Do you really think it would take Archie up to FIVE YEARS to get where we want to be? Have you seen how bad the A-10 is? Did you see when we already beat the most talented team in the A-10? And most importantly the transfer portal exists. Things happen overnight now.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year agoace wrote: ↑1 year ago This team could have used an Xavier Munford. I know the line is that Archie wanted to bring in young guys to build for the future. The problem with that is if the guys you get in March and onward are good enough. Even with the benefit of the new transfer rules, I am not sure how successful they were in doing that. X took a lot of pressure off his teammates, conducted himself like a pro, and in no way interfered with the development of other guys.
Archie is a very good coach, but he has not historically been a “rebuilder.” That works a different set of coaching muscles. Rhody fans were feeling pretty good about poaching an all-freshmen player from a conference foe, but I am not sure it could have turned out worse. In this rebuilding stuff, the last thing you want is a distraction, and both of the higher regarded transfers were just that. It doesn’t mean anything predictive, Archie is going to be really good at URI, but this season kind of feels like a false start so far.
Ugh, that’s what many of us are concerned with…this season was a false start and we have another disappointing season next year. Then we are looking at year 4, but maybe even year 5 before we are where we want to be. That would suck.
A lost decade. How come when we have a bad hire following success we lose the next decade?
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And imagine if Irish eyes also created a vault of old Notre Dame basketball games and interviews with former Notre Dame basketball players and coaches.TruePoint wrote: ↑1 year agoNone of this shit should matter (other than URI women) to an account that is literally called “Rhody Vault”. If you’re going to brand yourself that way, your content should be 99.97% Rhody content. If he wants to just cover basketball in Rhode Island, it can’t be that hard to come up with branding that makes sense for that. I can’t imagine a Notre Dame fan account or blog or whatever called “Irish Eyes” just pivoting to covering Purdue or Ball State because Notre Dame is having a down year. Incredibly bizarre thing to do.Section104 wrote: ↑1 year agoBryant isnt much better. 7-5 in America East with their roster is underwhelming. Lost to Brown by 12 and UMass Lowell by 19 with a 2-3 players that would be starters on our team.
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Forget even Notre Dame imagine an account called Friar Vault started pumping out Rhody content...their fanbase would go bananas.PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year agoAnd imagine if Irish eyes also created a vault of old Notre Dame basketball games and interviews with former Notre Dame basketball players and coaches.TruePoint wrote: ↑1 year agoNone of this shit should matter (other than URI women) to an account that is literally called “Rhody Vault”. If you’re going to brand yourself that way, your content should be 99.97% Rhody content. If he wants to just cover basketball in Rhode Island, it can’t be that hard to come up with branding that makes sense for that. I can’t imagine a Notre Dame fan account or blog or whatever called “Irish Eyes” just pivoting to covering Purdue or Ball State because Notre Dame is having a down year. Incredibly bizarre thing to do.Section104 wrote: ↑1 year ago
Bryant isnt much better. 7-5 in America East with their roster is underwhelming. Lost to Brown by 12 and UMass Lowell by 19 with a 2-3 players that would be starters on our team.
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If you take a big picture view of what Archie was trying to do this year - it was to identify a few pieces he can build around that have years left in the program. To do that you have to bring double or triple what you want and let it sort out because not everyone will work. I really thought Bray could have been one based on talent but he does not fit the style at all and clearly was not committed to building the program. In contrast, Ish is 100% an Archie style guard, you could just see him on one of those Dayton teams back in the day. If we keep Ish, Weston and Alex we have 3 players to build around for a few years. Going into year 2 that is better to me than having Munford returning with little else. Plus with the transfer portal it will be easier to get some players in to surround them.ace wrote: ↑1 year agoI don’t think it’s all that bad. Archie desperately needs to win at URI, so Rhody fans have that going for them. It’s definitely going a bit different than how I thought the early going would go, but I don’t think the eventual outcome is changed.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year agoace wrote: ↑1 year ago This team could have used an Xavier Munford. I know the line is that Archie wanted to bring in young guys to build for the future. The problem with that is if the guys you get in March and onward are good enough. Even with the benefit of the new transfer rules, I am not sure how successful they were in doing that. X took a lot of pressure off his teammates, conducted himself like a pro, and in no way interfered with the development of other guys.
Archie is a very good coach, but he has not historically been a “rebuilder.” That works a different set of coaching muscles. Rhody fans were feeling pretty good about poaching an all-freshmen player from a conference foe, but I am not sure it could have turned out worse. In this rebuilding stuff, the last thing you want is a distraction, and both of the higher regarded transfers were just that. It doesn’t mean anything predictive, Archie is going to be really good at URI, but this season kind of feels like a false start so far.
