Fine. You can think that, and I can disagree big time. That is why we have opinions.
Spiders paused through February 12 - GMU, Dayton, GW, and VCU games postponed
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We're really doing the ifs and buts, candy and nuts hypothetical NCAA Tournament debate in the COVID pause thread? OK.
Side note - UR posts on Instagram today pictures of the snow and some students. In their pictures, 2 different sets show students close together without masks. In clear violation of UR policy. Tone deaf doesn’t even begin to describe it.
It's ok. The snowmen tested negative.
This post and your irrational anger are whats pathetic. What we are doing to the youth of this country is criminal.
I work for a university in the greater Boston area, and that’s exactly what we have done (I.e. rented a hotel since September to use as isolation housing). It is commercial real estate we own, so that made the discussions to rent it easier.
I wouldn’t put it passed UR to have a similar situation (dedicated hotel for covid isolation), but don’t have any inside info. Just know that other universities are doing exactly what you suggested.
Why did we need a COVID hotel? Why didn't the basketball team purchase these mobile homes just for basketball use? Or find some living situation on campus or in the Robins Center where players could quarantine on campus and be monitored 24/7.
This again seems like the school just doesn't care about athletics. They do just enough to make it appear like they care, but in the end - they don't want to go the extra step.
In a year like this with COVID, where we have a very good team that could make an NCAA run - I just feel like the school doesn't want to put the resources in place for it to be 100% committed and successful. Not the first time either. And it won't be the last.
This again seems like the school just doesn't care about athletics. They do just enough to make it appear like they care, but in the end - they don't want to go the extra step.
In a year like this with COVID, where we have a very good team that could make an NCAA run - I just feel like the school doesn't want to put the resources in place for it to be 100% committed and successful. Not the first time either. And it won't be the last.
Bob just said there's no coach's show tonight since there hasn't been a game since the last one.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Duck and hide, wonder if Hardt is in his office with the lights off and Closed sign on the outside.
I mean, even though we didn't have a game, seems like we do have a little to discuss.
Didn't we play St. Joe's on Tuesday?
They had a show Wednesday. It was not promoted at all unless u count Bob Black's 1 tweet less than an hour before it started.
They do not want questions. This was after previously announcing just weeks ago that there would be a show every week for remainder of season. and now they could easily blame it on covid but instead their reason is bc there hasn't been a game since the last one? We can't get out of our own way.
Thanks. That tactic crossed my mind too but I'm pretty sure UR is not doing this. Mainly b/c I thought UR was doing want SFSpidur posted with those covid housing units. Thus I was questioning this stuff about players staying in hotels - which came from both Mooney and Noah Goldberg. We have these units specifically for positive UR cases so why not using them. Would seem like we are violating our own UR established protocols yet again. Perhaps there are good reasons for that. Or could we be referring to the UR modular units as "hotels"...tho that seems far fetched and confusing to do. raises questions & curiosity.
Regardless we lack accountability on & off court.
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With a glass of Chardonnay and a book called "How to be Insufferably Pretentious"
We don’t need a hotel, the university invested in adequate facilities to both isolate and quarantine (these are different btw). If bball opted to do something different then it was likely a personal choice, it definitely doesn’t align with the housing that was specifically brought in for this purpose.
of note, I don’t know that they do have a covid hotel, that seems to be something others have stated categorically which may be inaccurate.
I agree see my post above Tbone. We have been known to make poor investments though, just look at Mooney's contracts. As far as categorically stated, well Mooney 100% referred to a hotel in press conference where he complained about protocols. Noah has reported players isolated in hotels more than once. So it has come from those that would know, not from the board. Not sure what else u need on accuracy side (tho UR has been known to be deceptive). There is a small possibility however that these UR built facilities are the "hotel". Seems like a strange way to describe those but who knows. I hope that is the actually the case.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Based on what I have heard UR is using some hotel space for housing students/additional quarantine purposes. Students also have the option to quarantine/isolate off campus instead of in the modular units--going home or staying at a hotel (if they can make their own accommodations to do so?) I don't think this is just unique to the basketball team and is part of the general protocols. Also, with spring move-on being spread out during January I think it was probably smarter to have the team isolated in the hotel instead of being around a new group of kids coming back for testing each weekend.
Yeah, it was Cayo in a hotel.
JOC provides a hypothetical that could explain the whole situation from Friday on, though there's no indication whether it fits at all. But his idea that the friend of a player could have tested positive, the player then isolates from the team in response and every other player tests negative, then the player himself tests positive two days later seems plausible.
JOC provides a hypothetical that could explain the whole situation from Friday on, though there's no indication whether it fits at all. But his idea that the friend of a player could have tested positive, the player then isolates from the team in response and every other player tests negative, then the player himself tests positive two days later seems plausible.
I'm guessing it's more than a hypothetical, but he can't say so.
Metrics needed.
Any odds of how many NCAA appearances in those 8 years? How many league championships? How many extensions?
3 days ago his hypothetical was SLU was hiding something and maybe it rises to a forfeit.
My personal fav is "SLU was afraid to play us!!"
This could be the most activity JOC has ever seen on Twitter
Is the protocol,
If you test positive you quarantine for 10 days
If you are a close contact of a positive test you quarantine for 14 days?
That seems to be true for shift workers per VDH...
And is UR Athletics interpretation is that the close contact of a close contact doesn't need to quarantine? because of 2 degrees of separation (until the original close contact is positive)?
If you test positive you quarantine for 10 days
If you are a close contact of a positive test you quarantine for 14 days?
That seems to be true for shift workers per VDH...
And is UR Athletics interpretation is that the close contact of a close contact doesn't need to quarantine? because of 2 degrees of separation (until the original close contact is positive)?
So how does that explain the we’ve been cleared to play on Friday? If the player had been exposed....I really don’t get the process. Why can’t the school come out with a statement they are not naming names. What was it StL didn’t like on Thursday? What kind of rules are on the players, staff etc
to me it sounds like player was exposed, he was then isolated away from team, everyone tested negative so the game could be played but the fact he was exposed and in contact with team before isolated bothered SLU.
and they were right as it looks like he tested positive on Sunday.
and they were right as it looks like he tested positive on Sunday.
So the only way you prevent this is isolating players all the time? Is that what other schools are doing?
Are players hanging out with friends that aren't on the team in a close contact environment? That sounds like not a good thing to do when you're trying to get a basketball season in.
Yes, I think this is the exact situation JOC was hinting it. Again, who knows if it's what actually happened here, but I think you're right that he likely is basing the supposition on some degree of known fact.
Right. So many questions. I had a sense when they sent the team home over Christmas that we might not be taking this as serious as we should be.
Yep get it. Fwiw I wasn’t suggesting that the hotel statements are inaccurate, only that I hadn’t done the research myself so I’m not purporting it to be true. That said, it seems likely that bball is following its own protocol here, not the university approach. That is problematic unless it’s been well-vetted and approved. Perhaps it has, idk.
Meanwhile, still radio silence from UR. I presume we just wait for the student intern reporter to tweet something out to let us know what is going on with our basketball program.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
who knows maybe they have cut him off after him trying to exercise an ounce of journalistic integrity lately. Seems like that is taboo in the program for some reason.
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