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Ace and Dylan Attitudes

Dylan and Ace remind me of Daryl Strawberry on the Mets back in the day - when things were going good, and he was the toast of the town everything was great. When things weren't going good he wasn't mature enough to find a way to help the team, and instead became a distraction and an anchor around the teams neck. Maybe a bit harsh of an analogy, but if Ace and Dylan are not having a big spotlight game they both become net negatives and don't find ways to help this team win. I would expect more from the 2 best players on our team - freshman or not! Incredibly frustrating season.

Recruiting

The new Flo high school rankings are out.
Hamilton a senior - unlimited ranked # 3. Can he do both or will it be footbal?
White a senior 145lb ranked # 15
Chletsos a junior 132lb ranked 13th
Soldano a junior 182 ranked 4th

No other recruits ranked by Flo

It seems that our recruiting has fallen off. Are we saving money for Shane Griffith? What do you think?

Offseason plan for Pike to get back on track

It sucks we’re talking about the offseason before our “most anticipated season ever” is even over, but that’s where we’re at.


#1 - Need a major coaching change. The one absolute must for this offseason not to be an automatic failure is for Pike to hire a proven X’s and O’s guy he can give full autonomy of the offense to.

#2 - Retain Grant and Sommerville. Grant is the obvious one as he has shown tools and a skillset that should make him a key player for years to come. I know there’s a lot of differing opinions on Lathan, but he has some really advanced offensive skill for a young big that can hopefully be refined with experience and better coaching.

#3 - Lead guard and rim protector. These are going to be the 2 biggest needs in the portal. Replacing Dylan is impossible, but we need someone who can be the lead guard because that guy isn’t currently on the roster or in the upcoming HS class. We’ve seen how important rim protection is for Pike’s defense after going from elite rim defenders for 6 years to none. Need a guy who can anchor the defense and complement Lathan.

#4 - Get back to his style. Fill out the rest of the portal class with long athletic veteran defenders who can play Steve Pikiell basketball. Defend and rebound like hell and get back to what made us good. Hopefully a new offensive coach can bring an innovative style that can keep the offense from looking as bad as it has in the past.

Can we finally stop with the “if Ace and Dylan were healthy all year”

Team sucks. Coaching sucks. Schemes suck. Program spiraling back to the basement. Bless the rains in Minne two years ago was the beginning of Pike losing this program/team. Now we’re a joke. It’s a circus/aau team. The goofing off in warmups. The giggling at the alma mater after an embarrassing loss. And most disgusting, the three turnovers on basic out of bounds plays tonight. Do they even practice?

50 year fan. 1st game at barn as a kid in ‘74/5 and now…

I truly feel this might be my last year as a super fan/ticket holder.

Sure, I’m from here (Franklin, I played with Roy), I’ll always have a spot in my rooting heart for them, but it’s a new paradigm now. Tonight showed me no passion. This team is a letdown, and a rebuild is eminent.

We are a looong way from the Dance in a BiiiiiiiiG conference. I don’t see this as a Top 10 B10 program anytime soon.

It hurts, for sure.
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Outscored by TWENTY at home, 2nd half, by a team WITH ZERO ROAD WINS coming in!!!

I don't even know where to begin....I really don't....so I'm gonna keep most of my thoughts to myself until after the season BUT I'll throw a few out there:

- it's 23 games into the season. The "youth" and "lots of new moving parts" thing is long over. Iowa was without TWO STARTERS tonight!!!

- our on-court basketball IQ is seriously lacking; some of the decisions or lack thereof, down the stretch, were just mind-boggling

- We have LOST any home court advantage in B1G play, WHATSOEVER, that we had for a few years with the Geo/RJH/McConnell era....The "Trapezoid of Terror," the past 3 seasons, has become "The Trapezoid of Tameness." Here we go:

2022-23 we go 0-3 at home to close out the season
2023-24 we go 5-6 in B1G play @ home
2024-2025 3-4 with SC/Minny left

THAT'S 8-13 in our last 21 B1G games in Piscataway which, IMHO, is pathetic.

...also the crowds, for the most part, have been blah. Big, yes, but "BLAH." (again...more thoughts on this after the season)
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