Mike Rice has been talked about as a guy who can bring NJ talent to Queens as well as a guy who can help the program establish a defensive system.
I would prefer if STJ knew which reason was the reason why they wanted him to join the staff.
From what I’ve seen of Rice at RU, his teams couldn’t score, but they competed on the defensive end and stayed in games with top ranked teams. That’s what I see if missing from our program. We play chicken shit defense. Mike Rice can fix that. He’s achieved a level of defense at RU that would make us a tournament team with our overall talent.
I’m cool with giving him a second chance. Some people grow up later in life than others. Here’s hoping that he’s the adult in the room now.
His talent as a coach is pretty clear to me. One day, who knows, he may be our head coach.