If your son was a stud offensive player and was in the transfer portal being recruited by Pike, would you recommend to him he play at Rutgers for Pike knowing he has 2 years of eligibility left.
Litmus Test question for all you parents.
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What the roster looks like. How good my kid is and his style of play.
I would want him to play for Pikiell. He is a good man and treats people with respect.
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You don’t need to make a new thread repeating each of your individual posts
So Pikes a good coach and a lousy recruiter. You've heard the saying it's about the Jimmie's and the Joe's more than the X's and the O's.
There is a clear need for offensive help and Geo and Ron free up a lot of shot attempts. B1G starting role available.
Opportunity is there to be a starter and focal point of the offense if you're a "stud"
TBD who we land in the portal. No point in assuming and whining about it like we landed bums
Opportunity is there to be a starter and focal point of the offense if you're a "stud"
TBD who we land in the portal. No point in assuming and whining about it like we landed bums
This year is a different situation in terms of the roster construction. Geo and Ron are gone. Someone could step in and have it be "his team" or a key go to scorer. That type of role was taken by Geo and Ron before
That stud clearly overrated himself or he wouldn't be in the portal, right? With a team like Rutgers losing their two best offensive weapons (or if you prefer, 2 primary options), Pike would have a very compelling argument to bring this "stud" in and let him rip.
If I had a son with just two years of eligibility left he’d be old enough to make up his own mind where to go to school.
A Jerome Coleman type player is needed to provide instant offense.
We will be picked either last or next year - Im assuming that Cliff and Jaden are gone. No way any kid is going to come here and play for a losing team.
Must be great to live with such a simple mind.
What other schools are recruiting my kid?
What position does he play?
What type of personality does my kid have?
What starting positions are available on RU?
What school is my kid at?
Why is my kid leaving that school?
What is my kid's major?
What does my kid want to do for a career outside of basketball?
How hard of a worker is my kid?
Is my kid an NBA prospect/has he been approached by an agent?
Has my kid visited RU and does he like the environment/players and facilities?
There are probably a hundred more questions to finding the right fit for a kid.
You have to assume a lot of teams will take a run at Cliff. That's just how things go now. And you also have to think that Jaden may look for a team that is a better fit for him. Pike may be looking for a few transfers.
As I mentioned above - simple minded. You obviously created this thread for the sole purpose of driving an agenda to which you gave absolutely no thought that there may be a significant number of factors as to why X player chooses X school and X coach. God gave us brains in order to use them, perhaps try it at some point.
You realize most of these kids and parents think their kids are going to the NBA, right?
Op described this imaginary kid as a “stud offensive player.” He’s thinking NBA, he’s not thinking “oh gee this Rutgers degree is really going to help me network in the metropolitan area!”
This board man, I swear.
Do you have kids and do you think that way (i.e. only the best possible scenario will work out for my kid)?
You said this...... "Lol not in a million years. Any parent that does would be destroying their sons career"
Basically you made the decision for your imaginary kid with only one data point - your impression of how Pike coaches solely from viewing games as a fan. If you are an actual parent making decisions/recommendations for your kid which will effect the rest of their lives based solely on that limited amount of information - then I would classify that as pretty ****** parenting.
This board man, I swear .....is exactly right.
No, the op asked if I would recommend my offensive stud of a son to play for Rutgers. And no, I would not.
I didn’t say I’d make him go elsewhere, I said I wouldn’t recommend he play for Pike.
The reality is that most colleges offer what Rutgers offers. You guys think it’s some magical place where RU gives you the best opportunities after school.
If you’re that concerned about it, he’s probably got a Michigan offer, a Wisconsin offer, an offer from a bunch of schools that are as good or better than Rutgers academically.
And Rutgers is instantly eliminated solely due to the basketball aspect of it. So no, I wouldn’t recommend he go to RU.
You just don’t like the answer and feel the need to find another aspect of this to make up for the crap offense we have.
The only problem with all this blather is that you're making assumptions rather than addressing what I actually posted. Nowhere in my posts in this thread have I made any claims about RU's educational superiority nor academics nor network of jobs after graduation (and of course there are other/better schools). I simply stated that there are a multitude of reasons why (or why not) a player should be recommended by a parent to choose a certain school, program and/or coach and its a Parent's job to look deeper than simply flipping on the TV to watch some games and then deciding. You on the other hand appear to be stating that RU should be eliminated simply based on Pike based solely on the input data of you watching games in the stands or on TV.
This entire thread / theoretical proposition is silly without details as life decisions are not made in a vacuum. For instance here are some more examples -
Is your assumption simply that he is top college player / NBA Stud? Why would he even be leaving his current program? Why not just enter the NBA draft?
Let's say he has Michigan & Wisconsin offers as you suggest - what is his chance of starting/playing? How will he fit into the depth chart?
In reality - this is just another stupid agenda thread after a loss for posters like you and the OP to continue to spam the board in yet another way about how much you can complain about having Pike as RU's coach.
How about you come out with it and say what your position really is? Fire Pike or Not? Isn't that what this is really about? If not than why do you keep posting things that (reading between the lines) are saying he needs to go? If yes then perhaps ante up for a new coach cause it's gonna be $3+ million for Pike (whether he is here or not) and millions for the new coach over the next 4 seasons.
And Wenzel recruited a lot of those Johnnie Blakes.
Yeaaaa except there are other players not ready to make a difference out there though. Might as well try to 4 star with the high ceiling
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