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Pikiell Lifetime Contract

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Congrats Coach P
Still a true blue Husky
 
tzznandrew said:
And he's just over-compensating to not get calleda homer.
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Because the two of them were at UConn during overlapping years, I've wondered whether Rebecca Lobo could ever be a resource for Donny toward developing a good balance between being recognized for the school attended and respected as fair-minded. I wonder as well if something like this might more easily happen if the both worked for the same network.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Because the two of them were at UConn during overlapping years, I've wondered whether Rebecca Lobo could ever be a resource for Donny toward developing a good balance between being recognized for the school attended and respected as fair-minded. I wonder as well if something like this might more easily happen if the both worked for the same network.
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Donny is nearing 50 and a grown man. He isn’t early in his career where he needs to speak to Rebecca. Hell, he was on board of trustees for a bit.

Donnie is fine. yes. The KO lawsuit killed the older guard relationship, meaning pre Kemba.

That’s something that gets turned around once Benedict leaves. That’s usually how these things go.
 
Waquoit said:
I'm pretty sure they didn't. Maybe a letter to the editor or op-ed.
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Think it was Alan Greenberg, but my memory is being tested here. What I do remember is being angry at the suggestion even though we did stink. It's something that stuck with me and a take I mocked over the years
 
tzznandrew said:
And he's just over-compensating to not get called a homer.
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Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
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4-7 after the contract was extended.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
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That isn't a problem. Rutgers athletics is used to being embarrassed.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
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He also lost one of his best players to a season ending injury about the same time.
 
JohnFSilver said:
Donnie is fine. yes. The KO lawsuit killed the older guard relationship, meaning pre Kemba.

That’s something that gets turned around once Benedict leaves. That’s usually how these things go.
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That's the key. Donny and KO are boys. They won a pro title together. I could care less if it gets turned around.
 
LOL Rutgirls tonight vs the mighty Hofstra Pride....guessing they just didn't want to be playing in th NIT
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
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You should see what they did for Vivian Stringer.
 
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An often over looked consequence…is there really enough money to be forced to live in that s-hole of a state?
 
JohnFSilver said:
Donny is nearing 50 and a grown man. He isn’t early in his career where he needs to speak to Rebecca. Hell, he was on board of trustees for a bit.

Donnie is fine. yes. The KO lawsuit killed the older guard relationship, meaning pre Kemba.

That’s something that gets turned around once Benedict leaves. That’s usually how these things go.
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So was she.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Somehow it's only our alums who feel compelled to do this.

That said, Pikiell is an easy guy to root for, but man it's embarrassing for Rutgers to give him a lifetime contract in January off of their best season in decades, and then miss the Tournament.
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I’m convinced that athletic directors are frequently the stupidest people on a college campus. No offense to Steve Pikiell, but giving him a lifetime contract is insanity. Rutger has been so god-awful that they somehow mistook middling for magical. They bid against themselves there.

JohnFSilver said:
That’s something that gets turned around once Benedict leaves. That’s usually how these things go.
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I’d rather have Benedict.
 
Fishy said:
I’m convinced that athletic directors are frequently the stupidest people on a college campus. No offense to Steve Pikiell, but giving him a lifetime contract is insanity. Rutger has been so god-awful that they somehow mistook middling for magical. They bid against themselves there.



I’d rather have Benedict.
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They had to think he would take another job, right? Why else would you do it?
 
Fishy said:
I’m convinced that athletic directors are frequently the stupidest people on a college campus. No offense to Steve Pikiell, but giving him a lifetime contract is insanity. Rutger has been so god-awful that they somehow mistook middling for magical. They bid against themselves there.



I’d rather have Benedict.
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Maybe he would not stay there without a lifetime deal. I wouldn’t do the laundry at Rutgers’ athletic department without a lifetime contract, much less coach there. That place sucks.
 
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The alarm clock is still broken at sleeping giant Rutgers
 
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aburks41 said:
Well, good thing he signed that contract when he did…
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Rutgers wouldn't renege that deal if they had a chance to do so today.

Pikiell has provided Rutgers something it hasn't had: stability and respect. After not getting ranked since 1979 and not making the tournament since 1991, Pikiell has led Rutgers to three tournament selections and three seasons that included a top-25 ranking in the last four years.

Right now, Rutgers isn't looking for championships, they want respect, and they've gotten it: attendance at the RAC has skyrocketed and the passion of its fanbase inside the building is back. If anyone watched last night's game (I caught OT, which was a blast to watch), it was clear that the RAC was rockin'.

This season made a major turn when their second best defender, Mawot Mag, tore his ACL: 16-7 before the injury and 3-8 after.

Pikiell has really improved their recruiting too: he still finds diamonds in the rough (McConnell #344, Simpson #226, Mag #212, Mulcahy #151), but recent four- and five-star pickups like Omoruyi in '20, Griffiths in '23 and Bailey in '24 have each separately been the highest ranked recruit in program history.

