Exactly and yet some on here swear after the one and dones are gone we will be worse than we are this year.
Pike didn't miss on those players. Rutgers missed on those players. Our reputation, our history, our financial support...nobody wanted to come here long before Pike was on the scene.
And who would have ever thought that Rutgers would have the #2 recruiting class in the country ?
The skill off the dribble reminded me of a Coleman Hawkins type player. I am not saying he has same game as Hawkins, Somerville likely will play down low more than Hawkins, but the creating he did off the dribble reminded me of what Hawkins does.
He's got some skill offensively, but it will take a little while at the college level to get used to playing against guy's his own size. Plus, you know Pike isn't going to play him a ton early if he's a sieve on the defensive end.
That last sentence is the truth. The loss of Ndongo who would have been a perfect 4 for us this year , coupled with the loss of Cam and our three point threat as well as all around ball player and Paul’s ability to make Cliff a weapon , has absolutely crippled this team’s offensive ability. Really is the story of the year. Pike’s replacements , Noah and the delayed appearances of Mag and Jeremiah and Egbole hurt as well as they have not replaced what was lost.
Agreed for the first few years, but after he had some success there were misses
OK, but the last three classes have been awful, and that's why we are where we are now.
Misses in that when he was searching for the diamond in the rough he wasn't 100%. But the reason he had to be scouring the lumps of coal in the first place was because the state of the program he inherited sucked.
All of 2025 recruiting is done and signed before any of these 2024 kids would have played 1 game. You might not see that bounce until 2026 and 2027 kids see the tidal wave of what this RAC and RU up tempo play looks like.
One thing to remember is the 2021 class was all done via video recruiting and not in person due to COVID. I think there were a lot of misreads across the country.
With NIL-period revolving door rosters, you have to drop this kind of thinking. It’s all about now.
I mean maybe if he said by the time he's a senior. You would expect non 1 and done freshman to return unless something goes very wrong
Compensation and opportunity and coaching changes. Players can put themselves in the best situation these days.
