As some say we should be nice to players and coaches because they read this “Shit”, I thought wouldn’t it be nice if posters were nicer to each other?
People who say stuff like this during this time / the offseason, what the hell else do you want to talk about? Only so much to post about this time of year, especially with the world on pause.
Just stop Ramster. I'm glad Kentucky was surprised we can swear here. It is America. Or it used to be anyway.ramster wrote: ↑4 years agoAs some say we should be nice to players and coaches because they read this “Shit”, I thought wouldn’t it be nice if posters were nicer to each other?
I read the Kentucky Board regarding Jacob Toppin. Some had read this board. A comment was they were surprised that cuss words were allowed here
Most boards do not allow swearing
I think moderators should not allow use of swear words. If we are concerned about families reading this then why not disallow use of the F-word?
No I will not stoptheblueram wrote: ↑4 years agoJust stop Ramster. I'm glad Kentucky was surprised we can swear here. It is America. Or it used to be anyway.ramster wrote: ↑4 years agoAs some say we should be nice to players and coaches because they read this “Shit”, I thought wouldn’t it be nice if posters were nicer to each other?
I read the Kentucky Board regarding Jacob Toppin. Some had read this board. A comment was they were surprised that cuss words were allowed here
Most boards do not allow swearing
I think moderators should not allow use of swear words. If we are concerned about families reading this then why not disallow use of the F-word?
Where does this come off as a personal attack? Most of us have had plenty of chances to attack other posters, and some have, but this was about the subject matter not the poster. I for one would have given up my season tickets if Pitino came here, and I know of a number of others who said the same. If you want to call me a troll for giving a shorter response to the Pitino question, that's your prerogative. I'm not one to continually drag out old statistics and quotes ad nauseam to prove a point.ramster wrote: ↑4 years agoNo I will not stoptheblueram wrote: ↑4 years agoJust stop Ramster. I'm glad Kentucky was surprised we can swear here. It is America. Or it used to be anyway.ramster wrote: ↑4 years ago
As some say we should be nice to players and coaches because they read this “Shit”, I thought wouldn’t it be nice if posters were nicer to each other?
I read the Kentucky Board regarding Jacob Toppin. Some had read this board. A comment was they were surprised that cuss words were allowed here
Most boards do not allow swearing
I think moderators should not allow use of swear words. If we are concerned about families reading this then why not disallow use of the F-word?
I have never liked the swearing here.
And the personal attacks are way too common
It’s hypocritical to say we should be nice because players, recruits and families of recruits read this and then be so mean to fellow posters
Part of the problem is a troll or two who stir things up.
I understand some people would give up season tix if Rick came here. Does anyone think for a second that those tix and then some, would not be snatched right up? Maybe that's why they didn't pursue him, yeah, yeah, they were afraid no one would buy season tickets?RAM67 wrote: ↑4 years agoWhere does this come off as a personal attack? Most of us have had plenty of chances to attack other posters, and some have, but this was about the subject matter not the poster. I for one would have given up my season tickets if Pitino came here, and I know of a number of others who said the same. If you want to call me a troll for giving a shorter response to the Pitino question, that's your prerogative. I'm not one to continually drag out old statistics and quotes ad nauseam to prove a point.ramster wrote: ↑4 years agoNo I will not stoptheblueram wrote: ↑4 years ago
Just stop Ramster. I'm glad Kentucky was surprised we can swear here. It is America. Or it used to be anyway.
I have never liked the swearing here.
And the personal attacks are way too common
It’s hypocritical to say we should be nice because players, recruits and families of recruits read this and then be so mean to fellow posters
Part of the problem is a troll or two who stir things up.
Again. At this point who gives a poop?
I think a long long time ago. 60s or 70s before either he was at Indiana or before he made it big there. It least that's what I remember the scuttlebutt being long after the fact.rambone 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago My memory is fading, but wasn't there talk about Bobby Knight having interest at one time?
That final four was in 1985. Jack Kraft was already retired from URI by then.Brian Forster wrote: ↑4 years ago Villanova had to vacate a final four when Jack Kraft was there.
