Pin this to the “how to save Richmond athletics” thread. I get it that PQ gives a lot of money but there sure have been some questionable decisions since he became our main donor.
A-10 Tourney Changes - March 3-6 in Richmond, March 14 Final in Dayton
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Pin this to the “how to save Richmond athletics” thread. I get it that PQ gives a lot of money but there sure have been some questionable decisions since he became our main donor.
Bernie kicked him right in the potatoes. Might have grazed some meat on the follow through.
That may have got him in the door, or his name known. But he absolutely had the resume to be hired as our AD, think it is wrong to pretend he was some random guy who was hired by PQ as a favor to his daughter
Throw in Matt Smith and you have anther famous comedic team.
Because, here’s another fine mess?
We still could have done a better job controlling our own destiny by 1) managing Covid better and 2) just winning games we should have.
Then she becomes less in control & an issue.
Choppin, you are on fire , too funny. God Hardt is bad. Have to pat myself on the back, I was all over Jabba early on, despite my board cronies trying to defend him.
Good lord, yes , shi% show. Matt Smith and his attacks on SLU baseball are just a circus side show freak show in this debacle of a program.
But it was NOT a competitive hire situation. It was a setup regardless. It’s a Golden parachute gig. And it’s turned out as expected. He does the worst possible thing with the Mooney contract situation and he has no respect within our own league.
I’m for hiring who u want but we made a big to do about hiring committee etc. find me another finalist we had for the job. 1 doesn’t exist. David Hale made some bs comments about none of the candidates had even met with the committee and then boom Hardt is named to the position in days. Funny how that worked.
This is a good point. I recall that JOC or someone else leaked that Hardt had been hired for the position. But then UR came back and said the candidates hadn't been interviewed yet ...then a couple weeks later, voila ... Hardt was the hire.
Hardt certainly had the credentials necessary to be hired as our AD but it was a sham of a hiring process.
Yeah, it was preordained that Hardt was the guy, from all accounts. Maybe it was because of his connection to PQ, maybe not. But that is a pretty suspect thing to just be totally random.
It was ESPN Richmond who had it actually. It wasn't even 2 weeks, took all of 10 days. Check out this old article. So they have this big 10 person hiring committee, and Hale says the committee hasn't even met with any candidates, and then boom Hardt hired. We all know how committees like that work, getting people to campus takes time, committee meetings etc, back and forth negotiation with candidates. If u tell me they did all that in that span well then u would also tell me Mooney has no idea what spooked SLU. The fact is the ESPN Richmond scoop screwed up their public all for show political sideshow.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch/20171027/282634622870549
Matt Smith is about as likeable as a kick to the groin. Embarrasing the school lets him continue to make an @$$ of himself not once, but twice, as a mouthpiece for the athletic department.
Was actually hopeful and excited when Hardt was hired regardless of the process employed, about which know little more than I read here. Thought we were bringing in an experienced hand that would right the ship (regatta, I guess now), right some of the missteps of his predecessor, calm troubled waters.
But something has gone very wrong. The Mc Glade interview is quite remarkable. Not just what she said, but the fact it was in an exclusive interview with the Richmond paper. Being cross ways with the League is not the position he was hired to put us in.
But something has gone very wrong. The Mc Glade interview is quite remarkable. Not just what she said, but the fact it was in an exclusive interview with the Richmond paper. Being cross ways with the League is not the position he was hired to put us in.
After reading all of this there is just one conclusion. This is PQ’s show. I don’t care what he’s given.
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8legs1dream
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It’s interesting that the A10 is leaving us with some second round and quarterfinal games still. Suggests it’s not really about covid protocols as much as the other possibilities that have been speculated. Bernies answer on why not the RC for the semis was an incredible non-answer.
“we didn’t do it there because the other place was open!”
Huh?
“we didn’t do it there because the other place was open!”
Huh?
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
So he's not expecting to make it to the title game?
A problem with that scheduling comment from Mooney, besides it being unrealistic anyway imo, is the best chance to schedule a game was the slot we used for D3 Holy Mary Mother of God.
We get it u wanted, in theory, to give yourselves a better chance at beating VCU. That didn't help at all - what else is new 7-20 - but there were a number of us who legitimately questioned it. We can understand the thought process but doesn't mean it was right decision.
Mooney miscalculated how many games we were going to have, thinking like 17 league games like he said earlier in year was absurd. There just aren't many opportunities, that slot b4 VCU was only 1 and we know you didn't want a real game. If u r short on good games that is where you roll the dice even when it's not the most advantageous. All this talk about trying to schedule best possible games, and working to get best possible A10 games becomes disingenuous. Bestclassever (Kevin Bacon), bestgamesever.
Just get it done for once. Big hat no cattle.
And the kicker is when you were scheduling that D3 game John Hardt might have even had prior knowledge of the change in tourney & shortening schedule. The exact timing is unknown but possible it had already been floated on his A10 calls.