Ugh, that’s what many of us are concerned with…this season was a false start and we have another disappointing season next year. Then we are looking at year 4, but maybe even year 5 before we are where we want to be. That would suck.
A lost decade. How come when we have a bad hire following success we lose the next decade?
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While I agree with your premise... Do we know that a Munford was available? For the record this is a certified NBA player who was willing to come here to be a part of a rebuild. While we certainly would have benefitted from the addition of a Munford, so would about 350 other D1 programs. And for every Munford there would be a Jerrelle Reischell and Biggie Minnis and Alwayne Bigby. At the end of the day, Archie still wants to win. And if an NBA caliber talent wanted to come to URI (with multiple years of eligibility) he would take him. Especially if, as you pointed out, he conducted himself and represents the University the way Xavier did.ace wrote: ↑1 year ago This team could have used an Xavier Munford. I know the line is that Archie wanted to bring in young guys to build for the future. The problem with that is if the guys you get in March and onward are good enough. Even with the benefit of the new transfer rules, I am not sure how successful they were in doing that. X took a lot of pressure off his teammates, conducted himself like a pro, and in no way interfered with the development of other guys.
Archie is a very good coach, but he has not historically been a “rebuilder.” That works a different set of coaching muscles. Rhody fans were feeling pretty good about poaching an all-freshmen player from a conference foe, but I am not sure it could have turned out worse. In this rebuilding stuff, the last thing you want is a distraction, and both of the higher regarded transfers were just that. It doesn’t mean anything predictive, Archie is going to be really good at URI, but this season kind of feels like a false start so far.
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People on the this board. Please let it be known I really am my own person. I am not masquerading as someone else. Yes I proudly am a graduate of URI. And absolutely love watching their games as well as gaining insight. If the people on this board did not care for my post then I’m sorry. Would a Bot say that ? Anyway. I am hoping we all can be friends and get along. Sincerely.
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I guess we’ll never know, but it’s why I don’t buy the line that Archie didn’t want a guy like that because he only wanted three+ year players. I think it’s more likely that he did, and it didn’t work out. X came to URI because of his relationship with the coach. That’s what staffs do. This coaching shit is hard, no matter how easy it seems on-line! Bigby came at the last minute because they needed someone with a pulse. For all their limitations as players, Reischel and Biggie were stable enough on the court and graduated from URI. You could do worse than that, especially for the URI basketball program of 2012. Archie needs a resurgence like another former great A10 coach who has found his way again. Shaka at Marquette seems like as perfect a match as Archie at URI.Bos8 wrote: ↑1 year agoWhile I agree with your premise... Do we know that a Munford was available? For the record this is a certified NBA player who was willing to come here to be a part of a rebuild. While we certainly would have benefitted from the addition of a Munford, so would about 350 other D1 programs. And for every Munford there would be a Jerrelle Reischell and Biggie Minnis and Alwayne Bigby. At the end of the day, Archie still wants to win. And if an NBA caliber talent wanted to come to URI (with multiple years of eligibility) he would take him. Especially if, as you pointed out, he conducted himself and represents the University the way Xavier did.ace wrote: ↑1 year ago This team could have used an Xavier Munford. I know the line is that Archie wanted to bring in young guys to build for the future. The problem with that is if the guys you get in March and onward are good enough. Even with the benefit of the new transfer rules, I am not sure how successful they were in doing that. X took a lot of pressure off his teammates, conducted himself like a pro, and in no way interfered with the development of other guys.
Archie is a very good coach, but he has not historically been a “rebuilder.” That works a different set of coaching muscles. Rhody fans were feeling pretty good about poaching an all-freshmen player from a conference foe, but I am not sure it could have turned out worse. In this rebuilding stuff, the last thing you want is a distraction, and both of the higher regarded transfers were just that. It doesn’t mean anything predictive, Archie is going to be really good at URI, but this season kind of feels like a false start so far.
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BruceW wrote: ↑1 year ago Can not say in this day and age I am disappointed. But I immediately have two thoughts. First is focusing solely on Brayan’s future. Suffice to say he is a troubled kid. Talented but troubled. In my humble opinion I believe he deserves better. I believe he got a raw deal. Which goes to my second point the coach Archie Miller. Being extremely smart about the past. Archie coached at Indiana and Dayton. Indiana may have been a bad fit for him. But Dayton was a perfect example of what Archie is all about. While at Dayton Archie ran that program with strong leadership and conviction. Dayton is a small Catholic school that loves its basketball. And they love the money drawn from college basketball. And Archie was the king of that empire. A coaches job is to take talent and make it work. Shape it. Mold it. No one says it’s easy. But giving up on the kid you brought in from GW. That you will have for two more years. And you throw him off the team ? Granted we don’t know the background story. But for goodness sake we are talking about a 19 year old kid. Maybe Thorr needs to be rethinking his Archie hire ?
