Given all the facts as they are, do you thing that RU will bring Flood back if RU beats Maryland next week?
Poll: will Flood keep his job with a win v. Maryland
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I THINK KYLE FLOOD SHOULD NOT BE COACHING RUTGERS IN 2016. I WOULD SEE IF ONE OF THOSE YOUNGER MAC/AAC COACHES ARE AVAILABLE...
That said, if they beat Maryland, he stays. The line is going to be that Flood deserve another chance because he lost his whole secondary, he had too many injuries to overcome, he had a first year, inexperienced starter at QB, new Offensive Linemen to break in. And with all of this going on along with the schedule, a 5-7 record was seen as a good enough season back in August.
IMO, Flood have made lots of decisions on field to makes you pull your own teeth out. And off the field that may put this program in jeopardy. But what do I know.
That said, if they beat Maryland, he stays. The line is going to be that Flood deserve another chance because he lost his whole secondary, he had too many injuries to overcome, he had a first year, inexperienced starter at QB, new Offensive Linemen to break in. And with all of this going on along with the schedule, a 5-7 record was seen as a good enough season back in August.
IMO, Flood have made lots of decisions on field to makes you pull your own teeth out. And off the field that may put this program in jeopardy. But what do I know.
But but but his extension was paid for with donor money....so it won't cost RU anything more to fire him
The decision should have been made long ago. Only at RU would we allow a meaningless win against a terrible team to end the season factor into the equation. Unfortunately we know from the USF game 2 years ago that this is exactly how our mindless administration goes about things though. The fear of this is so great that I am seriously considering rooting for us to lose next week if that is what it takes to ensure a change is made. As hard as it would be to do, at some point I would rather loss the battle to win the war if it comes to that.
If Maryland knows Flood stays if RU wins, will Maryland intentionally throw the game? I bet they do.
if Flood is not fired after Maryland, regardless of the outcome, then you'll know exactly how Barchi feels about athletics at RU. Its just a nuisance that takes money away from academics. The less we spend on it the better....
Flood will be back unless the investigation reveals something truly horrible,
such as a Sandusky type scandal, secret ISIS membership, or something similar.
such as a Sandusky type scandal, secret ISIS membership, or something similar.
I still believe the decision has already been made. We end the season with two of the worst teams. If you remove Indiana, the wins are about as low as you can go. And Indiana isn't a great win either.
Other than money, is there any reason at all for him to come back?
People point to the suspensions, doesn't the coach deserve some blame for those? And injuries happen every year. Flood has been here long enough to build depth if the recruiting was good.
Oh but there are so many teams looking for a new coach... Every year teams will be looking for a new coach. That's no reason to keep him.
Other than money, is there any reason at all for him to come back?
People point to the suspensions, doesn't the coach deserve some blame for those? And injuries happen every year. Flood has been here long enough to build depth if the recruiting was good.
Oh but there are so many teams looking for a new coach... Every year teams will be looking for a new coach. That's no reason to keep him.
Flood will not be at the helm in 2016
We will not beat Maryland with Laviano at qb unless Carroo plays. The poll will be moot on the latter
We will not beat Maryland with Laviano at qb unless Carroo plays. The poll will be moot on the latter
I hope you're right. I cannot go through another season with Chris laviano at quarterback.
There is no better QB at throwing the 3 yard crossing route on 3rd and 6
Wishing he won't be fired.
Wishing he will be fired.
No one knows who will will win....except if you can donate $5.5-6M per year for a new coaching staff.
I think that's just wishful thinking. Penn State will be much better in the next few years as they get farther and farther away from the sanctions. You can hate the school, but they WANT to win and will INVEST in the program to win. They won't allow themselves to be down the way RU allows itself to be down.
At the end of the day one can only speculate. We gather as much information as possible and from that information we try to determine the most plausible outcome. First strike against Coach Flood was a three game suspension for contacting a professor over an athletes grade. However, some flippant comments from Robert Barchi (BRG90 is spot on) left me rather puzzled.
1) Our performance or a lack of was expected, no one should be surprised. Heck we play in the B10 now.
2) We're looking at 6 years before we could grade our level of competitiveness.
This is what I'm hearing from Barchi: I know what you want but it's not happening under my watch unless a couple of rich guys are willing to foot the bill.
So what's left? Yep you're right, the last two games of the year. Game 1 goes to Flood. A game 2 victory over MD creates an overwhelming argument for the administration to keep him. JMHO
1) Our performance or a lack of was expected, no one should be surprised. Heck we play in the B10 now.
2) We're looking at 6 years before we could grade our level of competitiveness.
This is what I'm hearing from Barchi: I know what you want but it's not happening under my watch unless a couple of rich guys are willing to foot the bill.
So what's left? Yep you're right, the last two games of the year. Game 1 goes to Flood. A game 2 victory over MD creates an overwhelming argument for the administration to keep him. JMHO
"Overwhelming"?? LOL
He will have beaten one somewhat decent team and three utterly horrible teams. That's good enough?
Is this the new spin? A new staff costs $6 million, so we better keep the piece of spit staff we have for $4 million?
What F'ing spin RU talking about?
Do the math Einstein:
Head coach...2.5-3m
DC/OC 1.5-2m
Remaining staff 1m
Anything less...same old Rutgers!!
Let's come to our senses for a moment and truly think about the increase in cost. A guy like Kiffen or Rodriguez would require 2.5 million plus incentives and before accepting the job they would try to negotiate either specific OC/DC's or a committment by the admin to allow them to hire qualified coordinators that will cost 900k. That could translate to an increase of 2 millions dollars at a minimum per year. Project this over a 5 year period and you could be looking at 10 to 12 million dollars. Where are you going to get this money? Look at Livingston campus, where do you think they got that money for all that new construction? Rutgers generated a windfall of money from that Bond referendum. In 20 years when those Bonds mature what's going to happen, issue more bonds to pay the existing ones? Some on this site say that Rutgers has a 3.78 billion budget but what's their burn rate? 3.80 billion? Seriously!!
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He is not going anywhere absent another scandal. Despite what you hear on this free board by "insiders" there is simply no money or will at this time to fire Flood and pay a new coach and staff. Do I want a new coach, YES!, will we have to live with this fool for at least another year, YES AGAIN!
He is gone. His coaching record is one thing, but with all the crap that went on this year he will be fired.
The only thing that has changed is the degree to which one would now need to be a wildly exuberant delusional optimist to believe that Flood could transform into a shrewd strategic thinker with a comprehensive plan to elevate the quality and success of the program.
In 2013 it was plausible to think (or at least it was possible to grant a 'benefit of doubt') that Flood had the potential to turn the corner - that he might possibly be one of those guys who grow into the job ... now, as 2015 finishes up, one has to come to grips with Flood's 'body of work' , Flood's inability to build the program, Flood's pattern of mistakes.