OT: Maryland’s Transfer Class

[RUJMM78]

It's not the engaged folks that post here, it's the other 450,000 alumni who could give a shit about RU sports or Rutgers in general.

Spot on comment that has been going on for decades.

 

[RU-ROCS]

Irrelevant.....3 players followed from Texas A&M and they lost Rodney Rice and Jacobi Gillespie, who were elite 3 point shooters. Add in Derek Queen going to the NBA and Julian Reese graduating and Maryland is much more likely to be around 10th to 12th right now in the B1G.

Myles Rice was a supposed HUGE signing by Indiana out.of Washington State and was a disappointment for Indiana last year. He is now at Maryland, maybe he's better with Buzz Williams vs Mike Woodson, which would have to be a YES, but not a given at all.

Massive turnover of rosters is everywhere, especially with a coaching change. I think the OP's point is that Maryland has susbtantial NIL to get 5 high-major transfers, while RU is shopping at NJIT and GWU.

 

[toby83]

Yeah OP no shit was made public six months back about Maryland whale donor $10M

No whale, no transfers anybody likes

Who the **** cares anymore

I'm not giving them dick

 

[RUChow]

Once again, Maryland quickly lands a transfer class that will help them succeed, while we have to settle for scraps. The only difference: Money.

Name	Previous School
Isaiah Watts	Washington State
Myles Rice	Indiana
Pharrell Payne	Texas A&M
Andre Mills	Texas A&M
Solomon Washington	Texas A&M
David Coit	Kansas

Washington State transfer Isaiah Watts commits to Maryland | Zagsblog

BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ Buzz Williams has secured […]

www.zagsblog.com

"Only difference is money" - pretty funny. They have a tradition of better basketball and a legit coach. Our program has become a laughingstock.

 

[rutgersal]

"Only difference is money" - pretty funny. They have a tradition of better basketball and a legit coach. Our program has become a laughingstock.

Give our legit coach money, and he will recruit similarly.

 

[RUChow]

Al, pike needs to make an effort to fundraise. I love him as a dude to have beers with but hes putting in next to zero effort on the fundraising front

Give our legit coach money, and he will recruit similarly.

C'mon, he's not legit, and he's becoming somewhat of a b&ll sh%t artist also.

 

[NickRU714]

Give our legit coach money, and he will recruit similarly.

But we can't.
So this fantasy land you post about 15 times a day isn't happening.

Need a program and system that attempts to succeed without elite.

 

[rutgersal]

C'mon, he's not legit, and he's becoming somewhat of a b&ll sh%t artist also.

He was legit when he was taking us to NCAA Tournaments wasn’t he? Fanbase hasn’t provided the support to maintain a tournament caliber team. Losing Cam, Cliff, and the forward took its toll. He has to BS because he can’t say the fanbase isn’t providing the support.

 

[rutgersal]

But we can't.
So this fantasy land you post about 15 times a day isn't happening.

Need a program and system that attempts to succeed without elite.

That in of itself is a fallacy. You want to win without the players. But That isn’t practical anymore because players will leave once they develop. Even Lathan Left and he has to develop a lot more.

 

[Mholinko]

"Only difference is money" - pretty funny. They have a tradition of better basketball and a legit coach. Our program has become a laughingstock.

I don’t think tradition matters as much with NIL

Kevin Willard complained he didn’t think Maryland had enough money and left for Villanova and Maryland has more money than we do… so there’s that

 

[RUJMM78]

I would think bye now that fans understood under a NIL environment Rutgers simply can't successfully compete in the B1G Ten. Lack of finances results in lack of talent, mediocre won/loss records and the inability to attract better coaching staffs. The trend is downward and there is no super rich person/company to dig Rutgers out of the morass. Its better for fans to enjoy the spring /summer weather and hope a miracle happens in the fall in regard to players transferring every year in order to get a higher monetary reward.Wishful thinking on my part.

 

[NickRU714]

That in of itself is a fallacy. You want to win without the players. But That isn’t practical anymore because players will leave once they develop. Even Lathan Left and he has to develop a lot more.

But thinking were getting an influx of new additonal $4m in donations next year (and every year going forward) is practical?

 

[dconifer]

Ha ha, Willard has been underwhelming at Villanova so far...

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...rd-after-acrimonious-departure-from-maryland/

 

[rutgersal]

But thinking were getting an influx of new additonal $4m in donations next year (and every year going forward) is practical?

I’m an optimist and hope people will step up. Maybe not $4M but hopeful $2M

 

[superfan01]

I’m an optimist and hope people will step up. Maybe not $4M but hopeful $2M

Maryland collective allows for tax deduction donations to NIL.

If RU doesn't we are idiots and we will never compete from a NILand deserve to lose.

 

[cicero grimes]

Building year? You played yourself Hawk no such thing as “building” in CBB, it’s rare. Build as in actually build with other players not Freshman/sophomores. Especially at Rutgers.

With the transfer portal and nil I don't think you can build a program over two to three years with the same lids staying put and commiting for the long haul. I think you have to basically start from scratch each off season.