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I abso-frickin-lutely agree with this.TruePoint wrote: ↑1 year agoNone of this shit should matter (other than URI women) to an account that is literally called “Rhody Vault”. If you’re going to brand yourself that way, your content should be 99.97% Rhody content. If he wants to just cover basketball in Rhode Island, it can’t be that hard to come up with branding that makes sense for that. I can’t imagine a Notre Dame fan account or blog or whatever called “Irish Eyes” just pivoting to covering Purdue or Ball State because Notre Dame is having a down year. Incredibly bizarre thing to do.Section104 wrote: ↑1 year agoBryant isnt much better. 7-5 in America East with their roster is underwhelming. Lost to Brown by 12 and UMass Lowell by 19 with a 2-3 players that would be starters on our team.
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I find it quite cringe that he covers PC on an account called "RhodyVault"... "Rhody" is for URI, not Bryant, not PC, not Brown.TruePoint wrote: ↑1 year agoNone of this shit should matter (other than URI women) to an account that is literally called “Rhody Vault”. If you’re going to brand yourself that way, your content should be 99.97% Rhody content. If he wants to just cover basketball in Rhode Island, it can’t be that hard to come up with branding that makes sense for that. I can’t imagine a Notre Dame fan account or blog or whatever called “Irish Eyes” just pivoting to covering Purdue or Ball State because Notre Dame is having a down year. Incredibly bizarre thing to do.Section104 wrote: ↑1 year agoBryant isnt much better. 7-5 in America East with their roster is underwhelming. Lost to Brown by 12 and UMass Lowell by 19 with a 2-3 players that would be starters on our team.
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You seriously think Archie kicked him off the team because he wasn't willing to put in the work to make it work? That's ridiculous to even question the Archie hire right now. I've gone to every home game and a couple away games. Brayon was getting a significant amount of coaching from the side, I'd say more than others on the team. Whatever happened at the GM game was obviously the last straw.BruceW wrote: ↑1 year ago Can not say in this day and age I am disappointed. But I immediately have two thoughts. First is focusing solely on Brayan’s future. Suffice to say he is a troubled kid. Talented but troubled. In my humble opinion I believe he deserves better. I believe he got a raw deal. Which goes to my second point the coach Archie Miller. Being extremely smart about the past. Archie coached at Indiana and Dayton. Indiana may have been a bad fit for him. But Dayton was a perfect example of what Archie is all about. While at Dayton Archie ran that program with strong leadership and conviction. Dayton is a small Catholic school that loves its basketball. And they love the money drawn from college basketball. And Archie was the king of that empire. A coaches job is to take talent and make it work. Shape it. Mold it. No one says it’s easy. But giving up on the kid you brought in from GW. That you will have for two more years. And you throw him off the team ? Granted we don’t know the background story. But for goodness sake we are talking about a 19 year old kid. Maybe Thorr needs to be rethinking his Archie hire ?
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Agree , definitely not going to take 5 years , I am almost certain we will be top 4 league by year 3 then stay there most years going forward like Dayton VCU and STLPeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year agoDo you really think it would take Archie up to FIVE YEARS to get where we want to be? Have you seen how bad the A-10 is? Did you see when we already beat the most talented team in the A-10? And most importantly the transfer portal exists. Things happen overnight now.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year agoace wrote: ↑1 year ago This team could have used an Xavier Munford. I know the line is that Archie wanted to bring in young guys to build for the future. The problem with that is if the guys you get in March and onward are good enough. Even with the benefit of the new transfer rules, I am not sure how successful they were in doing that. X took a lot of pressure off his teammates, conducted himself like a pro, and in no way interfered with the development of other guys.
Archie is a very good coach, but he has not historically been a “rebuilder.” That works a different set of coaching muscles. Rhody fans were feeling pretty good about poaching an all-freshmen player from a conference foe, but I am not sure it could have turned out worse. In this rebuilding stuff, the last thing you want is a distraction, and both of the higher regarded transfers were just that. It doesn’t mean anything predictive, Archie is going to be really good at URI, but this season kind of feels like a false start so far.
Ugh, that’s what many of us are concerned with…this season was a false start and we have another disappointing season next year. Then we are looking at year 4, but maybe even year 5 before we are where we want to be. That would suck.
