Spider17
All A-10 player
I think it’s through 2027-2028 season. We gave another 2 year extension after 2023-2024 season.
Mooney--an under appreciated coach.
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SpiderWill
Bench player
We are regressing, I admit it. This post was created when we were 10-2 and easily could have been 11-1.
I admit too many creampuffs created some false optimism this year.
Will
Spider17
All A-10 player
I just don’t see it with our incoming freshmen unfortunately. Hope I’m wrong. Harper has shown more promise but not A10 level promise to me… at least not yet. I hope AA stays too but wouldn’t be surprised at all if he transfers. We are going to have to rely on transfers again, but I don’t have much confidence that we’ll find another Jordan King and Neal Quinn.
Also, with how bad we’ve been the last 2 years and also having a lot of unknowns with players next year, I can see our schedule being equally bad.
Spider2020
Bench player
Based on this, sounds like through 2028-2029? We’re screwed
72Spider
Bench player
I believe it's through 28-29.
Spider17
All A-10 player
UR never publicizes this thing but ya it’s either 2 or 3 years left after this season. That contract extension after 2023-2024 turned out to not be a good decision from Hardt. Mooney should’ve been rewarded for winning A10 regular season but financial incentives should’ve been enough.
I believe Hardt has been a good AD up to this point. He’s done a lot of good things for our athletic department. I agree with posters though that what he does with MBB will ultimately define his tenure here. There’s also the PQ factor that complicates things further.
All I’m saying is if we continue going down this path without some change it’s going to lead to irreparable damage to our program. If it’s not firing Mooney, then firing all the assistants and bringing in people who will bring fresh perspectives, or doing something different in how we recruit, or fundamentally changing our offense/defense.
This strategy of “hoping” we will get the right recruits and figure it out, is not a good strategy.
Makes me sad writing this. It really does.
Spiders4ever
Starter
Buy Mooney out. It's worth it.
Spider2020
Bench player
Worth it to us. I doubt the admin would agree
Not happening. He needs to go to sleep tonight and wake up with an overwhelming desire to move back to Philadelphia and pack up at the end of the season and make like a horse turd and hit the trail.
Spider2020
Bench player
I’m not sure how much Hardt can really do if finding a new head coach is off the table. From the start I’ve had the impression that Hardt reports to Mooney, as backwards as that may be. Hard for Hardt to really make any impact if that’s the case
Spiders4ever
Starter
Hardt is focusing on the non revenue sports.
Urmite
Bench player
You re reading it wrong that is 28 or 29 years…
ManiBenton
Bench player
…….
SpiderWill
Bench player
I get it, we suck now, and this season is likely a throwaway. Hindsight is 20/20--promise me i want to win as much as anyone.
2020 - COVID- likely headed to NCAA
2021 - Rough/disjointed year with COVID but won at Kentucky and Vandy,
2022 - NCAA
2023 - rough year
2024 - reg season champs
2025 - rough year
That's 3 good years, 1 incomplete and 2 F's. At the time i made this post, 2026 was looking good--i know we had a weak n/c but i thought we had a lot of potential. People act like Mooney's track record is 5 straight losing years. That was reason for post.
We weren’t going to a NCAA in 2020. I don’t care about the record. That Dayton team was loaded that year…
SpiderWill
Bench player
We easily could have gotten an at large. We'll never know
PhillySpider
Bench player
I will sell him my house cheap to help the cause!
