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Rhody72

In an interview Tammi made a reference to getting bigger, While from my seat I see the need for a proven PG, Tammi is a better judge at projecting the performance of her players and needs for the team.

Rhody72

I would take a proven PG if one is available. The only PGs we have are Ines, Blagrove who didn't play and the incoming freshman. Ines gained experience this year, but she had trouble under pressure. I'm sure she will improve. But, what if she gets injured? We need a proven PG for 1 year.

Rhody72

But, second semester isn't over and Archie said he'd be here second semester. Do we not trust Archie?
(This will keep the thread alive!)

Rhody72

My favorite URI basketball player of all-time was a West Warwick Wizard and it wasn't Tommy Garrick. Rhody tough!

Rhody72

Archie didn’t allow guys like Bray do whatever they hell they wanted like Cox did with Fatts and the twins. Last year sucked but Archie was a much better coach on the sidelines and he won’t allow any player to be above the team. The question is can he bring in the talent to win. The recruiting clas...

Rhody72

Great job by Tammi putting together an NIT team in what should have been a rebuilding year. Three one year transfers deservedly started and provided leadership for a young group of returnees. A real shout-out to two returnees who really improved their game this season; Maye Toure and Sophie Phillips...

Rhody72

It's funny, you said over and over again that we should have extended the contract, but you didn't add the ending the buyout part until after his last year, after he was fired, after Archie was hired, and after you got constantly called out on your wrong opinion Not extending the buy-out was always...

Rhody72

You wanted to extend David Cox’ contract when it was clear he wasn’t the guy. For the 100th time, I wanted to extend the contract and end the buy-out while we lined up a replacement, If DC would not accept, he should have been fired. He wasn't the guy and we needed to make lemonade with a lemon. Th...

Rhody72

No one said it was - but that's where we are so let's make the best of it and win the damn thing. As do you. I root for URI to win every game and do better than any point spreads regardless of whether the game counts for anything or not. This board voted to take my tag line as its name: NCAAs or Bu...

Rhody72

I really liked what was said in the the presser following the UR game by Tammi, Sophie and Emmi. Sophie and Emmi know their roles: get open and shoot the ball. Take good shots and never let missed shots stop you from taking the next open shot. Tammi wanted this rematch of their first game this year ...

Rhody72

Let's keep the NIT in perspective. This is an exhibition tournament among teams not good enough to make the NCAAT. We are getting better but we are not good enough yet. Making the NIT has never been a goal. Never be satisfied with making the NIT. Now you're shitting on the women's team? Good god du...

Rhody72

It seems like you have 3 levels in women's college basketball: NCAA NIT everyone else URI with the help of Tammi has just entered the ground level of that 2nd tier. ... I think you have it right. Consider that A10's tournament champ SLU lost to a #4 seed Tennessee by 40 points. Also. WBB A10 confer...

Rhody72

Slap a coat of paint on West Gym, get boosters to pay for overdue deferred maintenance and call it a basketball practice facility. Check the box and all our problems will be solved. Another shot at Thorr, I presume. Did you read in the ProJo today that PC's Practice facility cost $35M? Compared to ...

Rhody72

Slap a coat of paint on West Gym, get boosters to pay for overdue deferred maintenance and call it a basketball practice facility. Check the box and all our problems will be solved.

Rhody72

Find a successful AAU team and offer their entire starting line-up as a package. Throw in some athletic scholarships for their girl friends, communal living arrangements, NIL money and nights at donated hotel rooms for family/friends if it helps. Don't just think big, act big. Playing for Archie or ...

Rhody72

Something disruptive is going on inside PC to get Ed to leave a job that was his lifelong dream and in which he was so successful.

Rhody72

The problem isn't Archie.

Rhody72

I missed the 23-24 line. I agree they will be better IF they get players. With the current list of players still there, I don't see it. Ask me again in Nov. The players we get will have to exceed the production of Jalen, Bray, Malik, Ish, Samb and Bassy less the development of current returnees esp...

Rhody72

steviep123 wrote: ↑1 year ago They’ll be better in 23-24. Change is good."

What he said first was my take away. It is a direct statement with which I was disagreeing. I don't follow twitter so I never read the contradiction.

Rhody72

steviep123 wrote: ↑1 year ago
Rhody72 wrote: ↑1 year ago If Ish leaves, we will not be better next year with just the recruits to date.
No sh1t, Sherlock.

DiSano above seems to think we will be better.

Rhody72

Tammie was not a good fit for Tammie or PC.

Rhody72

... It will not be on par with much more expensive stand alone facilities in the A-10 such as those found at VCU and UMass. It will likely only rate mid range in the conference (VCU, UMass, UD, SLU. LUC, UR). ... In the end, this facility will just be another needed piece to help better level the p...

Rhody72

If Ish leaves, we will not be better next year with just the recruits to date.

