🏈 Report: Rutgers to hire booster for recruiting—UPDATE: Booster bows out of running for position

[BAMANEWSBOT]

It appears Rutgers is on the verge of boosting a booster.

According to NJ.com, the Scarlet Knights are set to hire Jeff Towers as the teams new recruiting coordinator. If you're unfamiliar with Towers' coaching history, don't worry, because there's none to be aware of at this point. Towers is actually one of the program's boosters and has served as a business consultant during his career as a professionalh.

His LinkedIn profile says Towers is an "executive with 30 years of experience leading robust marketing, communications and fundraising programs in some of the largest nonprofit organizations in America." It goes on to say that he has managed "his own consulting agency assisting nonprofit organizations in strategic planning, board development, marketing, communications and fundraising.''

And while it doesn't sound like the kind of resume you'd typically see from somebody on a football staff, in reality it may not be all that crazy of an idea. A recruiting coordinator doesn't really need to know the intricacies of football coaching, nor does he need to be an excellent evaluator of talent. A recruiting coordinator just has to do what their job title implies: coordinate the team's recruiting efforts.

Towers won't be flying blind, either, as Rutgers is also expected to hire former Illinois director of player personnel Marcus Berry to serve in the same role at Rutgers. E.J. Barthel will also be promoted from his role as a volunteer assistant to Rutgers' recruiting staff.

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[UAgrad93]

How is this going to end well? I don't see it.

 

[TerryP]

How is this going to end well? I don't see it.

It's mostly organizational skills so theoretically it could work.

 

[BAMANEWSBOT]

Booster bows out of running for Rutgers post

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[TerryP]

How is this going to end well? I don't see it.

I'm seeing this start to "break publicly" so this is just as good of a place as any to post this...

When this was published I looked over the guys Rutgers had been "vetting" for the position. Along with this booster they were also interviewing a high school coach: Chris Partridge.

As it ends up, Partridge takes a job with Michigan's recruiting department. (Judgement prevents me from trying to coin a term Mishenanigan considering...)

How to does have any bearing on the Tide? Up until a month or so ago Bama was considered to be the likely destination of Rashan Gary (DL.) Now, while this is far from over, indications have him heavily leaning towards attending school in Ann Arbor.