Tammi Reiss

[PeteRI]

Why can't we get a coach like her?

[Taylor Swift]

Seriously- she is that great of a coach and leader she inspires me to be better. I kid you not. Her charisma and transparency are rarities these days. She’s a fantastic person and I need to get myself over there to support her and the team. She has built a program!

[Blue Man]

What a difference.

[Rhodyhooopz]

Can she coach the men's team too?

[TruePoint]

Following our mens and women’s teams over the last, say, 12 or 13 years would absolutely crystallize for anyone how significant the coach is in college sports. It’s basically the whole thing. Obviously there are hundreds of other examples across college sports and I think on some level everyone gets it, but the fortunes and trajectories of our programs really tells the story in a way that makes it super clear for me.

And yes, at the end of the day it’s the players who actually go out and play the games and the good coaches will be the first to tell you that. But the players follow the coaches - first to the school, and then thru the program in terms of development, culture, all of that stuff that goes into building a program. Honestly, I think the players should get paid because it’s their labor that produces the revenue, but viewed thru this lens it isn’t hard to understand why college coaches get the salaries that they do. They’re just so freaking valuable.

I hope we can find a way to hold onto Tammi for a while because in the women’s basketball landscape I see no reason why she can’t make URI into a legitimate power.

[bigappleram]

Especially in the A10. It’s always been a coaches league. There is no pedigree or built in advantage to being a mid major. Almost every program that reached its high water mark did it due to a phenomenal coach. Look what a coach did to a 3,000 person school in Spokane no one had even heard of 20 years ago.

[ramster]

What a difference.

A bit of background. Earlier this week Tammy posted this talk with her team. Subject was the NET and how important Efficiency is to the NET calculation. I think this is why she called the Time Out.

URI is in a 4 team race for NCAA Bid consideration to be among the 68 teams to be invited (increased from 64 to 68 teams this year) so the NET is crucial the next 6 weeks.

I get the accountability reference, but WBB is in a different place than MBB this season.

[Cameron_Dollar]

Great comments regarding Tammi and the team. What makes her even more special took place when the team experienced a bad three game stretch where they could have and should have one all three, She made lineup adjustments that quickly put the team on track. The only negative to this season has been that no one, except friends, family and a few loyal fans come to the games. Three big games coming up. VCU, Sunday at noon, Fordham, Sunday February 13th at 1pm and Dayton, Wednesday February 16th at 6pm. Winning these three games and taking care of business against the lower rated teams in the conference could go a long way to securing an at large NCAA bid. So come out and support the team.

[Blue Man]

What a difference.

A bit of background. Earlier this week Tammy posted this talk with her team. Subject was the NET and how important Efficiency is to the NET calculation. I think this is why she called the Time Out.

URI is in a 4 team race for NCAA Bid consideration to be among the 68 teams to be invited (increased from 64 to 68 teams this year) so the NET is crucial the next 6 weeks.

I get the accountability reference, but WBB is in a different place than MBB this season.

JFC coach the men's team too.

But the difference - whether it be accountability or just understanding the NET, is that there is a clear "bar" established for the women's team.

The expectation is conference championship and NCAA. But she goes beyond the "expectation" and follows through with a detailed commitment to that.

She has a clear vision in terms of what's acceptable and what's not. And recognizing how NET works, and the importance of beating the life out of teams and not just coasting with a lead - is amazing.

Thorr nailed this hire. If we can INVEST in our basketball programs and keep her, URI might actually have a chance to become a WBB power.

[Rhodyram]

Is she here for the long haul or will we "Hurley" it and lose her?

[PeteRI]

"Game day is a chance to compete, have fun, and maybe pull out a win. "

Coach Cox's message to his team. Pretty much the same, no?

[reef]

Is she here for the long haul or will we "Hurley" it and lose her?

Not sure how it works in the women’s game as opposed to the men’s but if the rest of the country is noticing then a P6 could come offer lots of money

[Cameron_Dollar]

Is she here for the long haul or will we "Hurley" it and lose her?

Very fair question but before you ask it, come out to the game, show support and make some noise. There are people who foresaw this and stepped up big time $$ prior to the season. Those that know her believe she is truly happy here and is committed to getting us to to the NCAA tournament and beyond.

[Rhodyram]

Is she here for the long haul or will we "Hurley" it and lose her?

Very fair question but before you ask it, come out to the game, show support and make some noise. There are people who foresaw this and stepped up big time $$ prior to the season. Those that know her believe she is truly happy here and is committed to getting us to to the NCAA tournament and beyond.

Went to a game pre- pandemic. Sat next to her family- great people. Plan on going on Sunday - assuming game will be played.

[section(105)]

………Koch has article on the need to extend Tammi, and some thoughts on funding such things being on Thorr’s plate…….

[Blue Man]

Tammi did get the women's team a $150k donation last season's giving cycle.

She's got the energy to actually build something.

