The Official - URI’s NEW Head Coach is DAVID COX

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

If Cox truly doesn't know yet...then Dan doesn't know yet.

This is going to play out until the bitter end......no leaks at all.

I just know I'll be on the road tomorrow when the news breaks...it always happens.

The way this is going....it will be a total surprise.....bwaaaahhahaha

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 6 years ago

jcru wrote:Two things are important here:

1. David Cox is not Jerry DeGregorio

2. Joe Dooley is not Jim Baron

I think we will be ok no matter what happens here. I'm at peace with this.

Jcru, I admit you were annoying me but kudos on your new avatar.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

jcru wrote:I'm going off on a limb here.

I see what you did with your avatar.........

jcru · Unread post by **jcru** » 6 years ago

Did I choose the right shade of blue?

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

A little too dark...but that's OK.

Rhodyhooopz · Unread post by **Rhodyhooopz** » 6 years ago

jcru wrote:Gerald DeGregorio?

Gerry, Gerry, Gerry... is that how it went?

I remember cringing at the banquet that year when people started chanting that.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

jcru wrote:Did I choose the right shade of blue?

Lol

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Just awesome to pick a guy based on Lamar coming back.....nothing to do with qualifications or anything.

Jerry wasn't qualified to be a towel boy in a restroom.

His 2 assistants were 100X more qualified than him....talk about back asswards.......if either of them were the HC then JB may have never happened.

Matunuck · Unread post by **Matunuck** » 6 years ago

Zags just tweeted, Cox interview ed today. Decision coming soon.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

How the hell did Jerry D. get a job in the NBA?

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:How the hell did Jerry D. get a job in the NBA?

Sonny

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 6 years ago

The UConn hire has no meaning for URI. UConn still holding a spot for Cox.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

jcru wrote:I'm going off on a limb here.

jcru did you make that avatar or steal it?

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 6 years ago

I think they should fill it.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

The Oak City Hoop Report‏ @OakHoop · 28m28 minutes ago
The Oak City Hoop Report Retweeted Jon Rothstein

Joe Dooley to ECU not official just yet. Sources are saying Dooley met with Rhode Island this morning.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Birdman is saying that our Dooley loves Joe Dooley, that he wanted to hire him 6 years ago ahead of Dan. Now we find out that he did interview this morning and his ECU deal is not done. We'll see.

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 6 years ago

Iggy1979 wrote:The UConn hire has no meaning for URI. UConn still holding a spot for Cox.

They would need two spots, one for Cox and one for Boswell.

Matunuck · Unread post by **Matunuck** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Birdman is saying that our Dooley loves Joe Dooley, that he wanted to hire him 6 years ago ahead of Dan. Now we find out that he did interview this morning and his ECU deal is not done. We'll see.

Oh my! Here we go

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 6 years ago

I'm told if Cox doesn't get job some current players will leave. We're talking an empty cupboard.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Birdman is saying that our Dooley loves Joe Dooley, that he wanted to hire him 6 years ago ahead of Dan. Now we find out that he did interview this morning and his ECU deal is not done. We'll see.

Good thing we have a competent AD.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Maybe Dooley wants ECU to increase their offer by leveraging his interest here.

Just throwing stuff out there at this point.

This stuff will go on all night.

Birdman is full of it. Dooley was all in with Thorr with the DH hire. Please.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Anybody see some fancy cars at the gas station on 138 recently?

Matunuck · Unread post by **Matunuck** » 6 years ago

Is some of this info leaked to torture us?

Matunuck · Unread post by **Matunuck** » 6 years ago

theblueram wrote:Anybody see some fancy cars at the gas station on 138 recently?

Slick has a driver with a fancy car

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

Interesting though...seems possible our competent AD wanted Slick, Prez nixed it. Dooley may now want Dooley (can someone please jump on Ancestry.com just to make sure this is ok?) ... but what if Thorr now wants Cox...and the prez wants Dooley? This keeps getting better all the time....

Or, to answer HurleyShow's question..."yes"

NJRhodyFan · Unread post by **NJRhodyFan** » 6 years ago

Make no mistake about it, if Cox isn’t offered the position it will set the program back big time. Anybody saying differently isn’t paying attention. It will also guarantee that Cox, the entire recruiting class and most likely Fatts and Dowtin will follow Hurley to UCONN which will just further twist the knife into the back of every URI fan that’s passionately supported this team. Thorr knows what he needs to do. Just make the announcement already so we can start planning for next season.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Does Dooley want URI to basically start all over again from scratch roster wise?

And lose all the benefits [read: money] from our recent success? How about donations? Ticket revenue? More NCAA credits? And much more.

Look what all the increased publicity and exposure has done for the school. Some things can't be measured in money either.

Dooley's no dummy...he's been all in on improving URI's place in the academic and athletic world.

I would bet our boosters would balk at Joe Dooley...and put on hold at least some of the promised improvements to the program.

No shit, Sherlock.

sandman012 · Unread post by **sandman012** » 6 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote:I'm officially putting this thread on pause for myself until a hire is made. Too much going on lol.

If you've been with it this long, might as well see it through

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

I believe Fatts and Harris would go to UConn and 5 or 6 others, maybe more, would go elsewhere.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 6 years ago

Thompson would leave too. He liked all the recruits tweets yesterday.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Will Leviton might be our starting PG this year.

