We don’t have shooters dude. How many contested and tough shots did Wisky make today. You stick 1-2 of those guys on this team and we win that game by 15 +.
Pikiell does need to do a better job recruiting.
We don’t have shooters dude. How many contested and tough shots did Wisky make today. You stick 1-2 of those guys on this team and we win that game by 15 +.
Pikiell does need to do a better job recruiting.
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Right but his recruiting philosophy is to find guys who can 1st play defense. And he shouts from rooftops he doesnt want to shoot alot of 3’s and prefers to get to the rim. He might be lost in 80’s 90’s basketball is my fear. So what is he doing to fix this glaring issue? Frankly i dont think anything
Let’s see, every other big 10 coach says he’s doing wonders at Rutgers and he’s in the running for coach of the year vs. Kyk. Hmmmm.....
It's not just absurd, it's moronic. Kyk has zero understanding of statistics, as he proved in his stupid thread about offensive efficiency being "better" last year and anyone who plots our wins during the Pike era, especially in the B1G (where the competition varies less annually than OOC), would be nuts to think that we've hit a ceiling. From 1 in Jordan's last year to 3 in 16/17 to 4 in 17/18 (counting 2 in the tourney) to 7 in 18/19 to 9, so far in 19/20. Doesn't guarantee we'll win more next year, but I think it's reasonable to think we will with most of our team back. And even if we're at his ceiling now, I'm guessing most of us would be far happier with teams that are around 0.500 in the B1G as a ceiling than what we've had for most of the last 30 years.
Pike has been great for the program. He’s a standup guy, is a good defensive coach and his players play hard for him. He brought the program up from the worst coach ever to the brink of the NCAAs. He also recruits “under the radar kids” well. However, he is an absolutely horrible offensive coach, his substitutions are questionable at best, and his overall recruiting is weak. None of the negatives outweigh the positives.
Btw...you are wrong here AGAIN (shocker)
He has definitely gone after players who were scorers but we didn't get them. So you're going to criticize him for landing players who are strong defensively as well?
Baker and McConnell were recruited for their defense? And Mulcahy?
Lol...where do you come up with this garbage
Schiano has never been a good offensive coach and I don’t expect that to change. He’s a good defensive coach and a better recruiter “relatively speaking” than Pike. Schiano’s biggest asset is his personality and his knowledge of navigating the BS that is Rutgers and New Jersey.
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The thing that held those Cincinnati teams back was stone age offense. Cronin never figured out that end of the court.
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Pike has been quoted he looks for kids that can play D when he recruits. Looks theres people like me that can look at things objectively then theres people like you who believe pike can do no wrong
Half of our rotation can't hit 2 consecutive uncontested 15 foot free throws. You can't expect to consistently knock down threes. Those who don't think Pike hasn't tried to recruit premier shooters are drunk
Keep deflecting
While I am all in on Pike, there are several things Pike can do better. I am not trying to shout that down.
What's moronic is you saying our coach who is in the running for NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR has hit his ceiling offensively.
But carry on peacock.
