A 20-loss season

[Spiders4ever]

Right. I just don't get the belief Mooney is all full of fire and passion in private with the team but in public he has all the personality of your local librarian. And if that is the case, if you are a player, that disconnect just doesn't even make sense.

You'd have to ask who is the true Mooney, the one we see in private, where he allegedly is all pissed off about losing or the guy at every single press conference speaks like he is reading a routine stock report on CNBC and you can't tell by listening to him if we won or lost?
And the answer is always as a coach you are mad, disappointed and frustrated when you have a season like this, you let everyone know you are that. Your players feel all of that and all of the fans feel that way too, but here is Mooney without a f*cking care in the world.

Also true, that if you do this again and again those words become hollow. So, had Mooney been doing this as he should have, by now, we would all just be rolling our eyes anyway. Coaches who do this repeated usually aren't coaches anymore. Except here.

Sign him up for another 20 years.

"The Dean of College Coaches"

 

[GKiller]

When Mooney made a comment about how we are one of the top programs in the nation over the summer, he was lambasted here, rather than praised for his confidence and high expectations of our program. Again, not saying comments of self accountability that Wes made is a bad thing. I just wouldn’t hold it against Mooney as if that means he doesn’t care or hold himself accountable as much as Wes does just because it isn’t stated publicly.

Umm that was me again. u r allowed to attribute to me, glad to own it. I've said this b4....I'd love to see that confidence & high expectations more often...but not in a self serving press release solely to justify an extension & when it's flatly disengenous. on 1 level to say that when u r .500 or below 40% of your seasons, 4 20 loss seasons, 1 ncaa in 14 years, 9-27 vs your rival....it takes brass balls. But we literally never talk, act, or expect to truly be 1 of the top bball programs in nation any other time! that's when we bust it out during extension time? all the other times we say it's hard because our campus is leafy.

This is has nothing to do with Wes for me i don't care about Wes Miller. But yes I hold it against Mooney. Guilty. why? because it is reasonable to expect - even ONCE in 20 YEARS - to acknowledge Moon's vcu performance & record is unacceptable & that we have to do better etc etc. From Moon. 9 and freakin 27 with 19 double digit losses! But heck I'd even take big hat no cattle AD hardt, philly bob, PQ, asst coaches, Hallock, anyone closely associated w the program saying something. Ungerer might...he actually knew how to beat VCU...but if he goes contrarian...then philly bob tells him he has a face for radio!

honestly I don't think Mooneyites know how bad it is OR they don't care OR they think he's doing well vs VCU....it's sad they think it's fine and dandy. Like a hard candy Christmas. Speak up. ONCE. But these same ppl r the ones who when the Eagles underachieve some season they r the first to bring up. I've heard it. Or idk..how about FIRE BENNETT.

 

[97spiderfan]

Why does taking responsibility and accountability like that need to be a public spectacle? I am not saying it’s bad that Wes did that, but to me it does not have more of an impact if it was done this way vs. behind closed doors. He’s done this a couple other times too this year - not to that extent - that I’ve seen since I like to follow college hoops in general. He can take personal accountability all he wants but at some point the words become hollow and it’s the lack of results that speak louder than anything he is saying.

Because it is a public job. He not only has to speak to guys in the locker room, but the fanbase, season ticket holder, the media, the greater UR community.

 

[Eight Legger]

Right, he's the face of not only the program but the athletic department at this point, and damn near close to being the main public face for the university itself. He’s also one of the highest paid employees of the university. Those roles come with additional expectations.

 

[spider23]

Cmon now fellas, he's just a Lil ol bitty ball coach. 20 win season, 20 loss season. Damed if he do. Dawned if he don't. Poor program, top program in the country... shooooooot Lil ol chris.

 

[SpiderAlways]

Mooney says we are one of the top programs in the country? He really said that? If so, he’s a liar. Add that to the little ol’ leafy Richmond fans that still post on this board. You all know who you are

 

[8legs1dream]

Cmon now fellas, he's just a Lil ol bitty ball coach. 20 win season, 20 loss season. Damed if he do. Dawned if he don't. Poor program, top program in the country... shooooooot Lil ol chris.

laughing so hard right now 😂

 

[whampas]

Mooney says we are one of the top programs in the country? He really said that? If so, he’s a liar. Add that to the little ol’ leafy Richmond fans that still post on this board. You all know who you are

Or he's totally delusional. Or that's the way he remembered it when he first got here.

 

[GKiller]

Mooney says we are one of the top programs in the country? He really said that? If so, he’s a liar. Add that to the little ol’ leafy Richmond fans that still post on this board. You all know who you are

"Together, we've been able to keep Richmond as one of the top basketball programs in the nation "

Mooney Signs Extension with Spiders - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Athletics and men's basketball head coach Chris Mooney have agreed to a contract extension, Vice President and Director of Athletics...

richmondspiders.com

 

[RichmondNative]

if they called it profit sharing it wouldn't make any sense because most have no profit to share

Good point about the naming convention. Keeping up with the Joneses is a sorry reason especially for UR whose primary goal is to “compete” and winning is an afterthought.

Good luck to UR in its search for “new fans” and new revenue sources.

 

[spider23]

laughing so hard right now 😂

I was saying this in my head using the voice of Charlie in Sunny in Philadelphia playing the "wild card".