The money excuse is complete nonsense. It doesn't take money to teach proper shot selection. It doesn't take money to teach rebounding. It doesn't take money to learn to how close out on the perimeter. Steve Pikiell needs to be fired yesterday.
The notion that money is the reason that pike won’t be fired after this season is flat out wrong.
The notion that pike won’t get fired this season because Rutgers university and Rutgers athletics has no leadership and is a mess of a school is correct.
It's not really about this assumption. It's about the fact that this is now year 3 in a row of not making the tournament. Everyone gave Pike a pass for last season based on Dylan and Ace coming in and this year is not looking good. It's the entire picture that is concerning - not just this season.
Yes agreed. I think that's it though... maybe a backup big man but the original poster stated that Pike is sitting on his hands and we need a host of transfers... I don't believe that is accurate.
I'm curious what is your point? What does it matter if that lineup played together last season? Honest question.
If we bring in a bunch of transfers then the lineup would have played together 0 possessions.
So assuming Paul and Cliff some back you have a rotation of the following:
PG: Simpson
SG: Spencer
SF: Mulcahy
PF: Mag
C: Cliff
Bench:
Hyatt
Gavin
Ndongo
Wolf
Switch maybe Gavin and Mulcahy as the season goes on... Remember Gavin and Ndongo are big time recruits who should be able to come in...
That's not how the committee is going to look at things. You are reading too much into 2 B1G tournament games because you are a fan. The fact that we beat a mediocre Michigan team and kept it close against Purdue isn't going to have a HUGE impact to overcome a 3-7 record post Mag including a...