We get it u wanted, in theory, to give yourselves a better chance at beating VCU. That didn't help at all - what else is new 7-20 - but there were a number of us who legitimately questioned it. We can understand the thought process but doesn't mean it was right decision.
Mooney miscalculated how many games we were going to have, thinking like 17 league games like he said earlier in year was absurd. There just aren't many opportunities, that slot b4 VCU was only 1 and we know you didn't want a real game. If u r short on good games that is where you roll the dice even when it's not the most advantageous. All this talk about trying to schedule best possible games, and working to get best possible A10 games becomes disingenuous. Bestclassever (Kevin Bacon), bestgamesever.
Just get it done for once. Big hat no cattle.
And the kicker is when you were scheduling that D3 game John Hardt might have even had prior knowledge of the change in tourney & shortening schedule. The exact timing is unknown but possible it had already been floated on his A10 calls.
you saw 17-0 Baylor coming off a pause almost lose to 2-16 Iowa State last night. most teams look bad coming off it. I have no idea why you think we'd be better at it.
a loss to a D1 in that first game back would have put us in worse shape than we are now. we had something like 11 guys test positive. they got in almost no work for 2 weeks.
a loss to a D1 in that first game back would have put us in worse shape than we are now. we had something like 11 guys test positive. they got in almost no work for 2 weeks.
Yes that answer was in the "Hall of Fame of Obfuscation" and also could have fit into Abbot and Costello's "Who's on First Routine'. It was a classic.
Bernadette is dribbling a basketball. So you're not having the semis at the Robins Center? No semi is playing on a team that will make it. So semi will not be at the Robins Center? Semi will be open at the other place. Is the Robins Center not open? The Robins Center is not semi. It is too Hardt to imagine...........
(Alright - can't improve on "we didn't do it there because the other place was open.")
no sorry I missed the Baylor barn burner. They won right? Bc when I brought up Duq game that was a surprising dogfight after Duq was on pause u said “well we won”.
& u r allowed to win those games. It’s not against the rules. Many teams do. Look I’m not saying it’s ideal. But we can’t live in our fears. That was a time to take a risk.
heck we play a tough team we may lose but then beat vcu bc we had legit prep. 1-1 w good loss and good win is better than the good loss only. So we could go back & forth there.
Fact is all Moon talks about is we need to play games, play good teams, get the best schedule possible. Now he’s even floating game after A10 week that I find too difficult to pull off or matter. when we had the realistic chance we chose D3 game. If Mooney doesn’t like our positioning right now, which I gather he doesn’t, u have to take risk imo.
Also maybe I’m just more positive on the Spiders than you. Bc I believe they could have won game in that spot.
yes, you probably are. I hope you're right. if you are we'll have absolutely no problem tomorrow and beyond.
Good idea, but not unless they lose early. Patriot is doing a spaced-out tournament with each game hosted by the higher seed. First round on 3/3, quarters on 3/6, semis on 3/10, and final on 3/14.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
the MWC has quite a few teams ranked pretty high in the NET, too bad they are on the opposite side of the country
Agree completely G. Do not see the Spiders seriously in the at-large even with StL win. So A10 tourney champ only way in. Just like what you stated above happens but say 2-0 and now right there for an at-large. If 1-1 good win/good loss is fine. Though 0-2 you still have the A10 tourney, which IMO is all Mooney's team has/will have. Hope I'm wrong but I know John Chaney would love your strategy.
LOL. Talk is cheap. The perfect opportunity and Mooney pissed it away. Sorry all but 100% BEHIND THE PLAYERS but so over this coach.
Tech is exactly one spot ahead of us in the NET. We're better off playing SLU. I'll admit to being shocked they are that low in the NET and somehow still ranked at all, much less 16th. That's wild. If we win tomorrow, we'll have the same Q1 record as Tech (3-2).
Yeah, just snap your fingers and make an ACC team that is widely considered to be in the tournament take an OOC game against a bubble team with nothing but downside for them play you. Typical Mooney not making this happen.
Dude. TECH WONT PLAY US.
I don’t think you’ll hear Mooney talk up a game the week after a10 semi’s any more.
Last 3-4 mins of SLU game was quintessential Mooney.
The only "good" thing from the loss is they’ll now be 100% certain they have to win A10 tourney to get in. I wasn’t confident Moon would have them in right mindset. Then u have to also consider his abysmal 5-8 record last decade where he can’t beat anyone good. So obv the players have to win in spite of Mooney but that’s only thing left to do.
Last 3-4 mins of SLU game was quintessential Mooney.
The only "good" thing from the loss is they’ll now be 100% certain they have to win A10 tourney to get in. I wasn’t confident Moon would have them in right mindset. Then u have to also consider his abysmal 5-8 record last decade where he can’t beat anyone good. So obv the players have to win in spite of Mooney but that’s only thing left to do.
