How Zach Edey sees Rutgers

[cubuffsdoug_rivals]

All we do is hack on every play.

 

[MadRU]

Says Mr. Elbows

 

[ScarletDave]

Edey spends so much time in the key on offense he could build 4 houses and a hotel on the square

 

[toby83]

Sounds good

Let me know how the food is in Uzbekistan

 

[Scangg]

Other teams might really start pushing this narrative out of fear of Rutgers

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

I don't recall hearing a player say that before. Fans, yes. Whatever. Nice to know we are in his head.

 

[ScarletDave]

Sore loser. He will never get a chance to play us again, he’ll go down losing 5 of his 6 games against Rutgers in his career. I’d be crying and trying to rationalize it too

 

[RW90]

I don't recall hearing a player say that before. Fans, yes. Whatever. Nice to know we are in his head.

Especially all the while saying (paraphrasing) they "can't let it get to you (them)".

 

[MLBash93]

That’s such an odd response from a kid.

Because they could call a walk, an offensive foul and 3 on the key on this kid on every possession

 

[RU848789]

Best part was him picking up 2 quick fouls, lol...

 

[Rutgers25]

He sounds soft

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Our entire team was in foul trouble Monday for things like getting their foot stepped on. It appears that officials are not afraid to call fouls on us. Derek got elbowed in the face and the guy started talking trash at him while he was on the ground. Foul on Derek. Technical on Caleb when a guy walks thru our huddle.

 

[GORU2014]

Sore loser. He will never get a chance to play us again, he’ll go down losing 5 of his 6 games against Rutgers in his career. I’d be crying and trying to rationalize it too

I hope we get Cuse, Duke, IU, Purdue, and UCONN in the tourney before getting revenge against Houston

 

[fatsam98]

Remember this?

 

[S_Janowski]

Wow, he’s soft as baby ****. That was about as weak and whiny a response one could give. So much for being 7’0”+ when you’re a complete wuss.

 

[Arizona Knight]

Edey is a whale’s ******

 

[RUKen]

This is an incredibly bad interview for a supposed elite player. I hope someone sat him down after and walked him through how poorly done this was. He sounds like a bitter cry baby who got beat up and still can’t get over it.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

The interview was before the game, so he wasn’t complaining about what happened that night. And he went for 19 and 11 in 28 minutes so he is not soft. Some of his teammates may be soft, but he is not soft.

 

[RUKen]

The interview was before the game, so he wasn’t complaining about what happened that night. And he went for 19 and 11 in 28 minutes so he is not soft. Some of his teammates may be soft, but he is not soft.

You thought that was a good look for a candidate for POY? I am not suggesting he is soft. Cry baby, yes. You take the high road.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

You thought that was a good look for a candidate for POY? I am not suggesting he is soft. Cry baby, yes. You take the high road.

He was asked a question, he answered the question. I don’t have any problem with what he said, we do foul a lot on defense, and it works for us.

 

[Scangg]

It's certainly not the way to handle the media

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Pretty classless and immature response. Disappointing.

 

[SBP]

This is an incredibly bad interview for a supposed elite player. I hope someone sat him down after and walked him through how poorly done this was. He sounds like a bitter cry baby who got beat up and still can’t get over it.

It was a PRE GAME interview. POST game, they found him in the corner sucking his thumb.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

It's certainly not the way to handle the media

I find it refreshing when people say what they think instead of giving some non answer to every question.

 

[scarletnewyorker2006]

I didn’t think he was whining really. He said it, but expressed it like it’s just a part of the game. And it’s also true. He was also complimentary about Cliff. Contrast this to how the Eastern Conference used to ***** and moan about Charles Oakley and Anthony Mason. Edey was way more professional than the bitches on the Celtics back in the day. I’m fine with it. Especially because we won.

 

[IndianaKnight]

You thought that was a good look for a candidate for POY? I am not suggesting he is soft. Cry baby, yes. You take the high road.

Good wrap from the Purdue side:


We RU fans have got to like this quote:

“. . . the complete irreverence Rutgers plays with at all times . . . the fact that Rutgers isn’t really phased by anything . . . you know they’re a bunch of East Coast kids . . . as an East Coast kid myself I can tell you we don’t give a damn about anything, and that’s how Rutgers plays.”

 

[RUKen]

He was asked a question, he answered the question. I don’t have any problem with what he said, we do foul a lot on defense, and it works for us.

Well…I’ll tell you what I think. You are on an island. Not the way to handle the media. Sour grapes. Unsophisticated. Especially how the game ended.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Well…I’ll tell you what I think. You are on an island. Not the way to handle the media. Sour grapes. Unsophisticated. Especially how the game ended.

Ok, I think you may have a reading comprehension issue, he gave this interview BEFORE the game.

 

[RUKen]

Ok, I think you may have a reading comprehension issue, he gave this interview BEFORE the game.

Thanks for the insult. Well aware it was a pre game interview. Post game made it look worse.

 

[Joey Bags]

that really wasn’t a bad interview. We literally wanted to put Reiber and Woolfolk in to hack him lol. Remember hack a Happ?

 

[Scarlet83]

The interview was before the game, so he wasn’t complaining about what happened that night. And he went for 19 and 11 in 28 minutes so he is not soft. Some of his teammates may be soft, but he is not soft.

Edey is charmin soft, feather light and as AZ said, a whale’s hoo hah all rolled into a soft dainty pillow with marshmallows on top.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Edey is charmin soft, feather light and as AZ said, a whale’s hoo hah all rolled into a soft dainty pillow.

If he was so soft, why were we triple teaming him? He was the whole reason Purdue came back in the game during the 2nd half.

 

[RU-ROCS]

Nobody likes a 7’-4”, 300 lb. crybaby!

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Take a lesson from your coach …who said you got out toughed

 

[Colbert17!]

Remember this?

I love the look on his face as he's on the floor looking up at Cliff. Like "WTF was that!!!"

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

There are better ways to phrase his complaint. "Rutgers plays very physical on defense, you have to expect that and be ready for it." He did have nice things to say about Cliff overall and is a great college player.

I did think the Nolan Richardson 40 minutes of Hell pressing really did play with the mindset of "the refs won't call everything". I don't think that's us.

 

[ScarletDave]

Also, since no one brought it up yet, if you make it to the end of the video LOL what the heck was that .. A+ reporting, nothing but the best .. “uhhh .. uhhh .. what was I gonna ask .. uhhh” and cut the video. And the Big Ten Network tried to tell us we weren’t ready for their production. We have constantly the best content and videos Out of any of these stupid cornfield IT morons

 

[Rokodesh]

I don't mind the interview, but you'd never hear Shaq complain that other teams are fouling him lol. He would just use his size to dominate them. I prefer honest responses than a bunch of nothing

 

[ancienthooper]

Just watched it and OMG what a non-story, especially considering it was said pre-game. The whiny marshmallows are all on this board. Kid goes 30 games getting doubled, pushed, shoved, held, hacked…and as far as I can tell never loses his composure and just plays on.

 

[S_Janowski]

Yeah, he acts like the Rutgers defensive game plan is to implement the hack a Shaq strategy every game. They don’t go out of their way to foul on purpose. They are extremely active, aggressive, tough, and nonstop on the defensive side. It’s that simple. Hence why they might be the best coached team on defense in the country. Again, comes off very soft the way he described it.