Gary Waters, Cleveland State at NJIT tonight

[bac2therac]

Originally posted by Greene Rice FIG:
The knock on GW was he didn't have the firepower to recruit locally. Fast forward 10 years later many believe we should be spending our energy recruiting outside of NY/NJ metro area....

haha...I will agree with you on that...this boards whims change with the wind to fit the narrative they want to make of the situation.

 

[PatrickRU92]

Originally posted by bac2therac:
Freddie buried the program

He started shoveling but Rice stood on top of pile and patted it down.

 

[MidwestKnights]

Worst mistake ever firing Waters. My 20 year interest and support of RU basketball began creeping to a halt after Waters was let go and came to a crashing halt after the Mike Rice fiasco. EJ's hiring has brought me back a little, but but it's a tough go.

Waters brought RU basketball back to a baseline of respectability that had been missing since the Wentzel years (and before that the Tom Young era) that we haven't seen since.

This post was edited on 3/24 11:18 AM by MidwestKnights

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Waters 1st 3 years at RU DEFENSIVELY
year 1 defensive efficiency of .91 or 10th in country!
year 2 .953 or 48th in country
year 3 .954 or 47th in country

year 4 1.031 or 191st
year 5 .988 or 104th

 

[BKIn118]

We were there...along with former RU staffers John Wooding, John Beisser and Edgar Delarosa. And yes, I had a CSU Vikings hoodie on!

NJIT plays in a building that's dark, tiny and LOUD when packed in tight like it was last night.

Thrilling game despite Cleve St being down their all league pg due to disciplinary reasons. Got to talk with Coach D and GW for almost an hour post game.

Honored to count those guys amongst our friends, and looking forward to visiting Cleveland again in June!
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[Local Shill]

When are we going to see Cleveland State at the RAC?
It's been 9 years it's time for Mr. "They held serve" to let bygones be bygones.
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[Knightmoves]

Nice shout out to Larry D'Semplare. Gary had a strong coaching staff. If he included a NY area recruiter on his staff he probably would have been successful at RU.

 

[Local Shill]

Interesting in a story yesterday on a competing website Gary says the administration was talking about a practice facility when he was here. bureaucracy at its finest - all talk no action.
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[Knightmoves]

Originally posted by Local Shill:
Interesting in a story yesterday on a competing website Gary says the administration was talking about a practice facility when he was here. bureaucracy at its finest - all talk no action.
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I remember being at a Scarlet R meeting at the RAC during the Waters era. One of GW's assistants was speaking to the group. He said then that the greatest need of the MBB program at that time was a practice facility. And that was a long time ago.

 

[rucoe89]

Was it Waters who had the top notch recruiter on staff asking who Hurley was? Can't be a way to gain sustainability in state.