The URI coaching search gets a lot of undeserved abuse. Sure the search committee has taken a long time to find a coach, but at this point the next recruiting class is blown, so it's more important to get the right coach than being in a hurry to fill the position. Not only are the Rams bereft of talent, but the program is in dire need of a financial shot in the arm. Some of the points raised by booster Bob Terino in a Journal column this week were right on the money. URI wants to beat Temple but it operates with a New Hampshire budget.
Most schools have four assistants.
Most schools have two training table meals per day on the road. Boosters hoped that money would help refurbish Keaney and then go toward the basketball program. State support to the entire higher education system is a joke and that filters down to athletics. But men's basketball is the program's top sport and the only one with the ability to make a cent. That should make it a funding priority.