How would you rate Coach Cox for the 2020 - 2021 Season?

[ramster]

Same Poll format as for 2019-2020 Season.

How would you rate Coach Cox for the 2020 - 2021 Season?

Poll will close in 7 days

There is an F in the Poll now for those who suggested they needed an F.

We aim to please

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.....oh boy, this should be interesting.......I guess there will be a few “high level” votes.......after much thought I graded DC a D........

[Rhody15]

What the hell is an E? Did you forget that F is a grade?

[RhowdyRam02]

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

[Rhody15]

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

Yea, no clue how one doesn't include an F for a grade.

[rambone 78]

E stands for extremely bad.

[rhodysurf]

I gave a C for playing a full schedule with no covid pauses

[Rhodymob05]

C+ . He got a bump dealing with transfers during a pandemic.

[URI_05]

It’s funny that “average” to some people is well below .500

[reef]

I gave him a D !!! We way underachieved

[bigappleram]

I’ll leave it at this

Year 1: at or about expectations B-
Year 2: below expectations C-
Year 3: way below expectations D

[reef]

In fairness if F was offered I still give him a D for the positives no Covid pause wins over Bona and Hall

[SmartyBarrett]

I said it on Twitter, but avoiding COVID pauses was no doubt extremely difficult and I think everyone involved deserves an insane amount of credit. That includes Cox, the players, trainers, medical staff, assistants, administration, etc.

[Rhody72]

My B should surprise no one. Not even an inkling that players left because of Cox. Players transferred here because of Cox. URI's amenities are awful compared to the top A10 programs. The future is bright if Cox stays with the administration and fans supporting him. You are not going to hit on all transfers and recruits. Ish, the twins, Malik, Sheppard and Betrand were all good additions. Cox never threw players under the bus. The loss of Mahki early and Fatts being injured hurt. The team needs reliable outside shooting.

[rambone 78]

I gave him a D and that was generous. Not an E only because of key injuries and recruiting.

Avoiding covid pauses was good but I focused on coaching performance in preparing and playing the games.

When I saw the B I knew who it was lol.

[Billyboy78]

C- ....only because I don't care that much.

[theblueram]

I gave him an E (F). 10-15 is a failure. Sorry. He failed.

[PeteRI]

I gave him a Gentleman's F - an E.

[Billyboy78]

E must be ewful.

[Blue Man]

Imagine believing that a 3rd year coach who inherited a turnkey program, with a team picked 6th, finishing 5 games below .500, barely 10th in a weak A10, with all the discussed coaching issues somehow deserves even a “passing” grade for this year.

Never mind “NCAA or bust, we couldn’t even get to a Friday game in the conference tournament.

It’s an objective failure across the board.

I challenge anyone to show me ONE piece of improvement with this program from year 1 to now, from last year to now, and from the beginning of this season to now.

That PC thread from 3 years ago reads like a game that happened last week.

Zero improvement. Zero development from the coach or from his players.

If you think any aspect of the program is “passing” right now, you are a part of the problem.

Also, thank you in advance for ignoring the troll.

[ramster]

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.

[ramster]

E must be ewful.

E is now F

[ramster]

I gave him a Gentleman's F - an E.

F is now available.

[ramster]

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

Yea, no clue how one doesn't include an F for a grade.

F is now available Friar15.

[DeanDome88]

I gave a D for disappointing.

[Sweep The Leg]

The person who voted A+ must be grading on the "Jerry D" curve.

[theblueram]

Since it is a survey, and stats says you throw out the outliers, the A+, the B and the C+ gets tossed.

[Billyboy78]

The person who voted A+ must be grading on the "Jerry D" curve.

Although he hasn't posted much lately (surprise, surprise), DC Rams is still part of this forum.

[Rhody72]

For over the 20 years I have been posting here, posters in general have over-rated us when we are good and under-rated us when we have been bad. This year is no different.

[Blue Man]

Someone remind me where the “bar” was again?

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Someone remind me where the “bar” was again?

.......way, way, way out there.......far, far, far away.......

[Rhody15]

For over the 20 years I have been posting here, posters in general have over-rated us when we are good and under-rated us when we have been bad. This year is no different.

Well you overrated have when we were terrible this year.

[rambone 78]

A+ was Cox himself.

[Blue Man]

Stop feeding or responding to the troll.

[RhowdyRam02]

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

[ace]

I gave him a C. I’m an easy grader and trying to be optimistic (those are my excuses). I know it’s frustrating to have a type of reset three years in, but I feel that’s where they are. We’re past those early months in 2018, when some people had convinced themselves that Hurley was a guy who could just rebuild programs but not take them to the next level and Cox was the guy for that.

I think the majority of the roster returns. I don’t care if that’s because they’ve bought in to the program or because they don’t have many options... use it and take advantage of the stability. I know the Toppin and Martin transfers get the most mentions, but there was a lot of wasted recruiting time and effort in all those Hammond, Tsourgiannis, Mading, Long, etc. spots.

I don’t know why the supporting staff is so poor, but it needs to improve. Every fanbase in the country thinks there is some magical veteran X and O guy out there that will fix everything. Not really. The resources are sufficient to bring in quality assistants, we’ve seen it in the past. Use your connections in the game, drop the ego or whatever it is that’s kept you from surrounding yourself with the best, and figure it out.

