Eight Legger
Starter
I think Roussell stays
I heard it's because he consults with his personal advisor Jack Daniels.
VCU does it again… good for them.
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Fatherspider
Bench player
That record against horrible competition.
Eight Legger
Starter
Hubert Davis probably deserved to be fired for that disaster tonight. His team got up 17 and just started jacking threes without using any shot clock and he did nothing to stop them. Then down the stretch when everyone was clearly gassed, he didn't substitute or call timeouts. How many layups did they miss between OT and the last few minutes of regulation? Embarrassing.
Fatherspider
Bench player
There is no comparison. UR is a joke of a program and VCU is national caliber.#RVA
Atail of two programs. One that tries and one that has a country club freaking Triumvirate running things comfortably.
Fatherspider
Bench player
It was a Mooney caliber collapse. Did he never call a TO too?
Fatherspider
Bench player
Who complains and whines?
*23*
Assistant coach
Yes when it was tied with 8 seconds left and he had an empty court two on two. Then he drew up a play with three UNC players 1 foot a part. Moonyesque performance. Maybe he has a PQ type friend named MJ 23?
Ferrum Spider
Walk-on
We’re getting out administrated by a dude too dumb to order an uber when he’s drunk.
Arachnid
Bench player
One announcer comment as game was winding down to OT was that Martelli wasn’t even drawing up plays, he was letting them play….and play they did. What energy! And yes what coaching.
It’s just unbelievable that we are stuck and mired in this less than mediocrity s-show quagmire.
I keep trying to envision the recovery of the program with a new staff. But right now I have a hard time trying to get past the thoughts of Sherman’s march to the sea or Nero fiddling (yes I know he really didn’t play a not yesterday invented fiddle).
I just do not understand the scorched earth policy.
It’s just unbelievable that we are stuck and mired in this less than mediocrity s-show quagmire.
I keep trying to envision the recovery of the program with a new staff. But right now I have a hard time trying to get past the thoughts of Sherman’s march to the sea or Nero fiddling (yes I know he really didn’t play a not yesterday invented fiddle).
I just do not understand the scorched earth policy.
SpiderRick
Bench player
All my VCU friends are celebrating and I'm happy for them. But this makes me even sadder. Of all the schools in this country, why is once proud University of Richmond now saddled with an idiot AD and a groundhog day worthless coach?
WHY???
WHY???
Spider17
Assistant coach
The saddest part is that everything VCU is doing isn’t any different than we can do. We are both in the same conference, same city. We both have have nice facilities.
VCU chooses to spend big on players, we don’t. VCU chooses to set high standards for themselves, we don’t. VCU chooses to be aggressive and schedule the best they can, we don’t. VCU chooses to hold coaches accountable if goals aren’t met, we don’t. VCU chooses to have institutional commitment to basketball and remove any self-imposed obstacles keeping them from getting good recruits, we don’t.
Rhoades, Odom, Martelli Jr. would have all come here had we gone after them. We didn’t.
I’m at the point where I can’t even hate on VCU anymore. You have to respect what they’ve done and the commitment they have to excellence in the sport. 10 A10 finals out of 13 A10 tournaments. 3 A10 tournament championships in 4 years where we finished bottom 4 of A10, 3 out of 4 years. In what was supposed to be a down year for them with a first year coach, they shared an A10 regular season title with the best SLU team in a long time, won the A10 tournament, and beat UNC in the NCAA tournament. Like I said before, good for them. You work hard and have complete alignment across the board and good things happen. They deserve it.
VCU chooses to spend big on players, we don’t. VCU chooses to set high standards for themselves, we don’t. VCU chooses to be aggressive and schedule the best they can, we don’t. VCU chooses to hold coaches accountable if goals aren’t met, we don’t. VCU chooses to have institutional commitment to basketball and remove any self-imposed obstacles keeping them from getting good recruits, we don’t.
Rhoades, Odom, Martelli Jr. would have all come here had we gone after them. We didn’t.
I’m at the point where I can’t even hate on VCU anymore. You have to respect what they’ve done and the commitment they have to excellence in the sport. 10 A10 finals out of 13 A10 tournaments. 3 A10 tournament championships in 4 years where we finished bottom 4 of A10, 3 out of 4 years. In what was supposed to be a down year for them with a first year coach, they shared an A10 regular season title with the best SLU team in a long time, won the A10 tournament, and beat UNC in the NCAA tournament. Like I said before, good for them. You work hard and have complete alignment across the board and good things happen. They deserve it.
Spiders4ever
Starter
VCU doesn't have men's lacrosse. Maybe that's the secret.
Hmmmm, go figure.
The basketball team was better when men's soccer was a sport.
*23*
Assistant coach
4Ever, more and more I am believing PQ may be the biggest problem. While we highlight his "leafy campus" comments, I think his friendship with Hardt and Mooney and focus on leafy campus sport LAX have undercut the hell out of hoops. No pressure on mooney and no reason for mooney to leave his cocoon. The whole bunch disgust me.
Arachnid
Bench player
Heck Rick, I’m celebrating with them. It’s fun! They understand the failure at UR and no longer make any fun of us. Now it’s just pity, sympathy and empathy.
Spider17
Assistant coach
Adding men’s lacrosse and bringing Chemotti was one of the best athletic decisions our university has ever made. We can legitimately win a national championship in that sport one day and should continue to fund it appropriately. Robins Stadium from what I’ve read, seen online and on tv are getting thousands of fans going to the games. Our team gets talked about a lot on lacrosse sites, social media, and has nearly triple the instagram followers than our basketball team. We are very well respected among people who follow college lacrosse. I get a lot of pride too seeing our spiders be among the elite in the country at a sport.
We can and should strive to be good at multiple things at once. In my eyes, basketball and lacrosse being the top 2 priorities followed by football and baseball
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Eight Legger
Starter
Here's a question I hope we won't ever have to answer, but... Would people be willing to fold the football program if that led to an elevation of the basketball program to the level that we all want?
I don't think there's any reason we can't be good in all sports, but it feels like this is a question our administration would bring up as a way to justify things.
I don't think there's any reason we can't be good in all sports, but it feels like this is a question our administration would bring up as a way to justify things.
*23*
Assistant coach
I don't have a problem with Lacrosse being good - or great. But it just seems that there is this intricate web in which PQ prioritizes Lacrosse and not hoops. So he will never fire Mooney, nor put pressure on Hardt. As Steve Seymour once told me, Mooney has the best job in America, pays great and ZERO pressure from admin. Turnse out he was so right.
Going back to the Heilman days and to the fabulous support of the Robins family. UR was building and strengthening the school after years the school could have literally gone out of business, everyone was proud of the approach that that UR would strive to be best it could be be in everything it planned to focus on. Even Bruce Heilman coming from a women’s school agreed with this and bought in as to this as to athletics, especially basketball. We are losing institutional memory as to this commitment and approach.
