The all-inclusive Rutgers dumpster fire thread...

[Finwad32]

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Omg - this is too much. I'm lol'ing... It really is astounding the amount of material that comes from that school.

 

[orangefog]

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I can't be alone in thinking that THIS guy should be Rutgers' new mascot, right?

 

[TheCusian]

Omg - this is too much. I'm lol'ing... It really is astounding the amount of material that comes from that school.

When people say "why do we have a bazillion post Rutgers thread?" - it's because of stuff like this. So much lol

 

[orangeinjersey]

So Rutgers got themselves a nice little naming rights deal with the local Hospital/Health Care System. The press release sounds pretty cool, not sure how exactly it differs from what they currently have in that im sure all their athletes see the same local areas physicians. But kudos to them for getting some extra coin.

Why this Rutgers naming-rights deal is a game changer in its quest for Big Ten relevancy | Politi

 

[Briancuse]

I can't be alone in thinking that THIS guy should be Rutgers' new mascot, right?

I think this guy should be their permanent mascot.

 

[orangefog]

I think this guy should be their permanent mascot.View attachment 79340

Somebody must have told him that body paint on your nipples causes cancer or something, look at the "R". It veers around the nip. I am willing to be this guy has slip on shoes.

 

[CusefanATL]

 

[Ringostar57]

This should be the "R U kidding me" thread. Being committed to Rutgers is like being committed to the New Jersey State Hospital for the criminally insane.

 

[Briancuse]

Somebody must have told him that body paint on your nipples causes cancer or something, look at the "R". It veers around the nip. I am willing to be this guy has slip on shoes.

I am willing to bet that guy lurks around in a van outside of schools.

 

[NJCuse97]

Unlike Al that guy is well an Ashole minus the s.

An Ahole! I think we're aloud to say that.
Sorry, just busting chops.

 

[Pyle]

I think this guy should be their permanent mascot.View attachment 79340

If I ever have to visualize what a bologna burp looks like......it would be him.

 

[Briancuse]

Conference expansion mistakes over the past 15 years
http://www.yardbarker.com/college_f...akes_over_the_past_15_years/s1_13132_22170154
I feel bad for that poor shmuck, that must be Rutgersal.

 

[FAL]

I am willing to bet that guy lurks around in a van outside of schools.

Wearing a clown costume. Oh, wait! He already is...

 

[retro44]

When Michigan offers.

You mean Delaware ...right!!!

 

[SU2NASA]

You mean Delaware ...right!!!

Add Princeton and there's three teams with winged helmets that are all better than Rutgers.

 

[Briancuse]

Add Princeton and there's three teams with winged helmets that are all better than Rutgers.

Hoboken Hs has winged helmets, we can probably add them to the list.

 

[JarHeadJim]

The never-ending QB conundrum: Why can't Rutgers find a decent quarterback?







The never-ending QB conundrum: Why can't Rutgers find a decent quarterback? | Politi

 

[Jerseynole8]

Rutgers fans are scared. They know how fast a bad hire effects a program negatively, they know two bad hires is catastrophic. Ash is looking like the latter. Their performance to date has been atrocious. That's an X's and O's problem. Alabama was bad for a long time, Norte Dame, Washington, Stanford, Tenn, hell Syracuse.

With their now murderes row gauntlet of a schedule every year, their margin for error is zero. They could easily return to their early 90s doormat status and they are terrified

Nah, only idiots are "scared". It's year 1 of a total rebuild and the morons in the Rutgers fan base (and there are way too many) don't understand this. Flood sunk the program back to 2002-2004 level bad, not quite Terry Shea bad, but it's bad. Ash may not be the long term solution, but he's an upgrade over Flood and over the next 3 years or so he will rebuild the program for the B1G, particularly on the defensive side of the ball which from 2013-2015 was historically the worst it's been over a 3-year period...even worse than the Shea years if that's possible. There's no disputing that this defense is built for the AAC from a size and (lack of) athleticism standpoint. Despite having zero depth, starting 3 new linebackers and being on the field all the time, you can see signs that this D is fairly well coached for the pile of s#it he has to work with. Still, Ash is not a magician. He can't take a roster of (bad)AAC players and compete vs. this schedule.

