Recruiting at the root
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Then how did we beat Wisconsin, MSU, Ohio State, Purdue, and Illinois? The same players played in those games.
Count me in as concerned about Pike's recruiting. I think he is a great coach, and representative of the university. I do not think he should be fired. That being said, we seriously lack consistent offensive players. We have little offensive contribution from the bench. The closest thing we have to a consistent threat is Ron. We need more players who can shoot and score.
The team over achieved in those games which were at home except for Wisconsin.The inconsistent performances started with the out of conference games and continued against bottom tier Big Ten teams.The NET ranking tells the story why Rutgers still has to win games for a NCAA bid.
I’m not sure why everyone has a problem with this. It’s not about the guys he recruited to get us here…it’s every single recruit AFTER Cliff. Two years of basically nothing.
He recruited better when we sucked. Success should be a springboard to better recruits and ours has gone south.
I'm not sure how you arrive at this mindless point.....which recruiting "miss" was going to be a replacement for the players playing right now??
The team can only play 5 players at a time on the court. If you're asking for a better starter than what we have, AND that player is going to have the game experience and not have a drop-off from the starters, then I'd love to know what players you're referring to.
What has happened is the players who built the product are now upperclassmen and the underclassmen who are solid players or recruits, are not capable or as experienced as starters now. This happens at every winning program.
It is beyond bizarre that the program that has not had a winning season in 13 straight seasons, has not only a winning season in 2019-20, but has a NCAA caliber season....
lol.. it’s not about this season. None of them…although to be perfectly honest, I did expect Jones to be in the rotation as per all the hype….but he is another story.
Do you really think Reiber, Palmquist, Mag, Miller, Woolfolk and Sampson are going to someday be a formidable combination in B1G games?…because that, along with Jones, is what I am referring to. Maybe he can bring in another Agee to help too.
I guess you are ok with our our last two recruiting classes being 13th and 12th in the B1G? good for you…set the bar low
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I don’t understand the criticism of recruiting for next season when the portal movements haven’t begun yet. One good portal player to replace Ron will help tremendously. Simpson and Woolfolk replace Geo and Ralph. Everyone else comes back with more experience.
We need Caleb back in addition to Paul and Cliff. If that happens we’ll be fine. Geo’s position will be easy to place in the portal. It always is. That wasn’t what we were looking for last year.
RHJ will be more difficult to replace. We probably won’t get someone as good as him, but then, our other guys will hopefully develop and contribute more to make up for the drop off.
I don’t see us being awful next year if the core guys return though.
Not a hater. This is the B10 and Atlantic 10 recruiting won't cut it over the long haul.
The recruiting issue will come to roost next year. We have relied heavily on upperclassmen this year and last. We shall see….
You could’ve lol’d about Geo too when he committed.
Geo is very important to the current team. He is also the kind of player that can be replaced. We will get a proven scoring guard from the portal.
You're not wrong but it isn't necessarily the same. Geo came in when the program had little expectations. Geo is also a special circumstance -- we hit the lottery.. He's literally the most important player to come through Rutgers in a very long time. Odds are Simpson is more likely to be glued to the bench next yr vs being able to light up Madison Square Garden - like Geo did as a freshman. Jus bein realistic
Wow, my opinion of you has completely changed now that we know you have access to a mayor 24/7.
Simpson looks better than his rating to me. I'm excited to see him next year.
Woolfolk might be able to give some solid minutes off the bench but also may bring in another big as well
Jones could also be an answer next year. It shouldn't shock anyone if he is in the rotation. Geo and Ron open up a lot of shots and a need for scoring... If he stays obviously
Would like to see us sprinkle in some 4 stars as well though not only underrecruited gems
We don't know if or who we get out of the portal or juco or HS.... so still TBD on what next year's roster thoughts are. We have some nice pieces if Pike can make the right moves here
Woolfolk might be able to give some solid minutes off the bench but also may bring in another big as well
Jones could also be an answer next year. It shouldn't shock anyone if he is in the rotation. Geo and Ron open up a lot of shots and a need for scoring... If he stays obviously
Would like to see us sprinkle in some 4 stars as well though not only underrecruited gems
We don't know if or who we get out of the portal or juco or HS.... so still TBD on what next year's roster thoughts are. We have some nice pieces if Pike can make the right moves here