I don't get it. This is going to cost us a lot of money and seems unwarranted. What is the objective here. Why invest it in some tournament most people don't know exists. Will the team even hold together that long?
Kids need to toughen up then if that hurts their feelings. These aren't 18 high school kids making min wage we should feel sorry for. They are highly compensated adults who will spend a season here and have little to no attachment to Rutgers
Pike forced himself into bringing in 7 freshman. That's what happens when most of the players on the roster aren't good enough to retain. And those who are don't want to come back and play for him the next season.
A coaches job is to win games. Period. That involves identifying talent, recruiting those players, and coaching and developing them, including a rational roster continuity plan from year to year. Pike has done a poor job at those things.
Sure anything can happen But what is the the likelihood to you that giving an ineffective coach more money to do more of the same will suddenly yield different results? The guy has been here a decade. At his peak, he was mid and has looked overwhelmed since then.
None of what you described would qualify as good. But at least we agree that Pike really hasn't accomplished anything very impressive over his time here.