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RIFan

Under the current system you can only deal with the current team and how they are doing. No more looking forward and projecting how this team will be with when the core are juniors and seniors. It’s live for today because tomorrow is more of an unknown now than ever before. And you have to be more a...

RIFan · Re: 2/6 | George Washington | 7:00PM (ESPN+) That was highly enjoyable

That was highly enjoyable

RIFan

Seems like the rules are now, there are no rules!

RIFan

I assume employees and their families get free or reduced tuition. So do they get rid of athletic scholarships and just pay them?

RIFan

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... oops-union

RIFan

We are dead last in conference in many defensive categories and on FT percentage…that is all you need to know about what’s holding us back.

RIFan · Re: 2/3 | Duquesne | 12:30PM (USA) That kid is a flopper

That kid is a flopper

RIFan

Just listening to the announcers recite our defensive stats makes you sick.

RIFan

Tell me about the cost, I currently have 2 kids in college. Scholarships have real value. High value that lasts a lifetime once you have a degree, especially for free and you don’t start out with any debt.

RIFan

For those who say scholarships aren’t paying the players enough, I bet all those kids who put their name in the portal and didn’t end up somewhere wouldn’t agree. Now they have to pay to finish their degree, if they even do. This system supposedly took advantage of kids, so now no more rules and we ...

RIFan

The system is broken and it’s now year to year and you cannot count on keeping your core/foundation together. Archie built this with a bunch of transfers thinking he had at least 2 seasons with most, as they would not want to transfer and sit out, good idea until it wasn’t and the courts got involv...

RIFan

The system is broken and it’s now year to year and you cannot count on keeping your core/foundation together. Archie built this with a bunch of transfers thinking he had at least 2 seasons with most, as they would not want to transfer and sit out, good idea until it wasn’t and the courts got involve...

RIFan

Archie must have had the staff and team read: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and they took it to heart.

RIFan

I would say there is no legitimate reason to believe that not one core player will leave, thus core doesn’t remain in tact. I sadly look at the current situation as the glass is half empty, given the performance 1.5 years in and the new reality’s of the college game. This year has been very uneven ...

RIFan

I would say there is no legitimate reason to believe that not one core player will leave, thus core doesn’t remain in tact. I sadly look at the current situation as the glass is half empty, given the performance 1.5 years in and the new reality’s of the college game. This year has been very uneven b...

RIFan

People keep pointing out that this is year 2 and we have young promising players, that’s all true, but at this point our roster is year to year. Do these young promising players look like they respect and want to play the way Archie wants them to? If this is how they play for Archie, does he want th...

RIFan

So glad I went skiing today and didn’t watch this debacle.

RIFan

That was ugly. To think I was finally starting to look forward to games again…they suck you in only to crush your soul.

RIFan

Nice!!! Pretty soon we may start being favored in games. It’ll take while for the computer to catch up.

RIFan

Let’s do this!

Let’s break the seemingly usual pattern of stringing some wins together and getting the fans attention and then losing and usually losing big infront of the decent crowd they have been wanting.

We have the fans attention, now let’s reward them with a big win!

Go Rhody!

RIFan

I agree, I wouldn’t expect a mass exodus if the team finishes strong, but 1 player can make a big difference in basketball; more than most sports…so all it takes is losing that one key player to set you back. All we can do is hope we retain our core and add some new impact talent each year. That wou...

RIFan · Re: 1/9 | Davidson | 7:00PM (ESPN+) Smell what the Rams are cooking!!!

Smell what the Rams are cooking!!!

RIFan

Now, that’s what I’m talking about!

RIFan

Much better effort and results! Let’s keep it going!

RIFan

The key to retaining the key pieces is finishing this season strong so they believe something worthwhile is happening that they want to be a part of. If this season continues to be a dud, there will be more than 2 new faces on this team next year and some of the ones who left will have been the most...

RIFan

What else does he have to sell? Playing time for a crappy team going nowhere? So I assume his rep is the only capital he has. Unless our NIL is going to step into the void and pay more than our “peer” institutions.

