Not really valid point. Mooney started slow too and most gave him along leash , he'll I'm one of his biggest bathers and I was ok with him for about 6 to 7 years too long probably. Board has been patient with Mooney for very long time, so not a great point. Dean Smith was hung in effigy too. Difference is after a few bad seasons, Mooney had early success and then went into slacker mode after 13 million contract. Reversal of K and Dean's situation.
I had a 10 hour drive yesterday and listening to two different national programs, one out of LV and one out of DC, both were not K fans, actually brought up numerous situations, lime berating Oregon player in hand shake line and then lying about it etc.
. One last observation, I live in CT now. Fans up here I think are much more k friendly, as opposed to many in ACC territory that have observed many of the petty and passive aggressive moves employed against their teams for year, instead of just seeing the espn puff. Grayson Allen goon tactics defended as an accident, then performed again. Who remembers that before he adopted the one and done, certain players that left early were "effing up my program". But I digress, hopefully we get rid of moon and Hardt doesn't screw up the hire.
No not really, sorry but light traffic, not too bad at all. The thing is, as usual you only see you point of view living in LI I presume. Much dislike of K across the country fostered by probably close to hundreds of shady things and passive aggressive moves over the years. Listening to some sports radio I was kind of surprisedto find so much K hate actually on airwaves for this joyous occasion.Spider23, your points are beyond weak. I’m glad you suffered a 10 hour car ride yesterday.
Exactly. Well said G Killer. “But over the course of that long of a career there will be some things.”
Change the narrative. There definitely will be things over the course of a long career. There were a ton of shady things over the years, and the fact that much of the national media glossed them over because he is so vindictive and grudge carrying is what turns the other half against him so much. I am not making it up, was refreshing to hear radio/podcasts reveling in his loss. Of course he will probably come back and win the ACC tourney and national championship now
. Kind of agreeing with SF on the petition. I am going to write to the AD and president. I am afraid that an anonymous petition won't really move the needle. That said - I did sign it and hope it gets a lot of signatures. Just not sure PQ is going to give a damn.
yep, and following other teams, and rooting against teams. Thanks mooney, you are the best!!
There is no reason to feel sorry for Mooney. He wants to win for sure, and I am willing to bet with his Princeton education, even he knows this is a business of winning games. He has run a clean program and has been a good representative of the University. But there is no reason to feel sorry for him. He has made over $10 million dollars as the coach of the University of Richmond. And if he is smart with his money, which I am sure he is - he doesn't have to work another day if he doesn't want to and he has enough money to provide a good foundation for his children. He has made generational money and as much as coaches want to win the "big-one", there are very few that actually can. But the ultimate goal, the one they don't speak about too much because it would look bad - is many coaches now are able to make this type of money that sets up their families for a very long time. And Mooney has done that. So I don't feel bad for him. He has made it all the way from wedding planning at a DIII School to a million dollar a year coach. Overall - he has been a success.
my concern with petition is that once the basketball season ends and the sting wears off people will just stop bothering to care about what happened or will happen with the basketball program and how many signatures can we legitimately expect to receive? A couple thousand? As long as people are showing up at the RC I just don't think there will be enough interest in a petition.Change the narrative. There definitely will be things over the course of a long career. There were a ton of shady things over the years, and the fact that much of the national media glossed them over because he is so vindictive and grudge carrying is what turns the other half against him so much. I am not making it up, was refreshing to hear radio/podcasts reveling in his loss. Of course he will probably come back and win the ACC tourney and national championship now
That reminds me of a funny picture we have. My brother went to Duke bball camp, because you couldn't get into UNC camp in those days. My parents then stopped at UNC ( he was a UNC fan) on the way home, and he took a picture with Dean Smith while wearing his Duke bball shirt.
Don't know 23 if it will make you feel good or not, but appears your son and Mooney have something in common.
that was my brother haha, and was just home and my mom brought up that picture when we were watching the UNC-DUKE game.
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Agree, as much as we tout best class ever. Its another strongly flawed team. Cayo had a good run, but has been very inconsistent this year and no athletic big to at least bound and defend - as usual. And no replacement for Francis - Mooney knew Goose is a good player, but not a scorer and was having hip surgery, and crazy that he was trying to roll Sherod out there for big minutes in the back court.
I would presume the petition will be delivered within a few days after the end of our season. I'm sure we would have all liked to see a petition with a couple thousand signatures, but I don't think with the close nature of our fan base, that would be realistic. So, it is at 250 now, I think that is a solid number, that shows the collective discontent among the loyal fan base. I also think that once we are eliminated from the A-10 tournament that we will get another strong bump of signees.
The trigger point will be those that don’t return who can and those who transfer out. What we have left could be another healthy trigger for more letters and emails.
Francis took this team’s balls and left.
I'm ready for it Trap. Would definitely bet that outcome if the money was fairly even. And then he will get the benefit of the post covid 6 year seniors rebuild. Buckle up spidernation.
I stated when Francis left, who could drive me crazy with some of his decisions, that we no longer had a fearless go to shooter. Last game I watched Gilly and Goos drive into the lane, and lose their man from 10 feet away and refuse to shoot and instead pass out. Do you not think defenses will see this on tape and say just guard the three point line for the outward pass?
I expect that, but it would represent the position of an invertebrate.
I've too noticed that. It seems like it's happened more as the season wound down. It drives me crazy. We luv to pass. There can never be one too many extra passes.
Exactly, or pass it to Cayo when he is in a bad spot or not expecting it. Cayo, Grant and Grace need a lot of time after they catch the ball to move. Gilyard isn’t keeping the defense honest by dropping a floater in there every now and then. Kendall, Ced and KA did it all the time
Problem with his balls were they were bigger than his basketball acumen too frequently.
We miss him greatly. Francis is one of the most under appreciated players we’ve ever had. We’re not even close to a 24-7 team without him in 2020. He was also actually a really good on ball defender and that’s an area we’re really missing him that people don’t talk about enough.
