Robert Morris is secondary in academics, conference, and school as a whole. Where do you guys fall in us news and world report top 150 lists? Oh right, you don't.

You guys have had a good coach recently, can't take that away from you. Dambrot even said in the presser after the VMI game that he was surprised he was even still at RMU. Basically why is such a good young coach at such a low major??? He'll eventually leave and you'll go from pretty irrelevant to full blown irrelevance.

How's your guys record this year btw?

Also love how the one idiot tries to slam Dambrot and insinuates that Akron canned him in one post, and then goes on to brag about how they got his best player, hilarious!

Lastly to all RMU fans, I'll enlighten you guys as it's hard to see the bigger picture of college basketball as a whole when you are looking so far up from the bottom. Your big "win against Kentucky" was a joke. Since you don't realize this, that was the worst team of the Calipari era at UK by far. Another FYI, that team had given up because they didn't make the NCAAs, which is the expectation for them every year. They don't care about a bs NIT loss against a bs team in a bs high school gym.

That is how I and the rest of the college basketball world will remember your big "win".

Sorry to see this kind of thing on this board! I hope it's mostly all in good fun, but seems like not so much. If RMU beats us on Sunday, I will be the first to congratulate all of their supporters. I would, of course, be gagging on every word! An important win for our program on many levels. Again, this doesn't figure to be an easy game. Hoping to be there to root us on to victory! GO DUKES!

kcc173 wrote:

Thank you President. I have patiently awaited a sensible post on this thread. The trash talk was initiated by RMU but I am not impressed with the responses. An early post, backed by others, even indicated that the season is a failure if we lose. That was before RMU chimed in. If I am a lone opinion on this so be it. But I find hanging a whole season on this game absurd and totally unfair to KD and a hard working undermanned group of kids. Most on here have signed on to the Dambrot era as a welcome change. I surely think wins against our local rivals will come but if it is not this year I am not throwing the season under the bus. I DO think we will prevail Sunday but am here for the entire trip - and all wins are important.

How could you not be impressed with my response? 

Andy Toole seems to me to be a well prepared coach and has had success against Duquesne in past years,during the the Ferry Era however many teams also had success with the Dukes.

I expect a well prepared and coached Duquesne team will be on the court this year against RMU. These players for Duquesne play hard a nails defense and drive to the basket rather than shooting 23 footers as the first option.

As far as troll type insults, that seems like a Pitt Board sort of behavior. I have thought in the years back to Mike Rice's sons tenure, RMU has done well in their conference.

For our program, all games are important and every W is a big deal and hope to see the Battling Dukes grind out another win.

He was referring to football - get your facts straight

Bobbymo15 wrote:

Judge Jack McVay Jr wrote:

Gentlemen and  with all due respect, I personally  have great respect for Coach Toole  individually and RMU academically and athletically but I  cannot allow the Dukes dominance over RMU in THE COUNTY GAME to go unmentioned!

What dominance have they had? RMU has won 6 out of the last 7 times they have played. If you call continuously losing dominance then we are reading a different dictionary. Before you try and get smart GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!

No one has given Bobby Mo and Andy Toole more credit than me on this message board. That's for the record. As one of the moderators, I don't mind fans of other programs signing on and being part of the conversation. The fan from SDSU on our football board was awesome. Knew his stuff, didn't talk trash, and came back multiple times throughout the season. I think it's OK to talk trash, but the two visitors from Bobby Mo are selectively ignoring football, where it's no longer even a contest, and women's basketball, where they've thrown in the towel and won't play us.

Yes, DUMBB has been down the past 5 years, but there is a new sheriff in town, we've got a small but solid nucleus, five really good transfers who will be eligible next season, and a recruiting class that will cause them to stop scheduling us for a while.

So, talk boys.

When did Toole become RMU's coach?  Ron was even against RMU.

Ron Everhart
11: 64-60 L
10: 69-63 L
09: 59-54 W
08: 88-62 W
07: 86-70 W
06: 73-72 L

duq81 wrote:

Nothing wrong with a bit of trash talk, but the academic insults were out of line. Judge, the hoops rivalry has also been called the County Game, so that's where the misunderstanding came in. Toole's done a good job, dominated Ferry, and to be fair, Ron Everhart, a much better coach than Ferry, was winless against Toole. Time to turn the tables. This trash talk will be a hard pill to swallow if we don't win.

Thanks for sharing duq81 and again ...my bad on causing confusion to thread! I wanted to show respect for RMU overall while also pointing out Dukes football success recently against RMU!

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FAM wrote:

The "trash" talk doesn't bother me at all.  It is fun!  In this crazy world and in this country right now we need a diversion from the issues at hand.  If we would have still had the "former" coach we wouldn't even have had this discussion!!!  At least now we know we have an excellent coach and we will see how these current players do on Sunday.  I am just glad we are relevant again!!!

Trash talk is fine, but I don't see a need to denigrate someone's degree. If we were playing Villanova (a much higher rated school than DU), and their fans referred to Duquesne as a "high school", we'd be very angry, and rightly so. It was a low blow. Let's keep it on sports.
 

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KenOTR73 wrote:

RMU4LYFE wrote:

Trolls? We simply stated faxxxxx. Has RMU not dominated the series recently? Has Toole not gone 6-1 vs the Dukes? Or is it 7 and 1. I cant remember lol. And playing in the NEC sure sucks when you can make the NCAA's, beat St Johns, beat UK. You got it man! We've had a tough few years and STILL gone 1-1 against you scrubs. 

My wife went to BobbyMo but refuses to admit it now.
 

Summa Cum Laude though without attending class. BS in Accounting.
 

RMU4LYFE wrote:

Hi guys. 

I'm sure you guys are about as happy as we were about another win over the Pitt women. Sometimes the little guy has him stuff together, and get the edge on the big guy. You might have a chance to outbattle the Red Flash if you stay healthy. I can't remember RMU and SF being good at the same time, so it might get heated.
 

We start with 8 scholarship players, then James gets hurt, Robinson fouls out and Mike Lewis doesn't show up, I am surprised we only lost by 7 points.   For us out of town fans a frustrating game was made worst by no sound on the video broadcast for most of the first half, and a blurry picture for much of the second half.  

I see the RM trolls are back.  Enjoy the win over the short handed Dukes.  It will be the last one for many years to come.

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