Pike-hating: so predictable and wrong.
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Was off by a year or so. Didn't mean to include Young, who was clearly the best RU coach ever. Pike is 2nd IMO.
It'll be very disappointing, but not a career killer, IMO, and there's simply 0.0% chance Pike will or should be fired this year if we don't make the NCAAs.
If so who is the replacement and there is no need to worry about ticket sales so why bother were respected now just in different ways than winning.
If missing the NCAA three years in a row doesn’t make it fair to question job security — what does? I mean they take 68 teams.
Great we lost because Pike won’t change his D and gets beat by 5 out all the time. Happened yesterday again. Inferior teams exposing Pike and he’s too stubborn to adjust. Will continue to lose but hey it was a fun game
Are you dumb? In the ND game, Pike altered the D to take away the 3 point shooting for ND which was a very good 3 pt team in 21-22.
We lost yesterday because Xaivian Lee showed everyone why the NBA hype for him is legit. He torched everyone. And when he couldn’t beat us with his disgusting handles, he made insanely clever passes. To be honest, that’s a benefit of having a team that stays together through the years. Go rewatch the game and you see all the little things that his teammates do to get him lanes, draw away the help defense.
Absolutely criticize Pike for not having an answer. But don’t take away a class effort from Lee and a great game by the rest of Princeton and Henderson.
My first few years of marriage, i was a admittedly a great husband. Earned my money by being aggressive, protecting my house, adopted a few pitbulls to defend my home. Hired a good landscaper. I wasn't perfect, but i was still learning to deal w everything. My pretty attractive wife had just gotten out of a bad marriage, co- dependent abusive relationship - so I seemed like the second coming Jesus to her.
Flash forward 10 years. Most of my grown children are out of house, good careers. Wife has aged well , a milf. Got some money in the bank. Im not as energetic. Lost a few jobs. Forgot to pay some bills. Ok. But, hired best house cleaner & pool guy.
Ive grown sort of comfortable & complacent. Pitbulls gone. Now have AKC ribboned beautiful snickerdoodles. Last week, I visited my uppity friends in Hamptons. Hate the drive, but relented. Feel asleep in ez chair. When i awoke i, i was stunned. Saw all my buddies having their way with my wife right in front of me. I was paralyzed & poorly motivated to do anything. She also didn't seem terribly upset. On the way home , she told me she wants a divorce & i don't blame her. Drove all that way to watch her get abused & i just sat there. It was almost as bad as watching the RU bball game.
Flash forward 10 years. Most of my grown children are out of house, good careers. Wife has aged well , a milf. Got some money in the bank. Im not as energetic. Lost a few jobs. Forgot to pay some bills. Ok. But, hired best house cleaner & pool guy.
Ive grown sort of comfortable & complacent. Pitbulls gone. Now have AKC ribboned beautiful snickerdoodles. Last week, I visited my uppity friends in Hamptons. Hate the drive, but relented. Feel asleep in ez chair. When i awoke i, i was stunned. Saw all my buddies having their way with my wife right in front of me. I was paralyzed & poorly motivated to do anything. She also didn't seem terribly upset. On the way home , she told me she wants a divorce & i don't blame her. Drove all that way to watch her get abused & i just sat there. It was almost as bad as watching the RU bball game.
After watching your wife get gang-banged, you waited for her to tell you she wanted a divorce?
Also:
How many drugs did you do before writing this?
It will most definitely be a career killer. It’s just a matter of when.
I have loved Pike since the day he got here. Great representative for the school, class act, and he has succeeded in getting us to the next level to get into the NCAA's. With that said, the man has finally been exposed for what he is: he is very good at teaching man-to-man defense but is clueless to a fault in his inability to understand how the Dan Hurley's and Buzz Williams of the world not only teach offense but emphasize exposing other teams defensive weaknesses.
As has been said by several posters here, it appears that Pike went into the portal to bring in some good 3-point shooters like Hayes and Martini. But Pike's inability as well as Brandin Knight's inability to teach offense with high and low ball screens, more cutting, and yes, even like Princeton-type pick and roll, seem foreign to these coaches. Top coaches understand how to run plays and get their 3-point shooters involved, and we see nothing of the kind under Pike. Why bring them here if you're not going to exploit the other teams' weaknesses? Like him or not, but under Hurley, don't you think Hayes and Martini would each get at least 4-6 open looks per game for them to knock down threes?
