RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Jersey77 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Dre3000 wrote: ↑3 years ago
Not to defend Cox, as I think he truly needs to step it up, but it's hard to say a coach needs to be fired when he's only had 1 normal season as a coach. Hurley's 2016-2017 was very similar to Cox's 2019-2020 team, Hurley needed to get to the championship to make the tourney. Cox was not afforded that opportunity. Not acknowledging that fact and/or how that impacted confidence the following year is not fair when comparing Cox to Hurley or any other coach for that matter.
Also for what it's worth I was told all URI coaches (outside of softball) were given an extra year on their contracts due to covid (haven't tried too hard to confirm). Tammi was publicized because she was given a raise in addition to the extension. Okay back to watching the board...
I hadn't heard, but wouldn't be surprised.
I would be surprised. Why not announce Cox had been extended an extra year due to Covid when they announced Reiss' extension? Why wasn't the softball coach given the same year as everyone else when that program was impacted way more by Covid than men's basketball? Not saying it hasn't happened, but it's not consistent with other announcements.
I will say this is a particularly weak point for athletics communications and the journalists covering the teams. We still haven't been informed about coach Fleming's contract extension when his original contract ended in 2018. Finding out any information about contracts outside of football and basketball is damn near impossible. If Cox and everyone else had been extended would the fanbase ever be informed?
I can't find that anywhere - not to say that you're wrong, but that seems incredibly unlikely. Double-secret extensions don't really happen with high profile state jobs, especially with the basketball team. If it did happen, I really don't think that factors into a decision about what happens to our coach if URI has a losing season.
I really don't understand this "normal season" argument like URI was the only team to have their world turned upside down with Covid. Basketball was still played. Fans have eyes. AD's have eyes. Seasons went on. URI was clearly out of the field in 2020 and the idea that they were going to beat Dayton after having been thoroughly embarrassed by them twice to the tune of multiple touchdowns, is laughable.
Not like this was a VCU situation where we made the tourney and had to forfeit. We had plenty of games. We lost most of them. We had opportunities against big names and high rankings, we lost all of them.
Schedule-wise (on topic), we wound up better off. We played tougher teams. Had a very challenging schedule. We just sucked.
I just can't follow with all these excuses. Yes, isolated, you can make an argument for a lot of things - transfers, injuries, etc....but at what point are we allowed to blame the top guy?
The coaching decisions were mind numbingly consistent, hilarious, predictable, and disappointing. Time outs. Lack of an offensive game plan. Inability to scout other teams. Inability to make adjustments. Fatts doing whatever he want. Playing time for people who shouldn't have had it.
I want Dave to turn it around. I would love him to be our coach for a long time because he's such a damn good guy. But at this point, and for what he's shown without a single sign of improvement, he's not the guy. If he makes a 180 this year? Hell yeah, that's what we're hoping for. But what we want to see and what I'm expecting to see are two very different things I'm afraid.