MDspider8 said:

According to Evan Miya, Tyne has the 3rd worst offensive performance rating (OBPR) of all A10 players who have played at least 50 possessions this season.

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Tyne's been atrocious. He can dribble, but it seems to be Jason Nelson-level aimless. He can handle, but can't seem to run an offense. He can get open, but can't shoot. He can drive, but doesn't finish.

I was high on him, but what I've seen this year has been really discouraging. He just does not seem to be able to create offense for anyone on the floor. I am ready for B. Artis to get the lion's share of minutes there for a few games.

And his feet are never square to the basket on his shot, so I don't have a lot of faith that his shooting percentages will improve.

I rarely post though I have lurked on this board for 20+ years now since I was an undergrad.

I think what a lot of people are feeling and trying to find ways to say it, is how little FUN it is anymore.

We play a boring style of play (not getting into it here) and i would say 85% of the games we have played (win or lose) in the past 19 years haven't really meant much of anything. Almost every year we lose so many dumb OOC games, and literally never have any big OOC wins (that Kentucky team we hung our hat on in 2020 only won 9 games that year), and so the chances of an at-large bid become .01%. And that takes all the drama out of every game in Dec, Jan, Feb, until the A-10 tournament. What's the next game on the schedule that means anything? What games should we be hyped about? And it's not even Thanksgiving. Why does this feel normal now?

It's college sports. The ups and downs are what make it fun. In almost two decades, where is the drama? Where are the fun upsets? Where is a massive recruiting win for a program-changing player? Where is the swagger? Say what you want about ol' Jerry Wainwright, but those teams would punch a mf in the mouth, even if we lost (the win at Kansas in '04 is still a bigger non-NCAAT win than any win Mooney has had in 19 years and JW was only here 3 seasons).

I realize the A10 is a shell of its former self and we are a small school in an ever-changing landscape of college sports. But we used to be a David fighting Goliaths, now we are a David *regularly* losing to David Jrs in Nov/Dec and patting ourselves on the back for beating teams casual sports fans would have to google to find out who they are.

Make Richmond Basketball fun again. Make most of the season actually relevant most years. I don't care what cooked-up stats people throw at me or like, the mental gymnastics it takes to make some weird little moral victories fun for a random few people or to justify having a rebuild year after a season in which we had zero post-season wins. Just make it fun again.

This has really been puzzling. I wish someone would ask Mooney about it directly, but we'll never get that from traditional media in RVA.

I've watched his body language/reactions on the bench, and he's clearly into the game and being a great presence on the sideline, so can't imagine it's attitude/behavior related. My best guess is that he's struggling to adapt to our offensive system or his defense in practice is so bad that Mooney can't play him over Tyne or B. Artis. He's even behind Graham though, which is baffling at this stage.

This is a guy who was the GATORADE POY in Ohio, averaged 24 PPG his senior year, and got into 22 games at Michigan last year. The fact that he isn't getting playing time for what looks like our worst team in the last decade is shocking.

spiderman said:

AP's shot is a mess right now.

Tanner needs to be more aggressive offensively but at least he looks like he's defending.

I'm ready to try double big if Walz is healthy, now that Soulis is there to backup:
Hunt, Tyne, Dusan, Beagle, Walz

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Yuck. We're usually on the same page, but I do not like this lineup at all.

PASpider said:

I never understood the faith people had in Walz and Tanner. Walz was a 6’10” player in a league of 6’4” centers in high school and still averaged fewer than 10 points a game. Why did people think he would suddenly be an offensive threat? Tanner didn’t really play last year so not sure where the faith came from. Like I said in a different post, I thought the incoming freshmen would be good, but if they can’t play on this team, then that’s a clear sign that they aren’t.

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They are choosing to redshirt. That is way different than "can't play on this team."

There's lots to criticize about this team and the coaching this year. We don't need to manufacture other stuff.

VT4700 said:

Not saying because of rankings. I am saying because we kept hearing in the off season he was a great shooter who was making a bunch of 3s. We are 25-96 (26%) from 3 as a team. Our offense looks terrible and we have 3 straight ugly losses. Tyne, Tanner, and White are giving us very little. We are in the meaningless OOC stage right now. I know coaches know their teams way better than we do, but I say give him some minutes and find out.

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So, I am no Moon fan, but I will defend him here. You can't just give a guy minutes because the team stinks so far. You earn minutes. If it was really close between him and someone else for the minutes and that person has performed worse in the games than he does in practice, then yes, maybe I'd do this too see if someone was a better "game guy" but if he is sitting because he hasn't learned the offense, doesn't play D or a hundred other reasons that it could be, I cant just play him because he is supposedly a good shooter and my other guys haven't shot well yet. And we have to assume that there are reasons he is buried right now. Coaches just aren't in the habit of burying guys for no reason and players have to earn their way back up the ladder, not just be gifted the minutes basically out of desperation in the moment.

spiderjpo said:

Three straight playoff appearances, two straight conference championships and a 20-3 CAA record with a 13 game CAA win streak speaks volumes about our football program. Some will say we play at a FCS level in a watered down league but the product we put on the field is something every fan should appreciate. Congratulations to our coaches and players for representing what a winning culture looks like no matter what obstacles are put in their path.