Every part of the program should be up for evaluation, including some intense self-evaluation at the top of the coaching staff. Whether he shares them or not, they need to have specific ideas about how every part and every player gets better. Nothing can be taken for granted, improvements don’t just happen on their own over time. I’m not going to kill a guy for throwaway general comments like. things just didn’t work out this year, but it makes me a little nervous.

[NYGFan_Section208]

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.

And that's what I did. Only, I changed mine from D to F. I originally had a D because I try to be a nice guy and look for positives, and thought... no
COVID issues and despite the fact that the team played every game like they just got together, it didn't seem like any of them were visibly unhappy and wanted to bolt (in-season). Then I read posts down to this one and thought what a ridiculously low bar that was, slapped myself, and changed it to F. Thanks, Ramster!

[ramster]

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.

And that's what I did. Only, I changed mine from D to F. I originally had a D because I try to be a nice guy and look for positives, and thought... no
COVID issues and despite the fact that the team played every game like they just got together, it didn't seem like any of them were visibly unhappy and wanted to bolt (in-season). Then I read posts down to this one and thought what a ridiculously low bar that was, slapped myself, and changed it to F. Thanks, Ramster!

[UCH21377]

I went with 'D'. There are legitimate excuses for some of the things that happened; hence no 'F'. BUT if I had to predict next year's record, it would be .500 or below, which is not promising at all. Things are not looking up.

[STC]

I forgot about Hammond, his stats this year at UMass Lowell were brutal. Based on our recent track record of Louisiana recruits (Hammond, Layssard, Thompson) I’ll be taking a wait and see approach with the next kid Rhody pulls out of there.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ry-hammond

I agree with the point made about wasted recruiting efforts on players that turned out to be subpar. I always felt like Cox (or maybe just me) envisioned Bishop/Walker as his EC/Hass and when that fell apart there was no back up plan. Didn’t Hammond commit like a week or so after Bishop committed to Xavier? I know Bishop hasn’t lit it up but that’s a steep drop in talent.

[rambone 78]

Dan recruited players based on how they would or could fit his system.

Cox doesn't have a system.

It's more like...let's bring in so and so and see what happens.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Dan recruited players based on how they would or could fit his system.

Cox doesn't have a system.

It's more like...let's bring in so and so and see what happens.

Fantasy Basketball?

[DeanDome88]

I gave him a C. I’m an easy grader and trying to be optimistic (those are my excuses). I know it’s frustrating to have a type of reset three years in, but I feel that’s where they are. We’re past those early months in 2018, when some people had convinced themselves that Hurley was a guy who could just rebuild programs but not take them to the next level and Cox was the guy for that.

I think the majority of the roster returns. I don’t care if that’s because they’ve bought in to the program or because they don’t have many options... use it and take advantage of the stability. I know the Toppin and Martin transfers get the most mentions, but there was a lot of wasted recruiting time and effort in all those Hammond, Tsourgiannis, Mading, Long, etc. spots.

I don’t know why the supporting staff is so poor, but it needs to improve. Every fanbase in the country thinks there is some magical veteran X and O guy out there that will fix everything. Not really. The resources are sufficient to bring in quality assistants, we’ve seen it in the past. Use your connections in the game, drop the ego or whatever it is that’s kept you from surrounding yourself with the best, and figure it out.

Every part of the program should be up for evaluation, including some intense self-evaluation at the top of the coaching staff. Whether he shares them or not, they need to have specific ideas about how every part and every player gets better. Nothing can be taken for granted, improvements don’t just happen on their own over time. I’m not going to kill a guy for throwaway general comments like. things just didn’t work out this year, but it makes me a little nervous.

When Dan left clearly +99% wanted him to stay but failing that the hope that Coach Cox was the college basketball version of Bill Belichick was a nice dream while it lasted.

[NYGFan_Section208]

I gave him a C. I’m an easy grader and trying to be optimistic (those are my excuses). I know it’s frustrating to have a type of reset three years in, but I feel that’s where they are. We’re past those early months in 2018, when some people had convinced themselves that Hurley was a guy who could just rebuild programs but not take them to the next level and Cox was the guy for that.

I think the majority of the roster returns. I don’t care if that’s because they’ve bought in to the program or because they don’t have many options... use it and take advantage of the stability. I know the Toppin and Martin transfers get the most mentions, but there was a lot of wasted recruiting time and effort in all those Hammond, Tsourgiannis, Mading, Long, etc. spots.

I don’t know why the supporting staff is so poor, but it needs to improve. Every fanbase in the country thinks there is some magical veteran X and O guy out there that will fix everything. Not really. The resources are sufficient to bring in quality assistants, we’ve seen it in the past. Use your connections in the game, drop the ego or whatever it is that’s kept you from surrounding yourself with the best, and figure it out.

Every part of the program should be up for evaluation, including some intense self-evaluation at the top of the coaching staff. Whether he shares them or not, they need to have specific ideas about how every part and every player gets better. Nothing can be taken for granted, improvements don’t just happen on their own over time. I’m not going to kill a guy for throwaway general comments like. things just didn’t work out this year, but it makes me a little nervous.

