are you not whining right now?
Heard Huesman say in interview the next punter will also be an Aussie.
dude is getting paid millions to underperform (the other program's coaches don't make anywhere near what Mooney makes so thats why I single him out). In the last 12 years Mooney has only finished above the preseason projections twice! He's underperformed for 10 plus years now and making millions while doing it but you choose to protect him because he made the tourney two seasons ago? You going to ignore the 2012-2021 era? 3 magical seasons don't make up for 16 years of mid play.
we can certainly compete. and we can be better. but if size wasn't a hinderance, why aren't there more 3,000 undergrad non-P6 schools regularly dancing?
Because most of them that play D1 are playing in much lower-level leagues than we are and have much lower budgets than we do. If we were in the OVC or SWAC or something, I'd get it. But we're in an upper-level league (even though it's down lately) and spending more money than most comparably-sized D1 schools.
maybe it's for those reasons AND because they're small. I don't know how you can say for certain that size is no factor.
Many things could be factors, I just don't think that student body size in and of itself is a great barometer for basketball success. Better ones are conference affiliation and budget. It is true that we are more than exception than the norm among 3k-population universities in D1, I grant you that. But that doesn't mean that we should use it as an excuse.
a ton of kids definitely prefer a smaller school.
No, they do want a smaller enrollment. But they want 30,000 twenty year olds in the stands…
I agree that the lack of student support is disappointing, BUT I think that is directly related to (a) not winning enough/consistently and (b) not having any marquee games. In addition, I think the fact of the matter is that more and more students do not care about sports.
yeah, tough to get students excited about out of conference games when our best home game might be Queens (NC). not a lot of marquis names in conference anymore either ... outside of VCU.
I agree winning and better games would help. Our atmosphere in the Robins Center is GOOD, but I don't think it rivals NBA arena atmospheres or some other colleges. I have been to plenty of college games where the arena is not as nice as the Robins Center, but the atmosphere is much better elsewhere. Case in point - VCU. I think our Arena is much nicer and pleasing than the Siegel Center. But their gameday with band, fans, and student section - kicks out butt. No doubt about it.
Agreed.
Yes, I believe you are referencing how the tour of the VCU practice facility opened his eyes to that world. He's probably ready to get out of his office again and see the world.
I agree to disagree. I have to local HS in the Richmond area with less students than UR and they draw more students who are louder and more into the game than our kids. We have about 3,100 undergrad students. Your telling me we can't get 300-400 kids to show up every game and be excited? Really? On a college campus where all they got to do is walk to the game and get in for FREE. Not to mention - we have fraternities right across the street from the arena - they can't get their people to go to the game, then walk over to the ROW after to begin the parties? Really. Walk through the library one night 30-60 minutes before a game, there are more kids in the library than the Robins Center. And this is not a joke - I did it for one game last year just to be curious.
When I went to UR (mid 90's) going to a football game seemed almost a mandatory experience and that was when we played at City stadium off campus. Lot's of pregaming, might only stay till halftime because of said pregaming but I recall a lot of students going. And our football team sucked in the mid 90's.