While there are some encouraging signs of life on D, the offense is a different story entirely. There are no QB's who can play yet. Oden the true frosh is still too raw. If Dungey is on this roster this year RU is 3-4, possibly 4-3, even though the three beat downs still would have happened. Lewis from SPP will be here next year but will likely RS. The offense is going to suck next year too. Not as bad is this year as there will be WR's who can actually get separation and the OL will get better via addition by subtraction (two heavily overrated 4=star OL who were better for the pro set will be moving on) but it likely won't be until 2018 until there's any real improvement on O. And this correlates with Schiano's rebuild as the offense was putrid the first two years.

And for the record, I am not one of Schiano's biggest fans. Agree that he peaked in 2006 and overstayed his welcome but one thing he did do was build the program from the dregs of an FCS level to a competitive mid-major type program (which the Big East was after UM and VT split). Now Ash has to get the program from a bad AAC team to a competitive (6-6) B1G team. Still, I'm a realist and accept that RU will never be anything more than Minnesota-level although I think they can be that more consistently than not once the program gets rebuilt. Going to take 3-4 years to do that though. Congrats on the win vs. VT and good luck vs. BC this week.

 

[texascpa]

. Lewis from SPP will be here next year but will likely RS. The offense is going to suck next year too.

Not according to RutgersAl.

 

[TheCusian]

Nah, only idiots are "scared". It's year 1 of a total rebuild and the morons in the Rutgers fan base (and there are way too many) don't understand this. Flood sunk the program back to 2002-2004 level bad, not quite Terry Shea bad, but it's bad. Ash may not be the long term solution, but he's an upgrade over Flood and over the next 3 years or so he will rebuild the program for the B1G, particularly on the defensive side of the ball which from 2013-2015 was historically the worst it's been over a 3-year period...even worse than the Shea years if that's possible. There's no disputing that this defense is built for the AAC from a size and (lack of) athleticism standpoint. Despite having zero depth, starting 3 new linebackers and being on the field all the time, you can see signs that this D is fairly well coached for the pile of s#it he has to work with. Still, Ash is not a magician. He can't take a roster of (bad)AAC players and compete vs. this schedule.

While there are some encouraging signs of life on D, the offense is a different story entirely. There are no QB's who can play yet. Oden the true frosh is still too raw. If Dungey is on this roster this year RU is 3-4, possibly 4-3, even though the three beat downs still would have happened. Lewis from SPP will be here next year but will likely RS. The offense is going to suck next year too. Not as bad is this year as there will be WR's who can actually get separation and the OL will get better via addition by subtraction (two heavily overrated 4=star OL who were better for the pro set will be moving on) but it likely won't be until 2018 until there's any real improvement on O. And this correlates with Schiano's rebuild as the offense was putrid the first two years.

And for the record, I am not one of Schiano's biggest fans. Agree that he peaked in 2006 and overstayed his welcome but one thing he did do was build the program from the dregs of an FCS level to a competitive mid-major type program (which the Big East was after UM and VT split). Now Ash has to get the program from a bad AAC team to a competitive (6-6) B1G team. Still, I'm a realist and accept that RU will never be anything more than Minnesota-level although I think they can be that more consistently than not once the program gets rebuilt. Going to take 3-4 years to do that though. Congrats on the win vs. VT and good luck vs. BC this week.

Thanks for the congrats, but I think you're being too optimistic:

1. Your recruiting is kind of like ours, lower P5. So while you shouldn't be winning games vs Ohio State and Michigan (Clemson/FSU for us) you should appear to have a bit more of a clue on offense and defense.

2. P5 coaches don't have only 3 completions in a game.

3. While it's possible that Ash will grow into a good coach, it's really, really hard to do when you are a first time head coach in the P5. Losses snowball into bad recruiting.

