What I was implying that some players want more minutes rather than being practice players and cheering on the bench during games. Nothing more nothing less. As mentioned on this very forum by plenty of posters,Mooney does not play his bench.
What did seem odd was it appeared you were comparing Ward's minutes to UR walk on minutes...
Wofford makes a little sense, but W&M? I don't get it, that was the one school out of his initial group of suitors that seemed the most out of place on the list.
Tells me that we probably took a pass on him
Idiots for firing Shaver. Can't believe people thought that was a smart move. No risk it no biscuit I suppose but anyone studying WM knew that would be a tough jerb.
The fact that the execution was wrong doesn't mean the move wasn't right. They wanted to make the NCAAs and he had 16 years or something to get it done but didn't.
Who did Linder pick up? I enjoyed watching plenty of WYO games this season. Tough loss to Indiana to end the year.
But, if the guy you get is way worse than the guy you fired......... How many quality candidates do you think wanted this job after they fired Shaver? They hired a guy that probably would not have gotten a head coaching job at any other school. At first, I thought no way should they fire Shaver. Then, I came around a little and said, okay, maybe this makes sense. But, no, the bottom line is this was a terrible decision by an AD who is no longer there. Shaver didn't make the NCAAs, but he got to the CAA finals 3 times, including 2 recent trips, one they lost after being up 6 late. Missed some costly free throws, so not sure how you blame a coach for that. Also had a winning conference record his final 6 seasons, and had a strong team coming back, including Nathan Knight, when they let him go. Just a terrible terrible decision to fire him.
that's a shame but I get it. didn't get to play much at UVA. probably looking for the best situation for playing time. he could win time here, but it would be tough with Goose back plus Dji.
Saw a graphic somewhere stating that he had pulled the highest rated recruit in Wyoming history, the Orange County CA high school POY, and LA city high school POY in his latest haul. If he can get all that done in freaking Laramie imagine what he will do at his next spot.
Yep, Was thinking that having Wofford and WM on the list might be the case that they were options for lots of minutes guaranteed. Would love to land Wright, though thinking Funk more likely.
Yes, and Davidson in addition to returnees and transfer also have another shooter coming in that had a bunch of high major offers. I think we had a more clear need for a shooter but a lot of guys in line to compete for minutes.
Looked up stats and though PAT league did blocked shots and get offensive boards. Great assist to TO ratio Gets to the line a lot too. On paper looks good and credit to Mooney. A10 a move up so hope he can adjust well.
If a company fires its director of finance for stealing from the company but then his replacement ends up stealing from the company too, does that mean it never should have fired the first one? Of course not.
I'm not sure why he wouldn't have announced it by this point 🤷♂️JOC on Quinn...not much to add though.
He does say that Grace is expected back, though, despite no announcement yet. We've pretty much been counting on it, but let's make it official, Matt!
Spiders land 7-foot transfer from Lafayette, Neal Quinn
The University of Richmond seems to have filled a hole in the middle of its basketball operation with a good fit.richmond.com
"I know we are objectively worse in every measure as a program today than we were 3 years ago, but at least I fired the only successful coach we ever had thinking someone else could take us to the NCAAs instead. I'm sure it has nothing to do with us as a school since we NEVER have made the NCAA's before, during, or after Shaver."
The basketball gods punished us for a totally unexplainable run into the Elite 8 in 2021.
Well I have said they botched the hire. The debate was about whether or not Shaver deserved to stay, and my point is that he had ample opportunity to achieve the goal they wanted to achieve, and he never did it. He wasn't a bad coach, but at some point you either need to aspire to be more or understand that you will perpetually be less.
Might be trying to defer a job or grad program, and giving the other side the respect by not announcing it before then. Another explanation is he wants to see what happens in the transfer portal.
