Brandon Rozzell and Jimmy Martelli return to VCU; Ryan Daly and Chris Cole round out coaching staff

ramluvr99 said:
nothing wrong with that. like it or not money makes the world go round 🤷
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Correct. Money makes the world go round for these guys -not passion. Trust and believe, the Marteli's were not passionate about VCU till we brought a bigger bag. I thought your earlier post was focusing that passion was the reason they were here.
 
Ramaholic said:
Trust and believe, the Marteli's were not passionate about VCU till we brought a bigger bag. I thought your earlier post was focusing that passion was the reason they were here.
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True that perhaps if VCU had offered PMjr the same money he was making at Bryant, that he may have decided to stick where he was. However, while it doesn't perhaps rise to the level of "passion," Martelli Sr. has been very complementary of the VCU program for many years.
 
SteveMM said:
True that perhaps if VCU had offered PMjr the same money he was making at Bryant, that he may have decided to stick where he was. However, while it doesn't perhaps rise to the level of "passion," Martelli Sr. has been very complementary of the VCU program for many years.
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I mean, Phil Sr. always brings up the fact we honored his dad (who had recently passed) at what ended up being his last visit to the Siegel Center as a coach. That gesture stuck with him and was when simple respect turned to fondness.
 
WillWeaverRVA said:
I mean, Phil Sr. always brings up the fact we honored his dad (who had recently passed) at what ended up being his last visit to the Siegel Center as a coach. That gesture stuck with him and was when simple respect turned to fondness.
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If we are being honest, Phil Sr had/has love for VCU primarily because we gave his son Jimmy an underserved second chance in college basketball coaching after he was forced to resign from Rutgers (April 2013) for physically and verbally abusing players along with former head coach Mike Rice. Also the Rutgers AD was fired as well for trying to protect these two.

Rice hasn’t coached in college since. The AD Pernetti landed on his feet and is the Commissioner of the AAC. The whistleblower who was fired by Rutgers (Pernetti) prior to the news story and video of the abuse hitting the airwaves, Eric Murdoch has never coached again. Sadly he wasn’t involved in the abuse.

So, yeah we honored their family member. However, the true reason is we gave a guy a second chance who likely didnt deserve it nor would he have received it elsewhere.
 
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Ramaholic said:
Correct. Money makes the world go round for these guys -not passion. Trust and believe, the Marteli's were not passionate about VCU till we brought a bigger bag. I thought your earlier post was focusing that passion was the reason they were here.
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ofc money factors in. as it should, but pm sr has been praising vcu for years and jimmy worked here. plus i’m sure pmj grew up dreaming of coaching in the a10, and since the martelli joes connection went sour to some degree, i’m sure vcu was high on his list
 
mike7842 said:
Just had lunch with my paisani at Chianti's. Frank, the owner loves the Rams and hosted the Martelli family. They loved the restaurant and the food. Frank was hoping that Bones would go with the Knicks. Never did happen. Great food should try it. Tell Frank you are a Ram fan.
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Frank is awesome. We go there too. He hosted the entire team three or four years ago.
 
mike7842 said:
Just had lunch with my paisani at Chianti's. Frank, the owner loves the Rams and hosted the Martelli family. They loved the restaurant and the food. Frank was hoping that Bones would go with the Knicks. Never did happen. Great food should try it. Tell Frank you are a Ram fan.
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Chianti is my go to Pizza place when the kids don't lobby for Papa Johns.

Very good food there.
 
Just my two cents but maybe Martelli took the VCU job because he was excited about coaching here AND it paid well AND there were good vibes about Jimmy having worked here/VCU having honored Phil seniors dad. Life is complicated and decisions don't usually come down to one single factor. If you are coach who is looking for the next step up, money and a respected program will obviously be a big factor. but you can also be excited about place you are going to be because you really like it.
 
mike7842 said:
Just had lunch with my paisani at Chianti's. Frank, the owner loves the Rams and hosted the Martelli family. They loved the restaurant and the food. Frank was hoping that Bones would go with the Knicks. Never did happen. Great food should try it. Tell Frank you are a Ram fan.
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Frank is my brother in law’s brother. Mr SR’s sister is married to Frank’s brother, Nino. Nino owned Italian Delight.
 
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