Earlier this season, I thought for sure pike would be gone, but actually Zinn played it smartly for herself. She’s playing with house money this season and the honeymoon period at Rutgers is normally exponentially longer than at other schools. Why upset the apple cart until you have to…and at RU…that can very long time (e.g., Pike). She chose the lowest hanging fruit in firing Washington. No one cares about that one. IF she’s worth anything, I expect Pike to be gone after this coming season, and probably Schiano after that…if she’s even here at that point.
Wow!
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Earlier this season, I thought for sure pike would be gone, but actually Zinn played it smartly for herself. She’s playing with house money this season and the honeymoon period at Rutgers is normally exponentially longer than at other schools. Why upset the apple cart until you have to…and at RU…that can very long time (e.g., Pike). She chose the lowest hanging fruit in firing Washington. No one cares about that one. IF she’s worth anything, I expect Pike to be gone after this coming season, and probably Schiano after that…if she’s even here at that point.
More than double those numbers.
Here is what Rutgers owes Pike if he is fired today.
April 1, 2026 - March 31, 2027: $3,850,000
April 1, 2027 - March 31, 2028: $3,950,000
April 1, 2028 - March 31, 2029: $4,050,000
April 1, 2029 - March 31, 2030: $4,150,000
April 1, 2030 - March 31, 2031: $4,250,000
Total: $20,250,000
I would think he takes a deal if he knows we don't want him and we're willing to allow him to take another job while still getting paid by us.
No they didn’t - because that wasn’t the purpose of this tournament. The purpose was to keep the group together and let them have a little fun and maybe if the cards fell right make a few bucks. There was no purpose besides this.
He's done
Wasted an opportunity of a lifetime with Dylan and Ace
Set us back god knows how many years
Why would he? He has Rutgers by the balls and will squeeze real tight. I am disgusted by this BS. Whoever thought Pike was worth a hill of beans should be placed in an insane asylum.
Only because if we allow him to take another job after reaching a settlement with us then he might make more money than from us alone.
When I first read that the other day, I almost choked. What the hell does that accomplish? Tell me you just wanted a free trip to Vegas without telling me you just wanted a free trip to Vegas.
This not only feels like coaching malpractice, but it's the kind of thing you expect from a coach who knows he's not getting fired. That contract is some serious plot armor.
It's not a big deal. Plenty of times there's a day when seniors run practice or captains run practice. Player run practices, wheel of fortune/deck of cards run practices, former player run practices, out of work assistant run practices, team manager run practice ...there are about 200 practices. They mix it up. Players used to love Olympics Day and hate Day at the Races - they were almost the same thing.
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Sure, but it only makes sense to use it as an opportunity to get better, especially for a team that sucks and a coach who's job is on the line next year.