When Dan left clearly +99% wanted him to stay but failing that the hope that Coach Cox was the college basketball version of Bill Belichick was a nice dream while it lasted.

Ahem...to clarify...I never dreamt that. Not even once...

[DeanDome88]

I gave him a C. I’m an easy grader and trying to be optimistic (those are my excuses). I know it’s frustrating to have a type of reset three years in, but I feel that’s where they are. We’re past those early months in 2018, when some people had convinced themselves that Hurley was a guy who could just rebuild programs but not take them to the next level and Cox was the guy for that.

I think the majority of the roster returns. I don’t care if that’s because they’ve bought in to the program or because they don’t have many options... use it and take advantage of the stability. I know the Toppin and Martin transfers get the most mentions, but there was a lot of wasted recruiting time and effort in all those Hammond, Tsourgiannis, Mading, Long, etc. spots.

I don’t know why the supporting staff is so poor, but it needs to improve. Every fanbase in the country thinks there is some magical veteran X and O guy out there that will fix everything. Not really. The resources are sufficient to bring in quality assistants, we’ve seen it in the past. Use your connections in the game, drop the ego or whatever it is that’s kept you from surrounding yourself with the best, and figure it out.

Every part of the program should be up for evaluation, including some intense self-evaluation at the top of the coaching staff. Whether he shares them or not, they need to have specific ideas about how every part and every player gets better. Nothing can be taken for granted, improvements don’t just happen on their own over time. I’m not going to kill a guy for throwaway general comments like. things just didn’t work out this year, but it makes me a little nervous.

When Dan left clearly +99% wanted him to stay but failing that the hope that Coach Cox was the college basketball version of Bill Belichick was a nice dream while it lasted.

Ahem...to clarify...I never dreamt that. Not even once...

That's for sure. I was wishing for it pretty hard once we hired Coach Cox. Also, the +99% only refers to wanting Dan to stay....not the dream.

[NC_Ram]

IMHO he did two things well. He recruited well and went for an upgrade in our competition. For those 2 reasons I gave him a C-.

[URI2006_Andy]

This year was a complete failure. But, I do think Cox can coach.

Just the roster makeup (not the talent) is an issue. And, Tyrese this year (and Shepard last year) would’ve significantly helped with that makeup. And, those are pieces Cox rightfully figured he’d have at the time.

And, last year, we earned an NCAA bid if you look at the season as a whole. Not saying the powers that be would’ve selected us. But, that’s an uphill battle all of our coaches would face.

[Rhody15]

This year was a complete failure. But, I do think Cox can coach.

Just the roster makeup (not the talent) is an issue. And, Tyrese this year (and Shepard last year) would’ve significantly helped with that makeup. And, those are pieces Cox rightfully figured he’d have at the time.

And, last year, we earned an NCAA bid if you look at the season as a whole. Not saying the powers that be would’ve selected us. But, that’s an uphill battle all of our coaches would face.

We did not earn an NCAA after the register reason. At one point we were an 8/9 seed, then shit the bed down the stretch.

Only way we would have made it is if we won the A10.

Cannot defend Cox by saying we earned a big last year. We did not.

[URI2006_Andy]

This year was a complete failure. But, I do think Cox can coach.

Just the roster makeup (not the talent) is an issue. And, Tyrese this year (and Shepard last year) would’ve significantly helped with that makeup. And, those are pieces Cox rightfully figured he’d have at the time.

And, last year, we earned an NCAA bid if you look at the season as a whole. Not saying the powers that be would’ve selected us. But, that’s an uphill battle all of our coaches would face.

We did not earn an NCAA after the register reason. At one point we were an 8/9 seed, then shit the bed down the stretch.

Only way we would have made it is if we won the A10.

Cannot defend Cox by saying we earned a big last year. We did not.

13-5 in the Atlantic 10 is a tournament team. We should prepare for a long tournament drought if we think 13-5 doesn’t make it. Need to troll the selection committee. If we don’t defend the A-10, no one is.

[Rhody15]

This year was a complete failure. But, I do think Cox can coach.

Just the roster makeup (not the talent) is an issue. And, Tyrese this year (and Shepard last year) would’ve significantly helped with that makeup. And, those are pieces Cox rightfully figured he’d have at the time.

And, last year, we earned an NCAA bid if you look at the season as a whole. Not saying the powers that be would’ve selected us. But, that’s an uphill battle all of our coaches would face.

We did not earn an NCAA after the register reason. At one point we were an 8/9 seed, then shit the bed down the stretch.

Only way we would have made it is if we won the A10.

Cannot defend Cox by saying we earned a big last year. We did not.

13-5 in the Atlantic 10 is a tournament team. We should prepare for a long tournament drought if we think 13-5 doesn’t make it. Need to troll the selection committee. If we don’t defend the A-10, no one is.

You’re the only one in America to think that, but to each is own.

We were nowhere near the tournament when the A10 tourney started.

We would’ve been a 10 loss A10 team. You can’t just look at the conference record, but doesn’t sound like you understand that.