Out of curiosity, why do you think giving is up? There are a lot of fans here, including relatively mild ones, who have publicly stated they stopped donating. While I’d agree that this board is likely not a microcosm of the donor community, my guess is it’s not massively uncorrelated.
I think it is way up for the basketball program. Most of which went to the Queally Athletic Center. I know many on this board did not donated, but a lot of other people did. There are a lot of people excited about the basketball program.
Nowhere in your post did you mention metrics such as the usual standards of performance, success, failure, conf championships, NCAA appearances, beating VCU. Maybe they are mutually exclusive with the entities listed in your first paragraph? I guess their happiness matters more?
Do you think it or do you know it? Not trying to be confrontational, I’m genuinely curious if this is the case. I’d be surprised.
MrTbone, I do not know specifics. I do know that the building is completed and they would not have built it if they didn't have most of the money pledged. I made a donation at the end of last year and when I donated it sounded like they had a lot of $25,000 pledges and up.
I believe the people who are positive focus on the belief we have significantly improved recruiting starting with Grant’s and Sherod’s class and now have the best depth potentially in the history of U of R. This led to the 2019/2020 season, where the team tied the record for most regular seasons wins in school history and had one of the highest commuter ratings in program history. That year should have been are 4th at large selection in school history. Last year despite Sherod out for the season, we had a terrific start with some quality wins and reached our best national ranking in school history, before a couple Covid stoppages and injuries tanked the season. This coming season we are going to have a very strong team and I think or depth of quality players will give us quality teams for many years to come. Go Spiders!
Spider Guy, do you assume that every player that is eligible to play at VCU can also be eligible to play at UR?
Actually, isn't our alumni base getting younger? Recent graduating classes are much bigger than those classes from the 1940s and 1950s that are losing members every year as they age. There are probably more living UR graduates now than at any time in school history.
We don’t need to have VCUs admission standards to be successful. Plenty of examples out there to this effect.
This post pisses me off. The results haven’t shown no matter what you want to put out there. Who gives a F*CK about computer rankings. Man we oughta hang a banner for that one!
You don’t seem to be Spider Guy, but besides that, are we going to use our record against
I think it’s arguable, but a lot of alumni/fans regard the city rivalry as a core barometer of performance. Is your argument that it doesn’t matter?
So correct me if I misinterpret your post. Since we have increased the level of our recruiting (which I believe also) and it takes 2 to 3 years for that to truly impact a program (except for rare 4 and 5 stars) we should now be in a cycle of competing for the top 3/4 spots in the A-10 every season. The only exceptions should be excessive injuries, or highly unusual circumstances such as COVID affecting us at a much higher level than our competitors. In short we have all the pieces in place to achieve regular top 3/4 level teams in the A-10.
A. We weren't 3rd, we were 8th.
Completely agree. Just look at how they are handling renaming a couple buildings. Now, whether you agree or disagree with renaming buildings; the decision to do such a thing in this current environment on a college campus of all places is pretty much the easiest lay-up of a decision that you could make.
Winning post of the day! Great perspective and right on target.
That may well be true.
There are probably a lot more students coming from out of state now due to an increase in academic profile over the years.
I love Richmond. It is a growing city with a lot to offer in terms of amenities without the nightmare traffic and high cost of living associated with living in many metro areas.
That's the bottom line. And relying merely on UR graduates from a 3K enrollment base? You need more than that. Example is I'm the die-hard Spider b-ball fan and my son the graduate could care less these days. Why? Mooney still coach! Understandable. I don't even get on him any more about not watching the games.
? It’s because they see it as this snooty, uppity, exclusive institution that alienates anyone who isn’t like them.
