Rutgers has a lot of potential. It is in the B1G. It's 40 miles and a 50 minute train ride from Times Square. Its AAU. It's located in a very populous relatively wealthy state. Its located in a territory that provides very good football recruiting and above average basketball recruiting. But, until the University fixes its leadership issues, Rutgers is screwed. Plus, outside of the football stadium, most of their athletic facilities are well below average for the B1G. No big name, even with all advantages, is going to want to coach there. Barchi was hired personally by Christie to manage Rutgers' acquisition of UMDNJ and has no experience in P5 athletics and and shown no interest in it. Pernetti, who was a competent AD, was thrown under the bus to save Barchi's hide because Barchi is untouchable for as long as Christie is Governor of the State. No one has a clue how Hermann was even hired, (maybe the only one who applied?) and has done nothing but attack the press and put her foot in her mouth at every opportunity. She has issued a single, 2 sentence statement about theses arrests since it happened last week. That is insane. I may have asked a former Rutgers guy last spring if he would trust Hermann running our town rec department, never mind a multi-million dollar P5 college athletic business, and he said, 'no.' Also, there is a cadre within the Rutgers' Faculty leadership who not only hate the 'subsidy' that the University gives to the athletic department ($47 million in 2014), which is understandable; but, they believe they are Princeton U North and want to get rid of the athletic department all together. Its a mess.
