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Rhody72

I have no idea who will start and I'm not high on any of the new players. That said, I would guess Weston will start. The rest is a crap shoot. These guys playing against each other in practice will tell us who will start but will not tell us how good they will be. I hoping for good development thro...

Rhody72

I don’t think every player is treated as a great get. If that was the case then most people on here would think we were going to win the A10 this season. When in all reality most of us think we may be able to be a mid level A10 team. An improvement. This roster has some interesting players that cou...

Rhody72

Hockey would not be self supporting. I don't know why you're fixated on this idea. ... Hi Blue Man. You are right that hockey would not be self-supporting, at least not initially. Hockey is the sport where RI has the best local talent. I am trying to understand why you are so negative towards hocke...

Rhody72

Thanks for posting. This would have been helpful information about 5 pages ago. That is what I'm talking about. Looks great. Hopefully, this is feasible sooner than later. So football takes the State money and basketball gets to go fund raising. Pipe dream. How long did it take to raise $8M for the...

Rhody72

What are you suggesting 72? That the football and track should be with private money? Or that the practice facility, football and track should all be big state Money? Or something else? The tail is waging the dog. URI athletics is being held hostage to the football lobby. We are spending money on t...

Rhody72

For the past year, I've been saying that Archie's first year should be next year to the substantial disagreement to most posters who raved about last season's talent. This is what happens when your athletic administration is too slow to act. So, after our $8M basketball practice facility is built wi...

Rhody72

Cal is just trying to keep up with URI!

Rhody72

The state does not negotiate such things. And leading with a bribe of “if you get rid of a money loser we can replace it with a breaking-even substitute” isn’t going to work with them. I once thought like you do, and I was flat out wrong. The last I checked we have a Board of Trustees that advocate...

Rhody72

... It should probably come from local hockey families at the high school and lower levels and presented to the state as to why their children are not given an opportunity to earn scholarships at the state's only University for those sports, both men's and women's. So you are saying that money for ...

Rhody72

OK Rhody Blue-for the record,I am for hockey.also,wrestling,lacrosse,boxing & weight lifting. Since its you brought up the subject,what's your financial plan as to where would you get the $$ from for a womens team (just to start)? That's a fair question. If you are just starting a Title IX comp...

Rhody72

Ice hockey is a niche, specialized market draw by folks who grew up with it, appealing to larger audiences for South County, doubt it. South County is an area not a real County, so here is a list of Southern RI High Schools that have their own team or compete on a Co-op team in the RIIL. Boys: EG, ...

Rhody72

This thread was created to highlight the deplorable conditions of athletic facilities due to URI not having the money to maintain or upgrade them. There is also the not mentioned here issue of how URI does not really adequately fund the operations of most of the sports it currently sponsors. How ca...

Rhody72

The second a donor ponies up the $3-4M per year a men’s hockey program costs, and the matching title IX required team we would have a hockey program. If this was a priority for Thorr, it would have happened. The truth is that this would be a threat to football whose cost is doubled for Title IX mat...

Rhody72

Bottom line you can't just let the facilities rot. At some point stuff needs to be overhauled. ... Can it be done at URI? This is why I posted that renovation of a basketball practice facility should have been a URI/State expense and not done with boosters money. Not having a D1 hockey program play...

Rhody72

If URI had Hockey East Men's and Women's hockey programs, athletics would have more State support for Athletics. Northern RI is not a big supporter of URI. Go at it!

Rhody72

With the P6 schools shedding their dead weight annually so they can poach the mid-major stars, I am having a hard time figuring out how a team in the middle is supposed to have sustained success. I'll be consistent in saying that next year should be viewed as year 1 of the Miller era. He is a very ...

Rhody72

Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑1 year ago ...
Now that we are upping our commitment to the program, I would hate to see us become a prisoner of a one bid conference.

Don't deceive yourself. We are scrambling to keep up and not making the necessary commitment to get ahead.

Rhody72

We are a Jekyll and Hyde program, we are either really good or really bad…we need more of the good than the bad not to become a prisoner. That means having good back to back hires at head coach. You are absolutely correct! I choose to measure this by what you pay a coach. Put another way, if the pe...

Rhody72

It's literally a feckin URI Basketball Fan site. I would imagine besides yourself and 72, everyone else is only watching and posting here for URI. Even the freakin friar fans at least have avatars that show they are pc fans. You are full of$hit in saying that I am not a URI fan. There are few if an...

Rhody72

It's literally a feckin URI Basketball Fan site. I would imagine besides yourself and 72, everyone else is only watching and posting here for URI. Even the freakin friar fans at least have avatars that show they are pc fans. You are full of$hit in saying that I am not a URI fan. There are few if an...

Rhody72

The leadership needed goes higher than the head coach. Will Archie be here after a trip to the NCAAT? Then what? We've seen it all before.

Rhody72

URI's athletics history is as relevant as URI's robotics history. No one cares that a former URI basketball star played for a record 4 profession teams in the United States in the same year, and did it twice!

Rhody72

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago

Does Leah have a valuation?

Rhody72

I would rather have an open scholarship in case a mid-season opportunity arises than have Jalen back. I have nothing personal against Jalen, it's more the case of where the program is at this point.

