This Is All On Pike

[biazza38]

This is all on Pike.
To start PM over Simpson to start the second half was mind numbing.
The worst coaching display over an 8 game stretch

 

[King of S]

Oh come on, you were kissing Pike’s butt 5 games ago.

 

[BigEastPhil]

Derek should have started 2nd half either for Hyatt or Paul. We have bad Andre tonight.

 

[Barnaby&Neill]

Agreed, without him we wouldn’t be stressing about March.

 

[richthedentist]

We have terrible terrible Paul 0 points and just getting roasted on defense

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Rutgers has a lack of inside/post game since Mawot Mag's injury. There is no one starting or off the bench that has Mag's game. No team respects our post game, that's why Cliff is getting constantly doubled and teams are able to defend our perimeter game easier, Cliff has no help down low.

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Shutup dweeb lol

 

[scarletrat]

We have 30 points in 30 minutes at home in must win.
That’s more than numbing.

 

[theRU]

I didn't realize we would miss Mag this much. Crazy how different the team is. What's the record since he went out? 1-6,?

 

[jerzeyguy]

Should've made better use of his scholarships

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Indiana 10-14 inside
Illinois 11-21 inside
Wisconsin 9-19 inside
Michigan 9-22 inside
Penn St 9-22 inside

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Simpson sucks too

 

[Rutgers25]

Nothing to do with Pike unless you want to talk about the past recruiting classes.

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Indiana 10-14 inside
Illinois 11-21 inside
Wisconsin 9-19 inside
Michigan 9-22 inside
Penn St 9-22:inside

Cliff shouldn’t leave the paint. When he is out on the perimeter it leaves the lane wide open.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Cliff shouldn’t leave the paint. When he is out on the perimeter it leaves the lane wide open.

That where we miss the help defense inside from Mag, Hyatt isn't that, Paul isn't that Caleb isn't that or Oskar, Dean or Woolf

 

[Scangg]

We are a more dangerous explosive offense without Mag according to Hawk 🤣

 

[Zak57]

We are a more dangerous explosive offense without Mag according to Hawk 🤣

Another all time terrible take on this board. He'll come into this thread and play 30 questions with us to defend himself.

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

Total choke by team and coaches. Everyone is to blame

 

[SantaFeScarlet]

How is this not on Pike since he recruited these players that are mediocre at best. I'm so glad Hobbs made the brilliant financial move to extend him midseason

Which of our starters would start on the top 50% of teams in the B1G

 

[Scarlet Blind]

It's not a choke, it's a lack of recruiting a backup glue guy that isn't on this team when Mag went down. We are who we are without Mag. He had no replacement.

You don't know how important a person is until you lose them for a game or games.

 

[RutgersNo1]

How is this not on Pike since he recruited these players that are mediocre at best. I'm so glad Hobbs made the brilliant financial move to extend him midseason

They also said Pike is pretty good at developing.

 

[Scangg]

Another all time terrible take on this board. He'll come into this thread and play 30 questions with us to defend himself.

Prepare for a 10 paragraph Hawksplanation on why it still has nothing to do with Mag

 

[scarletknight077]

Minnesota was a choke and that’s why we won’t make it. We shoulda won that game with an intramural team in

 

[richthedentist]

They also said Pike is pretty good at developing.

Developing what????
We have zero offense what do they practice totally unprepared for the double team etc etc

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Prepare for a 10 paragraph Hawksplanation on why it still has nothing to do with Mag

Still thinking this is because we don’t have mag is so wild

 

[RutgersChow]

Horrendous recruiter until now and a below average coach. Good cheerleader though.

 

[shields]

Go away Chow.

 

[ScarletWalk11]

One more chance for Pike. He has seen Michigan’s gameplan against us and it won’t change. Double Dickinson on the catch. Assume Howard will switch to zone coming out of a timeout. Scheme up some offense.

 

[hiwater]

This is all on Pike.
To start PM over Simpson to start the second half was mind numbing.
The worst coaching display over an 8 game stretch

Nobody was very good today. Simpson was a little bit of a spark on O today, but he was a big minus player because of his D and turnovers. His inability to fight over screens lead to 2 dunks by the NW Center because he forced Cliff to abandon drop coverage and play Simpson's man. He allowed a couple of runners when cliff retreated on drop coverage. Down the stretch he went under the screen 2 times allowing wide open easy 3's. He did it once in the first half too not to mention the couple of 3 because he was too slow on his close out when he is sagging down to play help D when it isn't needed.

