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RhowdyRam02

NIL is kaput. It's a pay to play free for all. Highest bidder wins. Unfortunately we are going to be under bidders for a lot of players that could really help us 50k won't buy a bucket of shit. God help us. 50k gets us to 100k because of the matching promotion. That isn't the only money we'll have ...

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This is just so out of hand. What does this have to do with Name, Image and Likeness? https://x.com/highmajorscoop/status/1775311094728577197?s=20 It doesn't? Even people urging other fans to support our collective acknowledge that what is going on has nothing to do with name, image, and likeness. ...

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needless to say - this was not me... hard pass this is a ponzi scheme This guy said ponzi scheme 🤣🤣🤣 Clueless. Stop that now You are hurting my feelings By Ponzi scheme I am inferring to paying money with no return on the investment You pay to get players and then they leave in a year Call it whate...

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KeaneyBluBallz wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
RF1 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago I would think most Rhode Islanders have nothing but warm wishes for Larry.
why?

You might need to change the batteries in your sarcasm detector. Look at their last post before the one you responded to

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I know that, collectively, this place is mostly in some kind of doom spiral, but winning helps. A lot. College basketball is fun, and I guarantee you can be just as connected to and supportive of a two year guy who gets you a conference championship, for example, as a four year one. And, if your in...

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SGreenwell wrote: ↑2 weeks ago
RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago Larry Lucchino dead at 78
Adding in a link: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/lar ... n-red-sox/

You just did more for him than he ever did for us

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RF1 wrote: ↑2 weeks ago

Coaching three different teams in three seasons? I'm sure we'll be getting a handful of posts complaining about how this is ruining college sports in no time...

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Yeah hoping that changes ! How many times has this highly paid hypocrite changed jobs at this time of year? Imagine making this kind of money and complaining about needing to manage your human resources. Corporate execs work circles around these basketball head coaches. I don't know why anyone woul...

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Larry Lucchino dead at 78

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He's only 45 and has gone to four NCAA tournaments in 12 years of coaching, would have made the tournament another time except for Covid, and has made two NITs. His record in the NCAA tournament is 5-4. He's unquestionably been successful

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https://x.com/justinther14/status/1774743377788969147?s=20 Interesting. Wonder if it really is Meade related or he's going to make a personal announcement and is using that picture as some kind of foreshadowing. Nothing to base it on other than guessing about the budget process, but I kind of assum...

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Me too Mack is an asshole. For the complainers who think Archie isn't "connecting" with the fans enough...even though he's just a reserved guy off the court...Mack is a total dick. To everyone. Very happy he wasn't our top target. Chris Mack a hell of a lot more successful than Archie. Wi...

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Unbelievable amounts of mental gymnastics to avoid giving $10 a month 😂 I'm sure you all don't blow more than $10 on unnecessary shit like alcohol, tobacco, weed, fast food, fancy clothes etc. I'm sure you are all incredibly frugal people that never waste money on anything! Especially not TEN dolla...

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The players need to be paid by those making the money on them. That seems like the logical solution…no? The players are fighting to become employees. If and when that happens NIL will probably go away. Something tells me fans like you will bitch about that too and whine about how that's going to ru...

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What's the return on NIL dollars? Like if I contribute, I am now paying players salaries. So what is the return if the team makes money? This isn't charitable contributions. This is salary. Honest question, are you actually being serious when you ask questions like this? Or just trying to get a ris...

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https://x.com/RickBroering/status/1773748184851894578?s=20 Not surprising, they are paying the salaries of the players so basically they own the team…literally. What a mess. Did anyone see Christian Laettners take on NIL and the portal? To summarize: he thinks they are both ruining everything. Givi...

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Is there anything stopping a coach from donating to the school’s NIL? If I wanted job security as a coach I could just take some cash, send it to the NIL and get better playersz Nevermind job security. Let's say you have a $100,000 bonus for making the tournament. Wouldn't you want to donate up to ...

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Wow, what an epic piece of shit!

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So if my math is right we're losing 2411 out of our 6400 total minutes from 2023-24, or 37.7%. It might be a better indication going forward to track minutes needing to be replaced than players themselves

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I hate Coach K far more than any grown man should hate a person they've never met

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I have a sneaking suspicion that our bigger boosters realize just how important this offseason is to the future of this coach and program, and are or will step up to ensure Archie can bring in the talent he needs to get good again. Consider the alternative. It's not pretty. So we are paying over $2...

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Either way it was funny, so I'm glad it was posted here

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Backroads wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Life moves fast in college basketball, and who knows how long ago the interview was done, but that certainly has me feeling better about things

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So about 20 minutes between Pitino announcing he was taking himself out of the running and reports that Louisville and Kelsey are close to a deal? No way Pitino was a serious candidate

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I can't imagine he was a serious candidate. He was 11-9 in the Sun Belt, 54-96 in the Big 10, and 23-30 so far in Mountain West. The only thing special about his resume is his last name. If Louisville was seriously hiring the quintessential nepo baby than they really have no plans of competing in th...

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Pretty sure everyone posting on this board, including blue man completely lost their stuff and gave up on Hurley after the home loss to Fordham. Everyone who had defended him quit. Then we went on to make it to the dance. Darkest before the dawn. Wrong It would be fun to look back at that Fordham t...

