But that's what happened Monday, when Rutgers coach Chris Ash was pressed on whether he address a tweet made by Austin in the wake of Saturday's 55-14 loss at Kansas.
Austin, one of the Scarlet Knights' team leaders, appeared to mock Ash's post-game quote on his Twitter account.
"Sometimes these things take four, five, even six years,'' Ash said, referring to the Rutgers rebuild. "I've seen it when I was at Iowa State — it was our sixth year when we went to a bowl game. We're not trying to wait that long. We want to win as fast as we can.