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RoadyJay

If Archie is a viable candidate (for us) at some point Umass will talk to him. If there is no rumor of that then it would be a flag IMO. We are likely both circling around the same candidate list. Thought you said Archie already had another job? Changing your mind in 24 hours? Dude you must have so...

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Varsity app working for me. Dream team of Stone and DiSano

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I’m hoping for a miracle A10 tourney championship. Only because I want to fly out to wherever their NCAA tourney first round game is and drink beers with a bunch of Rhody fans.

I know bigappleram would join me!

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I’ve been baffled by a lot of things I’ve seen from Rhody this season, but pulling both Makhi and Makhel from the starting line-up for the last two games is definitely up there. My confusion isn’t about their play- they’ve been anywhere from great to questionable this season. I know coaches are oft...

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Great job, Obadiah!

RoadyJay · Re: 3/5 | Saint Joseph’s | 2:30PM (USA) Great game!

Great game!

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So it sounds like, at best, it is hit or miss depending on crowd size, where you sit, your carrier, etc. I think the point still stands. It's not good enough. ATP, SGreenwell, TP --- What's your thought on sending this out on behalf of Keaney Blue? I believe it would make the message more powerful, ...

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Are those loud boos I'm hearing from the fans in attendance?!

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I was pleasantly surprised when I turned on the game late and saw Rhody had built a 10 point lead.

That evaporated quickly... *gulp*

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People here who have posted definitively that Cox is gone, are you saying that because you have gotten word from inside the athletics department? Or are trying to speak it into existence? I think there have been 2/3 posters who have made it sound like the decision has already been made that he will...

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That's the one thing I don't understand and never really have. Is it athletics? Is it the Ryan Center? Is it Learfield? Anyone know? Agree with you on this. It may be part of the problem. Maybe they don’t know either. I’d love to see this board be more than a message board. I think if we became mor...

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I like to think I can examine it objectively, but man, I don't see how UMass and URI are equal jobs. URI has been successful recently, with a pretty good on-campus arena. Even if you have questions about whether the administration will pony up to keep you, well, if you win, you can get a better job...

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Not really, I have no problem with how Thorr is handling this Any top candidates will wait to see what opportunities open up before they enter into any serious negotiations. The same for schools looking at available coaches. Maybe. But if UMASS lands Archie, as an example, would you ask yourself if...

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I disagree with the “wait till the end of the season” group We should have fired Cox weeks ago. I believe it does give a school an advantage, especially if they know who they want and they aren’t currently coaching. This gives them the opportunity to get deeper into negotiations sooner. Sure, Thorr...

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I disagree with the “wait till the end of the season” group We should have fired Cox weeks ago. I believe it does give a school an advantage, especially if they know who they want and they aren’t currently coaching. This gives them the opportunity to get deeper into negotiations sooner. Sure, Thorr ...

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Why is Pitino allowed to coach and Preston is not? This is really entertainment and as I said before I am open to all options. I just want a full Ryan and lots of wins. I’ll leave it up to Thorr to look whoever he is interviewing in the eyes and determine if he’s comfortable with them. …maybe becau...

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Iggy1979 wrote: ↑2 years ago Twins leave they have to sit out a year. Can't believe they'd want that.

I can see it. Another year for both to develop, and potentially at a higher level program.

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At least you can give Dambrot some credit for trying to change things up. Going to a 1-2-2 zone that they normally don’t play. Giving other guys, including a Freshman, an opportunity to show what they can do.

What have we changed while losing 9 out of 10?

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PeterRamTime wrote: ↑2 years ago Jarrelle Reishcel lol

Couldn't make a lay up here and then absolutely lit it up for EKU

Coaching staff always raved about how he was consistently the best player in practice. But then for whatever reason couldn’t perform in games.

Sometimes the change of scenery does the trick

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Can you imagine seeing this tweet about Rhode Island/Cox?

Our biggest nightmare.

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I DM'd @CoachingChanges and asked if they have any more info. They replied:

Richard Pitino
Bobby Hurley
Pat Skerry

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ace wrote: ↑2 years ago My favorite Archie fact is that his name is Ryan.

You made me Google…

“…garnered the nickname "Archie" at an early age due to his personality being similar to that of Archie Bunker, the grouchy TV character, from All in the Family”

Too funny

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Archie signs are fun…

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reef wrote: ↑2 years ago PC Xavier in a war

The Dunk has sprung a leak

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Rhody72 wrote: ↑2 years ago URI is a PC institution. The blow-back from firing a well-liked minority coach could be severe. Patinkin's article is testing the reception that this change would receive. Clearly, the article was arranged.

This is all I needed. If '72 agrees with me it must be true!

