David Cox officially let go by URI (formerly, "Fire Cox")
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Please raise your hand if at this point in the season you thought we would be 1 game back of UMASS and Fordham in the standings!!!!!!!!!!
That's all you need to know. Who is on the search committee. Forget the committee, Thorr hire a new coach period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
That's all you need to know. Who is on the search committee. Forget the committee, Thorr hire a new coach period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Here is some perspective on the recent contract buyouts for URI Men's Head Basketball Coaches:
2012 - URI pays out $1.1M to terminate HC Jim Baron
2018 - URI is paid $1.5M by HC Dan Hurley to terminate his contract and go to UConn
2022 - Per the original David Cox five year contract, URI would only pay out his guaranteed base salary of $300K to terminate him
$300K to buy out Cox is peanuts compared to the last two buyout scenarios. That is not even considering the present value of money today compared to these previous years. If you just factored in the dollars with no present value calculation, URI would still be ahead by $100K if it bought out Cox.
2012 - URI pays out $1.1M to terminate HC Jim Baron
2018 - URI is paid $1.5M by HC Dan Hurley to terminate his contract and go to UConn
2022 - Per the original David Cox five year contract, URI would only pay out his guaranteed base salary of $300K to terminate him
$300K to buy out Cox is peanuts compared to the last two buyout scenarios. That is not even considering the present value of money today compared to these previous years. If you just factored in the dollars with no present value calculation, URI would still be ahead by $100K if it bought out Cox.
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For many years intercollegiate athletics has been a "tub on it own bottom". Perhaps there is a "sugar daddy" out there. I doubt the Foundation would provide "buy-out" money. Maybe things have changed since I was involved.
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Like at least he’s not Juwan Howard but he’s put together one of the collectively most hatable, least connected teams that I can remember.
Not only is their play embarrassing, but the behavior of the Mitchell’s is shameful to watch and tougher to support.
I know he’s a nice guy and genuinely love him as a person and will wish him the absolute best when he leaves, but what he’s allowed to happen to this program is unconscionable.
Not only is their play embarrassing, but the behavior of the Mitchell’s is shameful to watch and tougher to support.
I know he’s a nice guy and genuinely love him as a person and will wish him the absolute best when he leaves, but what he’s allowed to happen to this program is unconscionable.
If you say you’re a Rhody fan, I know you are my brother. For you have suffered as I have suffered.
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My guess is you’ve never really taken a at who donates to this program.
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“Hearts and not farts” - ECR, February 2022
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Let’s swap recipes next time Rhody is good. I’m trying to experiment with cream but can’t get it right.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years ago Ha - a few too
Many limoncellos tonight !
But
I
Make
It
From
Scratch
So
It’s
Damn
Good
URI “hearts not farts, WE DO” !
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I’ll never have the comedic maturity level to not laugh hysterically at fart jokes, fart scenarios, fart stories, etc.
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Blue Man wrote: ↑2 years agoLet’s swap recipes next time Rhody is good. I’m trying to experiment with cream but can’t get it right.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years ago Ha - a few too
Many limoncellos tonight !
But
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Make
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Scratch
So
It’s
Damn
Good
URI “hearts not farts, WE DO” !
Yeah, here too. I’d love the recipe as well.
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I use grain alcoholBlue Man wrote: ↑2 years agoLet’s swap recipes next time Rhody is good. I’m trying to experiment with cream but can’t get it right.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years ago Ha - a few too
Many limoncellos tonight !
But
I
Make
It
From
Scratch
So
It’s
Damn
Good
URI “hearts not farts, WE DO” !
Google my boy david rocco limoncello
That’s the one I use but in bigger batches
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He knows talent when he sees it so he hired everyone in the URI athletic department.
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Agreed, grain is the way to go. Pistachio cream limoncello is probably my favorite. I started making it from scratch when covid hit, so easy.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years agoI use grain alcoholBlue Man wrote: ↑2 years agoLet’s swap recipes next time Rhody is good. I’m trying to experiment with cream but can’t get it right.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years ago Ha - a few too
Many limoncellos tonight !
