When was the last time a TV crew waxed poetic about any RU performance. The BIG1G studio show could not stop talking about our defense
For all the Pike haters
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Could be Pike's best team ever...(someone had to say it)
I have attended hundreds and hundreds of RU games since 1971 and have followed RU since the Lloyd and Valvano days and that was by far the best defensive game I have ever seen a Rutgers team play. They played as a team with a 100% plus effort all night long.
I admit after the horrific start I was questioning Pike (never a hater, as he seems like a really fine guy). IMHO the key to this being a successful season is not only how far this team can go, but how this translates into recruiting, which we need to hit a home run with this year.
We need to stop with the Pike hating. Anyone who questioned his coaching has been proven wrong. Anyone who questioned his personnel decisions has been proven wrong. He knows this team better than anyone on this board, as he should, so the criticism needs to stop. As for recruiting, sure, we all want the 4-star studs. But, does anyone in their right mind here believe that Pike cannot identify and go after those guys. I’m sure he’s reaching out, and perhaps he will not be able to secure commitments from multiple top 150 players. However, this may have to do more with the politics of AAU basketball than anything else. Maybe Pike is not willing to play those games. As a devoted fan, the more important question is: Do you want Pike to join that cesspool? Maybe we do, and that’s fine. Just be ready to accept the consequences of living in that world.
Replace all your bulbs with LEDs and you can stop hating on your wife for leaving lights on. If you've already replaced the bulbs, then it's costing nothing to leave lights on and you're just being grouchy and stubborn so stop being a hater dammit!
I learned long ago to always side with wives and GFs over husbands and BFs.
(Perhaps not so much in my own marriage and relationships, but that's different because I'm always right.
)No dammit, it's been ingrained in me since childhood by fear of corporal punishment. That 5'2'" 110lb women packed a wallop, you don't forget sh*t like that. My wife is now scarring my adult years by leaving them on. (well at least that's what I tell her)Replace all your bulbs with LEDs and you can stop hating on your wife for leaving lights on. If you've already replaced the bulbs, then it's costing nothing to leave lights on and you're just being grouchy and stubborn so stop being a hater dammit!
I learned long ago to always side with wives and GFs over husbands and BFs.
(Perhaps not so much in my own marriage and relationships, but that's different because I'm always right.
My dad was extremely anal about turning off lights and locking doors (and putting the butter back in the fridge immediately). He was also extremely quick to become violently angry. A bad combo for a forgetful little kid like me.
So believe me, I get it.
My youngest still lives with me (23 y/o). An incredibly awesome kid. But he leaves lights on all the damn time. Problem is, he also cleans toilets, does laundry, vacuums, etc. all without ever being asked. Very tricky of him, that brat.
So while I want to beat him for never turning off a damn light, I can't in good conscience. Also, he's very fit and fast and fearless. So if I don't win in the first minute or so, I'll tire out and he'll kick my ***.
My dad tolerated everything except disrespecting my mom.My dad was extremely anal about turning off lights and locking doors (and putting the butter back in the fridge immediately). He was also extremely quick to become violently angry. A bad combo for a forgetful little kid like me.
So believe me, I get it.
My youngest still lives with me (23 y/o). An incredibly awesome kid. But he leaves lights on all the damn time. Problem is, he also cleans toilets, does laundry, vacuums, etc. all without ever being asked. Very tricky of him, that brat.
So while I want to beat him for never turning off a damn light, I can't in good conscience. Also, he's very fit and fast and fearless. So if I don't win in the first minute or so, I'll tire out and he'll kick my ***.
Do that and you had to stay clear of the back of his hand… his pinky was bigger than my thumb and every finger had a ring on it
So believe me, I get it.
My youngest still lives with me (23 y/o). An incredibly awesome kid. But he leaves lights on all the damn time. Problem is, he also cleans toilets, does laundry, vacuums, etc. all without ever being asked. Very tricky of him, that brat.
So while I want to beat him for never turning off a damn light, I can't in good conscience. Also, he's very fit and fast and fearless. So if I don't win in the first minute or so, I'll tire out and he'll kick my ***.
I turn off all the lights every night and often wake up with many of them back on. We redid our kitchen and there are now so many lights (LED) it could probably be used as an airport runway. My 17 year old gets up in the middle of the night for water - and leaves every light on. Think I need to go to motion activated switches.
Bro you keep acting like you had thoughtful questions when in reality you were unhinged posting back to back to back posts trashing Pike and anyone who supported him and trying to say the board nazis would attack anyone who dared say anything bad about Pike etc etc etc over and over and over. It was semi psychotic
You were lucky. And nobody should ever disrespect their mom or their dad.
If they're LED, just live with it, is my advice. Is not really hurting anything.
And Murphy's law says that if you install motion sensors, one of them will short out and burn your house down.
This I disagree with. The effort was there on offense. Just not the results.
Pike even mixed things up a bit with his approach to try to jump start things. But (a) Iowa also played very good D for most of the game and (b) our shots just weren't falling.
As for (b) above, that can be at least partially explained by the difficulty of shooting when expending an insane amount of energy to play D at the level we did for 40 minutes. And in the second half, the starters didn't get a ton of rest, so by the end of the game, they were getting tired (both teams were). Cause and effect.
One day I came into the kitchen & gave my mother some lip. Was maybe 19 or so. Next thing I knew I was in the dining room & couldn't hear much out of one ear. My Father had cracked me good & he said don't ever let me hear you talk to your Mother like that again. Even though my head was ringing, I heard that.
Effort was there on offense... Iowa played surprisingly tough D
One negative from the win could be other team's using Iowa's game plan. If a bad defensive team can make it work, a good defensive team can. They blanketed Harper. If we can't get Harper, going the entire offense struggles. Need the D to show up every night
One negative from the win could be other team's using Iowa's game plan. If a bad defensive team can make it work, a good defensive team can. They blanketed Harper. If we can't get Harper, going the entire offense struggles. Need the D to show up every night
I don't think anyone "hates "Pike --you're equating criticisms , some of which are valid like his questionable recruiting with hate. That is wrong. Maybe part of the problem is that he recruits too many developmental type players that take time to contribute and the lack of scorers and shooters. By all accounts Pike is a very fine approachable person who I've heard nothing but good things about. And we're fortunate he's at Rutgers and hopefully stays for many years.
Appreciate the sentiment. It was great. Still, I have to disagree.
The teams of the mid to late 70's could press so the other team never crossed half court many times. Different kinds of stifling defense
Harper was game high scorer and had 15 out of our 48 pts. Teams are blanketing him though some more than others. That’s the star player treatment. He’s a star player in this league. He proved many wrong by having the stamina to take the game over at the end when everyone else on both teams were dragging and even cramping in some cases.
Agree with the OP on Pike as well. The guy has done a great job here.
I have never come off the Pike bandwagon. I have always maintained he is the best thing to happen to RU basketball since Phil Sellers.
While you say that NOW.. can you point to a post just after the Layayette or UMASS games where you came over to the free board and expressed your support?
My point is that you started a thread to call out "Pike Haters" after a big win. People did the same thing after Purdue. But none of the people who do this publicly expressed their undying love and support when the Rutgers basketball team was losing to DePaul, Lafayette and UMASS.
To be clear, I was not among the so-called "Pike Haters" or even among the people who said we'd lose big to Purdue... I just think threads like this say more about the people who start them than they do about anyone who they'd like to call out.
I have never come off the Pike bandwagon. I have always maintained he is the best thing to happen to RU basketball since Phil Sellers.
maybe you need to come up with $10 a month to see my many posts about how much I like Pike then. I have always been a huge supporter