I can't say I've ever really "cared" about women's hoops, but if something at URI has a chance to be nationally relevant I'm all about it. We should do everything in our power to keep that up.

[RhowdyRam02]

We're up to 1049 as the average attendance at women's games, good for second in the A10 and an increase from 636 in 2019-20

Dayton 1525 average attendance 6-0 T1 49 net
UMass 815 3-3 T5 52
George Mason 798 0-6 T13 256
Duquesne 622 3-4 T9 174
Richmond 569 3-4 T9 131
Davidson 555 3-3 T5 112
St. Louis 503 2-2 T5 164
St. Joe's 482 2-3 11 168
VCU 413 3-3 T5 93
La Salle 319 4-2 4 152
Fordham 290 5-2 3 55
St. Bonaventure 211 2-5 12 254
George Washington 167 0-5 T13 241

[Surfri72]

We should all go pack the Ryan center and support the women's team.

[Native]

We should all go pack the Ryan center and support the women's team.

In Atlantic-10 women’s basketball, Dayton (7-0) and URI (6-0) stand atop the league as the only teams undefeated in conference play.

The URI Women’s basketball team is scheduled to host Dayton in the Ryan Center on Wednesday 16-Feb-2022 at 6:00pm.

Thorr and his minions in the Athletic Department need to step up and energize the greater URI community to show up in support of Tammi’s team in this pivotal game.

Go Rhody

[Blue Man]

Someone posted it in the women's bb thread but Rhody has been steadily improving their attendance (relative to the sport/historically), and sits at 1049 per game, which is 2nd in the A-10 behind Dayton who gets ~1500 a game.

Not bad considering I don't ever remember seeing a reported crowd larger than 500.

If both of those teams can take care of business between now and then, it could be a top 25 matchup for the first time ever.

[Obadiah]

The 1049 number is deceiving because it includes the Nov. 11 doubleheader attendance of 5455 - MBB vs. Bryant and the women's game against Merrimack. Otherwise women's game attendance has shown only a very slight increase over the last few games topping 500, but it is still disappointing given the team's performance. Maybe future games will show a bigger showing and the Dayton game may catalyze that interest.

[NHRamFan]

While everyone frets over the Cox situation, Coach Reiss is the coach Thorr should be focused on retaining. She's a UVA grad; they're currently dead last in the ACC and are assuredly going to be looking for someone to return them to greatness.

[RhowdyRam02]

Obviously it's going to be tough to keep Tammi if she wants to go back to Virginia, we can't compete with the alumni ties she has, but their compensation package isn't much better than what we're already paying her. Virginia is paying their current coach $325,000 annually in base pay and $325,000 annually in other compensation. We're paying Tammi $300,000 per year, I'm not sure what other compensation we offer outside of base pay. I think as much, or more than salary, we're going to need to show a commitment from fans to get behind the program and go to games. Virginia is averaging 1591 fans per game for a last place program, we're averaging 1049 for a first place program, but as Obadiah points out, most of that comes from the doubleheader from men's basketball. Outside of that game the best attended women's game was 570 people at the BU game 12/19. I think it is absolutely imperative that we finish this year better for attendance, and with how bad the men's program is there's every reason to skip the men's games and go to the women's four remaining games.

Wednesday vs Saint Louis (10th place, 165 Net) 6 pm
Sunday 2/13 vs Fordham (3rd place, 60 Net) 1 pm (I wouldn't hate them making tip off time earlier with the Super Bowl later)
Wednesday 2/16 vs Dayton (tied for 1st place, 49 Net) 6 pm
Wednesday 2/23 vs St. Bonaventure (12th place, 247 Net) 6pm

Obviously those middle two games are huge and it would be great to give the women some kind of home court advantage

[bigappleram]

If there isn’t any other comp in Tammi’s base then there is a pretty big difference between 300k and 650k.

[PeteRI]

If someone can post a link to WBB tickets that would be great.

[ramster]

If someone can post a link to WBB tickets that would be great.

https://gorhody.com/sports/2020/6/9/tic ... index.aspx

[ramster]

Well here is the Thorr Bjorn Podcast



Topics Covered

How asst. AD initiated the hiring of Tammy Reiss
Worked in ticket department of UMass during Calipari era including a number one ranking and final four appearance
Trying to contain the crowd of 400k fans who couldn’t get tickets to the Temple game.
Returning to Umass after taking a corporate job after nine years
Non glamorous side of starting out in the Umass athletic department
How he became the interim AD at Umass
Great time to be an AD
The back story how URI got the New England Patriots plane to fly to Towson game
What we should expect from new president Marc Palange
Methodology and process for raising money
What is the status of the practice facility
and charter flight. When construction starts and projected opening
Impact of 125k for WBB
Cost of chartering 42k
How he turned around the football program
Thoughts on retiring #s with Kenny Green video on his take on the matter
Talks about relationship with coach Hurley
Whose responsible when Coach is fired
How close URI football was to switching conferences
Asked him about PC cancelling in state game last season

Thanks to Scott Brand for this Interview with Thorr a couple of months ago.

