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KK1827 said:

The excuse that it was a lack of NIL that prevented pike from putting together a tourney bid quality roster (despite all the pikecanzee’s saying he put together not just a tourney roster but a 2nd weekend+ roster pre-season) falls directly on his shoulders.

There’s a narrative floating around that it’s the fans fault. Fans not willing to shell out $100/month, $50/month, $20/month, etc. That it’s the long time fans at the court clubs fault for not emptying their social security checks into funding a team. It’s all bs.

The NIL race is NOT being won and lost by fan collectives but rather it’s being won and lost by how many 7-figure check writers you can get to help you fund your roster. Folks saying “pikes trying hes going to the court club”. That’s where both you and pike are so fvcking lost.

In 2025, a college head coaches primary job is fundraising. It is the first and most important job that coach has in todays landscape. Greg has gotten creative, hes gotten folks not even associated with RU to pony up and weve seen the effects over the past 2 recruiting cycles. Pike seemingly has not.

I get pike is a hoops head and not into alot of other stuff but hes going to have to adapt or retire. Every waking hour he has away from the court this offseason should be spent pounding the pavement and meeting with any wealthy individual he can get in front of. The casual fan does not matter to NIL, it’s the whales who do.

We’ll see if he’s up for what the job now requires this offseason.

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RU848789 said:

Yeah, the "issues" started when you joined the board. This is a non-issue article. Expecting a coach mid-season to "level" with a reporter on what, exactly has gone wrong in a disappointing season besides the obvious impact of injuries is disingenuous and would likely throw his players and/or coaches under the bus.

The other funny thing is seeing the anti-Ledger crowd all of a sudden loving Politi being critical of Pikiell. I like Politi and have just minor issues with the article grandstanding a bit and being disingenuous as I said above. Coaches of underperforming teams are going to get some heat - it goes with the territory. Doesn't mean anyone with any brains thinks Pike should be fired, like most of the anti-Pike morons who post here, mostly when things are bad and who are silent when things are good.

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ClassOf02 said:

The APC dude, not the RAC. You don’t play football games in a field house, just like you don’t play basketball games in the APC

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Lawboy said:

Donated a 4 figure amount last year and will do it again this year for 2026. If others don’t , I’m done because it’s like lighting a match to money.

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ClassOf02 said:

The APC dude, not the RAC. You don’t play football games in a field house, just like you don’t play basketball games in the APC.

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WhiteBus said:

But the "pattern" said both were coming

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Postman_1 said:

So I’m in Hamilton NJ. Is that map saying I had 8.2” of snow this season? No way that’s true.

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rutgersal said:

nj.com reported close to 7 figures. We should have been able to give him close to 7 figures.

Cliff Omoruyi left Rutgers for a payday just as the program arrived. He has no regrets. | Politi

Cliff Omoruyi was a fan favorite at Rutgers, but in the new landscape of college basketball, he left for greener pastures in Alabama.

www.nj.com

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RUPete said:

I like Allen, but you can’t do that there. He saw the penalty but you can never be sure how that will go.

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bethlehemfan said:

You think the rac is some great arena that brings in talent. Hahahahahahahhahahaha.

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RUBlackout said:

I grew with this. Never know what a rabid fanbase will do to collect funds for something specific.

I know that I was enticed to donate a scholarship and understood what the money was going to be used for and how it would help. I even did it for a good cause to name it for my wife, breast cancer, and chose women’s soccer as recipient. Has more meaning that way.

dumping funds for NIL not knowing where the money goes specifically is a crapshoot. It’s why every school relies on the mega donors bc they are specific with their ask. I need $Xmm for arch manning as our quarterback. Then they syndicate funds.

No one here knows specifically how much additional money to have kept cliff(he was def getting some NIL offered)

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Cliff Omoruyi left Rutgers for a payday just as the program arrived. He has no regrets. | Politi

Cliff Omoruyi was a fan favorite at Rutgers, but in the new landscape of college basketball, he left for greener pastures in Alabama.

www.nj.com

BigEastPhil said:

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“The Professionals “want Alonso back ! Hence the negotiations!

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ClassOf02 said:

Hang on a sec, we have the basketball equivalent of one of the best “fieldhouses“ in the country. Shouldn’t that be bringing in the talent?

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Rhuarc said:

If we could spread 4 million across 8 players, we'd be a hell of a lot better team. The question is, will that money be there annually? I'm guessing it's a one time deal.

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