So in-game coaching meaning nothing and player development is an afterthought?
11th, REALLY? BS!!!
In the world of McCormick and some others...yes it does but I think all Rutgers fans appreciate and are glad Pike is at RU... not fancy but don’t sleep on him.
I wasn't putting words in your mouth. I was going after McCormick's reasoning for putting Howard so high on the list as if other factors don't matter. College and NBA are two different types and styles of basketball. Howard hasn't been in the college ranks long enough to merit such a ranking.
Nothing is the write up is lousy or critical and probably true except for last year when teams were coming to the RAC. Last year and probably from this time forward in the future , the BiG 10 teams know they are going down if they are coming to the RAC so they will give their top effort. If might not look like their top effort because our defense locked them up and then our offense hammered them.
He talked about the weird lighting at the RAC and how teams didn't get up for Rutgers. In the 2018-2019 season, the B1G announcers were talking up Rutgers and the RAC. If he were as in tune with the B1G conference, he wouldn't have made those comments. He would have realized the RAC was a beast of a place to play by the middle of the 2019-2020 season. That's having a mindset to yesteryear and not letting go. Also, he pointed out losing to Rutgers is a bad image on a national level. I think that narrative started to change in year two of Pike, but some people won't let the past go or take the time to look for factual things. Prior to this year, Rutgers was ranked inside the top 100 for Sagarin and Pomeroy, so we're not talking about an absolute clusterf*ck of a program.
He might be missing last year’s RAC dominance and not realizing we were a borderline 25 team last year, but I didn’t take his write up offensively
Michigan guy picking a Michigan Michigan coach.:Shocked I felt he did give Pike respect, but dismiss Rutgers itself.
Saying that, "you know your going to have a hard time getting your players hyped up," is a nice way of saying, well if Rutgers wins it's because the other team didn't give their best effort.
Excuse me but don’t both teams play on the same court in the game? McCormick ...wasn’t he a Michigan player in college or am I confusing him with someone else...either or excuses are for the lame.
That is kinda my take as he was rating Pike overall on his 4 years but not grasping what happened this past year as the narrative around Rutgers has totally flipped. Even Duke and UNC are not calling Pike to play at the RAC nor is any other team in the country. Mc Cormick just slept threw last year.
How can you state Pike got a back handed compliment. Every thing he said was nothing but positive. Now if your saying backhanded because he has him ranked 8th. - then I would say maybe
You posted my quote, but didn't read it. I said the back handed compliment was directed at Rutgers.
McCormick decided to do his ranking after seeing a similar story in the Detriot Free Press where Rutgers was ranked 11th. You got to keep up.[roll]
OK I see what you mean. In re reading he seems to contradic himself. On one hand he say RU is a team I wouldn't want to play and then says coaches can't get team hyped for RU. If I am a coach and I don't want to play RU I damn sure am going to get on my team if they are coming across as being not ready to play
I think the BTN announcers gave Coach Pike and Rutgers a pat on the back during the first two years of Pike's era. By Pike's third year, the BTN announcers and B1G coaches were on board with giving Rutgers a lot of hype. Even the ranking/rating systems gave Rutgers credit. Once the season (Pike's fourth) reached the mid-point, national media was sold, and it reflected in being ranked for the first time in a long time. That typically happens (being ranked) after you have built enough creditability with the media and coaches over time. McCormick was an *ss just be to one. If he were paying attention, then he would have realized Rutgers's success was an accident.