A lost decade. How come when we have a bad hire following success we lose the next decade?
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I say 4-5 years.
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Since most were projecting year 4, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we may now be looking at a 4 to 5 year rebuild. Unless some of the current players make HUGE leaps next year and Archie brings in 1-2 immediate impact players we are looking at another long season next year. I personally think even 4 years is unacceptable, but that is the prevailing expectation.
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What is going to happen? An NCAA appearance? That is what we are talking about, correct? So next year or the year after we will be an NCAA team?
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Silly I tell you!RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago Since most were projecting year 4, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we may now be looking at a 4 to 5 year rebuild. Unless some of the current players make HUGE leaps next year and Archie brings in 1-2 immediate impact players we are looking at another long season next year. I personally think even 4 years is unacceptable, but that is the prevailing expectation.
The A-10 is a dumpster fire
As bad as we are right now we are not that far from the top of the league. We literally beat the best team in the league.
Everyone we bring back will be better. We will add an impact big and a guard or two and at least compete for the double bye next year.
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I love your optimism
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I hope I’m wrong.
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I think being close to .500 overall and in league play next year is a realistic goal. I have more faith in Miller's ability to recruit given a full year in the job, vs. a compressed off-season, whether that's with HS players or transfers. The annoying thing is that unless Leggett decides to stay here for a fifth year, he'll graduate after 2023-24, and I don't think any other player on our current roster has All-A10 potential. So, I can see something like close to .500 next year, then another year close to .500 or slightly better, as we replace Leggett's production. Then, NCAAs in year four. I would love to be proven wrong, and have Dubsky, Estevez and Players To Be Named Later be incredible from year one.RIFan wrote: ↑1 year ago Since most were projecting year 4, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we may now be looking at a 4 to 5 year rebuild. Unless some of the current players make HUGE leaps next year and Archie brings in 1-2 immediate impact players we are looking at another long season next year. I personally think even 4 years is unacceptable, but that is the prevailing expectation.
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First time poster: I agree I can see Cam and Connor helping us turn around next year. Young guys with new energy, trying to prove themselves, who can shoot and don’t seem bigger than the team. It’ll be interesting to see if they can salvage anything in these last couple of games and then regardless build up that confidence in the offseason. A cohesive team is a strong team, and we’ll never truly know how the guys feel now that bray is out. Anybody’s whose managed people before knows how infectious energy is. I think Ish can step into a leadership role now and support the others up.
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Can't say I saw this coming.
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I thought he was struggling to get in the building. But now o see him. Weird.
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Bray at the game sitting w Ruckus and cheering for the team
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Nothing like the WiFi at the Ryan to post something after it was already reported. Just call me Lois Lane
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Big time props to him for coming.
Stood the whole first half, clapped and cheered. Did look a little down, not surprising though. Obviously still wants to be playing.
Stood the whole first half, clapped and cheered. Did look a little down, not surprising though. Obviously still wants to be playing.
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What does this even mean?
He could've skipped town the second he got kicked off.
Attended the game and cheered for his former teammates.
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Agree. The phrase "too soon" seems to apply here. Odd.NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑1 year agoMaybe....but seemed more weird than nice gesture. Like, now the "team" is important, when it seems pretty clear that it wasn't before...
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I'm kinda thinking...unless you plan on giving it another try here next year...why?RI_Bred wrote: ↑1 year agoAgree. The phrase "too soon" seems to apply here. Odd.NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑1 year agoMaybe....but seemed more weird than nice gesture. Like, now the "team" is important, when it seems pretty clear that it wasn't before...
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I decided to go back and read the Freeman recruiting thread this morning. We had such high hopes.
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Not 100% comparable, but this situation is similar to the movie Coach Carter. Coach Carter being Archie (hard nose yet effective coaching style), and Brayon being Timo Cruz, who was kicked off the team for disciplinary reasons but was very talented. If you know the movie, it makes sense.
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If anything I feel bad for the kid the more we get into this.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
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He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
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Sorry BM, he may have some talents ( a good handle, a mediocre shot, and a knack getting to the rack), but he lacks coachability, defensive effort, and being able to effectively share the ball. And personally, I haven't seen hardly any improvement over the course of the year. He has some talent, but has not learned the right way to play the game at this level and does not want to change. He has had opportunities, but it's time that he move on should he want to continue his basketball career..
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Sorry BM, he may have some talents ( a good handle, a mediocre shot, and a knack getting to the rack), but he lacks coachability, defensive effort, and being able to effectively share the ball. And personally, I haven't seen hardly any improvement over the course of the year. He has some talent, but has not learned the right way to play the game at this level and does not want to change. He has had opportunities, but it's time that he move on should he want to continue his basketball career..
