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I've never understood the people that strap themselves to trees and whatnot to prevent something from being torn down. Now I do

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You need a voting system people can trust and believe is not fraudulent. And if people don't trust the election process why even have elections? I would not trust sending cash in the mail to pay my property taxes, I certainly would not trust sending a mail-in ballot to a State-Run operation that is...

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Nice preview article from Will Geoghegan in the Independent

https://www.independentri.com/sports/ar ... 84a46.html

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Brian Forster wrote: ↑3 years ago Would like to see someone with connections to the state house.

I hope not. We need a qualified candidate, not some lap dog that gets handed jobs for being connected

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mention a RI HS kid to a URI coach and they will look at you like you are growing 3 heads. Records couldn't help them either. . Keegan Records had 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks for Colgate (12-1). After Colgate outscored Boston University, 34-26, in the first half, both teams scored 43...

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This has probably already been mentioned, but if Cox gets fired eventually, then I think you have to start looking at Thorr as being part of the problem for hiring the wrong person. But, Thorr did hire Hurley, so I guess Thorr gets a mulligan. Hiring Cox was not only completely defensible, it was p...

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He was also recruited by Richmond and St. Bonaventure, so it's not a case where only one school thought he was an Atlantic 10 level talent

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To me, the bubble consists of: Last Four Byes Last Four In First Four Out Next Four Out At the end of the regular season, we were not on any of those. Right, that's literally how everyone describes it Why so hung up on whether or not we would of been on the bubble, depending upon our A10T results i...

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Retain your key players. That has to be number one. If you lose one of Ish, Mitchells, Walker, Martin, I think short of a miracle NCAA appearance and win you have to dump Cox. If he can't retain the talent he recruits, what does it matter? NCAA at large at a minimum. Cox did not walk into a rebuild...

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If it's true that the money is there from boosters to drastically improve the program, that tells me that they don't want someone [Cox] holding back progress on the court any longer than they have to. What I mean is, URI could make a change now if they want to. I still think they will keep Cox anot...

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So here's a question for the good of the group --- The program basically has to poop or get off the pot with Cox after next season with an extension or a termination. What do you think it would take for Cox to earn an extension? NCAA Tournament? Top 5 but with promising core/recruits? Top 7 but wit...

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DFF, that's a nifty link and site - thanks! And yeah, it's pretty strong revisionist history to say that we were on the bubble last year. We were in the sense that at some point in the 2019-20 season, we were on the bubble, but we were off it well before the Atlantic 10 tournament was scheduled to ...

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DFF, that's a nifty link and site - thanks! And yeah, it's pretty strong revisionist history to say that we were on the bubble last year. We were in the sense that at some point in the 2019-20 season, we were on the bubble, but we were off it well before the Atlantic 10 tournament was scheduled to ...

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Jeff is a winner. he was +27 in 23 minutes last night. YES he was on the ball most of the time. He just makes everyone around him better. Always calm directing people where to be. So the only guy who couldn't see that was David Cox. He has to go just for that offense. Can we fire Cox and hire Jeff?...

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reef wrote: ↑3 years ago I wonder if Grasso takes Fordham job if offered ??

He shouldn't. That job will be a dead end until they move down and with what he's got coming back he can have another good year at that level and should be in line for better jobs

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It should be an NCAA tournament, four years with what he walked into is more than sufficient. I fear what it will actually take. CFL 2

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INJECT THESE QUOTES INTO MY VEINS!!! Sound much like another recent basketball coach we had?

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I had to look this guy up... He dropped out of URI - has 16 children (11 with an ex-wife and 5 with "multiple women") - 33rd largest land owner in the United States - worth $4.7B. Now THAT is a bio! Wow so this dude's dad just died and left him and his brother $4.4B!? And that ignores the...

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I believe including other commitments they are at or just over $5 million. Thorr is only including the formal commitments received when he says $4 million raised. The initial project was $5-5.2 million. Sounds like they are expanding on that. The expectation is to start construction in Sept ‘21. No...

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13-5 can make it, but you better have some marquee non-conference wins to back it up. The crux of this issue is playing as many good teams as possible before conference play. With the A-10 you can't just point to a record and say "that will get us in!" You can do that of you're in a P5 fo...

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I am not talking about people for some health reason cannot vote in person, that is a small number. I am talking about large numbers of people voting by mail who are healthy people. Would you send money in the mail? Would you put money in the mail to pay your taxes. I send a check. Another reason i...

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Every coach talks about culture. Dan actually accomplishes building it

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OBRAM wrote: ↑3 years ago Another reason is people don't trust mail-in ballots that is a problem.

People not trusting a mail-in ballot is completely irrelevant to my ability and right to use one and so therefore is only a problem for them. That's something they need to get over, not something I need to change

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All of our games are scheduled to be on Flo Sports

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Bryant is still hoping to get the game in later this spring if there is an opening for both schools

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If the money "isnt there" what can Thorr do? IMO, besides the offer to Hurley which i believe he knew he wasnt going to take and he was just trying to save face, he hasnt shown any dedication to improving the program thru better funding. We pay our assistants crap limited charter flights ...

