zappaa said:

RH went 1 for 50 his senior year.

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It’s gutted and it happened over the last 3 years. Next years team has JMIKE as Pikes lone guy. A non D1 player as the only guy.

When you watch next years lineup only 1 player will have been recruited by Pike and has been here 3 years. The rest will be transfers and freshman.

No upperclassmen teaching the culture and program. All hired guns and freshman! It’s the actual definition of gutted.

somewhat but also the shift of games to all different networks at odd times especially Peacock. It a disheartening to know the RU hoops season is over at the midway point of the season which might be the first time we can say it since Pikes 2nd year

im sure i will come around by the beginning of March

Ridge 22 said:

Ron Harper Jr for sure. He was a player that continued to get better and better. Perfect example of a diamond in the rough recruit and develop success story. Caleb too, although more defensively. Gio was a great player and made great contributions here, but I am not sure how much his offensive game ever grew. His first year he had some dagger level drives to the hoop and took over games late from deep. We never really saw that again. Regardless, the recruit and develop model is now obsolete.

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RH went 1 for 50 his senior year.

Plum Street said:

My thoughts on alcohol free beer can be summed up in that Wolf of Wall Street scene with Dicaprio

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Ha! Perfect

MadRU said:

Suit

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I've only watched Rutgers games for the last several years. Now they are no fun.

mikemarc1 said:

Cause he didn’t gut the program. Where Rutgers is now as a program is light years ahead of where they were when took over. If the program is at that spot again..sure, that’s when I’ll say it’s gutted.

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He took us from abysmal to mediocre and we are sliding backwards. People need to stop being so impressed by that

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NewJerseyHawk said:

Irrelevant stat line....Flagg is going to be 1st and in the long line of Top Picks who bust.....As long Ace and Dylan go in the Top 3 to 5, they're more than fine. Flagg doesn't have the upside of Ace or Dylan.

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Don't be ridiculous. Of course he does. Ace is one dimensional, although much of this might be Pike's fault. He doesn't defend, doesn't rebound, hasn't shot well from the foul line, and might be averaging less than two assists per game. Quite honestly, he doesn't appear to have a high basketball IQ either. I heard a basketball commentator say that he saw Flagg score 6 points in a game prior to going to Duke and he was still the best player on the floor.

ND just lost another starter, their LT. Oy vey. They have guys dropping like flies.

mikemarc1 said:

Who cares?? Pikiell is a coach that develops and doesnt need star recruits. His best seasons heave been with under the radar guys, that’s what he will need to get back to

It’s ridiculous you claimed he “gutted our program”.

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Likely two years in a row of almost complete roster turnover and 3 years of missing the tournament. No real reason for hope beyond blind faith going forward. What exactly do you consider gutting the program and how far away do you see us being from that?

KidDagger said:

Our annual WTF moments are when we got upset huge at some point or blow dual somehow… last one I can remember was when match came down to 97 and hwt and we lost both as big fav… and we had that one year we coulda beaten a down year Ohio state but blew it….

We will be a decided underdog against Ohio state.. any upset would be a holy shit! Moment.. we haven’t had one of those in so long…when was last time.. Deluca pinning #5 Hayes?? Need more of them..

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I think that disappointing match you’re referring to was when we needed one win with Poz and Bulsak due up and both lost to lesser appointments. Was infuriating.

Also deluca didn’t pin Hayes. He was down by like 7 or something with a minute left and hit two lateral drops to pull off the last second upset. Was our only win on the day I believe.

fluoxetine said:

I think you could make arguments about Ace IF it is the case that he took a lot of the available NIL money. But I don’t actually know if it’s true.

I realize that Rutgers did not have the NIL money to bring those guys in on our own and that they got outside money. I don’t see that that implies they didn’t ALSO get money from the pool that would otherwise have been used for transfers, in fact to me it seems that they would’ve had to since presumably the other bigger programs that we’re pursuing them would have kicked in additional money. Am I supposed to believe that Ace and Dylan turned down potentially mid six figures or more of additional money to come here? It’s not impossible but without evidence I’m not going to assume it.

