Was never a fan of running. Too tough on the joints. My brother (67) has had 4 knee replacement surgeries on the same knee. He ran marathons, triathlons and playing golf. However 80 is a good run since it was due to complications. RIP.

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bethlehemfan said:

You don’t remember Eddie Jordan lol. Impossible to be worse. Like zero chance.

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Here’s the difference Pike gave you hope and then returned you to Jordan levels while souring big time recruits on the school. Pike also destroyed corporate NIL relationships leaving a hole in his wake. I remember EJ and Pike is doing way more harm than good

Am I the only one hearing his name for the first time? Didn’t even know he was a coach.

Best of luck in your next role! The life of a coach in order to keep moving up.

newell138 said:

all 6 inches have disappeared .

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That's what she said

Mike from MD said:

Mechanical

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Engineering

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RU848789 said:

That's odd for 3+" of snow to all melt in one day - we got 2" yesterday and more than half of it is still here, on top of the 1" or so of dense frozen concrete from Saturday - or are you just talking about paved surfaces, which makes more sense (same here for that).

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all 6 inches have disappeared as of this morning, roads, grass, etc

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RUBlackout said:

How is it that Pike has proven to be a good coach on his career? Taking a Rutgers team to the NCAA for first time in 30yrs?
It’s sad every year that we have discussions about his teams run ZERO offense, can’t manage and inbound play, and his substitutions are out of whack. This year is not an anomaly!!!

We just had better TEAM talent that overcame bad coaching to win games.
The comparison to Schiano is eerily similar. 2006 that guy had immense talent that overcame bad Gameday coaching that has persisted though out his career.

If we had a coach like Pitino we would be sitting at 18+ wins right now with the SAME roster

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If we had Pitino as coach with the same roster, illnesses and injuries, we’d have 20 wins right now.
If he was our coach last night he would have needed to be physically restrained.

PSU_Nut said:

Last year you said Rutgers was a tight end away from being a national championship team. Now this year just a playoff team? What has you so pessimistic about the team?

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Come on man, stop lying on Al. He did not say that, he would have been hospitalized against his will 😃

Saw it firsthand last night sitting behind the bench. pike was trying to coach and motivate but people weren’t into it. I barely saw much from the coaches

kupuna133 said:

All you have to do is look at the body language of the assistants on the bench. They have been lost all year. No urgency no emotion no coaching. Very disinterested. And that emotion has spread to the players.

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RU848789 said:

That's odd for 3+" of snow to all melt in one day - we got 2" yesterday and more than half of it is still here, on top of the 1" or so of dense frozen concrete from Saturday - or are you just talking about paved surfaces, which makes more sense (same here for that).

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Simple explanation. City life.
When you measure snow you go to your front or back yard. In a big city the "trained" spotters are measuring off the cars on the street, the grill and glass table out back because the rest of it will be plowed or salted. That's a lot different than what's really on the ground. I've argued this before that a true weather station should be placed by the park in front of Independence Hall and next to the Liberty Bell. Not to change the official weather station by the Airport but to enhance accuracy of city life.
There was definitely snow in Independence Park in the morning but melting was already taking place. Especially in the summer mornings. Where temps can be drastically different in that urban island vs the airport.
When I got home still plenty of snow. Also on the news saw snow very evident in the park by Art Museum as it's a giant open area away from Center City and the beginning of Fairmont Park behind it.

needmorecowbell said:

A) he’s not holding anyone hostage.
B) he has proven to be a very good coach over the course of his career.
C) Rutgers owes him a lot of money
D) this season was a failed experiment. Given the chance to do it again everyone would still take Dylan and Ace.
E) NIL funds were not there for this year. Schiano didn’t have much either. Pike needs to embrace NIL (Like Greg did the past few
months) to get the right roster.
F) 2023-24 Pike got screwed with 2 starters leaving in May and the Mag Injury.
G) 2015-2018 he improved every year. 2019-2023 he built tournament quality teams. The past two seasons were unfortunate and a step backwards with departures and injuries. Progress isn’t linear.

He’s not leaving, unless he wants to.

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How is it that Pike has proven to be a good coach on his career? Taking a Rutgers team to the NCAA for first time in 30yrs?
It’s sad every year that we have discussions about his teams run ZERO offense, can’t manage and inbound play, and his substitutions are out of whack. This year is not an anomaly!!!

We just had better TEAM talent that overcame bad coaching to win games.
The comparison to Schiano is eerily similar. 2006 that guy had immense talent that overcame bad Gameday coaching that has persisted though out his career.

If we had a coach like Pitino we would be sitting at 18+ wins right now with the SAME roster

Caliknight said:

Dylan got entirely outplayed tonight in an absolute must win game by a 5'10 midget. Points, steals, rebounds, assists, minutes played, and turnovers. Little PG won every single stat.

Dylan is soft. He just is. Honestly, I can't even blame him. He's been a thing his entire life, is 18 and a multi millionaire and about to sign a deal making $10MM a year. Most people would be with all of that so early.

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It’s mostly on Pike. Iowa had a game plan for him. It took us 35 min to figured out we should spaces the floor and let DH get downhill to the basket. I never understood why we run horns to crowd the space.

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RutgersChow said:

I don't know how the finances would work out, but my gut tells me that Danny Hurley would like to come home.

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get a donor, a ten year contract, and a dump truck full of money.

I'm sorry, this is on Pike
Dylan and Ace have exceeded expectations up until now. I believe their efforts have been excellent up until now but they have to be beyond frustrated with the situation .
Each of these kids could be anywhere in the country and surrounded with players that could help their games
This is the biggest travesty in the history of Rutgers sports
Pike had two generational talents fall into his lap and he couldn't even put competent Big Ten level talent around them
He has two guys that get 40 a game combined
He didn't need that much
He needed to compliment them
Some size , some defense , a shooter athletically good enough to be on the floor
He got none of those things from the portal
Pike was given an opportunity to look for complimentary players only and he didn't do his job
This is not on these 18 yo kids

Salvi's Headband said:

We need to hold onto JMike, Grant, and Somerville

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If he can't, he is done at RU

RexMantlepiece said:

Cool story next time you have a sub par year in your profession would you resign?

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When exactly was our good year?