His recent trend line of results is clearly becoming a burden on the resume. To some he can continue to do no wrong because of what he inherited but that is not the proper perspective anymore. He was climbing the low rungs of the ladder very well early in his tenure but again his recent results indicate the program has dropped a rung or two. Not suggesting its easy to keep climbing but that is what he is being paid the big bucks to do.
Basketball GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers versus Ohio State
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Even if you give Pikiell the benefit of the doubt through the Michigan St loss last year, where has the coaching been? He still had talent on last year's squad with Paul, Cliff and Cam. He couldn't coach them up even with Mag out. And forget about this season. Where is the development? The vaulted defensive prowess? Where are fundamentals like boxing out and using the glass on offense? It is just not there.
I hear what you're saying. All salient points
I hear what you're saying. All salient points. It's important to see how Pike does next year. If we have a disappointing year with the studs we have coming in, then you're right; he doesn't deserve to be around. As pissed off as I am and as disgusted as I am, I'm not giving up on the coach or next year's team.
My point is that RIGHT NOW - in the last 6 or 7 games - OSU is not a mediocre team. Go ask Purdue, MSU and a few others
This second half, coming off a nice comeback to make it a game at halftime, harkens back to the Jordan era teams. All season it was fair to critique the shooting. Now it’s fair to question effort. Not a good sign for Pike.
he’s stubborn and a great defensive coach who has no clue about offense and how to develop and recruit it for the most part . If this season didn’t scare him straight that he needs to change his offensive philosophy or offensive involvement i don’t know what will. And just because Ace and Dylon are coming in won’t make it 100 percent better. Can’t ask frosh as talented as they are to bail you out off bad offensive possessions all season long
We all know it doesn't matter. Just a bad coaching job by this staff this season.
Staff needs to bring in coaching talent, better S&C trainers, and need to land some recruits to give some hope after Dylan and Ace leave. All tall orders.
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Rutgers beat wisconsin by 22 here and Northwestern in a hard fought game
They didnt give a shit today
How is it possible Oskar comes here as having great 3 pint range, yet his shot has zero spin and takes forever to release it
Understood, this team has been trending this way hopefully it’s rock bottom
As we lose a lot of the weight that got us here.
I call it the Hyatt era!
Similar to the Yankees Horace Clark era😂
Wow - this season needs to be flushed down the 🚽. Pike better have massive incentives for players to make free throws next season. It’s really inexcusable for this to be year after year after year.
46% winning last 5 against any top 7-8 leagues including 7-14 ooc vs. those teams. I charted it all out by year if as anyone wants to see the facts.
Pike at his lowest point today. Time to hold off on luxury seating. If next year is a dud, attendance will suffer significantly
Literally nobody wants to see your analysis lol.
We owe him like $23 million. He's going nowhere anyway for a bit so hope returns.
The good news is that we’ll know pretty quickly next year where the Pike era is going. Either he puts together a good roster and puts us back solidly in the dance or he enters 25-26 on the hot seat.
Even without the talent coming in, I would say it is important he breaks that trend line.
With that talent it's an absolute necessity. A big year is a must.
The words Rutgers, Net, or Rim should never be spoken together.
Whew. Really glad I only have to do that one more time this season.
Congrats to the seniors, grateful for their contributions in evolving the program, particularly Cliff, Hyatt and Oskar. They all seem like great individuals and I'm sure they will do excellent things in their future.
This is just a fundamentally broken team at this stage, but next year will be a completely different team with a coach that has maximized talent more often than not in his time here. Excited for that.
Congrats to the seniors, grateful for their contributions in evolving the program, particularly Cliff, Hyatt and Oskar. They all seem like great individuals and I'm sure they will do excellent things in their future.
This is just a fundamentally broken team at this stage, but next year will be a completely different team with a coach that has maximized talent more often than not in his time here. Excited for that.