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ramster wrote: ↑3 years ago
RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑3 years ago Can't vote, there's no F. Cox has been a failure
Now there is an F.

You can vote.

I also made it so posters can change their vote since there was so much confusion over the E.

Done and done

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Can't vote, there's no F. Cox has been a failure

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Maine has released their master plan for how they will use this gift and it's an impressive overhaul of their athletic complex. I'm pretty jealous and would love to see something like this here. https://goblackbears.com/news/2021/2/17/alfond-fund-umaine-pursues-transformative-110-million-athletic-fa...

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I tried. I did. I really thought if I put out some public rahrah posts that it would get me jazzed up. If I’m being honest I faked it like a prostitute. Thankfully I was never as invested as I tried to get myself to be. Pathetic but I feel nothing. For the first time since 2012 I feel no emotion, n...

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Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but wanted to point out that SB does not have a senior on the team. Everyone is back next year. Yes that is amazing they have everyone coming back , think they clinched there berth today and probably will be in the pre season Top 25 next year if everyone ba...

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In addition to having a team that needs a lot of work, BC, Boise State, and Brown isn't exactly a compelling non-conference home schedule. Lot of work to do on this schedule. This assumes the Brown game will be home and that the Mountain West will want us to compete in the A10-Mountain West challenge

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Way too many people are letting Cox off the hook by saying it's not the coach who is missing the shots. No, he's not on the court, but he's done a poor job of coaching so far, and it's his coaching that has directly lead to the poor offense. We always knew there would be a transition as guys took n...

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Way too many people are letting Cox off the hook by saying it's not the coach who is missing the shots. No, he's not on the court, but he's done a poor job of coaching so far, and it's his coaching that has directly lead to the poor offense. We always knew there would be a transition as guys took n...

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Amazing that a season has ended on March 4. Now the big question for me is does apathy set in among the fan base? That will start to be known around the time season ticket packages and mini packs start to get sold. The administration may luck out a bit, since fans will be starving to watch games in...

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RF1 wrote: ↑3 years ago
DigB wrote: ↑3 years ago Announcers said Cox had most wins over 3 years. True?
For some perspective. Cox will be 49-39 for his first three seasons. Harrick was 45-22 and Penders was 48-17 in their two season careers at URI.

In much harder versions of the Atlantic 10

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Anyone have access to today’s projo article? It looks like someone there has been reading this message board. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2021/03/05/does-uri-extend-coach-david-cox-move-on/4590953001/ Good lord. For better or worse, Bill always seems to be a ju...

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Consider all of the other NCAA teams this year that were robbed of practice time, endured “pauses” of their programs for weeks at a time because of positive tests and had games canceled left and right. Now consider that Rhody never experienced an extended Covid-related interruption at any point. Th...

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Sucks the way we ended this season looks like we have a major rebuild on our hands The Mitchell twins, Walker, Ish, Martin and Betrand as a starting point doesn't equate to a major rebuild. Who knows if others eligible to return such as Sheppard (I doubt Fatts)? We have 2 original 4 star recruits n...

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Bill Koch: Dayton averaged an adjusted 1.296 points/possession against #URI on Thursday. Third straight game where the #Rams set a new season worst. Started at George Washington, then at Duquesne, now here in their lone #A10MBB matchup. That's the most adjusted points per possession allowed in a ga...

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I wish we could lock this thread. He is here for next year. Getting rid of him right now would have actual negative effects on the program overall because every agent is going to warn their client about a 3-year chopping block at URI. This isn't some blue blood program folks. Let's be realistic. Th...

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From Morey Hershgordon ... Fatts Russell sheds some light on the injuries he played through this year: 1. Says he couldn't walk day after opening game vs. AZ St. (needed a shot in his foot) 2. Sports hernia suffered during first DUQ game. 3. High ankle sprain suffered at Dayton. That is one serious...

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Nine years ago today we fired Jim Baron. Nine years later, after a remarkable time to be a Ram fan, we're practically right back where we started, with a dead end coach that will never take us to the tournament. At least instead of 13th place in the conference we're all the way up in 10th place! It ...

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I think the only way that URI will fire Cox after this season, would be if the players let it be known they are extremely unhappy about the state of affairs, and threaten to leave if a change isn't made. Or actually do leave. It's unlikely, but who knows? More than have already left under Cox? How ...

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Throw it all out. The year doesn't matter. Logic doesn't matter. It's the wildest time of the year. We can do this. LETS FUCKING GO. Blue Man, I wish I can be as excited as you. Just fearful this game will be ugly and be totally frustrated. How can you go any lower after the last 7 games so pumped ...

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Yeah, right now Bryant is a better program than Fordham. Come back loaded next year, make another run at Bryant, then move up

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Cox needs a stronger supporting cast for sure, but... Who's the one making the decisions during games? Who's the one directing practice and game planning? It's Cox's program, and no one else's. Might make a small difference with new assistants, but not much...besides who would we get that's very go...

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theblueram wrote: ↑3 years agoNo Becker?

No Thad Matta?
No John Beilien?
No Bruce Pearl?

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