RU4Real said:

Commercial airline pilots are 94% white in the United States.

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Don't we have the safest air travel in the world?

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Section124 said:

Chris

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Cross

MadRU said:

Craft

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Chris

If not JMike then who is the starting PG next season?

Meanwhile,
increasing warm advection will cause spotty light snow in the
evening to become widespread as we head deeper into the night,
then start transitioning to sleet and freezing rain inland and
mostly just plain rain at the immediate coast. This system
currently appears very standard overall, with minimal if any ice
near the coast and highest amounts northwest of I-95,
especially in the higher elevations. In addition, light snow
accumulations will mostly be an inch or less, with best
potential for more than an inch across the Poconos and northern
New Jersey. Guidance continues to vary somewhat between details,
so some modest shifts are possible, but overall feel reasonably
sure to have issued fairly widespread winter weather advisories
with this package, with the main concern being the freezing
rain.

Most areas likely switch to plain rain by midday, by which
point the steadier precip is tapering off, though low clouds,
mist and drizzle may end up lingering into Thursday night before
a secondary cold front pushes across the region and clears out
the low level moisture. Could be a few showers with said front,
but not much presently. Temperatures, which likely rise to near
40 or higher across much of the area except the far north late
Thursday, currently look likely stay above freezing across much
of the region Thursday night before and during the cold frontal
passage, except in the northernmost parts of the region, so
right now re-freeze potential looks minimal.

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NickRU714 said:

The numbers of coaches is unlimited now (previously 10 then 11).
You can still only have 11 coaches "recruiting off campus".

So they may have to swap in and out who is "off campus recruiting" at any given moment.

But the number of coaches is fine.
I'll start a separate thread but we now have:
defensive HC
6 defensive coaches (Co-DC, Co-DC/LB,DE, DL, CB, S)
only 5 offensive coaches (OC/QB, RB, OL, TE, WR).

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Yea that’s what I thought regarding staff. That’s what the podcast guys must have meant regarding max capacity. Off. Campus recruiting.

RU848789 said:

Learn to read the maps. The map color for most of CNJ denotes 1-2" of snow, therefore my statement in that post that up to 2" is possible for much of CNJ is reasonable: "All of these locations are forecast to get maybe an inch or so (up to 2" is possible for much of CNJ and everywhere N of 78) of snow/sleet late Wednesday evening through early Thursday..."

Also, they appear to have stopped using decimal places on their maps, so 1" is apparently 0.5-1.5", roughly, which combined with the 1-2" swath means places showing 1" could be 1"-1.5", which is exactly what we see if one looks at the point and click hourly graphic forecasts. As you said, Somerville is 1.3", Basking Ridge is 1.5", Edison is 1.2" and Hopewell is 1.1". As I said before in agreement with you, I think there will be more sleet than modeled and I'm not confident in places in CNJ reaching 2", but it is certainly possible.

In addition, below is a page from the NWS briefing, which proves my point that up to 2" is possible.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
206 PM EST Tue Feb 4 2025

NJZ008>010-015-017>019-PAZ070-071-104-106-050815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0006.250206T0500Z-250206T1500Z/
Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Mercer-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern
Burlington-Delaware-Philadelphia-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Mount Holly, Philadelphia, Flemington,
Camden, Doylestown, Lansdale, Moorestown, Glassboro, Cherry Hill,
Norristown, Trenton, Morrisville, Somerville, Morristown, and
Media
206 PM EST Tue Feb 4 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet
accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations up to one tenth
of an inch.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest, and southern New
Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight Wednesday Night to 10 AM EST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
206 PM EST Tue Feb 4 2025

NJZ008>010-015-017>019-PAZ070-071-104-106-050815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0006.250206T0500Z-250206T1500Z/
Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Mercer-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern
Burlington-Delaware-Philadelphia-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Mount Holly, Philadelphia, Flemington,
Camden, Doylestown, Lansdale, Moorestown, Glassboro, Cherry Hill,
Norristown, Trenton, Morrisville, Somerville, Morristown, and
Media
206 PM EST Tue Feb 4 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet
accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations up to one tenth
of an inch.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest, and southern New
Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight Wednesday Night to 10 AM EST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute.

kupuna133 said:

Sorry that response regarding podcast was meant for spanky. Podcast said the staff was at max capacity and that there would need to be attrition or retitling to analyst by someone.

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The numbers of coaches is unlimited now (previously 10 then 11).
You can still only have 11 coaches "recruiting off campus".

So they may have to swap in and out who is "off campus recruiting" at any given moment.

But the number of coaches is fine.
I'll start a separate thread but we now have:
defensive HC
6 defensive coaches (Co-DC, Co-DC/LB,DE, DL, CB, S)
only 5 offensive coaches (OC/QB, RB, OL, TE, WR).

