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Sometimes you can have the right process in place, make a sound decision, and not have it work out. That's life, and unfortunately for us, it's what happened when we hired Cox It was not the right process and it was not a sound decision. People were petrified about losing a roster that had a reason...

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I can’t believe we have another month of this crap. I’d love for them to rip the bandaid off now and get a head start on the coaching search, but it’s unlikely. I’m pretty confident we’ll see a change at the end of the season, if we don’t, we might as well drop down to a lower conference.

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Just as a reminder, there was a poll about Pitino and others before Cox was hired - You can find it here . Like I said in another thread, I think time has made some posters forget how absolutely radioactive Pitino was at the time. (I kind of think he still is, but frankly, he's at Iona now, and you...

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I think it's more of a chicken and egg type situation. The school is willing to invest once the winning starts and we have a promising coach. When we don't, they won't. Look at UCONN, Calhoun built that program, it's not like they had a ton of facilities before he came and started winning, or even l...

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I think that's wrong...the Cox hire never ever made sense. The Cox hire 100% made sense. 99% of people here wanted him to save the recruiting class. There was a clause in his contract he was the head coach in waiting, or else there would be a buyout. Also, the pool of candidates who interviewed was...

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NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑2 years ago
PeterRamTime wrote: ↑2 years ago
theblueram wrote: ↑2 years ago Announcers just called Cox out on the TO.
That might have been the dumbest one yet

I mean I've never seen anything like it
Wasn't a use it or lose it?

Then lose it. The team was on a roll.

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Looks like Chris Mack is out at Louisville. Might be a good year to find a new coach.

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I have no idea what Thorr and administration feel about the situation the basketball program is in. I actually have faith in Thorr and any decision he would make if they were to hire a new coach. He made home run hires with Hurley and Tammi Reiss, excellent hire in Fleming. Whether you like Cox or ...

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No. We are in mid-Baron territory. Not even dumpster fire late-Baron yet, nowhere near Jerry D. It’s just…is that what we want? Do we need to be in late-Baron/Jerry D territory to want better? Do we have to slip to that level to do anything proactive? I really hope not. This isn’t a train wreck, it...

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I mean, you can only play who is on your conference schedule. Would you rather us lose to those bad teams? ummmmm no... Well you said beating bad teams proves nothing, but there is literally nothing us we can do than play and beat teams on our schedule. Last year, we lose last nights type of game 1...

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We gave them enough shots at the end but La Salle is La Salle.

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RhodyFanNotAlum wrote: ↑2 years ago
rambone 78 wrote: ↑2 years ago No A10 Teams have 3 players as good as Walker, Martin and Thomas coming off the bench.
That's because most teams put their best player in the starting lineup.

I legit laughed at that one.

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You're a homer. Defender was straight up it was a travel on Leggett and then an awful shot. Team with more poise won. Bottom line, the right team won. 2nd shot moron. Thanks for the name-calling, way to stay classy. Both shots, no fouls. You're looking for a bailout call. Not gonna get it. After hi...

URI_05 · Re: 1/8 | Davidson | 2:00PM (CBSSN) This is how bad teams lose games.

This is how bad teams lose games.

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i don't work in the medical field but i know someone very close to me who is on the covid team for yale to each their own - i choose living my life - free from masks - and its an informed decision as for my impressive vocabulary.. thanks for acknowledging my use of "CUT BAIT" - i thinks i...

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Nothing stops me Except for this stupid state Can’t wait to go down south But I go out and don’t wear a mask unless doctors office forces me to Building up the immunity and living my life Fuck this covid shit and the masks don’t protect you so fuck that shit Tough guy with an impressive vocabulary....

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Matt Keebler wrote: ↑2 years ago Archie isn't coming here and even if he did, it wouldn't be for long.

I'd love to have this problem.

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I don’t understand how people are surprised by this. The team has been doing the same thing for the past 4 years.

Wake me up when we have a new coach and maybe I’ll pay attention again.