Rhody72

Is this to catch-up with competition or does this give URI an advantage over competition? To me it looks like a renovated old West Gym for the exclusive use of the basketball teams. I'm not impressed with what I'm seeing so far.

Rhody72

If things are as bad at URI as many of you think, Archie could take another job after 4/15/23 for an $800K buy-out.

Rhody72

RhodyRams916 wrote: ↑1 year ago
Seriously though. If Archie gets the right pieces I don't see why it can't happen to us in a year or two. I'm not ready to say next season is "back to square one" until we know the final roster.

And I'm about to win the Powerball jackpot.

Rhody72

bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago ... But it’s not the reason we finished in 14th place this year.

Why? is a very deep and controversial matter.

Rhody72

Ed wants to stay at PC. Will the diocese include an envelop for NIL money? It will take a lot more nildo (I'm tm'ing that) to get the same player to choose peecee over DC. If they get a real coach at Gtown....chout. It depends weather they want to work for a degree from a prestigious institution or...

Rhody72

Ed wants to stay at PC. Will the diocese include an envelop for NIL money?

Rhody72

ramster wrote: ↑1 year ago
jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago Archie takes your ultimatum, and laughs in your general direciton
And states "we will be good when we are good"

Can't disagree with that quote!

Rhody72

Is it 4 former URI players who get to play in the NCAAT. No wonder there is an exodus.

Rhody72

Princeton has much to offer as long as enrollment services is cooperative.

Rhody72

You play from year to year; there is no building for the future. The future is now. Archie will say what he has to say to sell his program to the public and get the most from players. What he said was his strategy when hired was pure PR/BS. If Thomas wants to start at the highest possible level, he ...

Rhody72

With frequent substitutions in an eleven player rotation, we are under-performing early in games in order to have everyone rested for the final 15 minutes when our opponents are tiring. Our problem is that our veteran starters are pacing themselves as though they will be expected to play 30+ minutes...

Rhody72

As long as I can have a chair for times when opponents have the ball, I'll play as a designated shooter.

Rhody72

Hopefully the showers will spray WD40 on them!

Rhody72

URI is always playing catch-up. When DH's final year was underway, there was no doubt that MBB would generate substantial revenue in the future with DH as coach to fund MBB program improvements. URI needed to be proactive. I don't disagree - the best time to do any of those improvements was then (o...

Rhody72

My guess is that we will blow them out in the second half. Not only are we shooting treys horrendously, we can't even hit the rim. We will wear them out.

Rhody72

No one is...but it can be used as a good stepping stone/tournament to gain experience. What was impressive this year was that this was a re-building year in which we were competitive to tie for the conference because of our depth. "A good stepping stone" is a euphemism for not quite being...

Rhody72

Let's keep the NIT in perspective. This is an exhibition tournament among teams not good enough to make the NCAAT. We are getting better but we are not good enough yet. Making the NIT has never been a goal. Never be satisfied with making the NIT.

Rhody72

No one was keeping Hurls from UConn. Now, if UConn didn't come along or another dream scenario - I believe Ace when she inferred Hurley would have only left for a handful of places. If the support/infrastructure that Thorr/Parlange put in place was there 6 years ago, it would have been much harder ...

Rhody72

NFN, but I think, even if Hurls had stayed then, he'd still be gone by now. Curious what others think... Thorr had to be all over DH giving him whatever he wanted. Instead all he could see was how he could use the money that would be flowing in for non-MBB purposes. Whenever that happened, DH would...

Rhody72

RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago It basically all but guarantees no sooner than a 4 year rebuild.

Many posters disagreed when I said the same a year ago.

Rhody72

72, did Thorr steal your candy ? Is that why you always have an ax to grind against him ? Or, was it Dooley and Thorr that colluded to steal your candy ? Come on…fess up. You are amongst fellow fans here. We can handle the truth. You can’t hold the grudge indefinitely; it’s not healthy. No grudge. ...

Rhody72

As with the URI Administration, NIL discussions now are late to the party. Does URI have to always be last to act? This is one reason why we are not a leading A10 program.

Rhody72

Ish considering leaving is the result of management incompetence before Arch was hired. Unlike DH, Archie was out of basketball a year, didn't have a former NBA brother coming as an assistant, didn't have a father who was a living basketball legend coach and didn't have a handful pf players ready to...

Rhody72

If Cooley didn't entertain interest from Michigan, he is not going entertain interest from Penn State. That Gt is not a football school is a plus for Cooley. 72, you and a few others here seem to be missing the point. I suggest going back to the previous page and reading Ace’s question she posted a...

Rhody72

If Cooley didn't entertain interest from Michigan, he is not going entertain interest from Penn State. That Gt is not a football school is a plus for Cooley.

Rhody72

I think the next 2-3 weeks are critical for getting transfers. This where the recruiting the last year will either pay off or not.

Rhody72

Based on my timeline for URI returning to the NCAAT, Ish wouldn't be here three years from this season. I understand Ish leaving, wish him well, but it has little impact on when URI will dance again.

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