ru66 said:

I think an unhealthy Harper had an awfully lot to do with 4 or 5 of our losses.

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SF88 said:

I've had more than my share of disagreements with RU Licensing, but lack of selection or availability is not on them. Rutgers itself doesn't control what is offered by any company, or where it's sold. They can be limiting with art sometimes. Adidas has sucked with product offerings and support, but the demand hasn't been there. Personally, I don't like that retro patch logo, but tough to argue subjective. At $38 a tee and $75 hoodies, it's available for those who like it. What do you all want to see???

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G- RUnit said:

Lack of demand maybe due to lack of quality stuff. We all see what the Coaches and Teams wear. None of that is available to the fans. I’m talking to you Adidas.

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ashokan said:

I had started to post the names of players I liked but it got too long. I do think Hank Stram (coach in the suit in NFL films) was a good guy along with Marty Schottenheimer. I cant forget Christian Okoye the Nigerian Nightmare. He was one of those Chiefs that looked scary in pads and he played hard but was a likeable player

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FAT MOON said:

of course...was responding to someone saying his $5-$10K donation wouldn't matter...

however you want to tell me that the 17+ thousand people that made the trip to MSG couldn't pony up $25 a month or $300 a year? i went to msg and that is an expensive afternoon for a family of five. so i don't think that subset of the population is living in poverty. and if they all did give well that is five plus million right there.

of course getting one guy to pony up multi millions is ideal but don't tell me that smaller donations don't matter as well...esp from people who are here pointing out every possible negative thing about the program while not doing anything of substance to actually help it.

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GoodOl'Rutgers said:

Problem? She got the KC Chiefs into the Superbowl. I suspect the Eagles will expose them because the NFL will already have the TV Ratings from her being there through the playoffs.. they insured KC would get home games and advance. Now they have little reason to help KC.. except maybe out of habit.. they have done it so often.

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RedTeam1994 said:

We shall see how fast we go up hill -our schedule next year and beyond is still ridiculous and the gap between us and the likes of PSU, OSU, Michigan and Oregon are still very large.

But hopefully with (1) retaining the kids we want and (2) bringing in good recruiting and portal classes year-after year we will consistently compete with (and beat more often than not) the likes of Iowa and Wisconsin (and be a constant threat to knock off a big boy from time-to-time)

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RUChoppin said:

Also the "not doing anything of substance" - every ticket someone buys for a game and every time they pay for parking, they're doing something of substance for the team. It's the team's job to give enough entertainment value back to the fans that makes people want to spend their $$$ on watching the team play.

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RUChoppin said:

People spent money to get something in return - a trip to MSG and a basketball game. How many of those 17K would have attended if it cost an extra $300 per ticket for no additional return? Many fans are already dropping several hundred dollars a year on season tickets/parking/etc - to ask them for another $300 that they get zero additional benefit from is not going to get many takers.

It's basically asking people to give money to charity... but it doesn't have any charitable benefit and it's not even tax deductible (like the same donation to the University itself would be)

Also, the "living in poverty" is a misunderstanding of just how little "extra" cash most people have. 80% of the country has less than $5K in savings. For those that do have that much, what percent do you think are willing to part with $300 (per year!) for nothing in return.

If someone has enough disposable income to toss $5-10K toward their favorite college team, that's great - but most people probably aren't financially comfortable enough to even toss $50 in that particular bucket.

Also the "not doing anything of substance" - every ticket someone buys for a game and every time they pay for parking, they're doing something of substance for the team. It's the team's job to give enough entertainment value back to the fans that makes people want to spend their $$$ on watching the team play.

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Degaz-RU said:

I don't want another offseason of adding 9 or 10 players. I would rather retain Derkack, Ogbole, and either JWill OR JMike (and Sommerville, Grant, and Dortch) just to have some continuity and guys that know the system, if they're willing to accept supporting roles. Note I said JWill "OR" JMike -- I don't think we need or want both.

Add the four freshmen for 2025 (Mark, Powers, Nwuli, and Ware), so that would be 10 guys.

But we ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, must add the following portal players:

1. A starting PG -- not willing to bank on Lino Mark or JWill as my starting PG next year.
2. A starting 2G
3. A starting-caliber WF -- a 6-5 to 6-7 guard/wing who can do everything
4. A rugged PF/C who can rebound and play defense and get putbacks.

The lineup next year should look like this:

1 - PORTAL#1, Mark (JWill OR JMike)
2 - PORTAL#2, Derkack, Powers
3 - PORTAL#3, Nwuli
4 - Grant (30 minutes), PORTAL#4, Dortch
5 - Sommerville, PORTAL#4, Ware, Ogbole

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NickRU714 said:

So he's getting paid $9k to coach (which is a normal coaching stipend I believe).

And then coincidentally he's also then hired for a new obscure position that pays him $150k.
Makes perfect sense.........

Someone tell me again how it's "greedy kids only looking out for themselves" that is causing all these atheltic department (college and now HS) deficits.

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FAT MOON said:

of course...was responding to someone saying his $5-$10K donation wouldn't matter...

however you want to tell me that the 17+ thousand people that made the trip to MSG couldn't pony up $25 a month or $300 a year? i went to msg and that is an expensive afternoon for a family of five. so i don't think that subset of the population is living in poverty. and if they all did give well that is five plus million right there.

of course getting one guy to pony up multi millions is ideal but don't tell me that smaller donations don't matter as well...esp from people who are here pointing out every possible negative thing about the program while not doing anything of substance to actually help it.

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