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steveystuds06 wrote: ↑2 years ago
URI_05 wrote: ↑2 years ago Why did I pay for this shit? Wake me up when we have a new coach.
I paid for a plane ticket and a hotel room for 5 nights how do I think I feel

To be fair, you should know better. I don’t bitch about having Giants season tickets because I deserve it at this point.

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Whelp, another year of this crap against mediocre teams.

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He legit only takes a time out after a made shot. Insane.

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Why did I pay for this shit? Wake me up when we have a new coach.

URI_05 · Re: 11/20 | Tulsa | 7:30PM (FloHoops) | Sunshine Slam This looks like last year

This looks like last year

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It looks like If you sign up through the CAA referral link the monthly rate is $12.50. https://www.flohoops.com/signup?sp=caa& ... mpaign=caa

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Here is a unique idea: go to your local watering hole that has Cox and watch the game. It will be very difficult for most of you who complain all the time but try extra hard to have a good time. Yours truly will be at the game. You know not everyone who follows the team still lives in Rhode Island,...

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Warriors on a 2-way!

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RhodyinCali wrote: ↑2 years ago Would it make sense for Rhody to head to the CAA? Or we could fall down to the American East?

Why the hell would we do that?

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How quickly we’ve fallen. This is a bottom tier A10 schedule.

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I like this hire.

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RF1 wrote: ↑3 years ago Think about this for a second - Illinois is prepared to pay ONE assistant coach more than TWO TIMES the ENTIRE assistant staff salary pool of URI.

And this doesn't even take into account their pool to pay recruits...

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Bones Hyland just signed with an agent and will stay in the NBA draft. Big hit for VCU.

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I’m actually surprised Archie hasn’t been hired yet.

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1000% not an oops. He started every single game for them this year and put up very respectable numbers. Definitely transferring because of the coaching change. Yeah, that’s the oops. He committed to a coach who left a month later. Chris Beard coached him all season, not sure what your oops is. Gues...

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Oops... https://twitter.com/adamzagoria/status/1377751647871500289?s=21 1000% not an oops. He started every single game for them this year and put up very respectable numbers. Definitely transferring because of the coaching change. Yeah, that’s the oops. He committed to a coach who left a month lat...

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Oops...

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Insane how many people on this board suddenly became okay with bad to mediocre results. NCAAs next year or move on.

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Good choice. I know he’s an alum and was an excellent player for them, but that was over 40 years ago. At 63 years old with an NBA coaching background, I say this won’t work. Juwan Howard seems to be doing OK with his NBA coaching background. If anything, today's transfer-riddled college game seems...

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I remember wayyyy back like 3 weeks ago when everyone dunked on me for even mentioning Shaka leaving Texas.... I’d also take someone who was good but not great at the next level. Say Shaka or Brad Stevens gets canned next year. Sign me up in a second. Ayyy now Shaka could maybe happen for sure! I he...

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How does that work? I thought the A10 requires an extra year sitting out if you try to transfer to another conference team...?

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How did I miss the Shaka hair thing? I didn’t recognize him for a few minutes.

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And there it is.

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DC and I actually agree that we want the team to be much better next year. Really? There's a lot of WANT TO around here, of course we do! I can’t get through a single page without you literally repeating the same bullshit 50 times a day. We get it. You hate Cox and want him gone. No matter how hard...

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Lots of good comments here. This news is more damaging when viewed in the context of the bigger picture of URI basketball. Fatts wants another year to redeem himself, better position himself for a pro career, and to taste the fruits of being on a winning team with great prospects of making the NCAA...

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Hahaha add Fatts to the list of players that left our program under David Cox. Imagine if we had a top 25 program loaded with potential next year and Fatts announced he’s coming back? If we had a coach and a team that could make a run in the tourney like Dan’s last year there is no way Fatts goes. ...

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Yep, lol.

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LOL

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Archie Miller. Sign me up.

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Archie Miller out at Indiana. I'd swap Cox out for him any day. Proven winner in the A10.

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Tre Mitchell leaving UMass.

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It’s funny that “average” to some people is well below .500

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