Yes but Pike is locked in for another 6 years and RU can’t afford a buyout. 80% of the board stated the contract extension to Pike was absurd. There you have it.
Well, he was upfront about it. We were warned not to read it.
By definition if we’re on this site we’re wasting our time. Lol.
Actually the poster makes a great point. Obviously, Dylan and Ace put up good numbers and without them the season would have been even worse. But did they actually take their game to another level? Did they improve markedly? Answer no - and that’s a coaching issue.
How many players grow exponentially over the course of the season? Aces defense went from terrible to pretty decent. Dylan was awesome and ended awesome. Ace had a massive stretch at one point, then hit a bit of a freshman wall. Dylan barely faced any wall. Players dont just change greatly over the course of 4 months and most cases of players doing such a thing is more just them getting more minutes.
Pike should donate at least $1M annually of his salary back to RU. That will go a long way in getting him some decent talent.
I don’t know why more coaches just don’t do this .
“Ace definitely improved?” His rebounding did a bit, but otherwise, no.
You continue to demonstrate how little you actually know about the game. Ace was forced to play out of position much of the season especially due to our issues at center. He was the leading rebounder & shot blocker. Also took the opening tips because neither center could apparently jump. You never saw him complain or get down on his teammates. He just went out and competed. If anything, tried to do too much at times on offense to make up for many of the team’s deficits.
Not sure which games you were watching. Kid was good but basically ace didn’t change much.
You’d have to be a flat out imbecile to not see the changes over the course of the year.
What changes? Not scoring. Not shot selection. Not passing. Better a little af rebounding and maybe D. But not much.
You couldn't be more wrong. It's funny everyone criticizes Ace, who 100% improved during the year, but nobody mentioned Dylan, who I don't think took steps forward.
Looking at the last 11 games, just more than 1/3rd splitting the season into beginning middle and end, it’s hard to say he improved. Rebounding technique and numbers did. His FT % did, credit the kid he worked hard on that. But he averaged only 12ppg on 41% shooting, but only 19% from 3. Two apg and just under a steal pg. his d and understanding of d did trend up but it was pretty awful initially. I like the kid, thank him for giving RU a shot and he’ll make a very good pro, but there really isn’t evidence he improved over the season except through people’s feelings or wishes.
