Yes go back to enjoying, I never stopped! You’ll love it!I just don’t understand how on one hand you can say McConnell should be out of the rotation and have multiple posts the past couple years hating on the kids play and on the other post about how valuable he is.
Of course you’re gonna be right either way.
I’m pumped we won just tired of the constant negativity on this board and taking it out tonight.
I’ll go back to enjoying the win and let you be.
Where the pike haters at?
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I’ve been going nuts all week on the haters. Pikiell has been the only guy to take us to the tourney in 30 years. Recruiting needs to improve but that was a good team we beat tonight. They will not lose many games this season
True to a point, when we lost to the bad teams he couldnt hit anything and kept shooting. If he played in those games like he played tonight we win those games. There are too many games where Caleb and Gio disappear.
That's not true at alllllll. Caleb's defense has been outstanding this year and he has had a few good games after a slow start
Last year you wrote non stop threads about how bad he was
He did great except for that 6 point run they made starting the second half when he had RHJ, PAUL, and cliff off the court when Mcconell was the only scorer on the court and made that horrible cross court pass. Pike will always be respected but just sometimes he loses fans respect with the rotations he puts in. Makes him look very bad sometimes.
Caleb had an enormous impact on this game with his defense... he was just straight wrecking plays bc he denies the ball with that length. The entire team started pressing their men instead if just letting them pass it to the wing then dump it in the post. This is the pressure man D we need to be playing... especially with guys like Caleb and Mag who can really lock down
Go back and look at how bad he was last year. It’s not personal I swear. Last year he shot 31% from the floor 20% from 3 in I think the 5th most field goal attempts Per game iirc.
And he missed half the season with a back injury that most likely hampered him when he played.
The fact that there are Pike haters amongst the RU fan base, after the past 2 seasons, is a pretty clear example of just how crazy this world is.
Even being down 1 with chance to win shows they played their asses off
Again, you're not basketball savvy enough to understand there's 40 minutes to a game......how about finding my thread earlier today, on sticking with shooters and letting Edey and Williams go crazy.....
If RU could grab a frigging rebound, this isn't a close game....there are holes on the roster but we're finding ways to account for them.....
Watch ESPN for the next 12 hours, RU is the story of the night....only you would say a bad play was called, these are kids or youngsters playing, it's not the NBA......
No Zapp, the whole game! Many of us were prepared for an *** kicking and instead our Rutgers Men kicked *** the whole game. The team did great but so did pike. If it going to be all on pike for the losses then you have to give him some credit for the wins, especially a huge win like this one.
Sure maybe it did. This year he’s 100% healthy per Pike and he’s worse offensively than last year on the whole 29% and 13% from 3. So maybe it hampered him last year maybe it didn’t. But what’s happening is…
…this is the beginning of the Caleb turn around story not the happy ending. He’s got a lot of work to do it’s not a done deal - but as I’ve said I’m confident he will do much better at offensively at PG.
It’s better for the team that he play more with the ball in his hands than off rhe ball on the wing. He is much more comfortable and effective.
If you find joy in McConnell playing two really good games being a reason to try to call me out for saying he played bad last year when he did play bad last year then whatever floats your boat.
Celebrate good times!
At times under Pike we have over helped way too much and tonight I thought we did a great job not doing that at all. Glad Purdue kept forcing it inside.
Some guys on here will NEVER give Pike any props. Some of you said Mag was a wasted scholarship and said he would never play. Others ripped McConnell all season and he has turned things around. I have been to 9 practices and I see each time how hard these guys work but many of you are totally ruthless saying they don't care and are lazy etc. The negatoids I feel should root for another team if you don't support RU. They represent our State University and our entire state. I got sick seeing all of the negativity on this site for a while now. Some of you need to realize what is important in life. Sports are for entertainment but some of you constantly rip on our student athletes. There is more to life. Maybe if you lost an important member of your family you might realize what is important in life. I have lost too many people in my life and try to keep things in perspective.
Again you’re completely ignoring what I’m pointing out because it doesn’t fit your narrative/opinion.
The statistics entirely back up what I’m saying too.
For years you’ve acted like you actually understand basketball on a deep level, and I honestly don’t think you do.
I love this thread. What a perfect listing of all the a holes on the extremes looking for opportunities to rub noses and the group in in the middle just happy for what happened last night.
So when the players play well, it’s the players who won the game and when we lose it’s the coaches fault? What about player performance when we lose?
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