Nebraska game was a terrible game for him my opinion. Despite making 3s he hurt us when he was in there. People need to watch him on defense.
Yes, play him. This year is over. Palmquist is gone. Develop your 5 star for future at RU.
Whether Oskar is better or not is not relevant. You make it seem as if Oskar is Caleb McConnell on D. He is also flawed. This season is going nowhere. Gavin’s development at this point in a lost season is far more important than anything Oskar has to offer on the court. This team is a .500 team at best even if we don’t play Gavin and we put our “stopper” Palmquist on the court. It’s a lost year as far as post season is concerned and we need to focus on development. I am all for Simpson, JMike playing and learning this year. But I am also for the same thing for Gavin. We gave up 86 points today, I don’t think it would have been any worse if Gavin had played 16 minutes instead of 8. Gavin is not going to learn much about defending sitting next to Ogbole. We need him next year and future years. Let’s get something out of this season other than a 15-16 record. Not saying they need to start him but he needs to start getting more minutes than Oskar.
People hate it when I get too granular with stats and they hate my eye test too. Guess I can't win.
The reason is that Gavin hurts us too much with his weak defense and lack of physicality. I hope he gets it straightened out but right now he looks like he’s going backwards. I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about it. He can’t be happy.
Our only path most nights to success is staying in the 60s.
He hurts us too much? We gave up 86 points in a game he hardly got on the court. It seems as if a lot of other guys that actually play are doing one hell of a job of also hurting us TOO MUCH. The season is dead and has been for quite some time. Work on developing Gavin which means give him more minutes. Not calling for him to start, but he needs more minutes than Oskar. He ain’t going to develop and learn how to play in the Big Ten when he sits next Ogbole and J Williams all day.
How much will it suck if 2-3 years from now Gavin dropping 20 a night like Spencer, or better, and we sit here and say by golly he played for Rutgers his first year, but coach had him sit and watch, so he left.
It will suck for us. It will be great for you as it will give you lots of material.
You have to play the players that give you the best chance to win. It’s that simple. The team deserves no less. And right now that means Gavin can’t play extended minutes. He’s too much of a liability.
Oskar was real real bad vs Nebraska.
Discussing his potential talent level brainiac. His reason for leaving due to no playing time (that part has nothing to do with Cam).
He gets no playing time because he’s not good. If he transfers for playing time it would be to a lower level program. You think a power conference team is going to bring him in to start?? Lol
He will have many offers from good D1 teams. 5 star recruit being mismanaged at Rutgers? The NCAA will be salivating.
I think he would be a fit 3 years ago at Syracuse. This program is just a bad fit for him. Next up Dylan Harper.
He wasn’t a five star (in final rankings) and he’s not being mismanaged
He did play Gavin. He promptly gave up 4 points on easy layups by being out of position.
Right. The kid literaly went 2 for 22 in the five games leading up to Nebraska.
We lost by 23 and we are staring down the barrel of no post season prospects. Should we just completely bench Gavin at this point? Give him zero minutes??? I am not saying he looks good right now, but from game to game each guy on this team takes turns looking bad. All of the players are wildly inconsistent and not the greatest talents. Gavin can’t learn how to play against Big Ten competition and improve sitting on his ass all game. I don’t want him starting, hell no, but in a lost season that is going nowhere as far as postseason, Pike can start giving him more minutes than Oskar. We’re losing games either way.