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Blue Man, defending Dan was plausible by year 5 because the program was trending up by year 3. Archie needs to get this train rolling in the right direction and then my attitude will also change in the right direction. No better time to start than next season! You shit on Blue Man and I and called ...

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Blue Man, defending Dan was plausible by year 5 because the program was trending up by year 3. Archie needs to get this train rolling in the right direction and then my attitude will also change in the right direction. No better time to start than next season! You shit on Blue Man and I and called ...

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For every lousy coach we've had, there has always been a few who will defend them no matter what, and list a litany of excuses for why we were bad. I'm not saying Archie is a lousy coach, the guy knows the game as well as anyone. But it's not translating into results so far. For a guy like him who ...

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If it's going to be a real uphill battle to keep up with other A10 schools for NIL than just pack up the program and move to America East

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I believe that how the roof was constructed makes it impossible as is to hang a jumbotron from the center due to weight. At least that's been the excuse so far

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No. It definitely had zero affect that the team we recruited had played zero minutes together, that our intended starters played maybe 1/3 of a season together due to eligibility/injuries, or that 86% of our roster had never played at the A10 or D1 level before. When does that ever matter? It's a t...

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Talent and chemistry weren't the issue, effort and defensive competitiveness were. Where is the improvement in those areas coming from? Chemistry was definitely an issue. Brand new team with a roster in flux. How was chemistry not an issue? No. It definitely had zero affect that the team we recruit...

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So far this is what our roster line-up looks like: PG - Luis, Ways, Ben CG- House, Cam Wing - Zek, Farrell SF/PF- Green PF/C- Fuchs I do like the experience returning (so far) and feel this will be a competitive group. The additional year together will help the team's chemistry and I expect the def...

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So far this is what our roster line-up looks like: PG - Luis, Ways, Ben CG- House, Cam Wing - Zek, Farrell SF/PF- Green PF/C- Fuchs I do like the experience returning (so far) and feel this will be a competitive group. The additional year together will help the team's chemistry and I expect the def...

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Blue Man, I don't understand why you still put Bassy down and yet are so willing to deflect any blame on Archie for our wonderful season. No one is saying Bassy is a world beater but give him some credit for improving his game. Some players do make a big jump from their 2nd to 3rd year. Bassy led t...

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reef wrote: ↑3 weeks ago Ok great points you guys made on DH salary

A quick search showed DH 7th in salary

Calipari @ 9.5 and Self @ 8.6 led the way

For some reason Cooley wasn’t on that list don’t know how they missed him

Maybe it was public schools only because private schools don't have to disclose contracts?

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https://twitter.com/RiceMBB/status/1772090218184671715 Another one for the "3 schools in 4 years" crowd. Also on the 4 schools in 7 years team. HOW DARE HE!? WHERES THE LOYALTY!? rabblerabblerabble I mean, you can’t count Lanier. He was fired, wasn’t his choice to leave SMU. Sure we can, ...

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I would happily fund PC's NIL to take on Bassy. Once again this is a kid who has splits of 43/29/70. And his stats were bolstered this year by playing on one of the worst teams in one of the worst conferences in the country. You thought our D was bad this year? Bassy's DBox +/- would have him NINTH...

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I would happily fund PC's NIL to take on Bassy. Once again this is a kid who has splits of 43/29/70. And his stats were bolstered this year by playing on one of the worst teams in one of the worst conferences in the country. You thought our D was bad this year? Bassy's DBox +/- would have him NINTH...

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Baseball, soccer and pool improvements as well

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In the past you said the players have been getting paid all along but now it’s all above board. I think that was before these collectives were started by the largest schools and collectives have continued to spread. Don’t you think the players are now getting well above what they were getting under...

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Exactly! I've been waiting for the posts calling coaches selfish mercenaries who have no loyalty and are only after money. Weird how it's suddenly quiet on that front and all the concern about "culture" and "family" has disappeared! You never hear posters lamenting their lost lo...

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Looks like Danny Sprinkle off to Washington after only a year at Utah St. No one should complain about kids moving freely between schools. Exactly! I've been waiting for the posts calling coaches selfish mercenaries who have no loyalty and are only after money. Weird how it's suddenly quiet on that...

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RF1 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago Was Bozeman on the URI staff for the last year of Cox?

He was. Many people were saying it would have been no big deal to fire Cox mid-season with an experienced coach like that on staff

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I wonder if Hammond is waiting for the KJ decision to decide whether to decommit or not. Looks that way to me right now. I think we will be a fair amount better if he stays If not, my money's on more sucking. Bone, tell me you are not relying on 1 freshman to rectify this program. Please I am. A re...

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section(105) wrote: ↑3 weeks ago Didn’t something similar happen with Ish? High praise from Archie, referred to him a warrior, quiet leader? Then portal.

Right, but he got a solid role with a decent ACC school

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Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Unless Archie didn't want him back and/or Arizona State is promising a top role, wouldn't he just be better off coming back to us?

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Rhody15 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago
steveystuds06 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago I can't belive we beat someone that beat Auburn haahaha. Nuts
We did, however Yale’s best player was out hurt.

Come on, let us have this one!

RhowdyRam02

Fuchs should have been rookie all-conference, but other than that your point stands

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