In addition, I've been hollering from the rafters that as good a defensive coach that Pike is, he is also too damn stubborn to switch to zone D when it's obvious he doesn't have the horses on the floor to implement his kind of grind it man-to-man defense. Pike more than understands quality zone defense, whether it's a 2-3, 3-2, 1-2-2, or even a matchup zone. Throw some different looks at the opponent. Keep them off-balance and guessing. DON'T let them get comfortable doing their thing. Make their lives miserable. How the hell did Pike allow Princeton to end up forcing Martini to guard Lee not once but at least on four separate occasions???? After Martini and Rutgers were burned once, why didn't Pike switch up immediately to a zone? Why keep doing the same man-to-man bullshit and getting the same bad results?
Now, going back to what I said at the start of this post, I love Pike and what he has done for the program, but this season so far has exposed his inability to teach offense and his stuborness at not switching to zone when we need shooters like Martini and Hayes out there getting their 3-point looks, when the two of them are both weak playing man-to-man defense.
For me, this season has soured me on Pike so far and has exposed the man and his shortcomings. If he can't figure it out with 2 lottery picks and two sharpshooters not getting their shots, then after this season, it may be time to find a top all-around coach to take us to the next level, who understands offense as well as defense. Pike is a one-trick pony, and it worked wonders under Geo, Caleb, Ron, and Miles.
But we are in the B1G for god sakes and have shown that we can pay top dollar for an excellent all-around coach. Our new AD must be able to recognize what's needed to take Rutgers basketball to the next level. After this season and next, it may be time to move on from Pike.
As has been said by several posters here, it appears that Pike went into the portal to bring in some good 3-point shooters like Hayes and Martini. But Pike's inability as well as Brandin Knight's inability to teach offense with high and low ball screens, more cutting, and yes, even like Princeton-type pick and roll, seem foreign to these coaches. Top coaches understand how to run plays and get their 3-point shooters involved, and we see nothing of the kind under Pike. Why bring them here if you're not going to exploit the other teams' weaknesses? Like him or not, but under Hurley, don't you think Hayes and Martini would each get at least 4-6 open looks per game for them to knock down threes?
In addition, I've been hollering from the rafters that as good a defensive coach that Pike is, he is also too damn stubborn to switch to zone D when it's obvious he doesn't have the horses on the floor to implement his kind of grind it man-to-man defense. Pike more than understands quality zone defense, whether it's a 2-3, 3-2, 1-2-2, or even a matchup zone. Throw some different looks at the opponent. Keep them off-balance and guessing. DON'T let them get comfortable doing their thing. Make their lives miserable. How the hell did Pike allow Princeton to end up forcing Martini to guard Lee not once but at least on four separate occasions???? After Martini and Rutgers were burned once, why didn't Pike switch up immediately to a zone? Why keep doing the same man-to-man bullshit and getting the same bad results?
Now, going back to what I said at the start of this post, I love Pike and what he has done for the program, but this season so far has exposed his inability to teach offense and his stuborness at not switching to zone when we need shooters like Martini and Hayes out there getting their 3-point looks, when the two of them are both weak playing man-to-man defense.
For me, this season has soured me on Pike so far and has exposed the man and his shortcomings. If he can't figure it out with 2 lottery picks and two sharpshooters not getting their shots, then after this season, it may be time to find a top all-around coach to take us to the next level, who understands offense as well as defense. Pike is a one-trick pony, and it worked wonders under Geo, Caleb, Ron, and Miles.
But we are in the B1G for god sakes and have shown that we can pay top dollar for an excellent all-around coach. Our new AD must be able to recognize what's needed to take Rutgers basketball to the next level. After this season and next, it may be time to move on from Pike.
This one is an immediate classic. All time great post.
Did anyone ever think that talent overcame coaching during those years? I truly want to like pike but I think back to some of our better years and question a lot of things.
Lol just my usual fluvoxamine, fluoxetine.
Guess my parable didn't work that well except for a wtf chuckle.
