on top of that, this has been fundamentally poor ball from a 5 year head coach. id like to blame the players, but that is trash. jordan cornish wouldnt be yelling over grandmama. rice has a grip, but it is a weak grip that has cost him his job. there can be no way he stays after the end of the season. we will keep getting hit with hard work during practice, rice's teams count for nothing when it matters. thats on him. also. free throw excuses are out the door when you open the game 23-5. its just a team of dudes that dont care outside of mccaw and carter. everynight seagears watches his sportscenter highlights burst into flames. they forget there are bottom 10's too and they are living up to that.
Breaking News --- Rice has been fired
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Honestly that kinda stuff happens in ever huddle players trying trying to pump one another up while coach is talking. The problem is when Rice just sits there and stops talking he needed to continue saying what he was saying and say something along the lines of Jordans right 3 more stops. Be apart and be a leader, Jordan wasn't doing it out of disrespect or trying to talk over coach he was just pumped up and trying to pump his teammates up.
It's just got to that point when you lose the support of the community it's time to move on.
It's just got to that point when you lose the support of the community it's time to move on.
i fully agree. but that dude has become a non factor, so throw him a towel and let him cheer on. and rice should have pushed on. i only saw the video tonight for the first time and i think it really did sell the whole story. poor guy isnt a grocery store manager at this point. i love the man and i wanted him to accomplish all that kruger couldnt. he is a doormat to his players. i love coach. but he has proven himself nothing more than an aau handler at this point. i am tired of putting on a game just because i dont care any more. from what i can tell, i care more than these players, and i have no athletic ability at all. id still show up ready to learn, and to play. this team cannot show up to play. dave finally got his team, and this is the best he could get from them.
from a personal standpoint, i was living in the colorado front range for a period. (i was born and raised in vegas). i made sure to watch every game i could. my most vivid memory was watching rick majerus throw his clipboard in the air out of frustration, only to have it come back down on his head and cut him open, all for no reason. i say this cause i have run out of steam. i want to watch this team, i DO believe this is the most talented team unlv has seen in years. but the offering is the worst i have seen in that time. these players dont care. i ask myself, why should i? cause it is my hometown. that is all i have. i try to be objective in a loss. but at this point, i cannot watch this team play anymore. i have better things to do. (i actually have NOTHING better to do) but i wont sit around and watch a team play like this. this brand of basketball is painful. i used to love the tournament, now i just wait for it end. there is a lot to be learned in this squad. even with senior transfers, they werent ready.
I supported him 100% to get the job and expressed that to the school. I still feel that Reggie's comments about his desire to coach in the NBA at the time ruled him out for me. I wanted someone completely committed to UNLV for the long term and Dave was that guy.
You really don't understand the disdain? Dave rice made millions off of being mediocre coach for unlv. He was even a failure and weaseled his way into a contract extension and raise somehow while missing the tournament.
But it's ok to call Kendal smith a punk? Good ole rebelnet.
Having disdain for someone because they make more money than you think they're worth is sad.
If you think he was overpaid or should have been fired last year then a better use of your disdain would be to blame TKM. She payed hm.
Dave tried to leverage and maximize his earnings, like most humans would. But hate on about his money I suppose if it makes you feel better.
If you think he was overpaid or should have been fired last year then a better use of your disdain would be to blame TKM. She payed hm.
Dave tried to leverage and maximize his earnings, like most humans would. But hate on about his money I suppose if it makes you feel better.
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I think the geniuses over at ESPN 1100 are going to be sad. Last year, when there were rumors of Rice being fired after the tournament, they said it was like letting Coach K go before he became who he was. We have a Coach K and were in danger of letting him escape.
Who said that? Did someone really make that comparison?
Seems a little too ridiculous to believe. Kinda doubt it.
Aaron Rodgers makes more money than me and I have no disdain for him. Dave rice setting unlv basketball back a decade is the saddest of all.
That is not true.
Only Adam Hill seems to be supportive of Rice...and he only is supportive in that he thinks UNLV should keep him around until the year is over (which is the wrong move by the way). Everyone else in the media, with the exception of Mike Grimolda - who never burns bridges so he can maintain media access, has expressed that the Rice era is over. They've been picking against UNLV all year long, and have been right more often than not.
So what? That makes zero sense. First of all, if I rember correctly he got that raise and then gave it to his assistants and paid for help academically for his players. The A$$HOLE!!
He coached his heart out, he just wasn't very good at it. Have you ever tried your hardest at anything and failed? I am sure your answer is no, but still. As long as he doesn't half a$$ it then why should you be mad?
That is pretty stupid... Sorry
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Mitch moss and seat were taking about it over a year ago. I don't know the exact date. BUT I KNOW WHAT I HEARD! You must not listen to that crap. I stopped listening a while ago.
So it is true. Why I would make that up? So I could argue with some stronso on a message board.
Mitch moss and seat were taking about it over a year ago. I don't know the exact date. BUT I KNOW WHAT I HEARD! You must not listen to that crap. I stopped listening a while ago.
So it is true. Why I would make that up? So I could argue with some stronso on a message board.
"UNLV’s options will be determined largely by how much they are willing to pay, but one name rumored around the full-time job next season is former Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown. Brown’s son, Elijah, is a sophomore at New Mexico and Brown has been out of coaching since the Cavaliers fired him in 2014." LVRJ
Best news on this beautiful Sunday evening. This should have happened after the CSU game but I'm glad he was able to show his incompetence once more to put the final nail in the coffin. I think coach Simon will do a good job putting to action all that rice said he'd do but really never did. Good luck Coach Simon.
That would be a very interesting hire. Don't know if it will happen but player will want to play for someone who has coached Lebron and Kobe. Interesting to talk about
I certainly don't hate dave rice but he was not the guy for this job at this time; he proved that night in and night out. I believe that he is a good guy but he needs to sit under the tutelage of an experienced head coach for a few more years then build to a program like UNLV. I wish him luck but I am excited that he is leaving.
Couldn't agree more. Here's hoping this resignation rallies the troops for the remainder of the season rather than have the wheels come completely off.
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KS never said bad word about UNLV.he said it was nice to be somewhere where he was coached and could develop. He slammed Rice, not UNLV. Something rice net could never understand - Rice does not equal UNLV.
And yes Rice was repeatedly compared to Young Coach K 1-2 years ago by many here.
He absolutely slammed the coach AND the program HE QUIT ON after leaving. Most humans have more class and frankly more sense than that.
And if people were on here comparing Rice to Coach freaking K, please, cite it. I don't remember that happening at all. I'd have laughed then too, but again, I don't think it really happened. Kinda like the whole dumb strawman myth about how everyone on here rips transfers undeservingly to defend Dave Rice.
And if people were on here comparing Rice to Coach freaking K, please, cite it. I don't remember that happening at all. I'd have laughed then too, but again, I don't think it really happened. Kinda like the whole dumb strawman myth about how everyone on here rips transfers undeservingly to defend Dave Rice.
Ummm - I dont listen to Mitch Moss and Seat (and now Pritch). Soooo, perhaps we were both right. My bad.
People here do that ish all the time.
I listen to them plenty and never remember hearing anything like that. It's so silly it's almost unbelievable. i guess you heard what you heard... Funny we never had a thread on the "Coach K comparison by ESPN guys". I don't think a lot of people heard that.
It's never a "good time" to fire someone. He appears to have lost the locker room so that's when it needs to happen.
He was a bad coach and deserved to be fired. He was only hired because Jimmer made him look good during his time at byu. Now Jimmer is out of the NBA and Rice is out at UNLV.
