Here's to hoping RU dispatches FDU early on and Luke gets a minute or two of play. This kid seems like a real team player and deserves a few minutes if the situation is right. Anyone else feel the same?
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Always a fan of getting the end of the bench minutes to reward them for their hard work all season against scrub opponents
I believe Brooks got a scholarship for his senior year. It is a nice practice, if one is available. Dadika received one his senior year.
I agree - he's always quick off the bench to encourage his teammates during timeouts, etc.
Luke is a wonderful teammate. He is always up cheering on our team and often waving a towel.
Luke seems like an awesome teammate and mature kid. Looked stoked for Reiber the other night, when probably 9 out of 10 kids would’ve been salty a freshman played over him
What a lousy thing to say.
Lol no, for like 2 seasons ppl keep asking about him like he is ever going to play a meaningful minute for us. If so were in trouble
No, it was a lousy thing to say.
Please tell me what I said that was lousy. Do I need to sugar coat the expectations of a preferred walk on? I'm not trying to insult the kid he's just not a big ten level center
Did you read the OP? He said he hopes we crush them so Nathan gets time. He's not saying start him or get him into the normal rotation.
It’s a douche thing to say, actually...
I think you're having difficulty understanding what the rest of us are saying.....
If the team is up by 25-30 with a few minutes to go put him in for a minute! Give a blow to one of the bigs. Reward him for his behind the scenes contributions. What is so damn hard to understand here????
It is the kind of thing everyone knows but also knows it need not be said.. besides.. who knows what happens in the days of CoVid and who ends up playing more than expected.
It came a little later than I expected, but glad to see Luke and the young-ins get some mins at the end!
Based on the 1 minute of play (granted vs MSU’s salmons as well) I wonder if during the stretch Cliff was hurt and Duke looked lost if maybe Nathan could have been a quick spell ... looks to actually have the body/muscle. Duke did have one game towards the end where he did pretty good though
I'm assuming this was a reference to Rudy Manne.... and not the Rudy of ND fame?
I used to love when the RU crowd would chant out his name! He didnt get a lot of playing time at RU, but he got a lot of love from the fans !! I guess thats what a 7 foot redhead brings out in people
Was anyone else losing their minds when we were up 27 with 2:40’ish left and had NOT cleared the bench yet???!!!
I was too. But, this is not the first time there was a comfortable lead with 3-4 minutes to go and coach waited until 1 minute. I was looking for the bench clearing from the 5 minute mark.
Luke is a tremendous teammate. He deserves the floor time when the opportunity presents itself.
To be truthful.. I didn't want Michigan St to crack 40 pts. Yep im that petty.. So I wanted to see the bench emptied- but not with to many minutes lol
It was wonderful to see Luke Nathan get into his first game this season as well as Aiden Terry got his first ever game experience for RU. Now every player has been in at least one game. I was also glad to see Oskar Palmquist and Mawot Mag each score two points at the end game.
Part of me always wants the kids that don't play much to get in at these times but it was sweet to keep MSU under 40.
When I was in HS in Sayreville in the 80s, Rudy and Steve Hefele were gym teachers there for a year or two. Both nice guys, but man were they huge.
Dont know what happened to Rudy, but I saw Hefele was a HS coach for like 30 years on Long Island. They named the home bench after him a couple of years ago.
Unfortunately stats matter in team rankings. The end of the bench players understand this And play less then they would have in years past. It‘s unfortunate, I go back to the “Socko” days (Mark Sokolich walk-on). We would chant Socko Socko ... and went nuts when he got in the game.
PS - 2 quick items about Socko, he was a good baseball player (all state?) and more recently he was the mayor of Fort Lee during the Bridgegate scandal
PS - 2 quick items about Socko, he was a good baseball player (all state?) and more recently he was the mayor of Fort Lee during the Bridgegate scandal
You did insult him by the manner you wrote it. You know it, I know it and everyone who reads your post knows it.
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I wouldn’t exactly call it losing my mind. I was mildly surprised.
Michigan State didn't really empty their bench either when they clocked us on January 5. Purdue pounded us 107-57 0n January 18, 2016 in Eddie Jordan's last season when we only dressed 6 or 7 scholarship players and Mike Williams had to guard a 6'11" guy. Purdue played volleyball on the backboards that day and ran up the score and a few guys at the end of their bench never even got into the game. We were 7-25 that year and Pinter had no mercy at all.
Yeah, label me petty, but I wanted them held to under 40 also!!
Good point. I tend to “lose my mind” when we’re not calling timeouts as leads evaporateinto thin air lol!