Terrapins become first Power Four opening
CBSSports - Maryland fires Mike Locksley after 2-5 start as Terrapins become first Power Four opening
How can you not? It’s a Rutgers board and those two coaches have similar stats.
Different financial situations. If Schiano was only owed 10 million and only contracted through '28, he's be gone too.
It'll be about that much for GS next year. Locksley is one year further in his tenure than GS, year 8 vs year 7.
Situation is much more complex than that. The political and media climate is different in NJ towards RU. Locksley's buyout is half of GS. Maryland is also supported by UA / Kevin Plank corporate $$ millions.
RU will move on from GS. Perhaps you should have moved on yourself from this board after your obsessive as nauseum posting over and over about how RU would never move on from Gavin W. You're doing the same thing now about GS. Some people never learn.
Comparison of records is a valid data point. And Maryland Rutgers are similarly situated.
Why is any RU fan happy? We want Locksley to stay as we know how to beat him
We don’t know what RU will do. I believe if we finish 4-2, so 6-6 including 5-4 in conf, that he stays as its better than last year
That’s what I think RU will do not what I want
I give us only a 10% chance to finish 4-2 though. Just don’t see it with our defense
Political and media climate is not creating the football futility at RU, poor coaching and poor player evaluation is. The criticism the program receives for on field performance is well deserved.
That depends if there is a mitigation clause in the contract. Sometimes, they don't include that.
While I don’t disagree with the theory that he’d be retained in that scenario, finishing 4-2 is almost more of a case for firing based on sleepwalking through losses to UMass and BC.
A winning record in conference? That would buy him at least another year, though it's not likely to happen. If it did, I would wonder what happened against UMass and BC.
Think he stays with a lot less wins than that. I'm not saying what should happen, but what's likely to happen. Despite what the mods say, money is an issue at Rutgers. It's always an issue. Who's going pay over time the 25 million to fire the staff. What's better, fire a coach, or free up more capital for NIL? Colorable argument that putting more talent in the program is more important long term, even you believe the current guy isn't the future. A lot of programs facing that question now -- FSU, Clemson, ect. Plus, historically Rutgers doesn't fire coaches in major sports with 3+ years on their contract. How many seasons did Ash get with 1-3 wins, before he was fired -- four! The Maryland guy went 4-8, 4-8, then this year before he was fired. The RU guy went 7-6, 5-7, and then this disaster. Nah, when it comes to Rutgers, I'll believe it when I see it. One or two more wins and it's a coin toss on whether he gets let go. I know this is contrary to the wishful thinking to the pitch fork crowd, but that's how I see it shaking out. Not sure what happens if we end the year 2-10, a real possibility.
Shelby always spits the truth. Cheese wishes RU would put someone like Shelby in charge.
First B1G hot seat shoe has fallen
It was due, but I'm surprised it came before the end of season even though it was needed to be done the way the Turtles have been playing
>Locksley finishes 39-54 at Maryland, including a 1-5 interim stint in 2015 after Randy Edsall was let go. Athletic director Jim Smith publicly backed him on September 30, and the Terps lost three more games after that.
His contract calls for him to be paid $9.75 million and there is no language for offset or mitigation on that deal, meaning the Terps will pay all if it even in the event Locks lands another coaching job.<
https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/10/21/maryland-parting-ways-with-mike-locksley
It was due, but I'm surprised it came before the end of season even though it was needed to be done the way the Turtles have been playing
>Locksley finishes 39-54 at Maryland, including a 1-5 interim stint in 2015 after Randy Edsall was let go. Athletic director Jim Smith publicly backed him on September 30, and the Terps lost three more games after that.
His contract calls for him to be paid $9.75 million and there is no language for offset or mitigation on that deal, meaning the Terps will pay all if it even in the event Locks lands another coaching job.<
https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/10/21/maryland-parting-ways-with-mike-locksley
Looks like Maryland wants the silence treatment be part of the firing and their making Aazar Abdul-Rahim interim HC
>Hours after Maryland parted ways with head coach Mike Locksley, two reporters from Testudo Times, Nolan Rogalski and Jude Wilkenfeld, set up outside Jones-Hill House hoping to get a few players to talk about the news. According to Rogalski, it ended with police asking them to leave. <
https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/...re-called-on-reporters-outside-terps-facility
>Hours after Maryland parted ways with head coach Mike Locksley, two reporters from Testudo Times, Nolan Rogalski and Jude Wilkenfeld, set up outside Jones-Hill House hoping to get a few players to talk about the news. According to Rogalski, it ended with police asking them to leave. <
https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/...re-called-on-reporters-outside-terps-facility
Shelby thanks Cheese. Cheese is equally wise to the ineptitude accepted in the Schiano football fiefdom.
Schiano 2.0 is 16-34 in the B1G
4 of those wins are against Maryland/Locksley
Him being gone is definitely a problem for us
Locksley didn't do the right thing , James Smith the Turtles AD made the tight move.
He's getting his full buyout because the choice of leaving wasn't his.
When it comes to the Rutgers Football Program, Zinn is the one that has to make make the move and the sooner the better.
Schiano like Locksley won;t be getting any looks when programs are doing to be looking for new HCs , si you can't expect them to leave on their own without getting every cent due them.
Greg leaving Rutgers with less than owed might be great for the RU Athletic Department , but with a limited future , not so good for his family .
Locksley's contract has him getting 100% of what he is owed, even if he gets another College HC position.
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