It's contrarian here, but as someone who dislikes B10 basketball, never thought of Rutgers as an actual rival (they were trash in the Big East!) and has genuine respect for Pikiell, I'm entertained following the program's development under Pikiell.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Rutgers wouldn't renege that deal if they had a chance to do so today.

Pikiell has provided Rutgers something it hasn't had: stability and respect. After not getting ranked since 1979 and not making the tournament since 1991, Pikiell has led Rutgers to three tournament selections and three seasons that included a top-25 ranking in the last four years.

Right now, Rutgers isn't looking for championships, they want respect, and they've gotten it: attendance at the RAC has skyrocketed and the passion of its fanbase inside the building is back. If anyone watched last night's game (I caught OT, which was a blast to watch), it was clear that the RAC was rockin'.

This season made a major turn when their second best defender, Mawot Mag, tore his ACL: 16-7 before the injury and 3-8 after.

Pikiell has really improved their recruiting too: he still finds diamonds in the rough (McConnell #344, Simpson #226, Mag #212, Mulcahy #151), but recent four- and five-star pickups like Omoruyi in '20, Griffiths in '23 and Bailey in '24 have each separately been the highest ranked recruit in program history.

It's contrarian here, but as someone who dislikes B10 basketball, never thought of Rutgers as an actual rival (they were trash in the Big East!) and has genuine respect for Pikiell, I'm entertained following the program's development under Pikiell.
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They were never a rival in hoops. They absolutely were a rival in football. (Probably were in women’s hoops too, but I’ll leave that to folks who follow it much more.)

But your point is correct. Unlike our fan base, their goal when a new coach came in was not to get back to conference championships and final fours. It was to be a competitive power conference team. And this hire has accomplished that goal. Remember, this is the school who hired a basketball coach that lied about having graduated from college, where the coach told Rutgers he had a degree from Rutgers when he didn’t.
 
Fishy said:
I’m convinced that athletic directors are frequently the stupidest people on a college campus. No offense to Steve Pikiell, but giving him a lifetime contract is insanity. Rutger has been so god-awful that they somehow mistook middling for magical. They bid against themselves there.



I’d rather have Benedict.
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Some splaining needs to be made with these two statements.

Bob Diaco, RE 2.0, and your opinion about KO seem to linger in our background. Do you believe Benedict has figured things out and redeemed himself? Or were you just going for hilarity?
 
wheelerdog said:
If UConn had had the entire off-season to replace Calhoun I believe Steve would be the UConn coach right now. But that also probably means no 2014, so....
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I actually think it would’ve been Shaka Smart. He was openly campaigning for the job. Does that mean no 2014? I don’t know. Smarts doing pretty well with a new group of kids this year.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
Some splaining needs to be made with these two statements.

Bob Diaco, RE 2.0, and your opinion about KO seem to linger in our background. Do you believe Benedict has figured things out and redeemed himself? Or were you just going for hilarity?
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It's pretty clear the statements are on two different subjects. Just as it's clear that Benedict is doing more for UConn than a bunch of alums that don't care that their guy tried to crater the program. Besides Diaco was Warde. And you can't gig Benedict, RE 2.0 either, imo.
 
tzznandrew said:
And he's just over-compensating to not get called a homer.
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I get the sense that he doesn’t particularly care for Hurley. May be a hangover from the KO firing?
 
businesslawyer said:
They were never a rival in hoops. They absolutely were a rival in football. (Probably were in women’s hoops too, but I’ll leave that to folks who follow it much more.)

But your point is correct. Unlike our fan base, their goal when a new coach came in was not to get back to conference championships and final fours. It was to be a competitive power conference team. And this hire has accomplished that goal. Remember, this is the school who hired a basketball coach that lied about having graduated from college, where the coach told Rutgers he had a degree from Rutgers when he didn’t.
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Yeah, and that wasn’t the most embarrassing thing ever done by a Rutgers coach by a wide margin. Does the phrase “naked free throws” ring any bells?
 
Waquoit said:
It's pretty clear the statements are on two different subjects. Just as it's clear that Benedict is doing more for UConn than a bunch of alums that don't care that their guy tried to crater the program. Besides Diaco was Warde. And you can't gig Benedict, RE 2.0 either, imo.
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It was fishy humor all the way. But the pragmatic is what you point out.

A part of me felt envious as @FriarJ was pointing out the gifting some of the basketball alum have made to Providence. And Carmelo with Syracuse.

Would love to have something like that happen from our bb players. At least we have a women's crew alumnus who is helping.
 
fleudslipcon said:
A part of me felt envious as @FriarJ was pointing out the gifting some of the basketball alum have made to Providence. And Carmelo with Syracuse.

Would love to have something like that happen from our bb players.
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You hear you on this but to be fair, a number of our basketball players did gift us with four national championships, which is three more than the combined number two schools that you mentioned have.
 
I am pro-Pikielle but I wonder what the reaction here would be if it was OUR coach missing the tournament and then getting bounced in the first round of the NIT at home after blowing a 2 possession lead in the last 30 seconds… :)
 
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