With its reputation in shambles, Rutgers needs to hire back Schiano

Schiano belongs at Rutgers. Rutgers needs Schiano. Nothing else makes as much sense as this. He probably wouldn't bring Rutgers a Big Ten title, but he would
With its reputation in shambles, Rutgers needs to hire back Schiano
With its reputation in shambles, Rutgers needs to hire back Schiano /

Former football coach Greg Schiano would bring discipline and credibility to a reeling athletic program.
Former football coach Greg Schiano would bring discipline and credibility to a reeling athletic program :: Jarrett Baker/Getty Images

Schiano belongs at Rutgers. Rutgers needs Schiano. Nothing else makes as much sense as this. He probably wouldn't bring Rutgers a Big Ten title, but he would bring two things that the school desperately needs: credibility and hope.


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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.