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 Nonsensical Rambler  Group: Members Posts: 2252 Joined: 9-July 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 2566  |
QUOTE(Big Zip @ Apr 5 2012, 12:42 PM)  Wow glass half empty because I was pointing out the facts of the situation? I'm happy he is staying but I can't believe there is a single person on this board that would forgoe a $250,000 raise. By the way I've watched this team since the Huggins era. We've made significant progress since then, but I'll continue to say they haven't met expectations lately. We've already had that discussion. Glass half empty because you assume that everyone is motivated by money, and that our coach could be bought despite constantly saying how loyal he is. Not to mention if I'm in his situation Duquesne is a wasteland (as I described before) and he likely made $500,000 after bonuses and loyalty awards and what does his Summa endorsement contract look like? By the time you total everything up here, and factor in the mess that is Duquesne, why would he ever consider leaving for that job at just $250,000 more? -------------------- "At least we know what the hell we is...we's a ZIP!" - Butchie Washington
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Apr 5 2012, 11:53 AM
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Only a Zips fan Group: Members Posts: 10554 Joined: 18-July 06 From: The edge of the Allegheny plateau Member No.: 483 |
You couldn't pay me $5 million to live in Pittsburgh.
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Apr 5 2012, 04:34 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 6757 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Parts Unknown, USA Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE(Big Zip @ Apr 5 2012, 12:42 PM) By the way I've watched this team since the Huggins era. We've made significant progress since then, but I'll continue to say they haven't met expectations lately. We've already had that discussion. I'm concerned you may be right even through next season. We MAY become the only MAC basketball team that recruited a high school All American and didn't win an NCAA game during his time at the school. I don't think that is too far fetched to say. We beat up on a crappy MAC and bad OOC teams. Lose to Duquesnes and CSU's of the world. KD will be going on his 9th season next year. On the surface, we have beat a bunch of bad teams. Can anyone describe what is below the surface when you really dig deeper? -------------------- "...you want it to be one way. But it's the other way." --Marlo Stanfield, The Wire
"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." - Woody Guthrie |
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Apr 5 2012, 06:55 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1295 Joined: 9-May 10 Member No.: 5578 |
I noticed this article last night.
Funny thing is the blogger really only compared the A10 to MAC and talked about money. If this were Xavier or Dayton I can understand, but Duquesne is in the "MAC west" of the A10. Not competitive! He says Dambrot has done everything he can in the MAC. Meaning MAC schools don't make noise nationally... Really? Did Ohio just made the Sweet 16? Didn't Can't make the elite 8? Didn't our soccer team make 2 straight national championship games? Funny thing is Duquesne hasn't made the tournament in 30 years. All but 2-3 MAC teams have at least 1 tournament appearance during that time frame. -------------------- It's okay....we'll be better next year
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Apr 5 2012, 08:50 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 5514 Joined: 5-December 04 From: Green, Ohio Member No.: 120 |
@Big Zip, several times in my professional career I passed up offers for big raises to leave American companies and go to work for foreign-owned companies with operations based in the U.S. I did so because I've always felt a strong sense of loyalty to what I believe in the most, not who lined my pockets with the most money. I'm not as wealthy as I could have been, but I'm comfortable and have a great sense of fulfillment that I did the right thing for me. No regrets.
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Apr 5 2012, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE(Dave in Green @ Apr 5 2012, 09:50 PM) @Big Zip, several times in my professional career I passed up offers for big raises to leave American companies and go to work for foreign-owned companies with operations based in the U.S. I did so because I've always felt a strong sense of loyalty to what I believe in the most, not who lined my pockets with the most money. I'm not as wealthy as I could have been, but I'm comfortable and have a great sense of fulfillment that I did the right thing for me. No regrets. What would Chris Rock say in response to this post? |
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Jun 19 2012, 06:31 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 1-December 06 Member No.: 733 |
6/19/2012 article from Pittsburgh Tribune.
http://triblive.com/sports/2007588-74/damb...ment-basketball |
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Jun 19 2012, 06:41 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 6757 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Parts Unknown, USA Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE(ZZZips @ Jun 19 2012, 07:31 PM) 6/19/2012 article from Pittsburgh Tribune. http://triblive.com/sports/2007588-74/damb...ment-basketball Strange to say the least. KD doesn't come off good at all in this article. Should have never given the interview considering the circumstances. -------------------- "...you want it to be one way. But it's the other way." --Marlo Stanfield, The Wire
"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." - Woody Guthrie |
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Jun 19 2012, 07:25 PM
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 David Group: Members Posts: 1838 Joined: 7-January 06 From: Norton, OH Member No.: 302 |
I really shouldn't have read that article ...
-------------------- Back in the late-1860s & early in the process of selecting a site for a new school that would eventually become The University of Akron ...
"..., Can't was rejected because periodic flare-ups of fever gave it a reputation as an 'unhealthy place.' " (page 12 of "Summit's Glory," written by former University of Akron history professor George W. Knepper) |
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Jun 19 2012, 08:04 PM
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 Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1258 Joined: 29-July 10 Member No.: 5639 |
Interesting article to say the least....
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Jun 19 2012, 08:51 PM
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 Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 5307 |
If the main things keeping Dambrot in Akron was money and a transfer, I have lost a lot of respect for him. He's a great coach and I'm glad he's still here, but you shouldn't be saying statements like the that when you declined the job. We get it, you're a valuable commodity, we should worship the ground you walk on, etc.
I just hope his quotes were taken out of context by the writer, but I have a hard time believing that's the case. -------------------- Welcome back to civilization Terry Bowden.
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Jun 19 2012, 09:27 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1295 Joined: 9-May 10 Member No.: 5578 |
At the end of the day, he's in Akron. I don't care what kind of article some idiot in pittsburgh wrote. Of course they are going to make it seem like he wanted the job. What kind of journalist is going to publish a story saying "Oh well the school sucks, I never wanted to go there."
-------------------- It's okay....we'll be better next year
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Jun 19 2012, 10:12 PM
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 Zips Superfan Group: Members Posts: 3443 Joined: 11-October 06 From: Wadsworth/Akron Member No.: 647 |
QUOTE Dambrot, Akron’s superb men’s basketball coach That set off loony flags early on. Superb? --------------------  |
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Jun 20 2012, 01:42 AM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1295 Joined: 9-May 10 Member No.: 5578 |
I just find it funny that EVERY article from a Pittsburgh/Duquesne supporter says that Dambrot would have had a better chance making it to the NCAA Tourney had he taken the job. Really? Apparently we haven't made it twice in the past four years. It's never an Akron vs Duquesne comparison, it's always an A10 vs MAC. We get it the A10 is better, but Duquesne is a bottom feeder and no bigger than a BGSU or Miami(OH) type school on a national level.
-------------------- It's okay....we'll be better next year
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Jun 20 2012, 05:54 AM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 6757 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Parts Unknown, USA Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE(akzipper @ Jun 19 2012, 10:27 PM) I don't care what kind of article some idiot in pittsburgh wrote. There are a lot of quotation marks around a lot of the article. KD wrote a lot of it for him. He should have never taken the interview if he was going to be that honest. I'm not sure how I would take this article if I was one of his players. -------------------- "...you want it to be one way. But it's the other way." --Marlo Stanfield, The Wire
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