ONE FG last 11 minutes

[bac2therac]

Wrap your mind around that

Our star recruit cannot get off the bench on a horrific offensive team

 

[kcg88]

Jones was massively overrated by everyone here. He was ranked barely in the top 150.

 

[BigEastPhil]

Jones was massively overrated by everyone here. He was ranked barely in the top 150.

He’s not overrated. His defense may be a bit shaky but we need to score. I did not like 2 consecutive sequences when Caleb did not even look Jones way to pass the ball. Right in front of me.

 

[The RUT]

Lol

 

[zappaa]

Jones was massively overrated by everyone here. He was ranked barely in the top 150.

Jones can play

 

[Shell21]

Get geo Paul and celeb out. Reduce their minutes and you will notice a difference

 

[kcg88]

Jones can play

He should start doing something when he's on the court then.

 

[bac2therac]

Caleb is horrible

 

[jordkap]

Caleb is horrible

Caleb is what he is, a role player. We need somebody who plays with pace

 

[Shell21]

Caleb is horrible

Yep. Caleb would be fine as a glue guy coming off the bench when he can just play d and pass . He shouldn’t take a shot outside a layup

 

[Rhuarc]

Where's the 12 minutes without a Merrimack field goal thread? I'd much prefer that one than the one that's ripping into our players.

 

[The RUT]

Where's the 12 minutes without a Merrimack field goal thread? I'd much prefer that one than the one that's ripping into our players.

It’s Merrimack…

 

[AshCatchEm]

Where's the 12 minutes without a Merrimack field goal thread? I'd much prefer that one than the one that's ripping into our players.

Im sorry but now is not the time to gloat about shutting down the ******** team that is merrimack

 

[richthedentist]

This team very unprepared against the zone and that’s on the coaching staff

 

[Rhuarc]

Im sorry but now is not the time to gloat about shutting down the ******** team that is merrimack

I'd rather see that on our Rutgers message board than some negative thread about RU not being able to shoot. Besides, I'm not gloating - I just want people to calm the F down and stop acting so hysterical.

 

[Shell21]

This team very unprepared against the zone and that’s on the coaching staff

And it’s not a pure zone ; it’s a matchup. I sound like a broken record but it’s one of the reasons why we didn’t score much and looked clueless. You can’t run straight man stuff against it. You need to run man stuff and motion because screens and cutters confuse the matchup

 

[bac2therac]

Where's the 12 minutes without a Merrimack field goal thread? I'd much prefer that one than the one that's ripping into our players.

You're embarrassing

 

[RUsojo]

Not surprised by anything this team is who I thought it would be and glad they’re 2-0

 

[ScarletLongIsland_rivals]

People are actually knocking Jones? You must be joking

 

[RUBlackout]

People are actually knocking Jones? You must be joking

I completely agree with this…I bet half the people responding on here never played an ounce of basketball in their lives.
Keep sitting on your couches and trying to coach!!

 

[CranfordKnight]

He should start doing something when he's on the court then.

He did.

 

[Shell21]

Called it

Get geo Paul and celeb out. Reduce their minutes and you will notice a difference

 

[RutgersRaRa]

It’s Merrimack…

It's 12 minutes.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

People are actually knocking Jones? You must be joking

It's unfvckingreal reading some of these posts. Such little self-control when hitting the keyboard.

 

[Rhuarc]

You're embarrassing

You guys need to check the mirror before you throw around statements like that. I'm embarrassing cause I choose not to overreact to a bad start to the season? Get over yourself.

 

[AshCatchEm]

It's 12 minutes.

Nobody cares. Stop trying to make it seem impressive. It's not.

 

[MLBash93]

It's unfvckingreal reading some of these posts. Such little self-control when hitting the keyboard.

It's mainly @bac2therac who's basically a cancer here

 

[MV9000]

Jones is absolutely one to applaud today as opposed to our starters lol. Don’t get the hate on him, he shot well, scored 10 I think and played within the game.

we shot like *** overall. Cliff continues to be a bright side along with Hyatt and Jonss

 

[bac2therac]

Called it

Yup

 

[bac2therac]

It's mainly @bac2therac who's basically a cancer here

Im fine and completely accurate

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Nobody cares. Stop trying to make it seem impressive. It's not.

