Pikell nice recruiting tactic

[nirrad]

I thought this was good strategy for coach. The picture was supposed to go in the middle, so I put the site up there so that you can click on it.
Rutgers taking credit for basketball players who didn't go to Rutgers
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  Dana O'NeilESPN Senior Writer

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According to BasketballReference.com, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights can count 10 NBA players in their history. The program’s own media guide claims 19 who have been part of an NBA Draft.

None of them are named Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton or Shabazz Napier. Probably because all three went to UConn.

So you can imagine the surprise that likely spread around the Huskies basketball offices Wednesday morning when they awoke to a red and black shaded tweet from Rutgers basketball with Allen, Napier and Hamilton figuring prominently and a big headline reading $1.1 billion earned.


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According to BasketballReference.com, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights can count 10 NBA players in their history. The program’s own media guide claims 19 who have been part of an NBA Draft.

None of them are named Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton or Shabazz Napier. Probably because all three went to UConn.

So you can imagine the surprise that likely spread around the Huskies basketball offices Wednesday morning when they awoke to a red and black shaded tweet from Rutgers basketball with Allen, Napier and Hamilton figuring prominently and a big headline reading $1.1 billion earned.
Somewhere, former Huskies coach Jim Calhoun is probably wondering if he missed a page on his resume, or if he Rip Van Winkled his way through his days in Piscataway.

In small letters, the tweet explains “total earnings by Rutgers staff coached players.’’ Both head coach Steve Pikiell and assistant coach Karl Hobbs did coach at UConn and tutored all three, so technically the tweet isn’t inaccurate.

Technically, it’s also inane. Certainly, Pikiell is right in trying to drum up interest in his program, and trying to find something to sell in a place that has less rich history than 15-year-old Florida Gulf Coast isn’t easy.

But this stretches even the reaches of recruiting hard-sell absurdity, which is really hard to do.

Imagine,for instance if others followed suit. When Larry Brown was at SMU, the Mustangs could have claimed Allen Iverson and Danny Manning. Tennessee can now say it has ties to Kevin Durant, and Elon could tout its great basketball connection, Steph Curry. Head coach Matt Matheny did coach Curry at Davidson, after all.

As desperate as a team might be to re-position its future by recreating its past, it’s best to stay in your own lane. Even if it’s the slow lane.

 

[mikemarc1]

Where did Rutgers "take credit" for these players??

This is such a bad article.

 

[LC-88]

It's all about E$PN trying to keep us out of the fast lane. They do not want us to succeed. Were we in the ACC, this story would have an entirely different spin.

 

[knights1212]

Much ado about nothing.

 

[RUChoppin]

Wow, that article was laughably poorly written. I'd be more ashamed of that than the tweet.

 

[RUsojo]

It's funny because at the end of the article it states SMU could've claimed Allen Iverson and everyone here and in the world knows Larry Brown and every assistant coach would have mentioned Allen Iverson to every single recruit that walked in the door or talked on the phone. And there would be nothing wrong with a picture of Larry Brown and Allen Iverson with just a plain SMU backdrop.

Putting that comment in there brings legitimacy to the tweet she's calling less than legitimate (she isn't totally blasting it). Just a weird article and weird this is even a story. But it'll be over by the end of the day.

 

[PhilaPhans]

I thought the same thing (about LB and AI). Of course Larry Brown would use AI as a recruiting tool. And of course all other coaches in the article would have too. So I still don't see what's wrong with this. Nobody ever claimed that they played at RU; they aren't trying to con anyone on this print. I don't understand why there's so much sour grapes in this case.

 

[friar10]

Ridiculous article you do whatever you can to recruit good players. Every other school does the same things as long as it inside the rules anything goes.

 

[RUBubba]

And Eddie Jordan coached Kobe Bryant...

It WAS a stupid thing to release though.

 

[mikemarc1]

And Eddie Jordan coached Kobe Bryant...

It WAS a stupid thing to release though.

Why was it stupid? What is stupid about highlighting the successes of past players a coach, recruited..developed..etc? It happens all the time..now suddenly it's stupid???

 

[Scangg]

The only gaff here is the coverage of the tweet

 

[Russ Wood]

It's all about E$PN trying to keep us out of the fast lane. They do not want us to succeed. Were we in the ACC, this story would have an entirely different spin.

I doubt it. Rutgers is in the conference that has led the nation in basketball attendance for more than 20 years. Conference affiliation had nothing to do with that column, the reaction on Twitter drove the narrative.

I'm surprised that almost 48 hours after the Tweet that people are still discussing the reaction to it.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

This was a BIG swing and miss. Hopefully, the pub ends soon.

 

[knights1212]

Some people just like to complain. They get their bowels in an uproar over nothing.

 

[rubaseball78]

If people are still talking about who our coaches have coached, then not a big swing and miss.

 

[dpwhite]

 

[bac2therac]

This was a BIG swing and miss. Hopefully, the pub ends soon.

omg we finally agree on something

 

[RUonBrain]

I liked the tweet.

Why should someone come to RU at this time?

The main reasons are probably:
Location (if you don't want to play far from home)

Coaching staff

What else?


You have to sell yourself, and our current best asset is our coaching staff.
How would you sell it?