I've followed Rutgers Basketball since the mid-80's and was a student in the late '80s. This year was my 30th consecutive year with 2 season tickets in the 100s. Like others, I received the e-mail about the auto-renew opt out period. If curious, with seat licenses, parking, and tickets my invoice was for $4,286 (about $134 per seat per game). I obviously stuck with it through a lot of bad seasons so the Geo-Ron years were a revelation, the most exciting and rewarding RAC games I've attended in over 40 years but they are starting to be a distant memory.
Is this truly hopeless? Transfer Portal, NIL, revenue sharing where basketball-centric programs seemingly now have an upper hand, reputation of underachieving with elite players. The reasons against being successful are even more stark than ever. Can anyone provide any path for this program to achieve anything that someone could deem "successful"? Realistically. The issues seem to run deeper than just Pikiell being a bad fundraiser and a defense-first coach.
What is the scenario where this program can ever be successful? Realistically. And don't tell me, "hire Rick Pitino".
Is this truly hopeless? Transfer Portal, NIL, revenue sharing where basketball-centric programs seemingly now have an upper hand, reputation of underachieving with elite players. The reasons against being successful are even more stark than ever. Can anyone provide any path for this program to achieve anything that someone could deem "successful"? Realistically. The issues seem to run deeper than just Pikiell being a bad fundraiser and a defense-first coach.
What is the scenario where this program can ever be successful? Realistically. And don't tell me, "hire Rick Pitino".
