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On Wisconsin's secondary scorers, "Well, we're playing with secondary [guys], so it's even with us. Those secondary players are even, maybe a little bit better than guys we're playing with. It's about culture. They're in a culture that Bo Ryan's built and developed and created and it's just one guy with one generation, in a sense, tells the young guys how to play. This is what we do. This is how we play. This is how we behave. This is the environment we've built. This is how we live. This is how we get along. It's contagious. It's how guys who are probably a little less skilled than your top five or six guys, they buy in. That's what we're trying to do. It's going to take a long time for us to do it."

On Corey Sanders, "He didn't start. It's a bump in the road on the path to maturiy. He's got a ton of talent but he's got a lot of holes we've got to fill with his game and his maturity. That's what happens. If you're not on board and you don't have energy and a positive spirit, then you have to learn how to get it. That's what happened today. It was me, partly, and the basketball gods, the other part."

On Jonathan Laurent's Injury, "I don't know yet. We got into the locker room. We told the team, let's get together, let's get dressed, let's get out of here. I'm going to check on Jonathan as soon as I get out of the press conference because I heard he banged heads pretty hard. He was pretty dazed. I'm glad he got up, so we have to watch out. Our next game is Maryland on Wednesday at Maryland, so hopefully whatever concussion protocol there is, we'll follow it and make sure he's healthy."
 
Sounds like a semi-disciplinary issue in re Sanders ... not necessarily a violation of team rules, but working on correcting some attitude or behavior of some sort.

Which makes more sense than some criticizing Jordan's "strategy" for player substitution.

But if Laurent is out also ... oh my goodness!
 
Sanders may be thinking EJ needs him more than he needs EJ. Hopefully not but sounds like there was some type of behavior that EJ felt the need to make a point about. Either that or those darn basketball gods were taking over the management of the team? Looks like EJ is quickly adopting the Ash mantra about culture. Wednesday night has the makings of a very ugly result.
 
This season will be HARD for a group of kids who have been consistent winners at the HS level

totally new experience for them
 
The tossing of the players (who he recruited) under the bus has begun and we're only 0-2. If we lose to Nebraska the avalanche is going to begin.

He can't survive 1-17 or 0-18 no matter how many injuries there are. He just can't.
 
Hey Eddie: How do you have a culture without any players? I get lack of facilities and injuries. But your program is garbage. And your record proves it. You were hired by some grocery clerk, without a plan on how to rebuild. You've recruited players who have never even showed up or decomitted. Both Johnsons, Butts, Parker. Injuries? That's not exactly LeBron James on your bench. Doorson and Diallo are projects with a capital P. Neither appears B1G quality. Freeman's ok, but looks more like a tweener without an outside shot.
Please don't insult us with excuses, or with the idea that things are looking up.
Please resign
 
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I stated in another thread to watch Sanders as the league losses mount up because it might impact his future at Rutgers.This is another catch 22 scenario where its very difficult to recruit top players and when you get one, retention becomes equally difficult because elite players are not used to losing.
 
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RUJMM78 said:
I stated in another thread to watch Sanders as the league losses mount up because it might impact his future at Rutgers.This is another catch 22 scenario where its very difficult to recruit top players and when you get one, retention becomes equally difficult because elite players are not used to losing.
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I stated something similar about someone already being in his ear and was questioned by a poster about my authenticity. I hope he gets his head on straight and does what he needs to for the team.
 
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Eddie recruited this roster...this goes beyond injuiries..its not like Diallo or Doorson made much differencevin any games they played. Even with Freeman Rutgers was struggling early this year. Doc brings up good points about the roster and players decomitting or leaving the program...and of course no recruits for next year is glaring
 
bac2therac said:
Eddie recruited this roster...this goes beyond injuiries..its not like Diallo or Doorson made much differencevin any games they played. Even with Freeman Rutgers was struggling early this year. Doc brings up good points about the roster and players decomitting or leaving the program...and of course no recruits for next year is glaring
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Even with Diallo and Doorson healthy I believe that we are looking at the same results this season. The talent difference between RU and our B1G opponents is obvious. The game at Maryland will be cringe worthy for RU fans.
 
Would anyone be shocked if Sanders transferred at year end? As an RU fan, you'd have to expect that after another dismal season. Would be more shocked if he stayed!
 
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Would anyone be shocked if Sanders transferred at year end? As an RU fan, you'd have to expect that after another dismal season. Would be more shocked if he stayed!
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There were quite a few rumors this summer that he was one and done but I think people thought that was to the NBA. It's obvious he is not ready for that. I doubt he would transfer and sit a year. Perhaps Europe if anything at all.
 
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If you watched his videos from last year in high school he talked with his "mom" about the 2 year plan.
 