Simpson looks like he may become a good player, but his overall game is not there yet.

 

[shields]

michigan has better guards. Will lose by 13 or 14.

 

[Mr Magoo]

One more chance for Pike. He has seen Michigan’s gameplan against us and it won’t change. Double Dickinson on the catch. Assume Howard will switch to zone coming out of a timeout. Scheme up some offense.

Michigan will beat this mess by 20 right now.

 

[ru8081]

Not blaming Miller but that scholarship miss killed us. When Mag went down he should have been replaced by a sophomore that can defend and Score

 

[ru8081]

Also the Jayden Jones total miss

 

[Mr Magoo]

Not blaming Miller but that scholarship miss killed us. When Mag went down he should have been replaced by a sophomore that can defend and Score

Reiber Miller Palmquist were all misses. And to compound things, most of the “makes” have stagnated or regressed.

 

[RU MAN]

This is all on Pike.
To start PM over Simpson to start the second half was mind numbing.
The worst coaching display over an 8 game stretch

Agreed. His loyalty to the piss poor playing of Paul down the stretch is abominable. Paul is lost in PITY LAND, and he NEVER grew out of it. Pike DID NOT earn his money this year. PERIOD!

 

[brookdale-soda]

The recipe that NW, Michigan and Iowa used against us was to pressure the ball. We don't move well without the ball on offense. And our ball handlers become flustered. It's a zero risk move on defense for our opponents. Expect the same against Michigan. Mulcahy can pass well but hes not a point guard that poses a scoring threat. We need a point guard next year! Pike has upped the recruiting. We need to let it play out.

 

[RUChoppin]

The only thing I lay at Pike's feet for the last 8 games is roster building - we just had no depth at all this year.

Palmquist, Reiber, Woolfolk, Chol, Miller just didn't show they are able to play at this level this season... taking 5 scholarships.

Over the last 8 games, they have combined for:
152 minutes (19.0)
39 points (4.9)
21 rebounds (2.6)
3 assists (0.4)
2 steals (0.3)
2 blocks (0.3)
8 turnovers (1.0)

They were ineffective on offense and defense and put a ton of pressure on the 6 remaining guys to do everything after Mag went down. Mulcahy then deteriorates (very possibly playing hurt - but regardless of reason, his output dropped dramatically), and there was just no one there to turn to.

 

[Saint Puppy]

Wouldn't have mattered who they put in in the 2nd half - nobody available for Rutgers today was going to change the outcome. We have too little margin for error on offense, and nobody was playing ok on offense. Add in some defensive lapses and you get what we had tonight. Again we are capable of losing to anybody.

This was on Pike that we didn't have the horses going into the season offensively.

 

[RUinOhio]

The only thing I lay at Pike's feet for the last 8 games is roster building - we just had no depth at all this year.

Palmquist, Reiber, Woolfolk, Chol, Miller just didn't show they are able to play at this level this season... taking 5 scholarships.

Over the last 8 games, they have combined for:
39 points (4.9)
21 rebounds (2.6)
3 assists (0.4)
2 steals (0.3)
2 blocks (0.3)
8 turnovers (1.0)

They were ineffective on offense and defense and put a ton of pressure on the 6 remaining guys to do everything after Mag went down. Mulcahy then deteriorates (very possibly playing hurt - but regardless of reason, his output dropped dramatically), and there was just no one there to turn to.

correct, but Wolf is a freshman and showed some promise at least. Chol who knows at this point. other 3 110% correct. Remember, not all 11 or 12 can be productive.

 

[RUChoppin]

correct, but Wolf is a freshman and showed some promise at least. Chol who knows at this point. other 3 110% correct. Remember, not all 11 or 12 can be productive.

Not expecting them all to be productive... but you can't have 5 dead scholarships on your roster. One or two of them have to be able to produce when a player inevitably gets hurt or goes through a rough patch.

Solid teams have guys waiting for their chance to make a mark. The only guy outside our "Starting Five Plus One" that has really showed an ability to play at this level is Simpson.