Little Danny;522888 wrote:Didn't the Gophers hire Mark Mangino as a "consultant". My bet would be he would be the coach next year.
Regarding Schiano, he has hit his ceiling at Rutgers. Back in 2006, he was everyone's short list for the next great thing. He made the mistake of staying in Piscataway and showing his weaknesses. He is a very conservative, un-original play caller and not a very good game day coach. He may not even have his current job at the end of the season if he keeps it up.
Its that "hot coach" or "hot team" syndrome. They had one good year in a mediocre conference and he's a world changer. Not that Miami is anything great these days, but they would probably have been much worse off had Schiano accepted. For him, he was an idiot not to strike while his professional iron was hot. And that is why I never fault any coach for bolting the minute they get such an opportunity. Why @#$% yourself for the remainder of your career by trying to "build" at a shithole when a school that can actually throw some weight behind you is willing to overpay you?
As for Schiano and Minny....he still has astronomically better odds of a conference title and BCS game at Rutgers than at Minny. Sad to say, but it'd be a step down for him (though a huge amount of money might trump that since its not likely he's not gonna be any better than average either place.