But
I
Make
It
From
Scratch
So
It’s
Damn
Good
URI “hearts not farts, WE DO” !
Google my boy david rocco limoncello
That’s the one I use but in bigger batches
Definitely will check out that recipe ECR
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Am I remembering correctly that when we fired Baron in 2012 Thorr was allowed to skip a lot of the search committee and other red tape garbage that we’ve seen both in previous hires and since then even with respect to hiring assistants, and he was empowered to just identify Dan and move on that without the charade of posting the job in the classified section and interviewing 27 people?
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I pray to god we don’t use a “search firm” if we fire Cox.TruePoint wrote: ↑2 years ago Am I remembering correctly that when we fired Baron in 2012 Thorr was allowed to skip a lot of the search committee and other red tape garbage that we’ve seen both in previous hires and since then even with respect to hiring assistants, and he was empowered to just identify Dan and move on that without the charade of posting the job in the classified section and interviewing 27 people?
Shouldn’t a qualification for an AD be to identify potential head coaching candidates?!
Plus with all Thorr’s connections, no way he should hire a search firm.
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……yes, let’s hope so……..and must fast track this through the often clumsy state HR requirements, postings , wait periods…….as someone stated earlier………no big on campus wide search committee either, couple of Athletic Department folks, President etc………no paralysis by analysis…….get the HR required boxes checked……..and then bingo……..gotten quick to not rushing………but the probable announcement is a ways off yet……..
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I've heard Thorr tell the story a couple of times now:
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
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Thorr had the money to hire Tammi.ramster wrote: ↑2 years ago I've heard Thorr tell the story a couple of times now:
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
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Let’s hope for the next mens hire it goes something like this with the most qualified candidateramster wrote: ↑2 years ago I've heard Thorr tell the story a couple of times now:
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
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If I remember the story right, it was something pretty similar with Hurley. Thorr identified Hurley as the top candidate to go after, met him in a Jersey diner, and the deal was done shortly afterramster wrote: ↑2 years ago I've heard Thorr tell the story a couple of times now:
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
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Thorr had the money to hire Pitino. Your point?Rhody72 wrote: ↑2 years agoThorr had the money to hire Tammi.ramster wrote: ↑2 years ago I've heard Thorr tell the story a couple of times now:
Shane Donaldson came in Thorr's office and put a sheet of paper with Tammi Reiss' info on it and said "This is who we should go after"
Thorr then called Tammi for a 45 minute call to explore her interest
Thorr went to Syracuse and had breakfast with Tammi regarding the job. Thorr was sold on Tammi and Tammi was sold on Thorr and URI.
Done. That quick and simple.
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Pitino was dirty at that time. Thorr wouldn't touch him even though Tom Ryan offered to help. Tammi wasn't dirty.
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It wasn’t Thorr, but thanks for playing!
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Rhody Sody wrote: ↑2 years agoAgreed, grain is the way to go. Pistachio cream limoncello is probably my favorite. I started making it from scratch when covid hit, so easy.ElmCityRhody wrote: ↑2 years agoI use grain alcohol
Google my boy david rocco limoncello
That’s the one I use but in bigger batches
Definitely will check out that recipe ECR
Wait. What. Pistachio cream?? I definitely need this recipe.
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Rhody15 wrote: ↑2 years agoI pray to god we don’t use a “search firm” if we fire Cox.TruePoint wrote: ↑2 years ago Am I remembering correctly that when we fired Baron in 2012 Thorr was allowed to skip a lot of the search committee and other red tape garbage that we’ve seen both in previous hires and since then even with respect to hiring assistants, and he was empowered to just identify Dan and move on that without the charade of posting the job in the classified section and interviewing 27 people?
Shouldn’t a qualification for an AD be to identify potential head coaching candidates?!
Plus with all Thorr’s connections, no way he should hire a search firm.
The university HR process is so archaic they use a “search committee” to even hire an administrative assistant for $35k a year. Or “word processing typists” as DOA calls it. All that means is they take a handful of people in the department to say yay or nay.