I didn't try to make it seem impressive, I pointed out a fact that you're conveniently ignoring so you can continue your rant. We have issues, preeminent among them is the lack of a point guard, and it's hard to watch. In the meantime, since we're only two games in, maybe you should stop being so over-the-top righteous in your pronouncements against the team. It's tiresome.

 

[MLBash93]

Im fine and completely accurate

Accuracy doesn't take away from the fact that you're a cancer

 

[bac2therac]

ive dealt with better trolls than you

 

[The RUT]

I didn't try to make it seem impressive, I pointed out a fact that you're conveniently ignoring so you can continue your rant. We have issues, preeminent among them is the lack of a point guard, and it's hard to watch. In the meantime, since we're only two games in, maybe you should stop being so over-the-top righteous in your pronouncements against the team. It's tiresome.

It’s more of the point that us not making a basket in 11 minutes is more significant than them not making a bucket in 12.

Really not complicated.

 

[RUJMM78]

It's 12 minutes.

Lets not forget that it took more than 5 minutes for Rutgers to score a point at the start of the game.The team was clueless in attacking the zone defense which is hard to accept with so many experienced players starting.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

It’s more of the point that us not making a basket in 11 minutes is more significant than them not making a bucket in 12.

Really not complicated.

I understand the point since it's an easy one, but our fans go so far off the rails sometimes and it doesn't help. Just as some folks migrate toward negativity, others go to sunshine and lollipops. A middle ground is usually a better bet. There are varying degrees of the expression of frustration (I once broke a flat screen watching our football team thanks to Nova throwing another pick), but some of the arguments and statements on here are end-of-times-type stuff. It's not like it's never happened before that we (or anyone, for that matter) have/has sucked, only to recover and have a better season than expected.

 

[RU848789]

Jones was massively overrated by everyone here. He was ranked barely in the top 150.

Bad take. As many of us have been saying, he'll be starting at some point and barring injury will end up as a very good player at RU and could easily become a star (I think he'll eventually score close to 20 per game).

 

[dpwhite]

He’s not overrated. His defense may be a bit shaky but we need to score. I did not like 2 consecutive sequences when Caleb did not even look Jones way to pass the ball. Right in front of me.

I noticed this too. He was wide open in the corner.

 

[The RUT]

I understand the point since it's an easy one, but our fans go so far off the rails sometimes and it doesn't help. Just as some folks migrate toward negativity, others go to sunshine and lollipops. A middle ground is usually a better bet. There are varying degrees of the expression of frustration (I once broke a flat screen watching our football team thanks to Nova throwing another pick), but some of the arguments and statements on here are end-of-times-type stuff. It's not like it's never happened before that we (or anyone, for that matter) have/has sucked, only to recover and have a better season than expected.

I can’t speak for others, but I’ve been pretty consistent in my opinion of the core players on the team and Pike.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Lets not forget that it took more than 5 minutes for Rutgers to score a point at the start of the game.The team was clueless in attacking the zone defense which is hard to accept with so many experienced players starting.

I agree with that and hope/expect Pike to figure out the lineups that will work, but I'm not freaking out just yet. I remember being pissed off beyond belief when Cinci throttled us at home (football) in IIRC the second game of the season in 2009. It was embarrassing and completely unexpected. Then Cinci went undefeated and Kelly left for Notre Dame. So it remains to be seen just how good our opponents are and what we need to do to get our heads right. Against Lehigh it looked like we expected to out-athlete them on every play even when it was obvious they were completely holding their own and we didn't seem to mentally adjust.

Net-net, I don't have the fuller picture yet of our team or those we're playing, so am not jumping off a bridge anytime soon and certainly not going to attack other posters for not being negative enough. There's plenty of time to lose our minds, it's just too early for that.