The hiring of Tammi Reiss is discussed from minute 5:45 to 13:00. The entire interview is great and worth a listen.

[ramster]

So based on one member of Keaney Blue's suggestion I interviewed Tammi and posted podcast on the YouTube channel. And I think she knocked it out of the park and my strategy was to get out of her way and let her be Tammi Reese.

Here's a little recap

Tammy Reiss is on a roll. She finished the Atlantic 10 in 4th place when picked 11th in preseason. She had the most wins since 1995 and was named the Atlantic 10 coach of the year. Now she brings everyone back and has four star transfers coming in from Providence, Syracuse, North Carolina State and Texas A&M.

In this podcast she reveals how she got from Syracuse to Kingston

She also talks about her WNBA experience

She was the 5th pick in the draft in the first season of the WNBA

New York State Player of the year in high school

Recruited by D1 schools since 7th grade

Helped bring UVA to three final fours and lost in the NCAA finals her junior year

Talks about how she spends time with players

Believes this team will win the A10 championship

Dad gave her boxing gloves when she was ten and she pulverized the boys in boxing matches

Also talks about acting and was on one "Sister Sister" episode

She even argues with host on what’s better 80s or 70s music.

Plus Videos

Watch her sing Abba's dancing queen while driving

Watch players reaction when she shows them renovated state-of-the-art locker room

Watch Tammi's interview after clinching A10 double bye

Here's the link to the podcast:

This was Scott Brand's Podcast with Tammi from a couple months ago. Great listen. She loves her job and working for Thorr.

[PeteRI]

Well here is the Thorr Bjorn Podcast



Topics Covered

How asst. AD initiated the hiring of Tammy Reiss
Worked in ticket department of UMass during Calipari era including a number one ranking and final four appearance
Trying to contain the crowd of 400k fans who couldn’t get tickets to the Temple game.
Returning to Umass after taking a corporate job after nine years
Non glamorous side of starting out in the Umass athletic department
How he became the interim AD at Umass
Great time to be an AD
The back story how URI got the New England Patriots plane to fly to Towson game
What we should expect from new president Marc Palange
Methodology and process for raising money
What is the status of the practice facility
and charter flight. When construction starts and projected opening
Impact of 125k for WBB
Cost of chartering 42k
How he turned around the football program
Thoughts on retiring #s with Kenny Green video on his take on the matter
Talks about relationship with coach Hurley
Whose responsible when Coach is fired
How close URI football was to switching conferences
Asked him about PC cancelling in state game last season

Thanks to Scott Brand for this Interview with Thorr a couple of months ago.

The hiring of Tammi Reiss is discussed from minute 5:45 to 13:00. The entire interview is great and worth a listen.

That's an extraordinarily uncomfortable arm hug from Thorr.

[sbrand]

Thanks Ramster. Always appreciate your comments and commitment to Rhody Hoops. We share the same enthusiasm. BTW. I plan to get an update on the practice facility with President Parlange on Feb 17 on the podcast. Also on the coaches salary pool and charter flights.

[ATPTourFan]

[phipsiGD'11]

Someone posted it in the women's bb thread but Rhody has been steadily improving their attendance (relative to the sport/historically), and sits at 1049 per game, which is 2nd in the A-10 behind Dayton who gets ~1500 a game.

Not bad considering I don't ever remember seeing a reported crowd larger than 500.

If both of those teams can take care of business between now and then, it could be a top 25 matchup for the first time ever.

You and I attended URI at more or less the same time. I remember they honored the Women's team during half time at one of the games in the 2010-2011 season, and it was noted that they had the record for single game attendance at like 377 people. I only remember this because I was baffled at how low of a number it was. I will try to look that up tomorrow to verify my memory is correct (was typically drunk during those times).

[ramster]

Someone posted it in the women's bb thread but Rhody has been steadily improving their attendance (relative to the sport/historically), and sits at 1049 per game, which is 2nd in the A-10 behind Dayton who gets ~1500 a game.

Not bad considering I don't ever remember seeing a reported crowd larger than 500.

If both of those teams can take care of business between now and then, it could be a top 25 matchup for the first time ever.

You and I attended URI at more or less the same time. I remember they honored the Women's team during half time at one of the games in the 2010-2011 season, and it was noted that they had the record for single game attendance at like 377 people. I only remember this because I was baffled at how low of a number it was. I will try to look that up tomorrow to verify my memory is correct (was typically drunk during those times).

492 announced attendance tonight. Max has been about 580 or thereabouts.

But this is real attendance, not an announced 4600 and there are 2000 actual bodies in seats or less.

The 1049 is because one game was a doubleheader with men and they credited the full attendance to the WBB game - yet most people left after the mens game. That went into the WBB average.

People should go to the WBB games. Now is the time to go. Never know what the future brings. The NCAA opportunity is knocking now.