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The only other FCS programs to win at least nine games each of the last three seasons are North Dakota State and South Dakota State. Those are very good programs to be associated. No one else in the conference has more than 16 conference wins in the regular season in the last three years. As you pointed out, UR has 20. The coaching staff deserves a lot of credit. The team deserves a lot of support. I hope there is a large and loud UR crowd on Saturday. It looks like it will be near perfect football weather.

Three straight playoff appearances, two straight conference championships and a 20-3 CAA record with a 13 game CAA win streak speaks volumes about our football program. Some will say we play at a FCS level in a watered down league but the product we put on the field is something every fan should appreciate. Congratulations to our coaches and players for representing what a winning culture looks like no matter what obstacles are put in their path.

SpiderTrap said:

A good sales pitch might be to send Mooney over to Roussell. Mooney can tell him - I made back to back NCAA tourney's in 2010-2011 and have been here ever since. Two words - Job Security.

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take a look at the gains on my investment portfolios since 2011 🤯

8legs1dream said:

our AD has probably forgotten that it is even a possibility that a bigger conference can come in and swipe your coach

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A good sales pitch might be to send Mooney over to Roussell. Mooney can tell him - I made back to back NCAA tourney's in 2010-2011 and have been here ever since. Two words - Job Security.

MDspider8 said:

According to Evan Miya, Tyne has the 3rd worst offensive performance rating (OBPR) of all A10 players who have played at least 50 possessions this season.

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More troubling, under those same metrics our first player does not appear until #77, Beagle.

Many other teams have 2-3 players in the top 20.

8legs1dream said:

our AD has probably forgotten that it is even a possibility that a bigger conference can come in and swipe your coach

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"No expectations." -UR athletic dept. motto.

spiderman said:

strong class.
I can't understand why we're still using that awful blue filter.

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dramatic effect/s

#35 overall in AP and 1 of only 2 teams receiving votes from a non major conference. Just keep winning.

VT4700 said:

I am concerned the most about Tanner and Tyne. Most of the others are shooters who are just not making shots right now. Tanner has the 3rd most minutes, but has very little to show for it, and has only 1 assist with 6 turnovers. Tyne has the 2nd most minutes, is 4-16 from 3, and has 3 assists with 7 turnovers. Both are starting and getting good minutes, but just not making a positive impact right now.

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According to Evan Miya, Tyne has the 3rd worst offensive performance rating (OBPR) of all A10 players who have played at least 50 possessions this season.

8legs1dream said:

big fat Spiders L, W, W

12-7

New Mexico vs St Johns o/u 163.5 taking the under
Citadel -3.5 vs NC A&T
Clemson vs Boise St o/u 140.5 taking the over

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W, L, W

14-8

VMI vs Pitt o/u 156.5, taking the under

SpiderTrap said:

Bigger problem will be - can we keep Roussell. Assume they have another good year, and make it back to the NCAA tourney - that will be back to back trips and his name will have to be up there for open jobs. Then you look at the roster - he potentially has some pieces returning in Ulstrom and Doogan, but he will lose Hill, Budnik, and Camden.

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our AD has probably forgotten that it is even a possibility that a bigger conference can come in and swipe your coach

Play loose and aggressive this Sat. and should be good. Great to have Gouveia & hopefully DeGennaro back on offense. Top 8 seed position with a win ?

2 stinkin' votes in the AP poll.

strong class.
I can't understand why we're still using that awful blue filter.

We should give him a 10 year contract

Bigger problem will be - can we keep Roussell. Assume they have another good year, and make it back to the NCAA tourney - that will be back to back trips and his name will have to be up there for open jobs. Then you look at the roster - he potentially has some pieces returning in Ulstrom and Doogan, but he will lose Hill, Budnik, and Camden.

spiderman said:

if a coaching staff sees a guy 5-6 days a week for 5+ months, I'll assume they know where he stands right now.
I'm not playing him over other guys based on high school rankings.

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Not saying because of rankings. I am saying because we kept hearing in the off season he was a great shooter who was making a bunch of 3s. We are 25-96 (26%) from 3 as a team. Our offense looks terrible and we have 3 straight ugly losses. Tyne, Tanner, and White are giving us very little. We are in the meaningless OOC stage right now. I know coaches know their teams way better than we do, but I say give him some minutes and find out.