Rhody72

scorpio wrote: ↑1 year ago
Why do you consider Emmi Rinat as a small guard? She is 6'0".

Good point! I should not have lumped her into the small guard category (< 5'10").

Rhody72

Adler was a highly rated Euro recruit last year with size, played sparingly. Anyone with insight as to why she didn't play more?

Rhody72

Archie. knowing what he had at URI, had to take a flyer on someone with talent like Freeman while also knowing that he wouldn't take crap from a player the way Cox did with Fatts and the Mitchel twins.

Rhody72

Before the season I posted that GW fans on their board were not upset about his departure. This was a warning sign to me.

Rhody72

I wish I knew which players were receiving NIL money and how much as well as whether they are on scholarship. When athletes are being compensated for participation, I have a higher expectation for their commitment to their sport; whereas, I have a lower expectation for those who participate without ...

Rhody72

I feel like an economist. On the one hand, I think we have a stronger roster for next year. On the other hand, I don't see where we will have enough size the following year to compete at a high level. With today's game, it's better to being looking short-term. I want to see us recruit a quality ~6'3...

Rhody72

spookydog wrote: ↑1 year ago

Conversely, numerous mid-major best players are leaving for bigger programs so the same statement could be made about other programs. Hardly a URI-centric issue.

Ish should have left a year earlier if he was going to leave.

Rhody72

bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago

The loss of Ish is more a symbolic hit than a substantative one. Good player, great person, but his production can be replaced.

He was our best player. I don't see his departure as a positive for the team.

Rhody72

Right now, we are not as good as last year based on their accomplishments and what we lost. To say otherwise is an overly optimistic projection. Ish bought into Archie and staff and then left. It is not a ringing endorsement when your best player does that.

Rhody72

theblueram wrote: ↑1 year ago
I think Thorr should get the job. As much as we would lose, we would gain.

Here! Here! Give Thorr the General Hershey treatment.

Rhody72

Ramfan22 wrote: ↑1 year ago Why would he go to Fordham?

Because of things we don't know or don't want to admit.

Rhody72

He’s from Cleveland and your not sure why he would want to move to gansett? 😉 Gansett was on fire yesterday. Town beach was packed like a day in August. Scarborough Beach lot was completely full with cars waiting to get in. Crazy!!!!! With global warming, Gansett may become a year round destination...

Rhody72

Is the Gola Center their practice facility? Is it used for other sports? I don't see VB lines on the floor.

Rhody72

bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago
Rhody72 wrote: ↑1 year ago Looks a lot like La Salle's practice facility.
You’re just an awful troll

Recently, I saw the following interview with Kenny Johnson from when he was at La Salle. I don't see stands, so it looks like their practice facility.

Rhody72

Looks a lot like La Salle's practice facility.

Rhody72

Archie is going to tell us that the plan is to do whatever he is able to do to put together the best team he can. That is the plan! That there is some other master plan is just coach-speak.

Rhody72

RamStock wrote: ↑1 year ago
ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑1 year ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago

ruined the sport
Yup. There might as well be no rules anymore. They should have paid all players the same amount no matter where they went to school

If you didn't know this was happening, then you live under a rock.

Rhody72

Two posts about Zek from Bradley message board. Originally posted by Da Coach View Post I think it just for the money. Bradley NIL money just cannot compete with the NIL money at any Power 6 conference school. Zek is somewhat far from home (Louisville), so it's possible he wants to transfer somewher...

Rhody72

Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year ago
rjv wrote: ↑1 year ago Fill the roster. Fill all your scholarships with the best player you can get..We do not win games on speculation, we win games on having the players to win now!
Yup, I am sure that is the plan.

We do not want forfeit losses because we can't field a team!

Rhody72

I thought Dolly was a great captain and teammate, and played a steady floor game. Towards the end of the season her shooting proficiency declined except her FT shooting. At the end of close games, she was good to have on the floor when ahead but not behind. Tammi showed her respect by starting her g...

Rhody72

Unless it is an annual rivalry game, don't allow scheduling of Q4 OOC opponents from the previous year. Allow scheduling of other conference teams that don't count against your conference record. Reduce schedules rather than scheduling Q4 opponents except for tournaments where the majority of teams ...

Rhody72

Are we so desperate that we would take another Freeman? Why even the interest?

Rhody72

Not sure if that was the goal, but I actually thought this was kinda funny.... It was meant to be funny. But after the failure of last year's crop and how the fan club raved about them, I'm thinking the same thing could happen again. If we get someone late who once highly rated, check to see if the...

Rhody72

Where's the leadership that makes URI so late to the table? The URI Collective is just getting started. Absolutely untrue. Ours was set up before Pee Cee. Prior to last season. "set up" is not the issue. How much money from the URI Collective has gone to players in each athletic program? ...

Rhody72

A Kansas guy transferring to ECU. It may not be often but it happens. There are still 1500 kids in the portal. While the anticipation and waiting is difficult, there is plenty of time to get some very good players. Eventually the rosters on all good teams will be full and the best of the rest that ...

Rhody72

You do realize there is more than 1 assistant coach correct? Maryland lost an assistant coach who is now the head coach at George Mason. And his background was also the DC area so very doubtful that Jones' arrival has any impact on Cox. But it is a nice story though. ;) You make a good point. The D...

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