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Ben Howland please. He wants the Rutgers job. I think he would come to Rhody. Get Harrick on it.

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It would be kinda weird to have a coach who enjoys road games more than home games.

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I say he stays. He is on the cusp of building an NCAAT team. Moving now will set him back 2-3 years. That would put him around 6 years with no post seasons. Not good for a resume.

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rodfromcranston wrote:Not getting the reference. Have Brian Setzer call me.

He used to practice in my grandmothers basement when he was a teen. I should have listened better back then.

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The best thing about our 98 run was I bought USA Today every day. Having National recognition meant you got national press. No need to read the bs the projo spewed when we had an unbiased opinion on how good we were. Donaldson is a tool. The projo is a joke.

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The only logical solution is to up the ante and hire Cooley. He really wants to go home.

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Silly Hal. You know we hire sucessful UCLA coaches who get fired. They take us deep into the tournament. No need for lists.

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That senior laundry worker's base salary is $38K per year. For one year with OT and back-pay he was owed his salary balooned to $116K. The following year he earned an additional $25K in OT. It cost the State less to pay someone OT than to hire a new employee with benefits. The claims above are misl...

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So, it's being reported that after overtime the average pay for a RI State laundry attendant is over 80k a year. The highest earning laundry washer made over 123k last year. If there ever was a time to increase salaries now is the time. This state is so corrupt it's not even funny. With this in the ...

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I would love to see ARD back at Rhody. I know he would jump at the chance. Not sure of the chances though. DH has a big network so this hire is anyone's guess.

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Having your assistants leave to become HC's elsewhere is OK I guess, but look at what X has done over the years. When Dan leaves, the best thing will most likely be promoting one of his assistants. That continuity really helps a program. It has to be the right guy though. No Jerry D's again, please...

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Who's Buddy Holly?

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I hope that Preston gets his break next. Our 98 guys (Preston,ARD and Tyson) have been grinding it out for years. I hope they all become HC's at some point. DH will do what great HC's do. Hire great assistants. That is my hope. If our assistants keep leaving with Dan at the helm that is not that bad...

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On a positive note, we finally have a coach who's assistants become head coaches at D1 programs.

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If they ever do serve beer they should have a craft brewery create some unique beer for the RC.
Like Ram IPA
Or Rhody Lager
Or maybe a blueberry flavored one.....
Could call that one The Blue Ram

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Iggy I respect your wisdom but beer at the games is a good thing. Older folks like myself need a pop or two to loosen up. The RC is not a church. Its a college basketball arena on campus. Its not a church. Its a party.

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Bob Hurley talking about his NCAA Tournament run while at Duke on Tru Tv (Cox 57). Every recruit should have to watch this. One of the best tournaments ever. And one of the best teams ever. That game commercialized the NCAA Tournament. I still can't believe Bobby Hurley is a coach at Rhody. We are ...

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Awesome win for LaSalle. Keep the faith everyone. Next year is going to be awesome!

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Sir Charles giving the A10 some love at half time. The A10 has built itself into a power and the conference shuffle is disrupting it. Sad. Rhody will eventually replace what Temple has been doing. Maybe another team will grow into a Butler. But we'll be alright. Plus all this extra money will certa...

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Sir Charles giving the A10 some love at half time. The A10 has built itself into a power and the conference shuffle is disrupting it. Sad.

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The return of Z00RI?

Or back to. URHigh?

Did 12 o'clock high return to the quad?

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I really have great respect for Dooley. I think he is going to be remembered as one of our greatest presidents. Have you seen the campus lately? It is amazing. He is finding the funding to make URI great. If he needs to hire a new AD I have faith it will be a great hire. If you get a chance, talk to...

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Whoever signed the A10 media deal should be fired. Being one of the top conferences and watching away games via shitty streaming is a joke. This league was really strong when that contract was signed. To accept the money offered is ridiculous as we now know. As far as new teams, it would be wise to ...

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Did the same thing this morning looking for the pregame write up in the projo. Thought it was today. Long week and its only tuesday

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I have to say I'm really enjoying watching VCU kick the living shit out of new big east Butler right now.

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I don't know. I always feel uncomfortable bashing Jersey as so many students and alums are from there. Maybe back in the 80's it was ok. But I appreciate all the great people who attend URI that live in Jersey. Home is home. Why try and make RI above Jersey? Makes no sense.

