Zach Braziller is a known RU hater as well, most likely because he was too stupid to get into RU and had to settle for a mediocre Catholic school in Queens.
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There was definitely talent on his last team! No reason offense should have been bad.
We were rated 283rd in offensive efficiency.
The next year we jump to #150
If you want to see a team with no talent look at Sanders freshman year. He had his best offensive season by far that year.
He could pass to Mike Williams or DeShawn Freeman who combined to shoot 21-106 from 3. Freeman was a 6'7" wing who made 41% of his two point attempts. That's brutal. Shaq Doorson could only play about 10 minutes a game, which meant that Mamadou Doucoure and Candido Sa had to play the 5. Defenders could routinely help off those guys to stifle offense.
The initial argument was about Shoes. I don’t think any players he brought in raised the level of the program or were a fit for the current program culture. I am not sure what his hook or recruiting pitch is. Going to guess what it is would be at odds with the type of players that fit in the program.
I said Freeman was very talented….that is all.
What supports my claim is the significant jump in offensive efficiency with Corey leaving. If you want to offset some of that with players getting better that is fine. I think the facts are pretty much on my side when you look at raw data. Not sure how one can explain away the shooting percentages, especially as they got worse each year as the talent got better.
I don't remember the particulars. I just remember walking away after the short conversation, shaking my head, thinking "what a dick, I hope he does not stay at Rutgers long."
It is amazing how off base you are. Corey Sanders was the only reason we didn’t lose more games by more in his time here. First, he was the number 1 target of opposing defenses and they could not stop him. He had to take more shots that made him more inefficient. The only thing that stopped him was his shot did not fall enough but his running bank shot on a drive was money. Second , how many times did he pass to the bigs and they blew layup after layup ? Kgg gave you the stats like 29% shooting from Mike Williams and Deshawn and Issa with the exception of 1 game on the road against Iowa was a harmless inefficient 3 point shooter whose best makes were in practice. Corey almost single handily beat Michigan State on the road when they have a top 10 team with Cassius Winston . Corey did not get enough help and our players were not good enough yet, Geo or Eugene. Mike never hit the 3’s or became the 3 point specialist we had hoped. Would have won a ton more games if he did. Third, Corey was a good defensive player that was not a liability. Fourth , Corey put Rutgers on the map in B10 with the Tourney run and announcement of Pike ‘s arrival. Purdue’s players still talk about how they were lucky to beat us and how Corey and Geo were great in that tourney . Who do you think Corey was feeding in that tourney ? We have been very good ever since.
OP read a comment by a St John’s shill who happens to be very anti RU as well - Zach Brazilier. Zacky Boy sickingly drools over the Big East that makes one want to vomit.
Like I said, my theory as to why Wacky Zacky hates Rutgers is because he was too stupid to get in, got rejected and had to attend a 4th rate Catholic school in Queens for college as a result.
Couldn’t agree more. A bit more Subtle in his hit on Pike this time. Next
