Steve Pikiell talks to Aaron Breitman
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Great listen, Aaron always does a good job. His daily podcast is a good listen as well.
Good to have Fernandes with the program to fully get back from his injury need him to be fully in shape for the season. Important addition..
That doesn't sound like the answer from a coach who was told about the situation up front
Also, it's not like Pike can't ask Williams what happened. Guess it's a good way to avoid answering though
Pike said he thought they could have shot even better from 3 than they did 👀
Regarding J Williams, Pike's tone was as if he's was aware of the charges and that there was nothing new.
Sounds like Pike knew of the charge, and acted as if it was old news that was just coming out.
Sounds like Pike knew of the charge, and acted as if it was old news that was just coming out.
It's very clearly going there. Half of the OOC games in football that used to be played are now in the same conference.
Shhhh...You'll get beat up around here if you say that. Trust me.
Pike said Wolf lost 20 pounds and is as fast and athletic as anyone on our roster. Hmmmmm.
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Wolf has a chance at the 4 because he can defend the 4. On offense is where it gets tricky. If he is surrounded with 3 very good shooters, I could see that working on offense for stretches. It’s not ideal.
It is true that Pike has been saying the above since he arrived here. Lol. Obviously conference games will increase due to expansion but there will always be non conference games.
LOL you're the first person I thought of when I saw that
Love Steve but he’s full of shit on this one. Charges have been filed despite his claim that there are no charges and that it's just a newspaper article.
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Coach is notorious for pumping up nearly everything in these preseason interviews. I wouldn't put much confidence into these thoughts.
Great listen! This team is going to be very athletic. Hoping for the return of an uptempo offense and increased ball movement.
Pike is so easy to root for!
Pike is so easy to root for!
While I like having other NJ based teams on the schedule, conference games draw much better. Of course, if we have Ace and Dylan on the team next year, we can play an exhibition against the Washington Generals and the place will be sold out.
Souf was a good player for starters
Idk who souf is lol but yeah I doubt he would say anyone on his team is a bad player. But you can listen for insight. For example he said Fernandes is out of shape in this interview. He didn't actually say that but he said several times that once Fernandes gets into shape he will be formidable..
Goddamn shame if it went solely to league games. Not only would you play the same teams over and over again (mini NBA) you lose some of the traditional rivalries like Seton Hall. It's always fun to see Rutgers play against teams from other conferences (Miss St, Wake, etc.). I know playing some of these Q3/4 games aren't the most exciting but it also gives the team a chance to gel, work out the kinks, and prep for the conference.
That's "starting PF, 3 level scorer and 3pt sniper" Reiber to you mister.
Note - those weren't HC Pike's words. Just various experts opinions about player evaluation.
Wasn't that because he was connected with another player that we hoped to get, but didn't end up getting? Or am I thinking of Matt Bullock?
I mean - the year he went off about “best team ever” and we proceeded to require OT to beat Lehigh in the opener and lost to Lafayette. He definitely raved about plenty of players who didn’t go on to have impactful seasons that year.
It doesn’t even matter that we got better as the season went on turned things around later. The point is those Patriot games still happened first so the team was capable of losing to those types of teams (and not just a fluke since there were close calls in addition to the loss). After that year I stopped taking much away from Pike’s pressers. I did notice he’s been more careful with what he says. Less committal. Which is smart.