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Can we please stop conflating defending Baron and critiquing Hurley? My ID is not gonerodgone. It is gonebarongone. I doubt there is a soul on the planet happier than I am that JB is gone. If you disagree with anyone on this board, its because you're a Baron-lover. Its been like that for years, it ...

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I never liked the interlocking RI logo. Maybe we should get a new one, while we're changing everything else? Could we call it Frank Keaney/Ernie Calverley court? Rod, Keaney and Calverley obviously are legends. But maybe we should reserve the naming of the court after we win a National Championship?

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Wow that looks pretty good. I do agree the RI needs to be changed to look like the true logo. And go rhody and runnin rams should be excluded. But overall nice!

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One thing I'm looking forward to next year is a new floor. The existing floor is tired and looks bad. I'm hoping the colors stay true on the new one, not yellowed like today. I think a navy blue border with Keaney blue letters would look good. I also like the idea of the RI in the center. It would b...

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Saw him play last night
If he sniffed DIII I would be surprised
URI doesn't look at kids like this

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Travel ban lifted! Not that anyone listened. Game on!

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What a dilemma. I have tix but gov gump has a travel ban. I have electricity but no cable or internet. My att iphone can't get internet. My work blacberry on verizon works fine but my employer restricts streaming.

At least the radio works.......

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I'm glad I'm not in the locker room now....

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is Malone a 3 pt shooter now?

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Thanks Twisted!

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anybody have a stream working?

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Good luck to you Eric. During the last two seasons, you were one of very few writers who told it like it was and questioned Baron's coaching. I enjoyed you're articles. Let us know when you land the next gig.

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Awesome Rod! I'll be cheering you on. I guess I might be on the jumbotron tomorrow night as well!

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The Classacts in the Quadangles lists Lamonte Ulmer as having signed a contract to play pro ball in Finland next season. Congrats Monte!

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URI needs it's own Warren Buffet, and then all this discussion is moot. Problems solved. And then tell the state of RI to shove it, we don't need what little money they give anymore. Go private. It's been discussed before. The only way URI's athletic dept will make ends meet. So simple, yet so hard...

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the b1g is in a class of its own for money. from what i gather, the top football conferences are getting around $10M... most of which will need to be invested in football. $5M to invest in basketball and only basketball is VERY significant. I guess we should increase that Catholic college tax to $1...

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Someone tell Dooley to raise URI's debt ceiling, because dammit the people of Rhode Island are going to pay for a good basketball program whether they want to or not. I vote to institute a new $5 million tax on all private, catholic colleges in the state of RI, starting now! (Salve gets a waiver cau...

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When we first joined the A-10, there was no Xavier, Dayton or VCU. There was Pitt, Villanova, Rutgers, VATech and West Virginia. So, they all left at one time or another. Was that the end of the world? NO! Schools will come and go. The conference will add whoever they need to, and keep going. The a...

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The PC posters should understand, as they like Smith Hill so much, that a government budget does NOT go down. We are budgeted to pay our coach close to a mil this year. Add in the contractual 6% cola you guys love so much and before long we can pay the coach 2 mil without raising a penny in tv ad re...

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If the A10 gets raided, which seems likely, I would like to see Rhody align with VCU, St Joes, GW, Richmond, and form another league. That would be the top of what would be left. Leave LaSalle, Duquesne, Fordump and St B. Otherwise, we have an in with the CAA due to football. But if this goes down, ...

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Merry Christmas Rod and Happy Holidays to all the Rhody Faithful!

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Richmond, Rhodey, VCU, St Joes, and maybe Umass if they don't bolt is really not bad at all-- George Washington? they suck Worst thing is the lost momentum the A10 had. Butler just knocked off the #1! The inflation of the value that the C7s enjoy is just painful URI= Best front Court in the Noth Ea...

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Oh, and I can't wait for this jackass to say that Butler,X,Dayton,SLU or Creighton are "elite" now because they may marry pc in a conference. Please. After we have been told for years we are mid major because we aren't BCS. Guess what db? You are no longer BCS. Mid major baby!

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Some people are really strange. If my school was going to a downgraded conference from what they have been in, I wouldn't be happy at all. Perhaps this happiness from some is an admission that they really did not belong playing with the big boys. Welcome to life outside a power conference. The new ...

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