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This changes noting for me.Blue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago If anything I feel bad for the kid the more we get into this.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
Whether his old man was operating alone or with the collective fam is irrelevant. A member of the kid's camp crossed a line for all to see and it was the final drop in the bucket to cause the spill.
he seemingly (if that's really pops) doubled down on it by 'not giving a fuck'.
Cool. Now get lost, the whole lot of ya.
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He also maybe just needs to transfer to a west coast school so he doesn't have situations like SaturdayBlue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago If anything I feel bad for the kid the more we get into this.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
Take down the Robert Carothers banner and fix the concession stand lines
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Re: Brayon Freeman Dismissed from Team
His dad seems like a manipulative narcissistic posBlue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago If anything I feel bad for the kid the more we get into this.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
Or IMAGINE you can somehow rationalize a situation where it's okay to cuss out a coach like Archie Miller, somehow contribute to your son's dismissal (only player in 10+ years to be dismissed by Arch under these circumstances) and then take zero responsibility for any of it then play the fucking victim.
Just an exhausting person.
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Dang...not even on Twittler but clicked on the above and dude has lost it....(if he ever had it)
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Re: Brayon Freeman Dismissed from Team
Is it possible to play the effing victim if you don't give a f---? Just curious what the new rules are ...PeterRamTime wrote: ↑1 year agoHis dad seems like a manipulative narcissistic posBlue Man wrote: ↑1 year ago If anything I feel bad for the kid the more we get into this.
Supposedly this is his dad. This is part of a long string of tweets he was going back and forth with a Rhody fan (and mainly with himself). Tough look and really unfair to Bray if this is the case. Imagine being a contributing factor negatively affecting your son's college and career aspirations and not "giving a fuck" while brazenly bragging about it.
Bray being at the game seems like he misses it, and maybe this will be a type of embarrassing, hard lesson for him to learn.
Now, with all of that - Bray's dad saying that no one else joined in doesn't line up with what several eye witnesses on here said, and based on what all of us have seen ourselves with Bray's attitude, body language, and reactions - I'm going to call a bit of BS on Bray's dad here.
Just unfair to the kid when the guy you're supposed to look up to is doing everything brazenly and unapologetically the wrong way.
Hopefully this becomes a lesson for Bray. He's definitely got the talent, just needs to clean up his act.
Or IMAGINE you can somehow rationalize a situation where it's okay to cuss out a coach like Archie Miller, somehow contribute to your son's dismissal (only player in 10+ years to be dismissed by Arch under these circumstances) and then take zero responsibility for any of it then play the fucking victim.
Just an exhausting person.
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Damn, I though Mike Powell's dad was bad, this guy needs some medication (or maybe less medication?)
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Glad to be done with all that drama.
Time to move on and get back to trying to win basketball games.
Time to move on and get back to trying to win basketball games.
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I'm the one who questioned him on twitter. Sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm not proud of it. Anyway, he said he would be in Kingston again sometime and it sounds like he wants to fight me. If he gets his jollies by beating up old men, well, what can I say?
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You've got all of KB behind you lolBillyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago I'm the one who questioned him on twitter. Sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm not proud of it. Anyway, he said he would be in Kingston again sometime and it sounds like he wants to fight me. If he gets his jollies by beating up old men, well, what can I say?
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Sometimes I wish I could keep my mouth shut...or my typing fingers tied up.RhodyRams916 wrote: ↑1 year agoYou've got all of KB behind you lolBillyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago I'm the one who questioned him on twitter. Sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm not proud of it. Anyway, he said he would be in Kingston again sometime and it sounds like he wants to fight me. If he gets his jollies by beating up old men, well, what can I say?
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Re: Brayon Freeman Dismissed from Team
That is his father...I had a brief interaction with him earlier in the year
This is some next level toxicity..."I said it, I'm the problem and I don't give an F."
Wow helluva a parenting lesson right there.
Where was the poster that wanted the background story?
This is some next level toxicity..."I said it, I'm the problem and I don't give an F."
Wow helluva a parenting lesson right there.
Where was the poster that wanted the background story?
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Re: Brayon Freeman Dismissed from Team
What happened to the guy that said his "family" was berating Archie from behind the bench? I wonder if it really was just the father because this guy seems like a DOUCHEBAG!bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago That is his father...I had a brief interaction with him earlier in the year
This is some next level toxicity..."I said it, I'm the problem and I don't give an F."
Wow helluva a parenting lesson right there.
Where was the poster that wanted the background story?