of course the players deserve some blame, but I don’t think Ace and Dylan are the main culprits at all. we would have had less than 10 wins if they weren’t on this team.
No way we will EVER know.
Who and how would you want him guarded?
This!
One get Martini out of the game they were isolating him specifically. That move alone makes Princeton reset . Pike called time out after 4 baskets in a row. Changed Nothing and Princeton got 2 more buckets on the same play. That’s the game right there.
You can't say he has money...if he has money Cliff would have stayed maybe even mag and he could gotten Matt alocco to commit when he visited with martini... fanatics had money for Dylan and Ace specifically because of their unique status as potential top 5 picks. I feel the inability to build a roster when you have these two handed to you shows the lack of support. I'm interested to see how the program operates moving forward. Will he be able to go back to his old ways of developing under recruited players? If he does will he be able to keep them? Will he be able to bring in actual big ten caliber transfers? Hard to see anything other than players staying for the culture if they couldn't put some money together this year of all years.....
2 of them combined for 3 million....you cant say because RU didnt pay them you are not going to include it in how much players were being paid...its still 3 million more than most schools.
unless you’re assuming that we filled their spots instead with two or three VERY high impact transfers, this is an insane take.
Idk who would have rebounded. People didn't seem to notice that the team couldn't rebound earlier in the year. The coaches had to go to Ace and get him to take on more responsibility in the paint. Unless you replace ace with a big man, team would be terrible..but if you had a big man that would've unlocked Indiana Ace more often so idk why you wouldn't just bring in a veteran big instead of telling Dylan and Ace that you don't have a spot for them. Smh
I am not the coach!
With Ace’s spot free I would think you would get a high profile transfer that would be a 4th or 5th year guy. Who knows what money we would have had, but we would have had a spot on a B1G needing scoring with offensive opportunities available.
You and I could have taken Paul off the dribble. Caleb and Myles and Cliff allowed Paul to play.
Taking ace and Dylan off the team would not free up money to spend on other players. What I don't think people are understanding is that money was specifically for Ace and Dylan. Fanatics would not pay a veteran center instead of ace. So if you got a center to come here it would be because he wanted to go to Rutgers and at that point he can play WITH Ace and Dylan. Ace not having in the paint responsibilities would actually make him better and provide another lob threat for Dylan to pick and roll with. Bringing in ace and Dylan did not take away any money Rutgers could have used for other players because being a top 5 pick is rare thing..
It would have freed a spot for a wing looking for 21-25% usage and a combo guard who probably had a chance to be the leading scorer.
stop it.....
Ok I see what you're saying but they had that same opportunity the year before and they brought in Noah Fernandes. If you're saying something that has never happened before like Rutgers bringing in an experienced big ten level big man and combo guard from the portal. Yes having two veteran leaders is better than having two freshmen leaders. But Rutgers has not been a good basketball team for some time now. Idk how or why you wouldn't bring in the two most talented players in program history. Then when you strike out like they struck out on previous years you go into the season with what? Cliff still would've left, mag still would've left. You can't play the what if game. I do it all the time lol like what if they paid Cliff and mag and brought in Matt alocco to go with this roster. In my head that team would be no. 1 in the nation. Id take my hypothetical team over your hypothetical team..
maybe win more 50/50 balls
I’m not sure why you assume we’d have picked up another Caleb vs a Hyatt. Unfortunately - I’m starting to wonder if it’s possible that the hustle type defensive kids are less drawn to enter the portal on average than the offensive minded kids. Just a theory - nothing concrete to support it really.
I am not so sure of that. We both are crystal clear and on the same page with what we thought of Hyatt.
I am not so sure of that. We both are crystal clear and on the same page with what we thought of Hyatt.
Do you think Hyatt would have shot better than 6-36 from 3 over the 2nd half of the B1G schedule?
Would Hyatt have been 62 out of 72 in offensive rating over the 2nd half of the B1G season for players over 50% of minutes
Hyatt would have played better defense and be more reliable.
Ace was downright awful the last 10 games of the year.
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I am not so sure of that. We both are crystal clear and on the same page with what we thought of Hyatt.
Do you think Hyatt would have shot better than 6-36 from 3 over the 2nd half of the B1G schedule?
Would Hyatt have been 62 out of 72 in offensive rating over the 2nd half of the B1G season for players over 50% of minutes
Hyatt would have played better defense and be more reliable.
Ace was downright awful the last 10 games of the year.
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