We Need Another Dickie V. As Assistant: PERIOD!

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Dickie brought arguably RU's best recruits to RU in the early - mid 70's. Since that time we've endured an aimless wandering of 30+ years between NCAA appearances: BIBLICAL.

Meanwhile other teams (and sports) use NJ assistants to recruit the 4-5 star players we need.

Dickie V. was '/ is our link to our glory years. Now Pike has a footing, that is at best slippery and treacherous.

We need to get the gems from NJ, NY area - however everybody else does.

Here's to cloning younger version of Dickie V. and turning him loose.

Mo
 
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Knightmoves

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Dick Vitale was one in a million as an assistant coach and recruiter for RU. The Sellers-Dabney recruiting gold rush may never be seen again at RU imo.
 

Mr_Twister

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Alabama assistant, Jamestown NY native Bryan Hodgson, no relation to Rob Hodgson. a great recruiter with a great eye for talent, would be a terrific hire.
 

Mr_Twister

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Alabama assistant, Jamestown NY native Bryan Hodgson, no relation to Rob Hodgson, a great recruiter with a great eye for talent, would be a terrific hire.
(UNINTENDED DUPLICATE).
 

Joey Bags

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We need a classic Jersey guy. The kinda guy our opposing coaches will call “a f***** guy”. Dickie V was that guy
 

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We need a classic Jersey guy. The kinda guy our opposing coaches will call “a f***** guy”. Dickie V was that guy
Schiano has a THANG for Rutgers / NJ....and we get a great coach with a vision that he's able to sell: recruit.

Pike is a good coach who's already produced two seasons (2019-20/ 2020-21) that we haven't seen on the banks for decades (i always wondered why Moses wandered in the desert for 40 years - he must have been cursed by a Rutgers mummy).


Point: We need another guy who's got a THANG for Rutgers / NJ and who'd be willing to come on board and wait his time with Pike and staff. I have no idea who that is...but my guess is he's out there.... and we've got to find him!

MO
 
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PiscatawayMike

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The way Vitale recruited Sellers to Rutgers is not permitted any longer. Vitale has said it. No "recruiting periods" back then. For all intents and purposes, Vitale recruited Sellers 24/7.
 
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The way Vitale recruited Sellers to Rutgers is not permitted any longer. Vitale has said it. No "recruiting periods" back then. For all intents and purposes, Vitale recruited Sellers 24/7.
The NIL deal$ are a wrinkle...Yes.

But Vitale brought IT to the house. He was relentless and had a swagger and energy.

If he were a recruiter today he'd be successful BABY!!!

MO
 
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