26 paragraphs is too long.....point taken...
6 rebounds is walk-on level productivity.....Point given.
Are there other more realistic complaints?? Sure, I have 500 other paragraphs to comb through on this board and elsewhere....
What's more ironic is that I have a HC for 3 straight years, rewarding bad play down the stretch (Mulcahy), bad behavior & moping/quitting/sulking (Mag) and now a very nice, NJ native and HS classmate of Mulcahy, being placed in a position to torpedo a 3rd season in a row.
We have coaches in both sports who are very lax, who have contract extensions and ZERO sense of urgency.
I watched a substantial amount of snaps rewarded to Chris Long on offense, where he drops passes on a regular basis.....
I watch a HC seemingly look the other way, with a linebacker who does not read plays or the field well, continuing to be put on the field (Moses Walker) and blow assignment after assignment, which winds up giving huge chunks of yards.
I watch another safety in Igbinosun, continue to miss assignments on plays, allowing wide open WRs or lose containment at least 15 to 20 times in the 1st 8 games....
Meanwhile, anyone with a pulse could clearly see that the 2 best and productive WRs, were Ian Strong and KJ Duff......why waste so many snaps and blow games vs Nebraska, because you cannot convert in the redzone??
I have a HC, who seemingly cannot read weather forecasts or gauge wind or cold weather, calling mindless timeouts.....and I could agree with calling a timeout IF, it's 65 degrees and cloudy or even a slight rain.
RU football with "below average", roster management and common sense and sense of urgency, is a 9-3 football season and playing on New Years Day. We have a 1st team all caliber Running Back, 2 NFL caliber WRs and a left tackle, who just because he isn't a 4* recruit, is headed to the NFL after almost 50 straight starts on the OL (Hollin Pierce).
Pike is still actually better at coaching than Schiano, but playing Martini is dropping him BELOW Schiano status, which is below average for a Power 4/5 program.
Two different sports, same awful patterns.....same horrible results.....two 2024 sports seasons WAY below realistic expectations.
If Pike has any respect for his roster and results, these lineup changes are not atomic bombs, they're just normal coaching moves.....