4. We've lived through this. It might set you guys back 10-15 years.

 

[Ringostar57]

The Rutgers brand.

Ashcan Ash coach and mascot all in one. You can bet your ash the dumpster fire continues.

 

[chakka3421]

Thanks for the congrats, but I think you're being too optimistic:

1. Your recruiting is kind of like ours, lower P5. So while you shouldn't be winning games vs Ohio State and Michigan (Clemson/FSU for us) you should appear to have a bit more of a clue on offense and defense.

2. P5 coaches don't have only 3 completions in a game.

3. While it's possible that Ash will grow into a good coach, it's really, really hard to do when you are a first time head coach in the P5. Losses snowball into bad recruiting.

4. We've lived through this. It might set you guys back 10-15 years.

The only reason is that Babers is ahead of schedule because of Dungey & Etta-Tawo and the rest of the WR corp. Without Dungey he would have had a much more difficult time getting the wins we did. I give a lot of credit to Coach Lester for finding ED.

 

[orangeinjersey]

Nah, only idiots are "scared". It's year 1 of a total rebuild and the morons in the Rutgers fan base (and there are way too many) don't understand this. Flood sunk the program back to 2002-2004 level bad, not quite Terry Shea bad, but it's bad. Ash may not be the long term solution, but he's an upgrade over Flood and over the next 3 years or so he will rebuild the program for the B1G, particularly on the defensive side of the ball which from 2013-2015 was historically the worst it's been over a 3-year period...even worse than the Shea years if that's possible. There's no disputing that this defense is built for the AAC from a size and (lack of) athleticism standpoint. Despite having zero depth, starting 3 new linebackers and being on the field all the time, you can see signs that this D is fairly well coached for the pile of s#it he has to work with. Still, Ash is not a magician. He can't take a roster of (bad)AAC players and compete vs. this schedule.

While there are some encouraging signs of life on D, the offense is a different story entirely. There are no QB's who can play yet. Oden the true frosh is still too raw. If Dungey is on this roster this year RU is 3-4, possibly 4-3, even though the three beat downs still would have happened. Lewis from SPP will be here next year but will likely RS. The offense is going to suck next year too. Not as bad is this year as there will be WR's who can actually get separation and the OL will get better via addition by subtraction (two heavily overrated 4=star OL who were better for the pro set will be moving on) but it likely won't be until 2018 until there's any real improvement on O. And this correlates with Schiano's rebuild as the offense was putrid the first two years.

And for the record, I am not one of Schiano's biggest fans. Agree that he peaked in 2006 and overstayed his welcome but one thing he did do was build the program from the dregs of an FCS level to a competitive mid-major type program (which the Big East was after UM and VT split). Now Ash has to get the program from a bad AAC team to a competitive (6-6) B1G team. Still, I'm a realist and accept that RU will never be anything more than Minnesota-level although I think they can be that more consistently than not once the program gets rebuilt. Going to take 3-4 years to do that though. Congrats on the win vs. VT and good luck vs. BC this week.

But for the past X years all we've heard from RU fans is how "great" their recruiting has been? How has recruiting been so good, yet you're suddenly so bad? 3 completions SHOULD NeEVER happen to A P5 team, NEVER. That is a HUGE red flag about your OC. I wonder how long Ash sticks with him?

Two terrible seasons and Ash will be on hot seat and will be hard for him to attract quality new asst coaches. Like someone mentioned here, we have lived this story once already.

 

[tipphill]

Add Princeton and there's three teams with winged helmets that are all better than Rutgers.

i liked wing helmets

 

[TheCusian]

The only reason is that Babers is ahead of schedule because of Dungey & Etta-Tawo and the rest of the WR corp. Without Dungey he would have had a much more difficult time getting the wins we did. I give a lot of credit to Coach Lester for finding ED.

I disagree a bit.

That helps a lot for sure. But I think Babers with Rutgers players (shudder) would have had a better showing on O vs Ohio State and Michigan.