Depends on what you consider baggage.
He was great coach and hire though.
Because Howard Porter signed with an agent, not because anything Kraft did. I guess you could give him some of the blame because he was the person in charge of the program. I'm not sure he ever knew about it.Brian Forster wrote: ↑4 years ago Villanova had to vacate a final four when Jack Kraft was there.
Depends on what you consider baggage.
He was great coach and hire though.
Love the reaching outrhodyfan3000 wrote: ↑4 years ago Hey that was a good message. Appropriate. Positive.
https://gorhody.com/sports/m-baskbl/202 ... 0420pmsbkp
One thing you can say about Cox. He's got a motor, it appears he never stops going, like the energizer bunny.
I do wonder if not hiring Pitino is why Tom Ryan hasn't built the practice facility.LoveThoseRams wrote: ↑4 years ago i would rather Tom Ryan lead the charge to get a practice facility in the works, instead of meeting with sleezebag coaches. IMHO
So, if Tom Ryan had gone to Dooley and said Pitino would come to URI, Dooley would have told Tom Ryan "No Thanks"? Time for a Presidential search!steviep123 wrote: ↑4 years ago This Pitino talk is a waste. Regardless of whether or not Ryan and/or any other boosters had serious discussions 2 years ago isn't really relevant. Dooley wasn't going to hire him. ...
“That’ll never happen while I’m around.” — Obvious nepotism hire Dan GavittCHICO 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago There is a huge difference between Kraft and Pitino. Howard Porter had signed with an agent unbeknown to
Kraft or Villanova. So they had played in ineligible player . Hence the DQ.
Pitino claimed not to know about the prostitution, bribes , etc. Utter BS. There were a litany of violations
so the NCAA stripped away their title, all wins, etc. Put them on Probation. But I think they should
have gotten worse. Especially Pitino. Too often the coach and his staff commit violations. The
NCAA comes down on the school and the coach just skips away and gets another job from another
program that's will to get down in the mud with the slimy coach to "take their program to new heights",
to increase season ticket sales, to make more money. The lure of the "Success" , albeit short term,
that a "Pitino" can bring to a program, is usually too difficult for some schools to resist. So the coach
makes his splash, gets paid a lot of money, and when it hits the fan, he leaves and takes his money.
The school is left to pay for his sins. I say blast them both .
So I think Pitino and anybody who is caught doing such egregious things should be banned for life.
And the school should get the "Death Penalty" ( see SMU Football scandal 1987).
I think it would need to happen 2 or 3 times before it sinks in that the NCAA means business.
Doing it once would be considered a one off. But It' will never happen , too much money to be made
to really do what's needed to stop this stuff and the new 0 penalty transfer rule will just encourage
unscrupulous behavior. A sad testimony
Fixed that for ya.Rhode_Island_Red wrote: ↑4 years ago“That’ll never happen while I’m around.” — Obvious nepotism hire Dan Gavitt Anyone who's been paying attentionCHICO 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago There is a huge difference between Kraft and Pitino. Howard Porter had signed with an agent unbeknown to
Kraft or Villanova. So they had played in ineligible player . Hence the DQ.
Pitino claimed not to know about the prostitution, bribes , etc. Utter BS. There were a litany of violations
so the NCAA stripped away their title, all wins, etc. Put them on Probation. But I think they should
have gotten worse. Especially Pitino. Too often the coach and his staff commit violations. The
NCAA comes down on the school and the coach just skips away and gets another job from another
program that's will to get down in the mud with the slimy coach to "take their program to new heights",
to increase season ticket sales, to make more money. The lure of the "Success" , albeit short term,
that a "Pitino" can bring to a program, is usually too difficult for some schools to resist. So the coach
makes his splash, gets paid a lot of money, and when it hits the fan, he leaves and takes his money.
The school is left to pay for his sins. I say blast them both .
So I think Pitino and anybody who is caught doing such egregious things should be banned for life.
