Really bad take. Every program should be trying to get more talent on their roster. The blue bloods are recruiting studs every single year. Is that a mistake? Should they recruit lower prospects as to not make anyone feel threatened? Come onnnn
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“Throw him under the bus?”
WTF?
It was a dick move by Eugene.
Who cares what “bus” runs him over.
Why are you defending him?
This move by a captain has bad teammate written all over it.
This is such a terrible take I’m gonna assume it’s not serious lol.
You have to be correct
Else long time posters and their takes in this thread by FIG and Bac are so beyond stupid it is mind boggling.
um hello...no one is defending Eugene..he made a dick move I agree...my post was to RU66 who was saying Eugenes knee wasnt going to be healthy..well gee I missed thread after thread on this on the board..that WAS NOT the take of the upcoming season that Eugene would not be a major cog in our success
Just curious as I do not know this stuff. Could Omoruyi of redshirted next year?
Can anyone confirm this?
I actually agree with BAC in this thread, I think you misunderstood him.
FIG on the other hand is a lost cause sometimes. I don’t know how you can post that much and have some of the takes he has lol.
I’m all in on Yeboah at this point.
You’re going at BAC for not supporting his case but are relying on the assumption that Eugene wasn’t going to be healthy and the complete unknown of how Yeboah is going to fit in with this team or handle the BIG10.
I’m somewhere in the middle of all of this. Losing Eugene will be a huge loss if healthy, and even if not fully healthy it will be a big loss. Even at 70-80% Eugene played a huge role in this team taking charges, getting boards or playing with his back to the basket making crazy pivots.
Now I think as next season plays out this team does have the potential to gel better and maybe, maybe even be better overall without him.
That’s a big maybe though....and his loss will hurt early in the season during non-conference play which will be crucial to making an NIT or NCAA bubble run.
Disagree on Point 2. How is getting Ye a mistake? We needed frontcourt depth. Could we rely upon Eugene given his knee? Pike knows him and the kid can play......If Eugene was pissed about this, so be it......time to move on with Ye and the others......others hopefully will step up to fill the void such as Myles; Dourcoure; Ye etc.......
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4 year player I get it. 1 year guy at your position. Not so sure.
I am playing devil’s advocate. Not a fan of people beating up a kid. Maybe I am being to empathetic here.
If Eugene is healthy and he left because of it I’d call it a mistake, unless he is real good.
Eugene appears emotional and sensitive. He is/was our best player and only one who I feel couldn’t be replaced. IF HEALTHY
Seriously...anyone saying that Rutgers should not have pursued yeboah is out of their mind ...
Eugene has had two knees injuries that could have been easily been season ending and suppose he hurts himself game one and is out for the year
You think Boeheom, Calhoun, Williams,
Coach k ever stop recruiting
You keep adding and adding players
Period
Because you never know when you will lose someone and be stuck short
Eugene has had two knees injuries that could have been easily been season ending and suppose he hurts himself game one and is out for the year
You think Boeheom, Calhoun, Williams,
Coach k ever stop recruiting
You keep adding and adding players
Period
Because you never know when you will lose someone and be stuck short
You do realize the more you disagree with what I say The more right I end up being.
Maybe in your own head lol.
I don’t see a single person that has agreed with you. In fact we all vehemently disagree.
Despite anything that happened afterward, you can’t say with a straight face that Pikiell shouldn’t have gone after or landed Yeboah. And if you actually believe that you’re clueless, sorry!
Here comes the "holier than though" schtick. Screw this "captain". Couldn't even spell pikiells name correctly. Wouldn't be surprised if he's taking a paycheck from someone.
Interesting. No more takes on this one. I would have to think he thought Yaboah could take his minutes, checking out G league, or wanting to play some place else.
Oh well. My best to Omoruyi. He was a crowd favorite. I hope he does well going forward.
One assumption many are making is that his game translates to B1G. He did shoot only 32% from 3. As I said when we were pursing him there were pros and cons. Unfortunately I might have hit on a con.
He is here for 1 year.
He is here for 1 year.
Again speculation......do you still feel that way if Eugene was told bringing in Yeboah meant he’d play some minutes at center?
Maybe Omoruyi saw that Yeboah was better than him and didn't think he could compete. It's his last year and you aren't exactly fighting for a spot if someone is clearly better. It's not freshman year and you know you can battle it out. Senior year things things can be set in stone.
Even NCAA is becoming a players game at this point. Players want to feel appreciated at all times. Pikiell was not wrong bringing in Yeboah. ,but it may have offended Omoruyi. An insurance policy was certainly needed.
I am glad this bridge is officially burned and there is no turning back. I don’t like calling EO the “heart and soul” of the team. The team has a lot of players who make up the heart and soul. And what kind of heart and soul walks out on the program the way EO did? He’s not a guy I want to root for. I did until today. I don’t wish any ill will on EO. But I am very ready to move on and root for the team we have this year. I think this decision will light a fire under this team and these players. If they have the heart and spirit that i hope they have, they will rally around one another and be driven even more in the next 5 months to be an even better team without EO. And for those who think EO is not replaceable, please chill out. He is.
There's no downside for this move....Pike made moves ahead of the curve to protect the program and fans are upset.....this didn't fall out of the sky.
Hason Ward was a very late addition to the PF recruiting process, without any visible role. Yeboah wasn't on board yet.
How do we fault the program trying to build to the next level and relying on a player with knee injuries???. Any positive vibes about Eugene being a key cog, was a best case scenario...
Two spots open and I would feel confident in the 11 here on the roster.....doesn't mean we can't try and improve or massage the roster some more.
The moves were ahead, fortunately we landed Yeboah and would've really liked a Ward type of PF that can run, jump and block shots....
1) I’m not faulting Pikiell for anything.
2) This news from Eugene did fall out the sky. Why do you think Pikiell hopped on a plane to Canada today lol.
You’re assuming a lot and severely downplaying the loss of Eugene. We may be fine without him by the middle/end of the season but to dismiss this as a loss or say Yeboah will definitely be better is reckless.
I was trying to come up with why this was upsetting to me beyond the basketball aspect. I think it falls in the Issa Thiam category. If I had to pick the least likely player to do what Issa did I would have chosen him.
Similarly, if I had to pick the least likely player to leave his team to scramble at the end of the recruiting cycle I would have picked Eugene. Obviously I would have been wrong in both instances!
Similarly, if I had to pick the least likely player to leave his team to scramble at the end of the recruiting cycle I would have picked Eugene. Obviously I would have been wrong in both instances!
Curious to see how well he's recovered from his knee injury. His numbers went way down after he hurt his knee last season against Quinnipiac and had to leave the game after 3 min. In the 14 games up to his injury, he was 33/85 (.388) from the arc... then he missed the rest of that game and the next before coming back in a brace. He then went 17/76 (.224) over the next 11 games before rounding back a bit for 16/48 over the last 7 (.333). Comments in the Stony Brook game threads during that stretch talked about how he didn't look 100%, was a step slow, didn't have his usual quickness, etc.
He shot .355 as a soph and .341 as a RS freshman.
You're in the basketball section now? Oh boy.
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Lolololol. Going out and getting a player whos better than your undersized injury prone 4 is never a bad move. Smh. Mannnn if yall dont know how to look up game tape JUST ASK ME and ill guide your dinosaur down the right path
Does anyone know if Eugene plans on playing next year? Is it possible Eugene gets a degree in 3 years?