Athletics is different, for a high profile position it’s obviously Thor, Marc, some provosts, high end donors, etc. prob a panel of 7 or 8 tbh.
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I legit think 72 has never even set foot on campus.
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He's never set foot on campus and he probably types with his feet.Taylor Swift wrote: ↑2 years ago
I legit think 72 has never even set foot on campus.
I'm just wondering why he suddenly talks so much on here now.
He used to say one crazy thing a week and now he's Bidenbabbeling on the daily.
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……..Pamphlet has an article on the Rams season, with a few fans being quoted……written by Mark Patinkin…….oh, the pain……
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Interviewed, including their pictures in the paper:section(105) wrote: ↑2 years ago ……..Pamphlet has an article on the Rams season, with a few fans being quoted……written by Mark Patinkin…….oh, the pain……
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Way to go Jay! But Patinkin completely omitted the Big Team on Campus - our Lady Rams!
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Talk about a new low…a non sports writer writing about how bad your season is and how soul crushing it is.
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“This,” Bob Terino says, “has been a horrendous experience for all who support this program.”
BuT ThErE's No MoNeY!!!!
https://www.providencejournal.com/story ... -NLETTER65
BuT ThErE's No MoNeY!!!!
https://www.providencejournal.com/story ... -NLETTER65
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Not ideal to have a story such as this especially with it contrasting the opposite situation at your local longtime rival. It however does add more pressure on Thorr for a change.
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…….yep, I would say perfect timing…….the Patinkin piece with our newsreel of what was…….and what we can build back to……
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can someone post the article?
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Agree. I think it is ideal to have such a story. Be honest. Tell it like it is. No sugarcoating. Quotations from 5 people: Frank Caruso, Bob Terino and Jay Coppa all long time Rhody diehard fans sharing their inner thoughts yet still a slight hint of optimism from Jay, plus Lincoln Almond who was the Governor during the Harrick years and helped enable the Ryan Center (leans towards URI) and then to show the contrast a long time PC Fan who, rightfully so, is now in his glory. The contrast between the two programs at this moment in time is as wide as it has been in who knows when.
Look no further than the honest, true attendance at games (not the Box Score stated attendance). At the Dunk there are likely zero, or very close to zero, unfilled seats and announced attendance is equal to actual physical bodies and then at the Ryan where probably only 25% to 50% of actual announced box score attendance has corresponding actual physical bodies in the building.
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Take down the Robert Carothers banner and fix the concession stand lines
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I believe you must be a subscriber to the Projo to be able to open the article.
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People have copied and pasted articles behind a paywall before, was hoping someone would do it again.
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Posting anymore than a few quotes is a definite no no. I already posted a quote from Bob Terino when I posted the link the first time
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New to the message board but it's great to see so many people talking Rhody Hoops. I've read a chunk of this thread and one thing I have not noticed anyone talking about the lack of development from any player during the Cox era. Fatts Russel regressed. Jeff Dowtin was moved off ball and regressed. Leggett showed promise last year but is playing worse this year. The twins decision making process has never improved. Our shooting numbers get worse year after year. Malik Martin is a worse player than he was at Charlotte. Hurley was not the best in game coach either but you saw individual players get better and capitalize on opportunities, if David Cox isn't going to grab top of the conference recruiting classes(which he isn't) there's really no point to him being here.
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Hahaha wouldn’t expect anything less from you.RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑2 years ago Posting anymore than a few quotes is a definite no no. I already posted a quote from Bob Terino when I posted the link the first time
According to you, we can’t hire a coach who’s not 100% squeaky clean since birth, and can’t post an article behind a paywall when it’s been done before.
Too predictable.
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It's $22 for a two year subscription to the Journal. Maybe you should pursue that instead of being a dickhead yet again
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The people who run this board have repeatedly asked people not to do that and have edited and removed such posts. It doesn’t seem too much to ask to have people follow their rules since they’re providing the space. It’s also a perfectly reasonable guideline for a public space. There are ways to get the article that don’t put them in such a bad position.
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