Pike is a joke of exponential proportions

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Folks, the signs have always been there. The inane player rotations. Inability to run an offense. Poor recruiting and mostly misses in the portal. I have never ignored them but have been bashed for years for bringing them up because pike raised the floor of the program.
The issue is this - we will not only 99 percent miss the dance, but a below .500 year is also not off the table. If the latter happens, Pike absolutely has to go. He will never be able to recruit effectively again (not that he’s done a great job to date). And no one has brought up this - you think Sommerville dortch and grant are sticking around next year if we miss the tourney and finish below .500?

 

[Salvi's Headband]

Folks, the signs have always been there. The inane player rotations. Inability to run an offense. Poor recruiting and mostly misses in the portal. I have never ignored them but have been bashed for years for bringing them up because pike raised the floor of the program.
The issue is this - we will not only 99 percent miss the dance, but a below .500 year is also not off the table. If the latter happens, Pike absolutely has to go. He will never be able to recruit effectively again (not that he’s done a great job to date). And no one has brought up this - you think Sommerville dortch and grant are sticking around next year if we miss the tourney and finish below .500?

Lathan I'm sure already has one foot out the door.

 

[RexMantlepiece]

Like death and taxes you starting yet another shit on Pike thread is the easiest money someone could make if we were allowed to bet on such things.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

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Like death and taxes you starting yet another shit on Pike thread is the easiest money someone could make if we were allowed to bet on such things.

For what he’s being paid, he deserves all the criticism.

 

[fluoxetine]

Folks, the signs have always been there. The inane player rotations. Inability to run an offense. Poor recruiting and mostly misses in the portal. I have never ignored them but have been bashed for years for bringing them up because pike raised the floor of the program.
The issue is this - we will not only 99 percent miss the dance, but a below .500 year is also not off the table. If the latter happens, Pike absolutely has to go. He will never be able to recruit effectively again (not that he’s done a great job to date). And no one has brought up this - you think Sommerville dortch and grant are sticking around next year if we miss the tourney and finish below .500?

No one cares what you think

 

[Local Shill]

Folks, the signs have always been there. The inane player rotations. Inability to run an offense. Poor recruiting and mostly misses in the portal. I have never ignored them but have been bashed for years for bringing them up because pike raised the floor of the program.
The issue is this - we will not only 99 percent miss the dance, but a below .500 year is also not off the table. If the latter happens, Pike absolutely has to go. He will never be able to recruit effectively again (not that he’s done a great job to date). And no one has brought up this - you think Sommerville dortch and grant are sticking around next year if we miss the tourney and finish below .500?

He's done a bad job this year but there's zero chance he's getting fired anytime soon. We know that and it's been rehashed a million times. But I disagree about the three other freshmen leaving.

They can be the centerpieces of a Big Ten program next season. L. Sommerville will draw some interest but he's in line to play 25-30 muinutes a game next year and get a ton of shots. The other two haven't shown anything at the college level to date.

 

[Mr Magoo]

He's done a bad job this year but there's zero chance he's getting fired anytime soon. We know that and it's been rehashed a million times. But I disagree about the three other freshmen leaving.

They can be the centerpieces of a Big Ten program next season. L. Sommerville will draw some interest but he's in line to play 25-30 muinutes a game next year and get a ton of shots. The other two haven't shown anything at the college level to date.

We’ll see when Sommerville is at Creighton (he kind of reminds me of Greg Echinique) and Grant and Dortch surface at somewhere like Fairfield.

 

[R1766U]

How can he possibly recruit after this? After completely muffing TWO TOP THREE DRAFT PICKS.... and NOT MAKING THE NCAA tournament, what HS kid is going to want to play here?

You'd have to be insane.

 

[socaldave]

Like death and taxes you starting yet another shit on Pike thread is the easiest money someone could make if we were allowed to bet on such things.

Is someone supposed to start a thread praising him?
An emperor has no clothes thread? It’s a sports discussion board, everyone is getting paid. Rutgers is in the process of a fail of epic proportions. One that is about set the program back a decade.
Pike will never sniff another recruiting class like this again. No AAU influencer will ever advise a kid to go to Rutgers, on a national scale. The entire nation Bball community is watching this!
And, Why aren’t Grant and Dorch playing are you kidding me.?
Every coach watching has got to be questioning the program, what Pike is doing, and knowing they can do better themselves.
Pike is an Epic Fail on a national scale !
And he is supposed to be praised? It’s comical

 

[Rhuarc]

Is someone supposed to start a thread praising him?
An emperor has no clothes thread? It’s a sports discussion board, everyone is getting paid. Rutgers is in the process of a fail of epic proportions. One that is about set the program back a decade.
Pike will never sniff another recruiting class like this again. No AAU influencer will ever advise a kid to go to Rutgers on a national scale. The entire nation Bball community is watching this!
And, Why aren’t Grant and Dorch playing are you kidding me.?
Every coach watching has got to be questioning the program what Pike is doing and knowing they can do better themselves.
Pike is an Epic Fail on a national scale !
And he is supposed to be praised? It’s comical

Come on man. You're a reg, you know that every thread is the same from him. I'm not saying it's not justified either but it's beyond irritating and a total "look at me" situation. Maybe we can just have one thread for all of his complaining like the Cuse dumpster fire thread.

 

[socaldave]

Come on man. You're a reg, you know that every thread is the same from him. I'm not saying it's not justified either but it's beyond irritating and a total "look at me" situation. Maybe we can just have one thread for all of his complaining like the Cuse dumpster fire thread.

I’am ok with that.

 

[malaka27]

Lathan I'm sure already has one foot out the door.

I bet his hometown Illini already have a bag of cash waiting for him

 

[RUsojo]

Pike has always started seasons slow and has had trouble figuring out his rotations and best pairings. To his credit, he often figured it out later in the year.

This year he welcomed 10 new players to the program. 10!(?). And he brought in a hodge podge of transfers where many couldn’t see the strategy or a scenario in which they could all play together.

I said before the season one of my concerns would be pike struggling to figure out rotations and it would be complicated by too many options (question marks) to work with. And with the Players Era tournament and must win games so early in the year there was real danger looming.

In the end I don’t think he’s found the right recipe yet, but in fairness to him (and to his fault) the quality isn’t there to succeed even when he lands on what fits well.

 

[seansherm]

I bet his hometown Illini already have a bag of cash waiting for him

While I hope it doesn't happen, it wouldn't be the worst thing. He's going to be a good offensive player. Also seems a guy much more about getting his.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Grind that axe baby!

 

[rubjk]

How can he possibly recruit after this? After completely muffing TWO TOP THREE DRAFT PICKS.... and NOT MAKING THE NCAA tournament, what HS kid is going to want to play here?

You'd have to be insane.

Ace and Dylan are thriving and showcases their talents. If they came in as nba lottery prospects and Pike somehow messed them up so bad they didn’t showcase anything I’d get it. The only way you get lottery picks unless your a blue blood id $ or close relationships. Nothing this year changes that.