People told Bill "dreamgirl" Dirrgyl that the guilt of leaving Rutgers would go away, but Bill admits in his first self-serving sermon since he bailed, that it hasn't passed. He probably can't stop thinking of all the BS he dished at the kids from RU and then deserted. He "worked the livin' snot out of 'em last year," but he didn't teach them a thing about class.

I'm sure it was a hard call for him. Thankfully, he has all the mental giants to defend him with the "you-can't-fault-a-man-for-bettering-himself" drivel. These are the same guys you'll find downing 30-packs at Loyola tailgates and waving their foam-rubber "Number One" fingers in all the sober people's faces.

The truth is Bill didn't know that the Loyola job would open up. And he didn't know he would be retreating after a year of convincing willing kids to buy into his plan.

I wonder what Dreamgirl's story would be if the Syracuse job opened up and he was in the running...."I've always felt it was my home and family and Syracuse is where my wife wants to live and I really like the color orange and Jim Brown has always been an idol of mine and I love domes"...

There was no mention in Dreamgirl's latest story about how RU has only two seniors and six juniors. It will be a struggle in 2002 when Princeton, Syracuse, Georgetown, UMASS, Towson come calling. Not to mention Penn State, Delaware, Army, Navy, etc. The truth is Bill would have struggled this year at RU. The truth is Bill isn't much of a coach. The truth is Bill didn't really create a "path" for Jim Stagnitta to follow. He was given more money, more scholarships, more support and he didn't do much more than Tom Hayes ever did.

I saw Rutgers play a few times last year. I'm intrigued by their sophomore class, who Dirrgyl had nothing to do with recruiting. Truth is, something like 12 class of 2004 kids committed to helping Rutgers rebuild, when no coach was in place. Most of them are from New Jersey. Six high school All Americans. Now that's class. One of these guys is in poor health but plays anyway. I saw both Duncan and Conforti play quarterback in high school and both are better than Ryan Cubit.

It will take time for 15 good players to emerge from this mix. Two seniors, six juniors and 12 sophomores limits the scope a bit. Dirrgyl's freshman class was a pretty good one, but it was imploded by Dreamgirl's desertion. Stagnitta's current class is key but this is probably the one area where Dirrgyl's move hurt most.

The freshman class that Dreamgirl brought in have to feel especially lame. I hear they are assembling a scrapbook of highlights of Dreamgirl's recruiting visit promises.

Two recruits have left. Georgalas, the son of the New Jersey Pride coach followed Dirrgyl to Loyola, the classic move of the ultimate suck up. "Gee, coach do you think I can be on the first line?"

GeorgeHalas probably got advice from his dad who was the brilliant guy who decided not to put a face-off guy out when his team was 3-men down to Rochester with a playoff spot on the line. we all watched as John Grant and one of the Powells threw in about 10 uncontested goals in three minutes to bump the Pride out of contention. Dreamgirl deserves this kid.


What I especially like about the latest Dreamgirl story is how quickly he started backpeddling about the Hounds chances in 2002. How classy.