The point is. I don't post much despite having my own pent up frustration with these programs. This particular game astounded me. I could not process watching a Tiger team literally walz up & down court unguarded, unimpeded, unobstructed to score 80 + points on Pike team. ZERO resistance. The basketball version of a g---bang. Pike needs to be sued for divorce.
You must be a bigger fan than me. I’ve never felt as depleted after a loss as I would to awaken and find my friends taking turns on my wife in front of me.
Wrong. The one who gets beat up & screwed is the team & fans who identify with team. Pike is the passive inadequate one who complies & agrees that he should be divorced after allowing such little resistance as to be scored on like that. It's ok. You're not be graded on your interpretation
Pike deserves some criticism for sure, but other than maybe at OSU, he has put our guys in a position to win every game.
I guess when Ace went up to tip-in JMike’s shot, Pike should have yelled, “Don’t goaltend that!” Jeez.
We’re scoring more points than any other Pike team since he got here, and we still complain he doesn’t run an offense.
Defensively and rebounding-wise we suck this year, but surely we can agree that Pike has been phenomenal as a defensive-minded coach.
For years some fans complained that we needed to play in more neutral-site games and tournaments. This year we’ve had plenty of that, and now the complaint is yeah, but we never should have chosen those particular opponents.
Really?
Anyway, I’m not giving up on Pike or the team.
I guess when Ace went up to tip-in JMike’s shot, Pike should have yelled, “Don’t goaltend that!” Jeez.
We’re scoring more points than any other Pike team since he got here, and we still complain he doesn’t run an offense.
Defensively and rebounding-wise we suck this year, but surely we can agree that Pike has been phenomenal as a defensive-minded coach.
For years some fans complained that we needed to play in more neutral-site games and tournaments. This year we’ve had plenty of that, and now the complaint is yeah, but we never should have chosen those particular opponents.
Really?
Anyway, I’m not giving up on Pike or the team.
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Good point.
Woodson has missed the tournament 1 year out of 3 at Indiana (still finished T-6 in the Big Ten) and according to most of the board he's the worst coach in the country.
Something about "doing less with more talent".
I could only imagine if he had Ace/Dylan what the reaction would be to missing the tournament.
Will be any interesting game in a couple weeks.
Exactly . These guys have been in position to win almost every game. We are scoring enough points to win games. The defense and rebounding must get better.
If you only had a nice rim protecting big man to keep your buddies away from your wife's hoop. Alas...
We’re scoring more points because we have two elite talents. Rutgers offense ranks 67th in the country via Kenpom with those two lottery picks. Not good enough.
Position to win? Cmon we are playing one possession games vs Kennesaw St, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Princeton. Look up those teams NET rankings, they aren’t good. If that’s our expectations, to have a chance to win against those team then maybe the people who say we don’t belong in the Big10 are right. Let’s move to the NEC and compete with St. Peter’s every night.
Why did you leave out Alabama and Texas A&M in the one possession games and their Nets of 10 and 20., To fit your thought process. We can play with the top teams on the country because our offense lets us compete at that level with elite players. Unfortunately we have had enough offense in all those games to win except the subpar Seton Hall entire game. Unfortunately , we have maybe the worst defense of the Pike era and close to the worst rebounding team of the Pike era. Pike being a defensive guy I believe , he never thought we would be this bad defensively and on the boards. Or something he couldn’t fix . He also doesn’t have a legitimate rim protector for the first time coaching here which covered up bad man to man defense in the past. But he is stubborn and refuses to switch defenses to get other teams out of their comfort zones. He had a game plan to limit Princeton made threes , which didn’t work , but almost demanding his players not leave their man. The lack of help defense and rotations was totally missing because the players were following his game plan. Pierce got the ball with 10 seconds and although JMike was close he didn’t try and double Pierce and left Jordan undersized to cover Pierce. No doubling , allowing Lee to create 4 mismatches without trying to get the ball out of his hands and let someone else to make a play. He has to start making adjustments in game ( change defenses or who is guarding who ) when he sees the other team getting their offense too easily. He has not because his stubbornness of living and dying with man to man defense and his mantra , we get stops. But we don’t this year and he has to realize it , when it happens in game , and adjust. It has been the difference between winning and losing and being 11-1 right now.
