The Rutgers former head coach Chris Ash has offofficially announced his return to the team.
Rutgers remained competitive for long parts of the Boston College game on Saturday, but they made far too many mistakes to have any chance of taking the lead in the second half. They had two weeks off to prepare, yet they still had a -2 turnover margin and 11 penalties for 100 yards. Three punts were made from hostile area. It wasn’t even close, even though quarterback Artur Sitkowski threw for nearly 300 yards and looked impressive at times, against a Kansas club that was humiliated the previous weekend. All Rutgers supporters could anticipate after more than three seasons under Chris Ash was more of the same.
The longer Chris Ash leads the Rutgers football team, the longer the program will suffer long-term harm. Indeed, he took over a program in disarray due to the off-field indiscretions of the previous head coach, Kyle Flood. Yes, there wasn’t enough quality or depth on the roster to compete in the Big Ten at a high level. Yes, there was a need to change the culture and the facilities were behind schedule. I have stated on several occasions in the past that Ash should have been given five years to turn the program around. But there are a number of reasons why it’s time to end that timeline and let Ash go.