And the school should get the "Death Penalty" ( see SMU Football scandal 1987).
I think it would need to happen 2 or 3 times before it sinks in that the NCAA means business.
Doing it once would be considered a one off. But It' will never happen , too much money to be made
to really do what's needed to stop this stuff and the new 0 penalty transfer rule will just encourage
unscrupulous behavior. A sad testimony
So obviously the same honor would have to go to Jim Harrick a guy who put 3 out of 4 schools he coached at on probation after he left. I can pretty much guarantee if someone had checked into his time at Pepperdine he would have a perfect record for putting schools on probation.CHICO 78 wrote: ↑4 years ago There is a huge difference between Kraft and Pitino. Howard Porter had signed with an agent unbeknown to
Kraft or Villanova. So they had played in ineligible player . Hence the DQ.
Pitino claimed not to know about the prostitution, bribes , etc. Utter BS. There were a litany of violations
so the NCAA stripped away their title, all wins, etc. Put them on Probation. But I think they should
have gotten worse. Especially Pitino. Too often the coach and his staff commit violations. The
NCAA comes down on the school and the coach just skips away and gets another job from another
program that's will to get down in the mud with the slimy coach to "take their program to new heights",
to increase season ticket sales, to make more money. The lure of the "Success" , albeit short term,
that a "Pitino" can bring to a program, is usually too difficult for some schools to resist. So the coach
makes his splash, gets paid a lot of money, and when it hits the fan, he leaves and takes his money.
The school is left to pay for his sins. I say blast them both .
So I think Pitino and anybody who is caught doing such egregious things should be banned for life.
And the school should get the "Death Penalty" ( see SMU Football scandal 1987).
I think it would need to happen 2 or 3 times before it sinks in that the NCAA means business.
Doing it once would be considered a one off. But It' will never happen , too much money to be made
to really do what's needed to stop this stuff and the new 0 penalty transfer rule will just encourage
unscrupulous behavior. A sad testimony
I always love the lurkers who come and say, "I like these five posters and everyone else sucks".BlackDogRants wrote: ↑4 years agoOh I didn't make the list?! Fine... I will be entering my name into the message board transfer portal.89er wrote: ↑4 years ago Ok so I have been a follower of KB for years. I hardly ever post as you see. However, I have come to appreciate who are rational posters. IMO they are BlueRam, 83, Big apple ram, DC, Iggy, Sec 205, Bos, Rod (rip), I may have missed one but so many of you are just full of shit!! Call it pent up Covid19 frustration
Sorry.
Kidding... I love this board!
theblueram wrote: ↑4 years agoJust stop Ramster. I'm glad Kentucky was surprised we can swear here. It is America. Or it used to be anyway.ramster wrote: ↑4 years agoAs some say we should be nice to players and coaches because they read this “Shit”, I thought wouldn’t it be nice if posters were nicer to each other?
I read the Kentucky Board regarding Jacob Toppin. Some had read this board. A comment was they were surprised that cuss words were allowed here
Most boards do not allow swearing
I think moderators should not allow use of swear words. If we are concerned about families reading this then why not disallow use of the F-word?
100% - if those groups of people can't handle the URI message board then they have no shot of success anywhere with bright lights. We expect success here, nothing wrong with that. If I was a good player at URI and came on the message board to see someone pointing out a flaw in my game I would be pissed for awhile, then hit the gym to prove those people wrong not cut bait and go to a place where no one ever questions my abilities. If no one is questioning your game then no one is seeing your game (unless you are Kobe or MJ which lets face it chances are if you are playing at URI you are not).NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑4 years ago Be careful what y'all post here...from what I've read, it can:
-discourage potential big name coaches from coming here
-keep away top notch recruits
-make good players leave
lol...if any of those three groups of people would be swayed by a message board...they're too soft to be here in the 1st place.
Carry on.
I do agree with ramster about swearing...no need for it. My dad (who did swear a fair amount, and frankly, so do I occasionally) used to say it's what people say when they can't think of anything intelligent to say.
