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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.

Minor Snowfall for Most (except moderate N of 80 towards 84 w/some icing) Sat (2/15) pm, Followed by Heavy Rain for Everyone

This looks to be a fairly minor snowfall Saturday afternoon/evening for everyone south of 80, as per the NWS snowfall map below, which is showing <1" south of 78 with 1-2" from 78 to 80. However it's showing 2-4" N of 80/NW of 287 in PA/NJ and N of 287 in NY and there's also the threat of a period of freezing rain when warm air aloft surges north. Any snow should change to rain from south to north Saturday evening with 1" or so of much needed rain for just about everyone in the region through Sunday morning as warm air surges into the area associated with a low taking aim at NJ or just N of us (that's always a warm track even if it starts off cold); temps should reach the 50s SE of 95 towards the coast on Sunday, but it may remain in the low 40s for areas N of 80 towards 84. Extended icing, though, is possible for areas towards and N of 84, i.e., Sussex, the Poconos and the mid-Hudson Valley before the changeover to rain. The first link below for the NWS snowfall map and the 2nd for the AmericanWx discussion.

It should be noted, however that there's a lot of disagreement among the models so far with many of the models showing a bit more front-end snow than the NWS map, i.e., 1-3" from 276/195 to 80 and 2-4" N of 80 (except the Euro, which is quite similar to the NWS forecast and has been doing quite well this winter - did great on Tuesday and on 2/8). Let's see what the 12Z models say before worrying about getting more snow than the NWS is showing. Also, FYI, I'm going to try to keep future weather posts shorter with just the key highlights and not all of the details and model analysis, as it just takes too much time, especially for these mixed precip events, which are so difficult to forecast and have so many possible outcomes for so many locations (we'll see how that works out lol). The pure snow events are way easier to discuss, like Tuesday's.

https://www.weather.gov/phi/winter

https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic...ads-for-each-will-be-added-as-needed/page/31/

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OT: Stormy and Potentially Snowy from about 2/8-2/22? (pg 9); OG Thread: Cold and Potentially Snowy Pattern Likely for Most of January

Changed thread title on 2/5 to add Feb potential...

Summary: First pattern thread of the winter. Just about every medium/long range model (especially the ensembles of the GFS, CMC and Euro, which are used most for trend forecasts beyond about 7-8 days) continues to show (as mentioned in the Christmas Eve snow thread) a major pattern shift to a cold to possibly very cold regime starting by next weekend, with multiple possible storm systems after that, some of which could bring snow (possibly substantial amounts) to the eastern US and our area for much of January. And just about every well-known meteorologist is honking about the upcoming pattern change. Yes, I know it's usually relatively cold and snowy in January, but we're talking likely colder than normal (and possibly much colder than normal - especially in the SE US) and snowier than normal (NB gets about 8-9" of snow, on average in Jan) from about 1/4 through 1/25 and given the paucity of snow for most the past 3 winters this is noteworthy. The cold looks like a lock, at least through mid-Jan, while the snow is always much iffier to predict more than a week in advance, so we'll wait and see. And based on the @e5fdny weather clause, any specific storms that materialize will be covered in separate threads when and if they look real (usually 4-5 days out), with the first possible threat around 1/6. Hope some find this interesting.

Details: The video link, below, from John Homenuk one of the best medium/long-range forecasters out there explains the meteorology behind the pattern change much better than I could, but briefly, instead of the warm pattern we expect to have for the next week, which features strong west to east jet stream flow from the mild Pacific across the US, a strong ridge is forecast to build from Cali to Alaska forcing the jet stream to ride up and over it and then down east of the Rockies, bringing very cold polar air down from Canada into the eastern half of the US, plus high latitude "blocking" is expected with another strong ridge up in NE Canada/Greenland acting to "hold" the cold air in place in the eastern US and to slow down the storm systems that are expected to rotate through the eastern US from about 1/5 onward.