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Before ramster reaches through my computer, let me say that I am likely wildly speculating here. Well, probably not too wildly, but I certainly don't have any proof. But here goes... Who else is thinking that this article and its author are not a coincidence? The timing of the article, the content o...

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I thought that was a quote from ramster re: the prospect for an A10 championship, and not BlueMan

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Would be cool to at least weave some of it into our marketing/game day production

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ace wrote: ↑2 years ago a five game suspension

And our dear friend Phil Martelli takes over

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So what’s a possible explanation for Cox’s reluctance to discipline his players when needed? Is it really that Momma Mitchell will cause trouble for Coach Cox? Will the twins refuse to play? Will they threaten to transfer? I don’t get it. His job is already on the line what does he have to lose? Is ...

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ace wrote: ↑2 years ago This thread has a chance to get ugly. Let’s celebrate a Martin before it does

Really the only one on this team I can stomach at this point...

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5 is pretty commonly the call for man to man at any level. Sometimes full court. When we used it against Narragansett HS Roady Jay would get easily shook and turn it over. Luckily he didn’t take a shot at me in handshake line tho bc he could knock me out. That Bristol full court pressure was tough ...

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he called it a 5 defense whatever that means. Coaches will call it different things when they call out the defense they want. Howard probably calls out “Five!” when he wants man-to-man. Dan used to yell out “Fist!”…. Sometimes he’d yell out “Double Fist!” where they would trap the ball handler as s...

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No excuse for that type of behavior from Howard. He’s supposed to be a leader of men. You don’t like the late timeout call? Put it in your back pocket and beat them by 20 the next time you play them. That’s two incidents with opposing head coaches now. If he keeps this up, his job security will be ...

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That’s still potentially another 1MM on top of that. And we offered DH that after he proved he could make us a perennial Top 35 type program. Forgetting whether Archie would even be interested I just do not see a scenario where URI puts students on their TV product to save a few thousand bucks and ...

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Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑2 years ago When was Baron fired? Since Thorr is still the AD, I'd expect the same time frame here.

March 4, 2012.. The day after the season ended

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……if he has got such great recruiting skills, how come we suck……?….I think as a talent evaluator, and player development, which for me is all part of extended recruiting is way way overrated….. I think you're 100% right. It doesn't matter how good a recruiter of raw talent you are if you can't deve...

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If it really was a tech for not tucking your shirt in, any decent coach would have yanked him for the rest of the game or more. I hope some reporter has the balls on the post game to ask Cox why Mitchell remained in the game. On another topic, I have gone to 52 straight senior nights, but that stre...

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So the talk is that Cox was a good assistant and would do well to go back to that role. Realistically, could he be a head coach at a lower level school or is he now toast as a head coach? If Kimani Young gets a HC job, it wouldn’t shock me to see DC land in Storrs. Would be a great fit. He’s still ...

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Please give me something to cheer about this season.... Fire this coach now!

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damram wrote: ↑2 years ago These refs are porking us big time.

Not really. More so self-porking

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And I’ll add Peter Kiss missed the URI game for reasons other than injury - he was kept out. And his attitude and demeanor on the bench and while standing around the time-out huddles was not the best. Oh yea, he is an absolute punk, and that wasn’t his first disciplinary issue. He was recently susp...

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The URI Covid-19 Task Force issued guidance on Face Coverings on January 14, 2022. Part of the guidance outlined "Exceptions to requirements for face coverings." I've highlight a couple of exceptions here that folks attending future home games may be interested in: • "Anyone for whom ...

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Anyways lets make it interesting. Odds that Cox is out after this season? I say 75% chance. If we make it to the A10 finals, I'd say 25% chance. I'll go more drastic in both directions. I'll say 90-95% chance he's out and if they (somehow) make the A-10 finals I think it's more like 10-15%. They're...

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Watched the game last night. So impressed. Agree with you RR02... You can "see" the culture with this team.

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Probably stating the obvious, but besides the coaching resume we need to be looking for someone obsessed with making program improvements in a tough environment. Needs to be an influencer off the court.

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bigappleram wrote: ↑2 years ago Unless for personal reasons or family issues it would seem odd for a DBO to leave a program mid season. Maybe another opportunity came around or maybe something else?

Agree it would be odd. Where there is smoke....

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Why would the freefall stop after the head coach - the guy who recruited them in most cases - is fired? It would be one thing if the situation here was a player-led revolt, like that AP article Ramster posted about the end of Tom Penders' run at Texas. But we don't have any indication that some wei...

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Do you think Bozeman, Carroll or Buchanan will somehow get the car out of the skid? Because those are your on-hand options. I think firing your head coach, even if you think he's coaching poorly, just makes a bad situation even more chaotic. It's one thing if he's lost control of the program - if p...

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