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- By DJ Spanky
- Rutgers Football
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5° this morning in our backyard around 7.
Grant was coming off a senior year in which he didn't play. You honestly think Pike was sitting him, just to sit him? He tried giving him a little run earlier, and Grant responded by putting up shots at a rate Dylan and Ace do, and didn't do much else in his limited time. Maybe he had to go back to the bench to learn/understand what role he was needed to fill.That’s questionable since Pike wasted Grant for half a year. Pike also thinks JMike, Martini, Dercack, and Jwill are ready to play and play big minutes.,,(How do they look?)
So will pause on if Pike thought he was ready.
Pike plays favorites and puts kids in the doghouse and it’s cost us one NCAA tournament bid already.
Greenego watch the St. John's scrimmage and see what happens when tired players try to finish a game.
Harper and Bailey aren't Ace Baldwin.
Also PSU was on a 4 game losing streak coming in to the game. They blew a lead down the stretch to Oregon. Sometimes playing a guy 40 minutes causes you to lose games, both current and in the future
In essence he hasn’t hit on ONE transfer portal player since it became a thingWilliams, Martini, Acuff, Hayes, JMike total misses
All true and good points. But it’s not just Ace Baldwin. Personally, I’ll take a somewhat tired 80% Ace or Harper over most of our others any day, especially when the combination of subs seem to be so random and thoughtless.go watch the St. John's scrimmage and see what happens when tired players try to finish a game.
Harper and Bailey aren't Ace Baldwin.
Also PSU was on a 4 game losing streak coming in to the game. They blew a lead down the stretch to Oregon. Sometimes playing a guy 40 minutes causes you to lose games, both current and in the future
They won't know what to do. You would be grilling steaks and sipping a single malt.
go watch the St. John's scrimmage and see what happens when tired players try to finish a game.This “Bailey needs rest” is nonsense, unless he is specifically asking for it. Of course, I understand sitting due to foul trouble and injuries. Baldwin played 40 minutes against us as do many of the stars in this league. It’s not like we play intense defense or anything like in years past. If we are serious about this season, which is probably too late now anyway, Bailey and Harper need to play every minute that they are not sick, injured or in foul trouble. Their replacements are simply just not good enough and some of the combinations are disastrous. They can rest in the weeks before the draft.
Good for them. Apparently, our players are more intelligent and mature than at many other schools, but as far as winning on the court, it doesn’t matter anymore. All schools are just sponsoring professional teams at this point.Does it really matter?
No reflection on the players glad for them
But it’s a joke to have team GPA’s at this point, who cares!
Win Games, get to the tournament in this day and age the rest is just BS
Entering the home stretch:
1) Both Ace and Dylan play at A- or higher level;
2) DG continues to make multiple contributions;
3) Ideally, good play from both EO and LS--but MUST have at least one;
4) JMike and JWill play mostly error free and have nice stat line, including timely hoops;
5) Plus versions of Martini, Acuff, and Dercack.
Getting several of these in a game is quite doable; getting all of them is the trick.
With all five, we are very tough.