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With regard to the teleconnections, which are often used to forecast long range patterns, we're forecast to have the weak La Nina continue and to have the MJO (Madden-Julian Oscillation) move into phases 8 and 1 (associated with cold/snowy here) and to have a sustained combination of a -AO (Arctic Oscillation) and +PNA (Pacific/North America), which is the combo we've had for ~50% of 6"+ snowstorms in NYC, as per the famed DonSutherland on AmericanWx (see his graphic below and his post linked below), plus we'll also likely have a -NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) and a -EPO (Eastern Pacific Oscillation). Cold air in place, plus moisture from storms could mean significant snow, although it's still too early to predict specific storms (but they are showing up on the long range guidance) and it's always possible the cold/snow just don't work out, as very cold air can suppress storms to our south or if the cold air weakens for a bit, a storm could always cut west of us bringing mix/rain. DT/WxRisk does a great job explaining all of the teleconnections in the video link below.

https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic/61402-january-2025/?do=findComment&comment=7513129
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In addition, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is on board for colder than normal weather for much of the eastern US from 1/4-1/10 (with normal precip amounts) and is also predicting colder and wetter than normal conditions from 1/11 through 1/24 in their Weeks 3/4 forecast; just showing the temp graphics below. FYI, I only did one pattern thread last winter, for a warm/low snow first half of Feb, which verified, followed by a cold and potentially snowy period after that, which did not verify at all for cold, but did verify for above normal snowfall for most from 2/12-2/17. Overall, since 2017 I've done 1-2 pattern threads per winter, featuring 10 of 13 temperature patterns verifying and 9 of 13 snowfall patterns verifying (with below normal, normal and above normal as possible outcomes, random guessing would mean 4 out of 13 verifying). That means the pros kind of know what they're doing.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/WK34/

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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.

Football Rutgers adds new Asst. LBs coach from James Madison

Rutgers Football adds James Madison Graduate Assistant Justice Seales to the staff as an assistant linebackers coach.
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Baseball GAME THREAD: Rutgers Scarlet Knights versus Kennesaw State Game One

Opening Day is finally here! The Rutgers Scarlet Knights open the 2025 season on the road versus the Kennesaw State Owls.

Rutgers finished last season with a 28-25 record. They have 27 newcomers from the Transfer Portal and high school recruiting. First pitch is at 2 pm EST. Lineups will be posted soon

Pike lost me last night.

I have been a supporter of Pike since the beginning and I believed that a healthy lineup at this point in the season would be playing a high level of basketball. Maybe Ace and Dylan weren’t 100% last night, but nevertheless. Rewatch the game and watch our half court offense and watch Iowa’s half court offense. Our team had absolutely no idea of what they were doing. After our high screens, we get nothing on the roll to the basket, and in fact our ball handler would be further away from the basket and double teamed before the set up began. Iowa had plenty of time given how deep the ball was to cover three on four initially and then settle into a four on four or actually five on five.There’d be 10 or 12 seconds left on the clock and we’d have developed nothing except a ball handler deep in the half court, trying to figure out what the hell to do. On the other hand, Iowa’s offense was purposeful, precise, and played to their players individual strengths. It was like night and day, and there is simply no excuse for it. Now, that players have checked out as a possibility I suppose. Can’t say I really saw it but no way to prove it didn’t happen. Still from a purely analytical viewpoint, their offense was so much better than our offense that it’s even unfair to compare the defensive performance because our defense had to operate against a really well oiled offensive scheme, whereas their defense simply had to cover one on one or double team, and they never paid a price for their double teams. In my opinion, that’s on Pike and the rest of the staff.

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?

Rotation going forward - play for next year

Said the same thing last year around this time.

If the season is over then need to play for next year.

Dylan, Davis, Ace, Grant Lathan

Dortch and Derkack off the bench
Try and get a sense if JWill is returning or not.

Martini, Acuff and Hayes are gone next year.
They can fill in for foul trouble.

Is this a winning strategy for this year?
Not even close.
But the staff is responsible for the program year over year - not just this year's team.
At some point you have to rip the bandaid off and face the reality.

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