“Grant”-ed. It’s time to make the move.

[SBP]

Start the kid and give him a run against Columbia. Gain experience . Next year is not a given in today’s world of portal. We need him.

Pikes report on Dylan Grant
“He’s an athlete, a rebounder, an inside-out scorer… defender of all 5 positions “

There’s no choice. He can’t be any worse than Martini. Just focus on rebounding and Defense. Period.

Start him at the 4.
Harper
Williams
Ace
Grant
Big E

 

[cRURah]

I thought he played ok in vegas. don’t think he scored but he had several unlucky rolls.

 

[winfield102]

Very telling he isn't on the court, especially with Martini getting minutes.

Pike is desperate for better defense and rebounding as we are not on track for the tourney.

Davis gets his minutes cause his defense is valued by Pike. There are minutes to be had this year if you can play defense.

Well I don't blindly subscribe to "coach knows best", in this instance I think it applies.

 

[bac2therac]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

 

[SBP]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

We will see, right?

 

[NickRU714]

You're swapping Grant for Davis. Not Martini.
Which is fine.
I'm obviously not beholden to Davis starting and playing.

But not sure what Martini has to do with Grant.
2 games prior to Princeton (post Vegas), Martini played 8 and 9min.

I think Martini playing 20min against Princeton was a "legacy" thing - same reason I thought there was a chance Pike was going to start him.

Is Grant offering more than Davis and/or Derkack?
While Davis is a negative offensively, he has at least scored a basket.
Grant's next point will be his first.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Grant must be quite a bit worse than we even thought but why should we be surprised

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

ANGER for me if you are keeping score

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

could be more of a denial thing....we aren't bad, we are just playing the wrong people

 

[RUJMM78]

The change needed is switching to a zone defense to stop all the easy layups and dunks.Changing one player in the starting lineup isn't the answer on defense and worse yet adds another non scorer on offense.

 

[SBP]

The change needed is switching to a zone defense to stop all the easy layups and dunks.Changing one player in the starting lineup isn't the answer on defense and worse yet adds another non scorer on offense.

He will zone occasionally but we won’t the Orange anytime soon.

 

[RUBlackout]

We should move to zone and overcome these EASY layups we see by the other team every game. I know we have got beat by 3pt shooting by other teams but I rather they try and beat us that way than the easy layups we are giving up. At least switch up our defenses within the game more often to change things up when they aren't working. We don't have the horses on defense to match up with everyone 1:1 all the time.

Btw, Pike is always the most optimistic coach in terms of overvaluing his players and team. Every year we hear some outlandish take and then question why he would make those comments. His comments on Grant could very well be true but I find them to be a stretch based on what I have seen. I also find it crazy that Dortch has not seen the floor with his rating out of HS. This isnt some 2 star noboby....

Maybe we need to give these kids some run in games to get experience as we will be starting all from scratch again next year

 

[jaydogsmooth1]

Let's play Dortch as well while we're at it
To your point, none of these guys have defended well, and w/the portal / NIL, who knows who will be here next year
Burn the redshirts and go for broke, b/c the guys here, sans Dylan and Ace, simply aren't cutting it

 

[Ridge 22]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

Yup. Start the one kid who isn't playing. That's the problem. Nevermind the fact he must look like total ass in practice to get zero run over these other non factors. Typical Rutgers loser mentality. Place all your hope in the hopeless guy when all other hope is lost. Zero rationale, but it allows for the exclusion of reality, so nothing to see!!!!

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

Whatwver you want to call it…its clear that pike either needed to force grant (and Dortch ) early …or if he knew they weren’t going to be ready …get a forward like yeboah from the portal.

Forcing Grant …is now our only option

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Some are in the denial stage...some anger..some acceptance

The OP is in the bargaining stage

I've been in the anger stage wirh R Hoops since losing to ND in Dayton in 2022. I just keep getting angrier.

 

[SBP]

Whatwver you want to call it…its clear that pike either needed to force grant (and Dortch ) early …or if he knew they weren’t going to be ready …get a forward like yeboah from the portal.

Forcing Grant …is now our only option

Forcing??? Freshman play ALL THE TIME now! Ain’t no more “waiting and redshirting “ those days are gone.

 

[bac2therac]

could be more of a denial thing....we aren't bad, we are just playing the wrong people

what you are arguing for is more Chol than JY

 

[bac2therac]

Whatwver you want to call it…its clear that pike either needed to force grant (and Dortch ) early …or if he knew they weren’t going to be ready …get a forward like yeboah from the portal.

