The Rutgers DC Job is Undesirable

RUsojo said:

Indeed it always has been. Tough to make hires for guys who are in great standing in their roles during a game of musical chairs with many preferable seats to RU. A brand risk that requires significant compensation above a candidates other options to often overcome.

rutgersal_rivals139582 said:

The difficulty is that coaches that can do the job, have to want the job, at the right price point. Further complicating matters is that the available resources on defense are not competitive. Adverse history, NIL and facilities are not competitive enough to attract the best the best HS recruits and portal transfers. The bad publicity regarding Rutgers finances doesn’t help. So coaches have to make do with “developmental” kids. Our Big Ten starters will be replaced with lower division kids from the transfer portal, or untested kids already on the roster. Understandably, they will need time to acclimate. Prospective candidates know our roster inside out, and understand the defense has to be significantly rebuilt, almost from scratch. Hardly an ideal situation for a Team facing a very difficult conference schedule. - Michigan - Northwestern - USC - Indiana - Maryland - MSU - Nebraska - Wisconsin - Penn State Based on history, I currently see 3 possible wins, and the defense faring very poorly. Coaches don’t want to fail. And if they are going to be put in that position, candidates are asking for risk premiums, to fairly compensate them for the risk they will be undertaking. What should that risk premium be? Well that is subject to negotiation. Remember that Rutgers had to raise Kirk Ciarocca’s salary by roughly 50%, before he would agree to come aboard. We can get a DC tomorrow if Rutgers ponies up. When they say, it ain’t the money, it’s the money. What else are they going to say? so all we can do is wait for things to play out. The portal ship has sailed, with the last day to add classes being on Friday. Remaining kids from the portal will be able to enroll for summer, so there’s no rush. Someone should be in place by spring practice, hopefully.

rutgersal_rivals139582 said:

The difficulty is that coaches that can do the job, have to want the job, at the right price point. Further complicating matters is that the available resources on defense are not competitive. Adverse history, NIL and facilities are not competitive enough to attract the best the best HS recruits and portal transfers. The bad publicity regarding Rutgers finances doesn’t help. So coaches have to make do with “developmental” kids. Our Big Ten starters will be replaced with lower division kids from the transfer portal, or untested kids already on the roster. Understandably, they will need time to acclimate. Prospective candidates know our roster inside out, and understand the defense has to be significantly rebuilt, almost from scratch. Hardly an ideal situation for a Team facing a very difficult conference schedule. - Michigan - Northwestern - USC - Indiana - Maryland - MSU - Nebraska - Wisconsin - Penn State Based on history, I currently see 3 possible wins, and the defense faring very poorly. Coaches don’t want to fail. And if they are going to be put in that position, candidates are asking for risk premiums, to fairly compensate them for the risk they will be undertaking. What should that risk premium be? Well that is subject to negotiation. Remember that Rutgers had to raise Kirk Ciarocca’s salary by roughly 50%, before he would agree to come aboard. We can get a DC tomorrow if Rutgers ponies up. When they say, it ain’t the money, it’s the money. What else are they going to say? so all we can do is wait for things to play out. The portal ship has sailed, with the last day to add classes being on Friday. Remaining kids from the portal will be able to enroll for summer, so there’s no rush. Someone should be in place by spring practice, hopefully.

rutgersal_rivals139582 said:

The difficulty is that coaches that can do the job, have to want the job, at the right price point. Further complicating matters is that the available resources on defense are not competitive. Adverse history, NIL and facilities are not competitive enough to attract the best the best HS recruits and portal transfers. The bad publicity regarding Rutgers finances doesn’t help. So coaches have to make do with “developmental” kids. Our Big Ten starters will be replaced with lower division kids from the transfer portal, or untested kids already on the roster. Understandably, they will need time to acclimate. Prospective candidates know our roster inside out, and understand the defense has to be significantly rebuilt, almost from scratch. Hardly an ideal situation for a Team facing a very difficult conference schedule. - Michigan - Northwestern - USC - Indiana - Maryland - MSU - Nebraska - Wisconsin - Penn State Based on history, I currently see 3 possible wins, and the defense faring very poorly. Coaches don’t want to fail. And if they are going to be put in that position, candidates are asking for risk premiums, to fairly compensate them for the risk they will be undertaking. What should that risk premium be? Well that is subject to negotiation. Remember that Rutgers had to raise Kirk Ciarocca’s salary by roughly 50%, before he would agree to come aboard. We can get a DC tomorrow if Rutgers ponies up. When they say, it ain’t the money, it’s the money. What else are they going to say? so all we can do is wait for things to play out. The portal ship has sailed, with the last day to add classes being on Friday. Remaining kids from the portal will be able to enroll for summer, so there’s no rush. Someone should be in place by spring practice, hopefully.

NewJerseyGuy said:

What role does the New Fieldhouse play in all of this?

Scarlet4ever said:

Yeah it must be terrible trying to get someone to take a job paying 1.5m+ when they could stay at a G5 or lower level and get paid 300k

Christian0007 said:

if every coach thought like the essay you just wrote... no one would ever apply to another job opening and accept it. THIS IS A LOSER ATTITUDE

rutgersal_rivals139582 said:

Danny Hurley preferred to stay at Rhode Island and wait for the UConn job. Different sport but similar situation. Cristobal decided to stay at FIU and make $400K, rather than make $1M+ at Rutgers. It’s happened to us before. Coaches are looking at what happened to Gleeson and Smith and thinking twice. Gleeson spent three years in the wilderness before finally landing a similar position this year.

rutgersal_rivals139582 said:

Based on history, I currently see 3 possible wins, and the defense faring very poorly. Coaches don’t want to fail.

RUsojo said:

Indeed it always has been. Tough to make hires for guys who are in great standing in their roles during a game of musical chairs with many preferable seats to RU. A brand risk that requires significant compensation above a candidates other options to often overcome.

RUsojo said:

$1.5M Rutgers DC salary would not land any desirable DC candidate. Compensation has increased drastically in a short period of time. And our dollars don’t go as far as others and our brand is a risk compared to others.

scrltnite1 said:

Nonsense! Coordinator jobs in the B1G represent the pinnacle for guys that have elected to become football coaches. The DC position is not filled for one reason: Greg has chosen not to fill it. I know nothing of Greg's rationale, but the idea that he hasn't filled it simply because he's been underwhelmed by ALL of the guys he's interviewed -- because ALL of the guys that want it are not up to the job -- is nonsense. This appears to be a classic case of allowing perfect to become the enemy of good; I sure hope Greg finds Mr. Perfect!