Eddie needs a superior staff of assistants and recruiters.He does not have that.Rutgers has 3.5 billion dollar budget.The central admin of Rutgers needs to get Rutgers bb to a point where its staff can be competitive in recruiting ,game planning and skill development.Operating at 2/3 the level of Maryland does work.
 
wngarbarini said:
Sanders has not shown enough to be on the 4 year plan yet.
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I think you mean the 2 year plan ;)

and he's good, but i totally agree. he's a solid B1G player. Not close to being a kid who can leave for the NBA after 2 years (and i dont say that to be a d!ck...just relaying what my eyes see)
 
Mr Magoo said:
There were quite a few rumors this summer that he was one and done but I think people thought that was to the NBA. It's obvious he is not ready for that. I doubt he would transfer and sit a year. Perhaps Europe if anything at all.
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so I guess this is what Eddie's saying in post game:

Our starters aren't as good as Wisconsin's secondary players.

Does he realize you don't find Big Tem quality starters in the spring? Oh I get it Eddie. When someone asks you about recruiting you say you did a good job last spring. When you get blown out by Wisconsin it's about the lack of recruits.
 
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Sanders is not a NBA talent right now. He can't shoot well enough to play in the NBA and he would get eaten alive defensively against all the big guards
 
MCKnight2004 said:
Sanders is not a NBA talent right now. He can't shoot well enough to play in the NBA and he would get eaten alive defensively against all the big guards
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Most college players would get destroyed in the NBA.

Sanders is certainly the most talented player on the team. He is also one of the few guys on RU that is a B1G caliber player. You need more guys of his skill level. I'm not sure why he was benched. I can't buy the "minutes" argument. You can easily start him and manage his minutes by changing substitution patterns. If this is about discipline, then, I can understand that. However, there are still risks for a program like RU. You don't want Sanders to take the benching the wrong way and create more trouble for the program. Hopefully, we will see Sanders in the starting lineup and playing better against MD.
 
What I said is what I meant. You missed my sarcasm. I meant he won't be in the NBA after his 4 years at R U with that attitude and the way he is playing now.
 
A big part of Wisconsin's culture is learning to shoot the ball. That hasn't been part of the RU basketball culture for a long time.
 
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Does he realize you don't find Big Tem quality starters in the spring?
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I think you mean that HM teams often "reach" in the spring and take on a project. You can definitely aquire quality B1G players in the spring. For example:

DeShawn Freeman committed to Rutgers in April.

Caleb Swanigan, I think he starts, committed to Purdue in May.

Thomas Bryant committed to Indiana in April.

Diamond Stone committed to Maryland in April. Stone doesn't start but he plays starter minutes
 
Russ Wood said:
I think you mean that HM teams often "reach" in the spring and take on a project. You can definitely aquire quality B1G players in the spring. For example:

DeShawn Freeman committed to Rutgers in April.

Caleb Swanigan, I think he starts, committed to Purdue in May.

Thomas Bryant committed to Indiana in April.

Diamond Stone committed to Maryland in April. Stone doesn't start but he plays starter minutes
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Rutgers isn't targeting any players with that skill level and you don't start to recruit one in the spring - that's what I'm trying to say.

Rutgers started recruiting Freeman in October.

How can Jordan recruit off a 8-win season and no job security? Don't forget kids have passed on Rutgers for prep schools which shows you the difficult this staff has of selling program.

Taurean Thompson and Alpha Diallo are out of Rutgers league. What's left are solid players but not enough to mAke a difference unless he suddenly figures out how to get team to play defense.

Rutgers had ZERO recruits from 2016 class at Seton Hall game. Except for the transfer Robinson.
 
B1GNJHoops said:
Rutgers isn't targeting any players with that skill level and you don't start to recruit one in the spring - that's what I'm trying to say.
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Oic. I misunderstood your previous post.

The job security question is definitely hurting Rutgers recruiting. It hurt Wisconsin (only one early period signee) and they played in the NC game.

If there is a leader for Alpha Diallo it's VCU.
 
Russ Wood said:
Oic. I misunderstood your previous post.

The job security question is definitely hurting Rutgers recruiting. It hurt Wisconsin (only one early period signee) and they played in the NC game.

If there is a leader for Alpha Diallo it's VCU.
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No biggie. And another problem for Rutgers is VCU assistant Rasheen Davis, a NYC guy. Rutgers fans better get used to kids from the local area going to VCU thanks to him as he has a lot more to sell than Rutgers at the moment. Rutgers is recruiting worse than the best a10 teams which won't get it done in the Big Ten.
 
You have a Freshman being a freshman. He isn't use to losing. Needs to toughen up a bit. You can see it in his mannerism on the court too. He will learn. I don't think he is going anywhere.

As for those who say injuries wouldn't have mattered: There wasn't much hope before the season started that this team was going to be better than last year. If you don't think having a few big men to help in the inside, you are crazy. This isn't the NBA where we can just pull someone off the D league to fill in a hole.
 
Corey Sanders experienced plenty of losing at the six or seven high schools he attended. Only once did his HS team win a state title. The other years his team's were not in the FHSAA state title conversation
 
Agreed

I think you can take a good shooter and make him better but teaching an 18 year old to shoot a basketball is like teaching a chicken how to bark.

It ain't happening.
 
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