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These guys are already loaded and will be NBA rookies next year. Money is not as big with them. But I can't find any argument for Ace as a negative unless you can tell me the talent that would've entered the program in his place. And it would have to be someone pretty good players lol but I respect your opinion.

Knight Shift said:

Yeah, some people take the slightest attempt at a joke as a declaration of war.

"Lighten up, Francis" comes to mind.

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*Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill ya".

fsg2 said:

Yeah, never understand why people jump on the newest study like it's gospel. They'll mock and instantly abandon the thinking of the recent ...as if the latest study is the last definitive statement that will ever be made on the topic.

Not saying anyone was doing that in here, and good for people limiting or ditching alcohol, just an observation from things like diet trends, replacing alcohol with weed, vaping over smoking, and on and on.

Dry January sorta falls into that same box for me. If you're doing it to kick off a healthier lifestyle, excellent. If you're doing it to keep up with trends and just plan to go back to your previously scheduled drinking routine at 12 am on 2/1, it's a silly exercise.

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I did it for the same reason I give up stuff at lent. Simply to make sure I can live without it.

RU848789 said:

Ask and ye shall receive, lol. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field, where they get ~2000" per year, ftw!

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Very interesting, thanks!

zappaa said:

Tarantino!
He rarely disappointments

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If you love Tarantino films do not read the rest of this comment. It may ruin some of them for you.


I have found.. in so many of his films, he, Tarantino, is like a ventriloquist speaking his words, his dialogue, thru all the characters mouths. That is, all the characters are HIM. And once you think that.. you see it everywhere. That was where Once Upon a Time.. surprised me. He may have grown quite a bit.

There are other media types who did the same.. David Milch for example.. NYPD Blue, Deadwood.. don't get me wrong.. they entertain.. they are famous for their dialogue for good reasons. But it is the same with some big name actors... they essentially play themselves in every film. The Rock, for example.. John Wayne.. Brad Pitt.. they are always themselves... and we like them,, and that is why they keep getting jobs and we keep wanting to see them.

But have you ever seen a TV show.. sometimes with the name of the star in the title.. where the big star is in every scene? They, mostly, don't work. Then you have successful shows of similar vehicle.. a main star.. that works because the other characters have their own identities, their own stories.. and where it relates to Tarantino.. their own voices. Seinfeld for example. Named after the star.. but the other 3 characters always had their own story lines... Seinfled was a character in THEIR story much of the time instead of them serving to advance Seinfeld's story.

In the cases where I have seen Tarantino characters speaking his lines like he is talking to himself, arguing with himself, flirting with himself... I dunno.. it just bugs me.

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vkj91 said:

Silly take. Everyone is talking about this new research. Anybody who thinks alcohol isn’t bad for them is a moron. But we still drink it. And in 15 years new research will say wine is good for you again.

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Yeah, never understand why people jump on the newest study like it's gospel. They'll mock and instantly abandon the thinking of the recent ...as if the latest study is the last definitive statement that will ever be made on the topic.

Not saying anyone was doing that in here, and good for people limiting or ditching alcohol, just an observation from things like diet trends, replacing alcohol with weed, vaping over smoking, and on and on.

Dry January sorta falls into that same box for me. If you're doing it to kick off a healthier lifestyle, excellent. If you're doing it to keep up with trends and just plan to go back to your previously scheduled drinking routine at 12 am on 2/1, it's a silly exercise.

Get better quickly. We need more fans like you. God bless you.

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fsg2 said:

Ha, I figured you might know him. Cool that he's an RU sports fan!

I remember reading Mt. Baker's 1,140 in record years ago, which is also the world record afaik, thinking I'd never see anything remotely close. But two years ago when UT broke snowfall records all over, was looking like an outside chance for a bit. Topped out just over 900 inches at Alta.

Always wondered if there are mountains deep in the Himalayas, AK or somewhere that have gotten even more than the 1,140 but without anyone to record it.

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Ask and ye shall receive, lol. The Southern Patagonian Ice Field, where they get ~2000" per year, ftw!

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