Forcing Grant …is now our only option

the dye was cast back in the preseason practice and early season when Pike could not get them to commit to playing defense, some would say the dye was cast on signing day

do you see the first four games to start the new year....we are out of options at this stage

 

[Ridge 22]

There is no one else left to pray for so of course these idiots are blaming the season on his lack of playing time. The real question is how bad must he look in practice to get zero run. Yikes

 

[bac2therac]

There is no one else left to pray for so of course these idiots are blaming the season on his lack of playing time. The real question is how bad must he look in practice to get zero run. Yikes

its amazing to see...Pike maybe struggling but he isnt a complete idiot...Grant was tried and our fans gushed over being able to get a simple rebound..such high standards as he jacked up 3s as soon as he touched the ball...oh and 1-8 fg. If Grant was competant he would be playing more with Acuff a complete recruiting miss injury or not and Dortsch must be D3 level bad

it all goes back to recruiting and Pike HAS NOT been a good recruiter and the two stars were hand delivered to him

 

[Ridge 22]

its amazing to see...Pike maybe struggling but he isnt a complete idiot...Grant was tried and our fans gushed over being able to get a simple rebound..such high standards as he jacked up 3s as soon as he touched the ball...oh and 1-8 fg. If Grant was competant he would be playing more with Acuff a complete recruiting miss injury or not and Dortsch must be D3 level bad

it all goes back to recruiting and Pike HAS NOT been a good recruiter and the two stars were hand delivered to him

Yup. Pike can't even field a competent 5 with this crew. If he could walk and chew gum he would be starting.

 

[bac2therac]

remember when half the board thought if only J Will was eligible RU would have been a tourney team, they gushed after RU won 3 games and all of a sudden we were going to the ncaa tourney and then teams had film on J Will and he was basically neutered the rest of the year and RU lost a bunch of games toward the end of the season to fade into the night

 

[Ridge 22]

remember when half the board thought if only J Will was eligible RU would have been a tourney team, they gushed after RU won 3 games and all of a sudden we were going to the ncaa tourney and then teams had film on J Will and he was basically neutered the rest of the year and RU lost a bunch of games toward the end of the season to fade into the night

It's always whoever isn't playing. He's the only guy left. Hence he's undiscovered LeBron James

 

[winfield102]

the dye was cast back in the preseason practice and early season when Pike could not get them to commit to playing defense, some would say the dye was cast on signing day

do you see the first four games to start the new year....we are out of options at this stage

I'd love to know what the staff tells these kids.

I don't think they define their roles offensively so I'm left wondering if it was made clear to Grant that defense was his ticket to playing time.

Sometimes kids can't figure it out and you got to spell it out for them.

 

[Ridge 22]

I'd love to know what the staff tells these kids.

I don't think they define their roles offensively so I'm left wondering if it was made clear to Grant that defense was his ticket to playing time.

Sometimes kids can't figure it out and you got to spell it out for them.

If only coach would have put Grant in, we would have won state.......

 

[RUBlackout]

I mean can Dortch be really that bad nd a worse turnstile than Martini ??

 

[Ridge 22]

I mean can Dortch be really that bad nd a worse turnstile than Martini ??

Mostly likely. Not like they don't see him in practice. Scary to think how bad he must look

 

[RUBlackout]

Mostly likely. Not like they don't see him in practice. Scary to think how bad he must look

Yeah…again how is that individual that overrated in rankings then? I mean we saw GG last year and that didn’t match his ranking. Just don’t see it being that bad for some odd reason

 

[Joey Bags]

Grant is likely another recruiting whiff, lets not sugarcoat this

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

So many whiffs with Pike. Yet some still cling to him. Crazy.

 

[seansherm]

Grant is likely another recruiting whiff, lets not sugarcoat this

?? He's a freshman. We have no idea what he'll be.

 

[Shelby65]

the dye was cast back in the preseason practice and early season when Pike could not get them to commit to playing defense, some would say the dye was cast on signing day

do you see the first four games to start the new year....we are out of options at this stage

Oh wise one, please explain 2x usage of “dye was cast” to Shelby. What color dye ? For wool ? Shelby isn’t following your lingo.

 

[winfield102]

Eugene O. literally couldn't dribble his freshman year (no exaggeration).

It's not his fault that we desperately need someone his size. Not fair to him.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

what you are arguing for is more Chol than JY

#freechol

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

the dye was cast back in the preseason practice and early season when Pike could not get them to commit to playing defense, some would say the dye was cast on signing day

I couldnt have imagined the supporting cast would be this bad, but I was very vocal this was a bad idea.

 

[bac2therac]

Oh wise one, please explain 2x usage of “dye was cast” to Shelby. What color dye ? For wool ? Shelby isn’t following your lingo.

Two nba players getting paid by a sugar daddy for a one year stop are noy going to be forced to play Pikiell defense

 

[bac2therac]

I couldnt have imagined the supporting cast would be this bad, but I was very vocal this was a bad idea.

You were right

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

You were right

We are down 5-1, but it is still only the 4th inning

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Two nba players getting paid by a sugar daddy for a one year stop are noy going to be forced to play Pikiell defense

Dylan has bought in