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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.

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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...

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“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?

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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...

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

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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[/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.

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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!

RIFan

All fans love these ratings, that’s the only reason they exist. Even if they are bunch of BS once you get past the top 25ish. It literally gives fans something to do and look forward to during the offseason…and that is about all they are good for…just fans BS’ing with each other.

RIFan

Just because people had a game circled as a loss at the beginning of the year, before any games were played doesn’t mean this should have been a loss. CoC was a .500 team, certainly not world beaters and if we are expecting to lose to .500 teams in the CAA and lose by this much, then we have a falle...

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The women team has looked bad since the Princeton game and even before that they were shaky. Glad I was at the Princeton game.

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theblueram wrote: ↑4 months ago
RIFan wrote: ↑4 months ago They were a ,500 team not in a power conference…we should not get destroyed like that. I have been running errands so didnt watch this disgraceful display of basketball. Why only 4 FT attempts? Not aggressive?
Would have lost by 25 if they went to the line a lot.

Hahaha! Probably.

RIFan

They were a ,500 team not in a power conference…we should not get destroyed like that. I have been running errands so didnt watch this disgraceful display of basketball. Why only 4 FT attempts? Not aggressive?

RIFan

Remember, improvement isn’t linear…if at all. What’s “improvement?” Because getting worse is certainly linear. Since the ball was tipped at Mohegan this team hasn’t put together but 1 competent half of D1 winning basketball. Figure it out arch. This shit is looking like it’s you. With Dan the kids ...

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Remember, improvement isn’t linear…if at all.

RIFan

The far from finished product, work in progress and wait til conference play talk was what we were saying at this point in the season last year. The fact that we are doing it again this year is disappointing. The season is basically a third over…

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While the overall talent level of this team is greater than last year we still do not have a star player, our current best players should be our 2nd, 3rd or 4th on an actual good team. The FT issue may be a big problem for a while as most of this team is projected back...I thought I read somewhere t...

RIFan · Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+) This sucks

This sucks

RIFan · Re: 12/6 | Brown | 7:00PM (ESPN+) Let’s pull a Fatts steal and 3!

Let’s pull a Fatts steal and 3!

RIFan

Instead of being down 2 we should have won this by 4-6 and game is over…just hit your FTs

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Not including miss opportunities because of missed front ends of 1 and 1

RIFan

We are not good enough to win consistently if we are going to leave 10+ points a game at the FT line.

RIFan

Get used to the new normal…gone are the days of developing a team. This maybe a very frustrating year, where we will be saying, “if they just hit their FTs” a lot.

RIFan

Maybe schools like us can be D1 in Basketball, FCS in football and D2 for everything else and that could get you around the $30k issue? There has to be a loophole. Or you chop a bunch of sports…which would be very unfortunate. That would be the necessary impact- either cut sports or allow schools t...

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Maybe schools like us can be D1 in Basketball, FCS in football and D2 for everything else and that could get you around the $30k issue? There has to be a loophole. Or you chop a bunch of sports…which would be very unfortunate.

RIFan

And emptier than now. Will be able to move back to Keaney and get rid of the Ryan to expand the football stadium. We will be in the equivalent of FCS for basketball! No thanks. It’s basically the real division 2.

RIFan

NCAA proposes rule to let schools, athletes enter NIL deals

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... -nil-deals

Suggests creating triers in D1 and letting the big money schools/conferences create their own rules.

RIFan · Re: 12/2 | Providence | 7:30PM (FS1) FTs killing us…ours and theirs

FTs killing us…ours and theirs

RIFan

I hope the team is looking to Oklahoma as well.

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