Take that Sha La La, and cue Bowser to sing, "Goodnight sweetheart, now it's time to go..." Keep your hands off our coach Mr. Dee and Company. How great is it that Miami, the former class of the Big East, who was going to ruin everything by leaving, couldn't entice someone from lowly little Rutgers to take the money and 'prestige' of Shalala University. Everyone with a good coaching position raise your hand....Miami, not so fast, put that hand down, and go bother Bernie or Barry. Or my recommendations would be for Ms. Donna to find a corrections officer who coached in the state pen, that is the type of discipline that teams needs, not a fine upstanding and honorable man as Mr. Schiano.
In my idle thoughts, I wonder what would happen if Bowzer from Sha Na Na and Ms. Donna made it...with apologies to Conan...Sha Na Na plus Sha La La...hmmm...
Anyways, now that I got that out of my system, thank the football gods that Schiano had a vision of things to come on the banks...he is the salesman that can bring the goods to market, and sell the new era of Rutgers to young men who aren't so into going all over America. I was braced for either decision he made, although I don't know where I would have gone to cry by myself if he left.
And can we stop linking the football teams success to the so called Olympic sports demise. Of course they spent money on the program, because if they didn't spend to upgrade and bring all the elements up to at least sniffing distance of big time programs, what is the point of being in D1. Let's cash in and go to 1AA and be like Nova...are they crazy? Are these academic types not realizing the ancilary benefits of the program? You would think they would be able to see the subtle benefits of recognition, revenue streams, as well as campus and state pride the football team brings. As much as I like and respect the award winning opera singers, debate team, and calc breakthroughs, they simply aren't the type of thing that appeals and calls to a wide student body. It creates an environment of fun and energy that can overlap into other areas of campus life. Involved students and alumni helop a university grow and succeed. Enrollment grows, endowments grow, recognition grows, the university as a whole grows. So please stop tallying up the price of paying a good coach and flying the team and staff to a bowl without at least trying to guess at the economic impact beyond the gridiron. And if anything, the success of the football team can create revenue to SAVE the Olympic sports, not shove them out of the way because of the football budget. How much revenue does the swimming team generate? Ok, so it is not all about the benjamins, but part of the big picture is. Feel free to have all the bake sales you want and see if you get close to a Texas Bowl payout, and gasp, if they had only made that two point conversion, and maybe held on defense one more time...Orange Bowl, BCS, millions...(breathing heavy, feeling woozy...), ok, ok, I'm back, just had a little moment there...back to muttering a little, until I realize, at least we ain't Temple and I fall to the ground and thank the football gods again.
Go G.E., he can still being good things to life...(see earlier post for more on this line of thinking, and some of my finest photoshop work to date) We are glad you'll be staying. Where else would you want to grow old and win National Titles than the good old Garden State?
Go RU!
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