Dre3000 · Unread post by **Dre3000** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I believe Fatts and Harris would go to UConn and 5 or 6 others, maybe more, would go elsewhere.

Yea Hurley would have to run some people off to make room for SIX transfers lol

I bet some of our guys would try to transfer up to a P5 and maybe some of the recruits also.

Wherever they'd go, it surely would not be URI without Cox.

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 6 years ago

This just doesn’t make sense. If we have rebuilt a fan base and rebuilt the talent, why would we make a decision that would undoubtedly negatively impact both.

This isn’t deciding between a high major head coach and Cox. Cox has to be the choice here and any other decision will have long lasting repurcussions

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

If Cox isn't the hire...there's really probably only one other guy that could keep all the talent together...

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Dre3000 wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:I believe Fatts and Harris would go to UConn and 5 or 6 others, maybe more, would go elsewhere.
Yea Hurley would have to run some people off to make room for SIX transfers lol

I bet some of our guys would try to transfer up to a P5 and maybe some of the recruits also.

Wherever they'd go, it surely would not be URI without Cox.

I think UConn has 2 open schollies. That's why I say Fatts and Harris there.

rhodylaw · Unread post by **rhodylaw** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I believe Fatts and Harris would go to UConn and 5 or 6 others, maybe more, would go elsewhere.

They are gone if the coach is not heads and shoulders better than Cox, like taken teams to the final four, got guys into the NBA type of coach. End the misery, none of these candidates are markedly better than Cox. Give him a shot and give him everything you promised Hurley to make this successful.

FattsAndFurious · Unread post by **FattsAndFurious** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I believe Fatts and Harris would go to UConn and 5 or 6 others, maybe more, would go elsewhere.

Doubt Fatts would go there with Alterique Gilbert there. Their fans seem to think Isaiah Washington could transfer there since they hired that Minnesota recruiter

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

If I was a major booster to this program, I would be on the phone right now to Thorr and or Dooley, and telling them you hire someone other than Cox [since they aren't hiring RP] then no more dinero from me.......

How this has come to this point imo is ridiculous.....yeah they had to wait until today to hire someone....but really?

jcru · Unread post by **jcru** » 6 years ago

I really wouldn't want to be Thorr Bjorn on this one. This is why he makes the big bucks, so to speak. So much riding on this hire and really no guarantees either way, they are probably just going to go with what their gut tells them.

This is intense.

Hurley after Baron was a slam dunk, easy money, no brainer, in comparison.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 6 years ago

Believe me when I say, NONE OF COX’s recruits will stay to play for JOE DOOLEY. Thad Matta/Tom Crean type, MAYBE, but DOOLEY? No. Never.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 6 years ago

Dan and Jellyfam, now that would be fun to watch.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:If I was a major booster to this program, I would be on the phone right now to Thorr and or Dooley, and telling them you hire someone other than Cox [since they aren't hiring RP] then no more dinero from me.......

How this has come to this point imo is ridiculous.....yeah they had to wait until today to hire someone....but really?

If I was a major booster to this program, I would be on the phone right now to Thorr and or Dooley, and telling them you hire someone other than Cox [since they aren't hiring RP]make it Slick or no more dinero from me.......

Section104 · Unread post by **Section104** » 6 years ago

We’d be paying Cox $150,000 to bring our players and recruit(s) to Uconn. Losing Dan was painful enough.

jcru · Unread post by **jcru** » 6 years ago

As much as I would have liked to see that, NYG, the timing is just not right. If Hurley had stayed one more year, then maybe next year would have been a different story. You can't blame URI for that. You can't hire someone with active, unresolved mess with the NCAA looming over them.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

Section104 wrote:We’d be paying Cox $150,000 to bring our players and recruit(s) to Uconn. Losing Dan was painful enough.

Yikes, that is harsh....

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 6 years ago

Maybe Tom Izzo is getting tired of the crap at Michigan State, and wants a smaller gig.....ha ha....

Although he is getting flak for their poor performance against the Syracuse zone in the NCAAT.....

208 is wishing, but he knows it can't happen.....yeah if Pitino didn't have that mess hanging over him....I could see us hiring him over Cox.

But then, he would still be at Louisville.......

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 6 years ago

......I just don’t what to think anymore, so many variables, just get the decision out there......pick up the pieces.......move on as a program.......for me, if the coaching decision results in any long lasting steps backwards will be major disappointment.......

Matunuck · Unread post by **Matunuck** » 6 years ago

Slick for two years. Cox gets a raise, stays as associate, with a bigger buyout if he doesn’t get the job in 2020.

RamIt! · Unread post by **RamIt!** » 6 years ago

DC_Rams wrote:Believe me when I say, NONE OF COX’s recruits will stay to play for JOE DOOLEY. Thad Matta/Tom Crean type, MAYBE, but DOOLEY? No. Never.

What about the far chance Ashley Howard was still in consideration? Strong recruiter, 2x national champ... I know he has LaSalle history, but if he were offered URI, wonder which he would chose...

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

True...he's still wishing. And, he fully knows it's not likely, but, the 2004 BoSox did prove that ANYTHING is possible

Absolutely LOVE this idea, HS: Slick for two years. Cox gets a raise, stays as associate, with a bigger buyout if he doesn’t get the job in 2020.