How About Spider Athletics

[KE Spider]

Expecting to take some slings and arrows, but what about the state of Spider athletics?

Football advances to final 16 in playoffs last two years. Final ranking #11 in 2022, #15 in 2023.
Men's basketball undefeated in league play this season.
Women's basketball team undefeated in league play this season.
LAX in NCAA playoffs last two years. Preseason ranked #20.
Assorted non revenue sports competitive, if not vying for conference championships.

Rarified results all at one time. Grateful. Thankful. Board can be negative and can bitch with the best, but a Happy Spider here now!

"All hat no cattle" is doing something right at present.

Go Spiders!

 

[VT4700]

Expecting to take some slings and arrows, but what about the state of Spider athletics?

Football advances to final 16 in playoffs last two years. Final ranking #11 in 2022, #15 in 2023.
Men's basketball undefeated in league play this season.
Women's basketball team undefeated in league play this season.
LAX in NCAA playoffs last two years. Preseason ranked #20.
Assorted non revenue sports competitive, if not vying for conference championships.

Rarified results all at one time. Grateful. Thankful. Board can be negative and can bitch with the best, but a Happy Spider here now!

"All hat no cattle" is doing something right at present.

Go Spiders!

No question Hardt is doing a lot right, but people on here will continue to attack him no matter how well we do.

 

[mr.spider]

Both Men's and Women's LAX have been doing very well. Enjoyed going to Women's A10 Lacrosse championships last year at vcu and then NCAAs in Chapel Hill, NC. Beat Marquette easily in NCAAs and then lost a very close one to UNC.

 

[ManiBenton]

Expecting to take some slings and arrows, but what about the state of Spider athletics?

Football advances to final 16 in playoffs last two years. Final ranking #11 in 2022, #15 in 2023.
Men's basketball undefeated in league play this season.
Women's basketball team undefeated in league play this season.
LAX in NCAA playoffs last two years. Preseason ranked #20.
Assorted non revenue sports competitive, if not vying for conference championships.

Rarified results all at one time. Grateful. Thankful. Board can be negative and can bitch with the best, but a Happy Spider here now!

"All hat no cattle" is doing something right at present.

Go Spiders!

I've never trashed any of the other programs because: The coaches don't get paid like mooney does and they actually live up to expectations or even higher. Look at all the programs that were listed in the original post. Football and Lax valid accomplishments, WBB: Valid accomplishment just because its been a while since the women have been 5-0 in league play. Then, you get to the MBB post: 3-0 in the A10. Like that's our accomplishment? It's great that we are 3-0 but you're acting like thats a major accomplishment even though we were favored to win 2 out of those 3 and we only had one comfortable win. You're diminishing the other programs by placing MBB on that . Hardt knows how to manage most UR athletic programs, just not mens basketball.

 

[Wood Hall]

Just think what could happen if we were committed to winning.

 

[SpiderDogg]

I've never trashed any of the other programs because: The coaches don't get paid like mooney does and they actually live up to expectations or even higher. Look at all the programs that were listed in the original post. Football and Lax valid accomplishments, WBB: Valid accomplishment just because its been a while since the women have been 5-0 in league play. Then, you get to the MBB post: 3-0 in the A10. Like that's our accomplishment? It's great that we are 3-0 but you're acting like thats a major accomplishment even though we were favored to win 2 out of those 3 and we only had one comfortable win. You're diminishing the other programs by placing MBB on that . Hardt knows how to manage most UR athletic programs, just not mens basketball.

Not a Mooney or AD apologist but leaving out our A10 Champ and tourney victory over Iowa less than 2 years ago, while crediting multiple years of “valid accomplishments” for all the other programs mentioned, is laughable. And of course the 3-0 start in league play isn’t as impressive as other teams full season accomplishments - we haven’t played a full season. This is the kind of crap that detracts from all the valid criticism of Mooney and AD over the years

 

[SpiderDogg]

I’m extremely excited to see how the rest of the year plays out

 

[ManiBenton]

Not a Mooney or AD apologist but leaving out our A10 Champ and tourney victory over Iowa less than 2 years ago, while crediting multiple years of “valid accomplishments” for all the other programs mentioned, is laughable. And of course the 3-0 start in league play isn’t as impressive as other teams full season accomplishments - we haven’t played a full season. This is the kind of crap that detracts from all the valid criticism of Mooney and AD over the years

Put that on the original poster not me. He was the one who laid out the accomplishments. And no this doesn't detract from the criticism of Mooney and the AD because someone else wrote the accomplishments, not me. The original poster was the one who decided to flex the 3-0 record

 

[KE Spider]

Original poster here. The post was a snapshot in time, not an endorsement of Mooney.

Be happy! Spider sports are enjoying a rare moment at present. Not predicting it will last forever, but going to enjoy it while it lasts.