You suck. Find something that makes you happy and stop being so miserable.
Pike-hating: so predictable and wrong.
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How about higher donations to the R Fund and NIL. How much are you in for?
You suck, no one likes you, and you should **** off this board you insufferable douche bag.
Stop. Pike could have added a center but chose not to. He also picked these transfers. All of whom look completely over matched. Thr roster is on him
I dont think you fire him...but not sure he can recover. He will get crucified until he makes the tournament next.
Honestly, I don't think he'll recover if he doesn't make it this year.
he could not have landed Dylan and Ace with out NIL and HS recruiting has been trending down for years prior.
100%
Ace isnt delivering what his press clippings said and if you recruit a top 5 guy he must deliver immediately
Whether thats fair or not is another question. Ace isnt a difference maker. Dylan is.
Underperforming with two lottery picks makes me miserable.
I could see Pike going the route of Jay Wright or Tony Bennett
He's an excellent human being. And I would be sad to see him go. But not sure he is cut out to coach in this era.
This would be the best thing that could happen at the end of the season.
Then go hire the Princeton coach.
Exactly. Been saying that all year. Huge upside, but Ace is not playing anywhere near like a "lottery pick" right now and if he doesn't step up, I don't think he will be one, unless it truly is only about potential. 18/7 is nice, but his handle is suspect, he turns it over a lot without being a distributor (0.6 assists per game vs. 2.4 TOs a game) and his defense is mixed: good athletic rebounder, but out of position a lot and only 60% FTs. I keep hoping he "gets it" and truly takes off, but if he doesn't, we're unlikely to make the NCAAs. If he played better in the Kennesaw game and this game, we have 2 more wins.
But certainly part of that is on Pike, who has not been able to get this team to play well together and who didn't obtain good enough talent to complement the two stars, both valid criticisms. But not reasons to fire Pike (and certainly not reasons to treat our best coach in the last 40+ years like dirt) - if we don't make the NCAAs, which is not a given.
I bet that I donate more money yearly than 75% of the people on here.
I’m not the concern there
I bet you in pales in comparison to donations at our peer B1G schools. For example, Michigan names position coaches in football after donors. I'm glad you donate. We have given a lot over the years, but our priorities are changing- cancer has ravaged our family, and it's time to give back to the place that saved my life instead of giving to snot-nosed kids who will transfer out for more money. But did do a lot.
Sorry that is such a central part of your life. It's about 0.5% of what goes into my happiness. I realize we are all different.
Let me ask you this since you are full of criticisms and few solutions. What makes you think 2 freshmen lottery picks were going to carry the team. I did not share my thoughts on this board pre-season because this board is rife with negativity, but I had many discussion that I would not be surprised if the team did not gel. Yeah, I'm the amazing Kreskin.
Stop. Hindsight is 20/20. I'll take Pike and his assistants' evaluations over message board genius keyboard warriors ex post facto evaluations.
That’s where he needs to go. This new reality isn’t for him.
Good point here. Some really questionable decision making by Ace (not limited to this game - the backcourt in Vegas???) and he’s not dominating at all like we expected.
Criticism of Pike is totally valid. He’s gotta figure out how to get these guys playing like a team. Princeton played like a team, some amazing ball movement. We didn’t.
Sorry to hear about your cancer.
My wife also has also struggled with cancer over the years so I understand.
I don’t expect our team to be OSU/UM. I expect us to beat the teams we are supposed to. There is no reason RU should be in the same talk as Wisky or MSU or Iowa.
You are embarrassing yourself in this thread. Not the day for this kind of head in the sand take
I guess I'm different than some of the more "invested" (not money, emotionally) fans on this board. Just tired of the constant hissy fits and foot stomping and revisionist history every time Rutgers loses, and those same people will be silent of find something to quibble about when Rutgers loses.
As I noted above in my question to Lou, why should anyone expect that two freshman phenoms were going to carry the team to a fantastic season? I had my doubts, which I did not share here on the board, because there's enough negativity. I was unable to watch the game today, as I was on a plane an in a car most of the day. Maybe I would have felt a bit stronger about the loss had I watched, but I doubt it. I'm not that affected after a loss.
I never embarrass myself. You should look in the mirror when dispensing out such posts. My head is held high and proud, as it always is. Good night to you. Sorry you feel so bad. Life is good. The team is what it is this season, and I will continue to cheer for the team, and if changes need to be made, the end of the season is a time for evaluation.
1. Good for you and your soothsaying.
2. Roster construction is on Pike.
3. My solution long term is no Pike.
Sounds good, but doesn’t work in the NIL era. No bucks, no Buck Rodgers. Rutgers alumni has Always been soft on athletics
He tried to get Kentucky ‘s 2 bigs , Williams and he was too costly and then went after Carr fromWake and he wanted too much that we did not have. Are you really trying to say he didn’t try to get an impactful 5 ? The money was not there. Both those guys I think went for more than a million or close to it. Ok. Blame Pike.
I’ve been surprised by his lack of explosiveness going to the rim. I wrongly assumed he’d be a high flyer and aggressive going to the rim. He may be a lottery pick, but he’s far from a sure thing in the nba.
Sounds like an airtight plan guaranteed to bring us a championship. Tell me you're clueless without telling me you're clueless.
It wasn't NIL. Pike said we were good.amd stood down. Bad decision
Not true. I know for a fact so spew your uninformed ****. Your posts have been shitting on Pike. But when you post lies and things you know nothing about , it makes you look like a fool and when you double down it makes it look worse