Not to mention the 2 de-commits who got away.....

T2Kplus20 said:

He's wishcasting again.

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I would normally agree with you on this but the ice/freezing rain factor can make the morning commute problematic and schools in a tough position on whether to delay or close. A bit more complex than usual.

darkcheck said:

Some of us have been sounding the alarm for a couple years. Some are just now starting to realize. Some are still in denial. Speaking to the first two, we all want to see RU back in the ncaas. But our program has a lot of flaws. We obviously can’t fix them overnight. Of the following what are your top 3 things, in order, to fix asap:
(These are in no order from me)
Plays out of timeouts
Player development
Player retention
Using the portal
Offensive sets and schemes
Changing the assistants
Accountability
Recruiting
Strength and conditioning
Scheduling
Player rotations
Tightening the rotation
Three point shooting
FT shooting
Getting a GM
Getting an AD
Getting a president
Fundraising
Other (if you choose this list a specific item)

Please let’s try to have a constructive, insult free discussion. Thanks.

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1. New Head Coach

You provided 19 legitimate items that need to be addressed all of which have been a problem for multiple years.

If we are taking the time to list the top 5 of the 19 things that are wrong isn’t simply the head coach?

I agree with whay PSAL said: "Reading between the lines - we probably wanted Sparber as the linebackers coach. Sparber and Smith have the relationship from Duke and this arrangement was constructed. It allows Greg to roll the dice with an up and comer while retaining steady stability at the same time in bringing Rob back. I’m not why anyone should be upset."
I also think despite the firing Greg and Robb are friends and loyal to one another.
This gives Sparber a mentor as he learns the DC position at P-4 level and Smith can benefit from a good season this year when programs start hiring DCs for the 2026 season.
Seeing Smith spent the last 2 years as an analyst , he might not have been in demand as a DC and now
he might get back in the DC hunt if the RU D looks good in 2025

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PSAL_Hoops said:

It seems like the guys on the podcast just had a vision for something else and are disappointed. It’s a major exaggeration to say that there was lots of noise calling for Smith to be fired here in 2021. The D started off pretty well that season until the OL was depleted to a point where we couldn’t compete at all. It was 3 and outs over and over again leaving the D out there all the time after that Michigan game. The podcast guys point to averages but outside of a handful of bad games the D was pretty good that season all things considered. I don’t know that he necessarily deserved a raise and a new contract at the time, but I also don’t think his performance was awful. Gleeson deserved to be canned when he was far more than Smith not being renewed.

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Sorry that response regarding podcast was meant for spanky. Podcast said the staff was at max capacity and that there would need to be attrition or retitling to analyst by someone.

bac2therac said:

I says 1 inch..with 1.3 for somerville..it also has a 10% chance of higher than 1 inch on probability maps

The sleet signal is strong

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Learn to read the maps. The map color for most of CNJ denotes 1-2" of snow, therefore my statement in that post that up to 2" is possible for much of CNJ is reasonable: "All of these locations are forecast to get maybe an inch or so (up to 2" is possible for much of CNJ and everywhere N of 78) of snow/sleet late Wednesday evening through early Thursday..."

Also, they appear to have stopped using decimal places on their maps, so 1" is apparently 0.5-1.5", roughly, which combined with the 1-2" swath means places showing 1" could be 1"-1.5", which is exactly what we see if one looks at the point and click hourly graphic forecasts. As you said, Somerville is 1.3", Basking Ridge is 1.5", Edison is 1.2" and Hopewell is 1.1". As I said before in agreement with you, I think there will be more sleet than modeled and I'm not confident in places in CNJ reaching 2", but it is certainly possible.

In addition, below is a page from the NWS briefing, which proves my point that up to 2" is possible.

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Illinois 38
Rutgers 31

per half....

PSAL_Hoops said:

I just listened to the podcast. I don’t remember Smith being that bad when he was here in 2021. He started right after Covid. From ground zero. Maybe he didn’t do enough to warrant a raise per a new contract and he had an opportunity to go work for Elko. So he leaves. The podcast conveniently fails to mention the success Duke had while he was there. The team was better in 2022 than 2023. Maybe Elko is entirely responsible for the success and not Smith but if anything his performance would’ve been a neutral nothing at worst - not “bad”. The team went from 3-9 to 9-4. There’s nothing bad that could be said about that.

Greg is good at coaching D. He likes to be involved and isn’t one who can easily take a back seat when it comes to areas he is knowledgable. He’s not the kind of head coach a flashy hire everyone had in mind is a good fit with. Hafley could well have been plan A.

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Yea again I have no issue with the hire. Kind of what I expected. Don’t understand why it took 2 months to get a retread and slap the retread with a co title. I wish him well. We know what to expect at least.

bac2therac said:

Weenie board is barely talking about this event

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Because they're at full mast over the clown maps for the weekend and the 16th.