If you are a fan of Rutgers basketball for the past 25 years and you reflect on the impact players have had on the program Jacob is near the top.
SIAP: Jacob Young considering Oregon?
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This is 100% true but as a counterpoint we've had literally one tournament team (and one other tournament quality team, to be fair) out of all of those. So this doesn't so much mean Jacob is elite so much as the competition is.. not.
I'm not anti-JY as a player, to be clear. But I don't think he is nearly as elite as a faction of this board thinks. And I think Pike did a tremendous job of reigning in his bad traits in order to take advantage of what he does do at an elite level.
Far from horribly misused here, I think we got a ton out of him. With a worse coach he turns the ball over 5 times a game and plays 15 minutes.. like the beginning of the 2019-20 season.
Far from horribly misused here, I think we got a ton out of him. With a worse coach he turns the ball over 5 times a game and plays 15 minutes.. like the beginning of the 2019-20 season.
Jacob is by no means elite. He has warts. Ugly ones. There are many NCAA teams he would have a reduced role. He meant a ton to 20-21 RU.
Really? Of the last 5 NCAA tournaments that were played, they have made four and made it to at least the sweet sixteen in all of them. Including an elite eight run and a final four run.
I can't presume to know how a 16-18 year old might think wrt players transferring. In my current experience with a 16 year old son who is a big RU BBall fan - when he peels himself away from Soccer, Swimming, Homework, TikTok, Instagram, his friends, eating, chores, his job, Instagram and Video Games - there is little time left for much else to focus on anything - and the main method of following of sports is generally limited to highlights on is phone. I suspect that mentions of JY as a previous player at RU by announcers during broadcast "filler" time would have very little impact if any on a potential recruit's choice of programs.
Losing Jacob Young obviously affects the program, but beyond that it has zero impact whether he transfers to Oregon or goes pro or whatever. There have been like 800 million transfers this year. No one is going to notice or care about this at all.
I do think so. Let’s see how they do this year in a very weak during the season conference. Did great this last tournament but don’t believe it’s sustainable.
Eugene improved offensively each year here. Nothing to say that wouldn’t have continued his senior year here.
we have a bingo ladies, and gents............JY was bad mouthed a whole lot on this board for the better part of two years,,,,,like " get him out of there pike"..do you remember boys... .having three ex starting point guards as your coaches helped JY, tone down his rough edges, and was quite obvious in year three............now if JY would humble himself, and acknowledge this fact ....it might soften the blow.........maybe, this is just what i think did happen......if it's true....man up JY , and give credit where credit is due.