100 Opinions on Why Team Struggles, 1 Answer

[RUKiid]

Mathis should play less, Harper is hurt, JY should play more, the Freshman should play, change the starting 5. If we are this confused as fans, imagine how the players feel? This coaching staff has been so all over the place that I'm not sure a player knows what to expect anymore. Will they be in the game at crunch time? Play 10 minutes, 30? The players are not performing because the coaching staff is not putting them in a position to perform. Offensively, it looks like they don't practice at all and that's all on the coach.

 

[zappaa]

We’re an average team at best with a no show RJH.
Simple as that imo

 

[Roy_Faulker]

First I’ve heard about RHJ still being hurt

 

[ColonelRutgers]

We rode RHJ in December when he came out sizzling, especially from three which we had never really seen before, even with Geo hurt/hobbling and Caleb not even playing. But when you take out a guy who was regularly scoring 20-30 points a game and doing it from deep, midrange and in the paint, the entire offense is impacted in a big way. The difference between us and good teams in the past always seemed to be that the elite programs had a NBA-type talent offensively that could take over a game or hit a a big shot when they needed it. We had that two months ago and now it's completely gone. People were talking about him going into the NBA draft and being a National Player of the Year candidate. Take that player out of the lineup and here we are.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

First I’ve heard about RHJ still being hurt

well.. his play says so.. though he does show elevation at times.. little explosiveness.. sometimes injuries.. especially the first such injury.. produces a lack of faith in a joint or limb. Whereas prior to injury, the idea of pushing too hard is not present.. afterward it is.. even if there is no pain telling him to stop.

 

[richthedentist]

well.. his play says so.. though he does show elevation at times.. little explosiveness.. sometimes injuries.. especially the first such injury.. produces a lack of faith in a joint or limb. Whereas prior to injury, the idea of pushing too hard is not present.. afterward it is.. even if there is no pain telling him to stop.

I wonder about the injury because even at the start of the MD game he missed another put back layup if he had the explosiveness he should go back up and dunk that ball

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

did you ever think that we just aren't that good and pikiell is helping us over achieve? it is the same thing every game in which everyone complains yet we always blame pikiell. was it pikiell that had mcconnell miss that fast break layup, ron to go 1- 1,000,000 from three, or young basically hand the ball to the defensive player down 6? how many times can we watch a missed layup or wide open 3. At some point a D1 basketball player should be able to consistently knock down 3s. i know junior college players who can consistently knock down 3s. All the other teams do it just not rutgers. If anything is pikiell's fault, it is the fact that he allows players to continue shooting while it has been determined that they cant. the nwe run into the problem of who scores.

 

[ricdrul]

did you ever think that we just aren't that good and pikiell is helping us over achieve? it is the same thing every game in which everyone complains yet we always blame pikiell. was it pikiell that had mcconnell miss that fast break layup, ron to go 1- 1,000,000 from three, or young basically hand the ball to the defensive player down 6? how many times can we watch a missed layup or wide open 3. At some point a D1 basketball player should be able to consistently knock down 3s. i know junior college players who can consistently knock down 3s. All the other teams do it just not rutgers. If anything is pikiell's fault, it is the fact that he allows players to continue shooting while it has been determined that they cant. the nwe run into the problem of who scores.

Your right as a Coach he allows players to continue shooting while it has been determined that they can't with no changes to the offence only to starting lineups and playing time. In the B1G teams know each other and you have to bring new things to the offence to keep other teams honest. Even when they run the pick and roll they never pass the ball to the roller. When you take something away you adjust and do something different it's not happening with the offence on this team.

 

[RUKiid]

Great point that RHJ was Nat'l Player of Year candidate and he is not any longer. Our 1 dominant scorer disappeared and the team has fallen off ever since. Still think the coaching is a bit manic and completely lost on offense.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Mathis should play less, Harper is hurt, JY should play more, the Freshman should play, change the starting 5. If we are this confused as fans, imagine how the players feel? This coaching staff has been so all over the place that I'm not sure a player knows what to expect anymore. Will they be in the game at crunch time? Play 10 minutes, 30? The players are not performing because the coaching staff is not putting them in a position to perform. Offensively, it looks like they don't practice at all and that's all on the coach.

This is not "one answer." This is just another opinion to add to the 100 opinions.

My own opinion, which I have stated on the boards over the past couple of days, is that our offense has been absolutely EVISCERATED by Ron's slump. It's frankly that simple IMHO, because (1) we're now missing another 10 ppg that we were getting from him earlier in the year; and (2) his slump has had a reverberating effect on the rest of the offense.

I hate to blame the entire team's struggles on one guy, but in the 100 reasons why, Ron is #1.

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

Mathis should play less, Harper is hurt, JY should play more, the Freshman should play, change the starting 5. If we are this confused as fans, imagine how the players feel? This coaching staff has been so all over the place that I'm not sure a player knows what to expect anymore. Will they be in the game at crunch time? Play 10 minutes, 30? The players are not performing because the coaching staff is not putting them in a position to perform. Offensively, it looks like they don't practice at all and that's all on the coach.

Read your post 3 times. Can’t find your 1 answer?

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

Your right as a Coach he allows players to continue shooting while it has been determined that they can't with no changes to the offence only to starting lineups and playing time. In the B1G teams know each other and you have to bring new things to the offence to keep other teams honest. Even when they run the pick and roll they never pass the ball to the roller. When you take something away you adjust and do something different it's not happening with the offence on this team.

You need to play someone. 20% of posters think Ron should sit, another 20% thinks McConnell, another think geo, another Mathis and another young. Why don’t we play the walk ins for the sake of changing it up.

This has nothing to do with offense. Sure of course it could be better. But it doesn’t mean anything unless we make shots. The truth is we are still one or two players away from being really good. Now we are just a good basketball team looking to string two ncaa tournament seasons together.

 

[RUKiid]

Read your post 3 times. Can’t find your 1 answer?

It is the coaching staff.

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

It is the coaching staff.

Good one. We haven't been this competitive in 30 years and your first reaction is to replace coaching staff.

 

[RUKiid]

Did not say replace the coaching staff, to me the talent is the best we've had in ages. The coaching staff seems a bit lost. Hopefully they figure it out.

 

[fluoxetine]

The talent is the best we've had in ages but so are the results.

 

[zebnatto]

Haven’t been able to shoot, esp from 3.