Spider COVID updates

[Gallipoli]

Are there any more updates on Spider COVID? Any idea how much longer this quarantine will continue? We know the Bonnies will be playing the Rams on Wednesday.
Only post updates about the Spiders and COVID only.

 

[SFspidur]

JOC says majority of players are cleared to resume practice today.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

A majority could be 9 players

 

[MrTbone]

A majority could be 9 players

Or 6 if we limit it to healthy scholarship players...

 

[spider23]

Well, good that we should be able to play Saturday. I feel like longer delays lead to rust, and increased opportunity for injury. No hard data on these, but just observations.

 

[SFspidur]

Hasn't been a super long layoff, but glad we have La Salle and St. Joe's coming out of it.

 

[Gallipoli]

The good guys are looking to get back into the flow.

Fail to be stale: Following pause, Spiders' assignment is regeneration of efficiency

Richmond on Jan. 6 beat visiting Rhode Island 80-73, and one reason among several stood out to the winning coach, Chris Mooney.

richmond.com

 

[spiderman]

I hate that they haven't been able to lift or get shots up for this long.

 

[SFspidur]

Spiders have the all-clear...

Spiders cleared to resume full team activities - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. -- All members of the Spiders men's basketball team have been cleared to resume team activities, Richmond Athletics announced on Wednesday.

richmondspiders.com

 

[SpiderRick]

If that is the case then why did they have to cancel tonight's game?

 

[SFspidur]

The guys have been mostly sitting on their butts for the past week. There was no assurance that they were going to be good to go this morning, and even so, immediately throw them on a plane and roll out the ball?

 

[Eight Legger]

Yep, much better to let VCU go up and take that L while we can get healthy and pick up a couple Ws against Lasalle and St. Joe's. It will work out pretty well for us.

 

[Gallipoli]

Although I am not sure LaSalle or St. Joes will be a pushover.

 

[fatherspider]

I hate that they haven't been able to lift or get shots up for this long.

It must be driving them nuts to not be able to do anything hoops related.

 

[spiderman]

It must be driving them nuts to not be able to do anything hoops related.

pretty much haven't been able to do anything at all. I think classes just started yesterday. couldn't hoop or lift. guess it was XBox and Netflix.

 

[plydogg]

Probably some class work too lol

 

[spiderman]

Probably some class work too lol

can't do class work with no classes.

 

[SFspidur]

 

[gcarter52]

can't do class work with no classes.

Can they work online?

 

[SFspidur]

Can they work online?

I'll save spiderman from having to say it again: There were no classes of any kind for just about all of the COVID pause, so there was no classwork to do. Second semester didn't start until two days ago.

 

[urmite]

I'll save spiderman from having to say it again: There were no classes of any kind for just about all of the COVID pause, so there was no classwork to do. Second semester didn't start until two days ago.

Old man rant
"Back in my day, we would get out of school at 3pm Christmas eve and have to be back by Noon on Christmas day.
And we were glad for that break and we liked it!"

Did I miss anything?

Maybe the single orange as the only present split between 3 kids?😁

 

[Gallipoli]

Things were tougher then. We had to sleep on a bed of nails, with the points facing up.

 

[97spiderfan]

Although I am not sure LaSalle or St. Joes will be a pushover.

For us, they should be. You can put a nail in our at large chances if we somehow lose to one of these sad sacks over the next week.

 

[SFspidur]

In case there were any doubts the guys were just sitting on their butts...

 

[GKiller]

In case there were any doubts the guys were just sitting on their butts...

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Well Mooney has a good point there. Also is the team & staff really all staying in a hotel? They'd have been more isolated in dorms or the on campus apartments with all the other students gone. Rather than in a public hotel.

 

[97spiderfan]

In case there were any doubts the guys were just sitting on their butts...

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I agree with Mooney. That is ridiculous. No reason they can't come in for individual work outs. That said, these are 20 year highly conditioned athletes, they aren't going to suddenly turn into fat slobs and forget how to shoot in 9 days from not working out.

 

[Eight Legger]

Hotels have more people coming and going than campus apartments. Seems counterintuitive. Just wrap them in bubble wrap and let them play ps5 in the apartments for two weeks.

 

[Marley13]

You must have had a dull apartment.🕷

 

[AnnapSpider]

You must have had a dull apartment.🕷

Even at my age I remember our townhouse- I think I can remember one night where I got 8 Hours of sleep.
And then I probably was supposed to be studting. Lol

 

[Marley13]

Studying? Never learned to proof read I guess.😁

 

[urfan1]

No, he got it right he was doing the stud ting

 

[Eight Legger]

You must have had a dull apartment.🕷

Ha, I was referring to current-day covid life.

 

[DTSpider]

Saw the NBC12 report - 54 cases at UR in the first week of the semester. We may be headed towards another pause before too long.

 

[MrTbone]

Saw the NBC12 report - 54 cases at UR in the first week of the semester. We may be headed towards another pause before too long.

Most of these are off campus students, UR is moving pretty aggressively to isolate that cohort from the on campus student body until case counts come down.

doesn’t necessarily eliminate the prospect of another pause but it should reduce the chances.

 

[Gallipoli]

Are there additional updates? Are the Spiders even practicing? I would imagine the coaches would not want to come back, unless they were ready.

 

[712_VT]

I bet the team was staying at the Ramada Inn over by regency mall. That might explain why they can’t get rid of cOViD.

 

[8legs1dream]

the updates are lay low and don't answer any questions.

 

[SFspidur]

According to Mooney, a handful of guys were able to start working out again yesterday, with everybody else expected back by the end of the week. One guy didn't have to pause because he was the COVID positive that triggered our previous pause.

Coach Chris Mooney shares thoughts on Spiders' pauses, seniors returning, make-up games

The University of Richmond men’s basketball team remains in a coronavirus-caused holding pattern, the Spiders’ third such suspension this season.

richmond.com

 

[SpiderTrap]

The school as a whole had more cases in the first week than the whole fall semester. Then they waited 2 weeks to let off campus students back on campus this week.

I fear this is a recipe for disaster for athletes. If I was a coach right now - I would say to my team, don't go to class, stay in your room, do everything virtual and come to practice and thats it. Otherwise - we have another pause coming and I don't think we can survive another pause with hopes of NCAA bid.

 

[fatherspider]

The school as a whole had more cases in the first week than the whole fall semester. Then they waited 2 weeks to let off campus students back on campus this week.

I fear this is a recipe for disaster for athletes. If I was a coach right now - I would say to my team, don't go to class, stay in your room, do everything virtual and come to practice and thats it. Otherwise - we have another pause coming and I don't think we can survive another pause with hopes of NCAA bid.

OMG what torture. The poor kids. Such abuse of an entire generation.