321st in the nation in 3 point percentage. To make a jump, we need to improve there big time. In the year 2020, you have to be better from deep. Also need to get more out of the 5 with Myles fading hard as the season progressed
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I have addressed what I am about to say on other threads...but it’s relevamt here
Part of the issue is that we are built kinda funny
We really have one shooting guard (Mathis)...and he really is a swingman type (more small forward slasher than pure shooting guard)
Geo is a scoring point guard ...and NOT a shooting guard. Period. If you look at his breakdown, he is so much worse on the wing than on top...and so much better with the ball in his hands. When was the last time he made a shot off ball movement? He doesn’t
Jacob is Also a scoring point guard’s and needs to have the ball in his hands. His three ball has been a major disappointment for us this year. But he is not a 2 guard
Mulchay is a point guard ...a point forward ...but not a shooting guard
Caleb also is a point guard and offensive production cones from when the ball starts in his hands. He could be a shooting guard, but he reallt needs to work on strength to get off screens
Picture if we had Jerome Coleman or Eli Carter at the two playing with baker, yeboah, Harper and Johnson. We would be pretty good with a 15 ppg shooting guard capable of hitting 35-37 from three in volume
Part of the issue is that we are built kinda funny
We really have one shooting guard (Mathis)...and he really is a swingman type (more small forward slasher than pure shooting guard)
Geo is a scoring point guard ...and NOT a shooting guard. Period. If you look at his breakdown, he is so much worse on the wing than on top...and so much better with the ball in his hands. When was the last time he made a shot off ball movement? He doesn’t
Jacob is Also a scoring point guard’s and needs to have the ball in his hands. His three ball has been a major disappointment for us this year. But he is not a 2 guard
Mulchay is a point guard ...a point forward ...but not a shooting guard
Caleb also is a point guard and offensive production cones from when the ball starts in his hands. He could be a shooting guard, but he reallt needs to work on strength to get off screens
Picture if we had Jerome Coleman or Eli Carter at the two playing with baker, yeboah, Harper and Johnson. We would be pretty good with a 15 ppg shooting guard capable of hitting 35-37 from three in volume
when you are recruiting kids 3 or 4 years ago that would consider Rutgers, they obviously had holes in their game. You gotta prioritize somewhere. I'd assume the hope is as Rutgers improves the recruits they can get in with improves and then you can find kids that can play D but can also shoot the ball. Recruits that are great on defense and can shoot and score and pass the ball tend to be 5 star recruits that everybody wants.
Kyk, what glaring issue can he fix right now with recruiting? we have two weeks left in the season.
If you think pikiell won’t take 5 5 star players because they don’t defend you are crazy...
Piekiell would take that in a heartbeat. The problem is RUTGERS!! You keep on posting as if you are the smartest guy in the room but seem to forget one simple important point. WE ARE RUTGERS. 5* players don’t want the RAC they want brand new state of the art, they want teams with tradition not a final four in 76 and a NCAA tournement in1991...
You talk offense but we don’t have one player who would start at Wisconsin never mind Maryland or Michigan state....
come on man use that head of yours and turn off those blinders
No! You can't drop that and walk. Who is it?
Me too! This thread has everything! Hot takes, drama, and more catfights than Skip and Stephen A ever had!
When the team has been a laughingstock for an entire generation, it takes time and success for recruiting to recover. Same happened with Schiano 1.0. We're already seeing it. Harper's class is the best one since Mike Rice's class with Eli Carter, Myles Mack and those guys. Mulcahy was a steal.
Now, seeing real improvement and player development, coupled with brand new state of the art facilities will pay dividends.
People in the thread came at me with all the smoke. Now they shall stand in the fire
You made this thread before he made 3 NCAAs in a row, not exactly the kind of prescient post you thought it was - though not quite the same winner your Jonathan Taylor prediction was.
Kind of funny how you quoted the OP as if it wasn’t you - and as if no one would recognize the big mouthed, small brained, self congratulatory tone.
It's honestly impressive how often numbers lectures and mocks people for how stupid they are in a thread (really any thread) and then it gets bumped and he was completely wrong and vanishes. I got a chuckle out of his last post ITT and I am not trying to pile on the guy.
I had no idea this was the reborn KYK.
I don't remember the Jonathon Taylor prediction.
Doubt we'll see the "Say Goodbye. RHJ is a 1st round draft pick and leaving for the. NBA" during his sophomore year.
Note: RHJ stayed did not in fact early and was not drafted.
When JT flipped to Wisconsin he said he was terrible and that he’d never hack it in D1. He’s currently the 3rd highest paid RB in the NFL.
Yes. Reality please go away. Let me bury my head and hope for rainbows and unicorns. Please please!
Never said that exactly. What I did say was that we wouldnt miss him and wasnt sure how group 1 salem would translate to big ten. And then prior to him ever taking a college snap I started a threading taking back that comment. But youre trying to change the topic here for a reason
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