ESPN reporting that Schiano turned down Miami

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After coming within a 52-yard field goal of bringing Rutgers its first Big East title in school history, Greg Schiano has risen to the top of many schools' wish lists this holiday season. But his wish is to stay at Rutgers.

Schiano said at his weekly news conference Monday that he he talked with Miami in the last 24 hours about its vacant coaching job, but he told the school he's staying at Rutgers.

Schiano has a pre-existing relationship with Miami athletic director Paul Dee, having served as Miami's defensive coordinator from 1999-2000.

Rutgers struggled for years before its resurgence under Schiano, who on Friday was named Home Depot's coach of the year. This year, the Scarlet Knights won their first nine games and were ranked as high as No. 7 before going 1-2 down the stretch.

Despite that disappointment, Schiano said, his team won't let down for the Texas Bowl.

"Certainly, there's disappointment," he said. "We had an opportunity to be in the BCS, and more importantly to be league champions. To come close and not get it hurts.
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"But in 137 years of football, we've only been to two bowl games, so we're thrilled to be going to another bowl game -- and for the first time in our history, to be going to back-to-back bowl games."

No. 13 Rutgers fell short of the Big East title and their first BCS berth with a 41-39, triple-overtime loss at No. 15 West Virginia on Saturday. The defeat gave Louisville the Big East's automatic bid as conference champion.

Rutgers' 10-2 season was its best since going 11-0 in 1976. On Sunday, the Scarlet Knights accepted an invitation to the Texas Bowl on Dec. 28 in Houston, where they will take on Kansas State.

Miami has been in the market for a coach since the school fired Larry Coker on Nov. 24, a day after the Hurricanes beat Boston College 17-14 to salvage a 6-6 season. Coker, 59-15 with one national championship in his six years in Coral Gables, will coach the Canes in the MPC Computers Bowl on Dec. 31.
 

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I wouldn't do it either. In fact, you couldn't pay me the highest coaching salary in the nation to take a head coaching job at Miami.

With the on field and off field problems that team has and the constant scrutiny of fans and administration...no way.

Gimme a cush coaching job at a mid-major caliber school over that any day.
 

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Miami is in shambles. I don't think they will get anything other than a B-list coach. It's pre-1980's all over again.
 

Nick5324

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I'm not surprised. My understanding is that the job he really wants is Penn State. So, he can stay at Rutgers where everyone loves him, and when JoePa is done, make a bid for that job. If I had to guess, I'd say Joe is done within 5 years, but with him, it's hard to say for sure. I can't blame the guy for not taking the Miami job knowing that he would be expected to "fix" the program and get a NC now, not later. Yeah, more money, but a big hit in quality of life with the huge pressure. If the PSU job wasn't opening up soon, he might have taken the Miami job, but for now, it seems he's happy to wait a few years to jump to PSU.
 

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Rutgers will be in national championship contention within the next 2 years. Why would he leave to go coach a bunch of thugs?
 

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Miami is kind of a weird situation. It's one of the 'elite' level programs out there in terms of talent etc, with championships and glory under it's belt. However, there are dark clouds hanging over the program with on and off the field issues, and the facilities apparently are so sub-standard that many high-school programs have better ones.

Even worse, despite having a great team and consistent success, there is very little fan interest in Miami, and they generally don't draw very well at home.

I don't think the Miami job is as nice as having a guaranteed job with one of the 'lesser' programs like Rutgers with lower expectations. Now if a job like Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma etc come open, you'd better believe I'd take that. Those programs have top notch everything, including a huge fan base that supports their teams in any way possible.
 

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Good for Schiano, the next few recruiting classes are going to have incredible talent and Rutgers will be competing for the major Bowl games.

Heck, NJ Govt is even willing to give money to RU to upgrade their facilities (this after state govt cut back aid for Rutgers which resulted in 6 Div 1 sports being cancelled)