Three teams out of 18 in the B1G Ten.Wisconsin got some talented players from the transfer portal.Purdue has the best head coach and Iowa has a offense that attracts 3 point shooters.
From the day Ace committed until the 2024-2025 portal opened pike had 400+ days to build the NIL war chest
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Still clearly you can have success being a developmental program. Not just in the big ten. Obviously you need to be good.
If a developmental program doesn't work in the B1G, what type of programs should Rutgers run? A Coach Prime football program and a Jerry Tarkanian basketball program?
Would be entertaining. Rutgers would sell more tickets at higher prices. Not sure Schiano and Pike could run programs with the pizzazz of Prime and Tarkanian though.
Not understanding your point. You said you didn’t go to the university. How are they supposed to find you as a donor? Write a big check and I guarantee you will get a call. Your story about your high school is not remotely close. It would be if it was a high school you didn’t go to. I’m not a big donor but give enough that I get letters from the deans to thank me for the donations.
Im talking about athletics donors. I don't care about giving money to the academic side. I know you do and I hope it's to a worthy department otherwise you're setting it on fire.
We were not given a loan to help with the transition. Let me refresh everyones memory:
We were given a loan because as we entered the B1G with an athletics department that had D2 facilities across basically every sport. Bob Barchi decided to let athletics die on the vine and not spend any money on sports because "Med Merger". We had to get a loan just to fire Flood and hire Ash. Hobbs comes in and immediately gets 3 projects off the ground for facilities within 3 years (with the help of Senator Lesniak who got us badly needed money for the practice facility after DEI hire Julie Hermann told the court club there was no money and we were basically on welfare). His failure was maybe not expanding the donor base fast enough but he got us a hoops practice facility an academic center for all sports and the football practice field....and you can argue the updated football weight room and basketball weight room.
Can't say I disagree. One of my R Fund reps who was a former player was pretty awful and never would reach out to me for 2 years.
Fair point on the differences, and you’re right.
I guess my point is that everyone I know that’s given to Rutgers, I’m not so sure they’ve felt as much love as you’d think.
As for them finding me, that’s their job, not mine. Get creative. I mean my email and contact info is 100% there for RU to track down, it’s not the 90s, it’s pretty damn easy for them if they put the slightest bit of effort into it.
Personally I think they need to adjust their thinking to be a heavy focus on the state of NJ rather than only going after RU grads.
There are A LOT of people in this region that went to schools that don’t have big time athletics. Bring those people into the fold, it’s crucial for the growth everyone is asking for.
You don’t think there’s a wealthy D3 grad somewhere in NJ that would love to get involved with RU athletics? They’re out there, the University just needs to work for it.
I think you are the exception, not the norm. I’m sure RU would love your support/money. Sometimes, you just have to give them a hint. There is a large alumni they need to cultivate. That’s the low hanging fruit for them.
"Developmental" may be the best we see around here... ever. I doubt we get better than that unless Rutgers (the university) undergoes a fundamental change in culture. Seems to me RU continues to be a fragmented, political, poorly-run mess on multiple levels... unable to get out of its own way long enough to realize it's full potential, and the athletic department is just the most visible manifestation of that.
Can you tell I'm losing hope? It only took 36 years.
Not having an elite big man is not what is limiting this team in the way most people think. I know most will disagree but Ogbole and Sommerville can be a viable tandem at center and RU won't have to commit all of its NIL to another big. In theory, Pike should be able to have some more experience with the team constructed below and gameplan around his team's strengths/weaknesses
Retaining JMike, Ogbole, Sommerville, Grant, and Dortch with one of Derkack or JWill should be a viable foundation along with the freshman and adding the RIGHT transfers (ideally a couple of which are power 5). There should absolutely be enough NIL to build that team.
