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(01-27-2017 11:36 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:29 AM)JJMonarch Wrote:  Seeing the fight at La. Tech makes me appreciate the job our coaches did of keeping our players on the bench during the altercation at UNCC. That could have gotten out of hand in a hurry and caused major suspensions. It appears our coaches were ready for such an event and I thank them for their quick reactions.

Definitely. Although, with Tony Skinn as an assistant, surely, we can't be surprised that the entire La Tech team stormed the court.

Haha! Very true!

Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

Rhoades probably loves that Rice gig. He can be terrible for years and years and nobody will care.

(01-27-2017 11:45 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

When Rice played here, the first thing my wife said to me was, "Isn't that Joey Rodriguez?" I think he's their video coordinator.

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:21 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 09:00 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 08:56 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Hopefully after sweeping Rice this season some of JJ's detractors can put a few things to bed:

1) We should have hired Rhoades. What a joke. JJ has proven to be significantly better in all facets of coaching. Without Evans landing in his lap, he'd be garbage.
2) Rice is a better team this year than us. Uhhh, that was dumb.
3) Rice is trending up and we are trending down. Yeah, again...

To be fair, Evans didn't "land in his lap." Rhoades had been recruiting Evans for a long time and convinced Evans to follow him to Rice.

Yeah, he recruited him at VCU with VCU's success, reputation, and facilities as MAJOR selling points. Anyone think Rhoades would have been able to land Evans at Rice if he recruited him from start to finish at Rice?

Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

(01-27-2017 11:45 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

I will never forget him taunting our team in the CAA final at the Richmond Coliseum when vcu was up a pile of points with about 10 minutes left and in the end setting on the circle at midcourt crying after losing to us.

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:21 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 09:00 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  To be fair, Evans didn't "land in his lap." Rhoades had been recruiting Evans for a long time and convinced Evans to follow him to Rice.

Yeah, he recruited him at VCU with VCU's success, reputation, and facilities as MAJOR selling points. Anyone think Rhoades would have been able to land Evans at Rice if he recruited him from start to finish at Rice?

Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

He was talking about Evans.

(01-27-2017 11:58 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:21 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Yeah, he recruited him at VCU with VCU's success, reputation, and facilities as MAJOR selling points. Anyone think Rhoades would have been able to land Evans at Rice if he recruited him from start to finish at Rice?

Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

He was talking about Evans.

Well before the basketball game Alexander was talking to Rhoades about Rice and Rhoades and was going on about how important academics were to him.

(01-27-2017 11:56 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:45 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

I will never forget him taunting our team in the CAA final at the Richmond Coliseum when vcu was up a pile of points with about 10 minutes left and in the end setting on the circle at midcourt crying after losing to us.

Didn't he toss his shoe into the crowd during a CAA tourney game?

(01-27-2017 12:03 PM)ODUDon Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:56 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:45 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

I will never forget him taunting our team in the CAA final at the Richmond Coliseum when vcu was up a pile of points with about 10 minutes left and in the end setting on the circle at midcourt crying after losing to us.

Didn't he toss his shoe into the crowd during a CAA tourney game?

No, that was Jose Juan Barea.

(01-27-2017 12:03 PM)ODUDon Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:56 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:45 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Back to Rice. Did anyone else hear the announcer say Joey Rodriquez is an assistant coach at Rice? Maybe this is old news. At any rate it's twice as nice beating a FECES U player again and again and again.......

I will never forget him taunting our team in the CAA final at the Richmond Coliseum when vcu was up a pile of points with about 10 minutes left and in the end setting on the circle at midcourt crying after losing to us.

Didn't he toss his shoe into the crowd during a CAA tourney game?

That I don't recall but it is definitely possible.

(01-27-2017 12:03 PM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:58 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

He was talking about Evans.

Well before the basketball game Alexander was talking to Rhoades about Rice and Rhoades and was going on about how important academics were to him.

Academics are important to Rhoades. He took the VCU job to break into D1 hoops. But, Rhoades' mom was a teacher, and his dad was a teacher and principal before he became a PA state senator and Chair of the PA Senate Education Committee.

(01-27-2017 12:06 PM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:03 PM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:58 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

He was talking about Evans.

Well before the basketball game Alexander was talking to Rhoades about Rice and Rhoades and was going on about how important academics were to him.

Academics are important to Rhoades. He took the VCU job to break into D1 hoops. But, Rhoades' mom was a teacher, and his dad was a teacher and principal before he became a PA state senator and Chair of the PA Senate Education Committee.

Well he lived in Ashland and I view him as no friend of ODU.

Maybe he should've followed his parent's footsteps instead...

I don't get the dislike for Coach Rhoades.

It seems to me that he's done nothing other than to make us look good.

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:21 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 09:00 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  To be fair, Evans didn't "land in his lap." Rhoades had been recruiting Evans for a long time and convinced Evans to follow him to Rice.

Yeah, he recruited him at VCU with VCU's success, reputation, and facilities as MAJOR selling points. Anyone think Rhoades would have been able to land Evans at Rice if he recruited him from start to finish at Rice?

Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

So he should have gone D3 and paid for school instead of going to Rice for free?

(01-27-2017 12:17 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  I don't get the dislike for Coach Rhoades.

It seems to me that he's done nothing other than to make us look good.

(01-27-2017 12:20 PM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:50 AM)odu83alumni Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:27 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:26 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 11:21 AM)T-Mac Wrote:  Yeah, he recruited him at VCU with VCU's success, reputation, and facilities as MAJOR selling points. Anyone think Rhoades would have been able to land Evans at Rice if he recruited him from start to finish at Rice?

Yes. Academics are important to his family

Then why did he ever consider VCU???

If academics are important to his family he could have just stayed at Randolph Macon. I'm glad he isn't our coach. Give me the Jones/ Stith combo anyday.

So he should have gone D3 and paid for school instead of going to Rice for free?

Relax. He's talking about Rhoades, who was once the coach at Randolph-Macon.

(01-27-2017 12:17 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  I don't get the dislike for Coach Rhoades.

It seems to me that he's done nothing other than to make us look good.

It's like the Hatfields and McCoys. He's from one of those trees. We're from the other.

(01-27-2017 12:45 PM)Big Bluezilla Wrote:  

(01-27-2017 12:17 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  I don't get the dislike for Coach Rhoades.

It seems to me that he's done nothing other than to make us look good.

It's like the Hatfields and McCoys. He's from one of those trees. We're from the other.

My problem is Rhoades and I have the same roots.