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Social media reacts to Rutgers firing Chris Ash
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Losing to the No. 20 Michigan Wolverines, 52-0, on Saturday, Rutgers finally made the decision to part ways with head coach Chris Ash on Sunday.
Midway through his fourth season in Piscataway, Ash ends his tenure with an 8-32 (3-26 B1G) record.
Unsurprisingly, social media was not caught off guard by the move and got some typical jabs in at the Scarlet Knights.
In honor of #CFB150, Rutgers is starting fresh by firing head coach Chris Ash and OC John McNulty; TE coach Nunzio Campanile will take over as interim head (he previously had a successful run as a HS head coach): https://t.co/QR80qWGO1a
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 29, 2019
Forcing former Ohio State DC Chris Ash out of a job is the closest Jim Harbaugh has gotten to a win over the Buckeyes.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/MGoFish/status/1178013573076914176
Rutgers football was a solid program when Greg Schiano left in 2011. It took kyle flood and chris ash just 7+ years to return it to pre-schiano level terry shea-like embarrassment #rutgers
— Jayson Love (@JaysonL56) September 21, 2019
As a third-generation #Rutgers alum, I'm embarrassed by our football program. Chris Ash is the worst Power Five coach in the country & should be fired immediately. It's a shame that years after Greg Schiano made @RFootball respectable, the program has to be rebuilt all over again
— Tom Sileo (@TSileo) September 28, 2019
In Chris Ash's four years in charge at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights had as many wins (8) as shutout losses where they allowed at least 30 pointshttps://t.co/Z9YPvczGP3
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 29, 2019
Rutgers fires coach Chris Ash and OC John McNulty. In a pair of Big Ten defeats to Iowa and Michigan, the Scarlet Knights lost a combined 82-0.
— Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) September 29, 2019
Chris Ash has entered the transfer portal
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 29, 2019
Chris Ash fired! pic.twitter.com/eJ1R1XKeSX
— Rob Amadeo (@rfamadeo13) September 29, 2019
Tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile will serve as the interim coach for the remainder of the season.
Falling to 1-3 on the season with the loss to the Wolverines, Rutgers hosts Maryland (2-2) on Saturday (12:00PM ET, BTN).
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.