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How long can Archie live on his reputation to help get recruits?

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Merry Christmas to all!

RIFan

Anything can happen and they can figure it out and go on a winning streak too. That would certainly change how we see and talk about them. But right now all we have to go on is what we see. Sorry that we don’t have a crystal ball…or not, depending on what it would say.

RIFan

What evidence do we have that this team is better than last years? I believe that they are more talented offensively overall, but this is a team sport that entails offense and defense, and so far this team stinks. Also, the fact that UNH had the most talented players on the floor is another indictme...

RIFan

“We’ll be good when we are good” the least inspiring intro speech ever. I can only imagine what he regales the team with.

RIFan

Why do you have to continue to watch the car crash instead of avoiding it or at least swerving and only minimize the damage. We keep giving bad hires too long. Not saying Archie is one. (Yet), just wondering why you can’t fire a coach after 2 seasons?

RIFan

Call the police, Archie is committing a felony by taking that salary and impersonating a coach.

RIFan

Is it possible this team is worse than last year?

RIFan

About time for the under 10 meltdown.

RIFan

I don’t think many at all were hoping or expecting an at large this year, most were just hoping and projecting a winning non conference and conference record. The product we are seeing leads most to see this trending as another lost year. At the end of this year, Archie’s contract is 40% completed a...

RIFan

Hype away, so other schools realize their miss and their collectives offer him more NIL and he asks out of his NLI.

RIFan

Duquesne was the first to offer him, I don’t believe he has committed anywhere.

RIFan

It’s like a guy with a good but not great fastball who is successful at AAA, but needs to develop another pitch to be successful in the majors.

RIFan

You either recruit to fit your system or fit your system to your recruits. In today’s environment I think the later is what will make a coach and program successful, given that we may be dealing with more annual turnover than in the past and the idea of long term development of a core group seems to...

RIFan

Miller agreed to terms on an $8.5-million deal — $1.4 million the first two seasons through 2023-24, $1.9 million in each of the last three through 2026-27. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/2022/03/18/uri-basketball-confirms-hiring-archie-miller-head-coach-rhode-island-rams/709...

RIFan

I touched on this before. With the AAU culture, most kids don't like hard ass coaches anymore. And what happens when they don't see results when being coached by a hard ass coach? They tune him out, pout and stop giving effort. I'm thinking this is already happening with at least a few of our curre...

RIFan

You can’t really be a disciplinarian type coach anymore since players will just tell you to F off and they’ll transfer if they don’t like how hard you are on them. And it appears you need some consistency and time to learn this stupid defensive system, which you will not have anymore with the trans...

RIFan

You can’t really be a disciplinarian type coach anymore since players will just tell you to F off and they’ll transfer if they don’t like how hard you are on them. And it appears you need some consistency and time to learn this stupid defensive system, which you will not have anymore with the transf...

RIFan

This is going to be our reality every season going forward mostly new team and no idea what you are going to get…just hope for the best. Doesn’t seem to have worked this year.

RIFan

Sure this may be good for us in the short term, but in the big picture if this is upheld it’ll make things even worse. Are there any other NCAA rules that matter anymore? Or are they now just a promoter of college sporting events?

RIFan

[/quote] I keep saying to myself, imagine Hammond, Cam, Farrell, Green, Fuchs, Foumena, etc., in two years. I think that could be a really good team. Cam and Hammond could be one of the better backcourts once they develop. Connor's shot is a thing of beauty as well... As much hate as he gets, Fuchs ...

RIFan

Everyone on here wants Archie to be the Archie from Dayton when the A10 was getting 4-5 bids and the 1 time portal rule and NIL weren’t a thing. He is 81-85 in his last 5+ season coaching. I am sure there are many reasons for it, but that’s the record.

RIFan

Maybe there is something to that report about a physical altercation between starters…we have really sucked since then.

When you are making wholesale changes like we did last year, that is a lot of personalities to add at one time and all of them you really don’t know.

RIFan

Hahaha. Memo to team, I care, I just had to get a kid to school!

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