Tyrell Ward is a Ram! Never left but we are so back

PhantomRam said:
All I can say is thank goodness some of the posters on here are not the coach..... me included.
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not sure if that's aimed at me but fair enough if it is. All I was trying to say is I haven't given up on Ward, he showed promise early in the season, he's a highly talented recruit, and appears to still be engaged on the bench so I'm in support of him getting another chance/some burn to help us be the best team we can be.

But you're right, I'm not coach, maybe something happened that there's no coming back from. hope not!
 
Thirstin4Burston said:
I would like to see Martelli give this kid minutes immediately. 15 minutes a night. tell him to shoot. who cares if he misses, the whole team is missing right now. Give him another chance.
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The whole team is not missing right now. We had one bad shooting night. Ward doesn't sit on the bench because he lacks confidence. He sits the bench bc he doesn't know what to do when he's in the game. Also, he only has 4 assists on the season- in 134 minutes played and he has 1 more assist than Fermin who has only been in 4 games.
 
Thirstin4Burston said:
I would like to see Martelli give this kid minutes immediately. 15 minutes a night. tell him to shoot. who cares if he misses, the whole team is missing right now. Give him another chance.
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Who cares if he misses? If that cost us a game this whole place would be throwing a bitchfit. It is the coaches job to put the players on the court that he feels like having the best chance to help us succeed. I trust that he is doing that. Where do you want those 15 mins to come from?
 
I cannot fathom Coach Martelli is sitting a player that can help us win -seems to me that Ward is not one of the best 10 players every day in the BDC where playing time is earned and determined

don't really care what he did in high school or for awhile at LSU -

VCU is paying $5 million for a roster to win games if coaches determine Ward ain't one to help us achieve that he can sit for the next two days, two weeks, two months or two years or until he shows his teammates and the coach in the BDC that he is capable of helping the team win.

if he is having challenges from a mental health standpoint that a few posters have hypothesized then I am sure coaches will help him get assistance like they always do - but I have no idea why or what is holding Ward back just the fact that the coaches don't believe he can help is reason for me to accept and move on until they think he can help us
 
RowdyPkunk said:
No my take is not irrational.

First off.... this is a message board.... and everyone has a right to free speech thanks to the First Amendment.

You have the right to voice your displeasure with reading what @Wolfpack Ram says in regards to how much he donates, and his concerns or issues that he has with the AD or anything else .... but guess what.... He has the same right to voice his displeasure about anything he wants regarding the program. Last time I checked.... you didn't create these message boards. You're not even an admin on these message boards. Stop trying to act like Message Board police telling to stop complaining or stop donating.

And also last time I checked, when these message boards were created..... there was no "agreement" we had to sign.... that said we couldn't talk about... donation amounts, issues/concerns we have about the current administration, players playing time, among other things. And there has been no "updated terms of agreement" that has "changed the rules" on these forums to include any such thing.

And what @Wolfpack Ram has said in recent days or months..... is nothing that plenty of others have not brought up before. Go back during Covid.... when they decided to do a reseating DURING THE MIDDLE OF COVID..... and also lets not forget with the whole Tax refund situation going on.... where they tried to create a loophole where everyone paid an EXTRA $250 "for the right to buy tickets" because they "thought" it would get people around the tax deduction issues.... turns out that was all a crock of $#!t & they were really just getting more money out of us.


And you say you're only telling @Wolfpack Ram to stop donating.... because hes the only one vocalizing his opinions right? So by doing that.... you're basically telling everyone else who has or had any issues with anything surrounding the program to either STFU & deal with it or stop donating. That's basically what you are saying to EVERYONE, while directing your complaint at @Wolfpack Ram because he's the one being vocal at the time.

And to that I tell you, to Get the F*** over yourself. If people have complaints about anything.... it's their right to voice those opinions. If you don't wanna listen.... you don't have to. There's a thing called an ignore feature, so that you don't have to read about his "complaining" or "entitlement"


It's also logical, that if you want things to change.... you have to voice your opinions on it. If you don't like how something is done.... sure you can stop donating, stop supporting it... etc.... But if you don't voice your opinions, concerns, issues.... no one will ever know what the problems are, so they won't know what to fix.

Now.... that doesn't mean that fans posting stuff on a Message Board will get an action or Reaction out of Ed, The Ath. Dept. PMJr., The players or anyone else that is connected to the program. It also doesn't mean that someone who is connected to one of those people isn't reading these message boards and passing along those concerns, issues, ideas, etc. to someone who does have a voice..... someone who does have the power to do something.


Again this is not a Pro Sports team (even though College Athletics seem to be heading that direction)..... this is college athletics. If fans who have an issue with a team stop donating/supporting a team..... the team will fall. The Program will fall. If everyone who voiced their anger/displeasure years ago with the $250 "right to purchase tickets" fee crap & reseating during covid.... all stopped right then and there 4-5 years ago..... where do you think this program would be right now? In the $#!tter.

Also, I have yet to see where @Wolfpack Ram said "I deserve this" or "I deserve that" just because hes a long time donor & a Capital Campaign Member. He's simply just voicing his frustrations & concerns with the current situation..... Which whether you like it or not.... Is his right!

If you don't like it & don't wanna see it..... put him on ignore. Simple as that. Some people on these message boards are actually open to other peoples opinions, concerns, issues, regarding a number of different things around the program.... and will converse about it cordially. If you can't handle that.... then maybe you're the problem. Not him.
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750+ words. Impressive.:mrgreen:
 
share the ball said:
I cannot fathom Coach Martelli is sitting a player that can help us win -seems to me that Ward is not one of the best 10 players every day in the BDC where playing time is earned and determined

don't really care what he did in high school or for awhile at LSU -

VCU is paying $5 million for a roster to win games if coaches determine Ward ain't one to help us achieve that he can sit for the next two days, two weeks, two months or two years or until he shows his teammates and the coach in the BDC that he is capable of helping the team win.

if he is having challenges from a mental health standpoint that a few posters have hypothesized then I am sure coaches will help him get assistance like they always do - but I have no idea why or what is holding Ward back just the fact that the coaches don't believe he can help is reason for me to accept and move on until they think he can help us
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I am late to the game on this thread. First, PM jr should have noticed this mans flaws and realized he wasnt a talent or culture/ ethos fit before we offered him a schollie AND the suspected astronomical amount of NIL we likely offered. We are not flush with cash at VCU. So either find a way to get value out of him or you better offset this bad decision with wins with your strategy of sitting him. So far neither is occirring.
Second, favoritism and power plays bc of personality differences happen all the time at every level of employment, government and sports. We already knows PM jr plays the nepo game. I do not think it is impossible to fathom something may not be copacetic here.
 
Ramaholic said:
I am late to the game on this thread. First, PM jr should have noticed this mans flaws and realized he wasnt a talent or culture/ ethos fit before we offered him a schollie AND the suspected astronomical amount of NIL we likely offered. We are not flush with cash at VCU. So either find a way to get value out of him or you better offset this bad decision with wins with your strategy of sitting him. So far neither is occirring.
Second, favoritism and power plays bc of personality differences happen all the time at every level of employment, government and sports. We already knows PM jr plays the nepo game. I do not think it is impossible to fathom something may not be copacetic here.
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Well, Ward played last night and we won, so there is that.
 
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