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  1. I do appreciate your passion, i know several players on the team over the last several years. I just want to make clear I don’t know the solution. The perception of the players over the last few years of Bowden is he lost the team. No discipline, the team was ruling the roost. Players where arguing with coaches, players were not taking their academics & commitments seriously by missing meetings & mandatory study times. Also, the team was not made up of the high character players you want representing your community. I know the AD is taking a lot of heat for the decision he made but IMHO his hands were tied & he had to make a decision. Now, this may change over time but the players perception now is that Arth is just to much. The day is scripted from beginning to end. Over the top on demanding perfection. Have to meet standards set for team. Grades, study time & meetings plus perform at a D1 level. He took scholarships away from players that didn’t meet these standards trying to raise the expectations. I believe he lost some of them. Over a couple years of his recruits hopefully this feeling will go away and succeed or this program will explode. I honestly don’t know which direction it is gonna go Hopefully Arth can find that middle ground & can make this thing work cause ultimately we may all look at things differently but we want our Football team to succeed Go Zips ?
    4 points
  2. Let's pretend Terry was a great enough coach to win 4 games with this rag tag bunch. Where would we be right now after two straight 4 win seasons? Probably firing him and debating who we should hire. So let's move on. He left us with this mess.
    4 points
  3. Fearless forecast: Terry wins 0 - 2 games this season had he been given one more year. If I had to pick, maybe he beats UMass, but who knows.
    3 points
  4. As Clark has pointed out several times, this is more than simply choosing between Bowden or Arth. It was clearly time for a change unfortunately followed by a very questionable, possibly disastrous hiring by the AD. Yes, Bowden beat Pitt and NW. He also had a lot of MAC games where we were not competitive at all. His teams were undersized and usually had no depth. After beating NW last year, Bowden lost 8 of 10 (including the last 5 games of the year) and failed to score more than 7 points in 3 of the last 4 games. Besides NW, his wins last year were an FBS team (Morgan State), a 1 win CMU team and a 2 win Kent team (Howard and BG). That Zips team we watched this season was Bowden's players. The cupboard was bare and after 7 years that is ALL on Bowden. Arth was terrible this year, but the Bowden worship is unwarranted He only won 35% of his Di games. It would be best for all of us to move on, Terry doesn't live here anymore.
    3 points
  5. Discuss University financing here. Discuss football in the football forum.
    2 points
  6. 4 was extremely generous to avoid splitting hairs. This roster stunk, and it's not like a ton of talent transferred out when TB left
    2 points
  7. NIU is clearly the exception to the rule, not the rule. Joe Novak built a very successful NIU program over 12-years. His first 3 seasons combined were under 6 wins. His first 6 seasons NIU never had more than 6-wins in a single season; first 4 under .500. It wasn't until his 7th season that they saw "real" success; going 8-4; and didn't get to a Bowl game until 2004 (season #9 for him). We can say that "times have changed"...which is fair...but if NIU had listened to the "don't tolerate failure" mentality, and firing people without understanding what it takes to build long-term success (stability) than NIU would not have become the long-term success it was. After 12-seasons; Jerry Kill (a coach with 14-years coaching experience, 7 at FCS with considerable success) took over the program the already well-established program. It wasn't like starting from scratch; and he had proven himself at every level he had been at. That trend continued for him. Dave Doeren (defensive coordinator for Wisconsin for three years...so coaching and recruiting experience in Division-1) took over an already well-established and successful program; and continued that success, and was hired by NC State. Rod Kerry was already a coach under Doeren, and OC; and took over the team for the next 7-years before being hired by Temple. NIU has been successful because it gave 12-years to ONE coach to build a damn program to a level of sustainability. Bowden was our opportunity to do that; it was working...and we jettisoned him too early IMHO. I know it's not what people want to hear, but it's a damn fact. Akron WILL NOT BE COMPETITIVE in the remote future; and will likely jettison Arth before he can build a sustainable program. If you want a consistent winner like NIU, OU, and WMU; you just lost your opportunity for that. NIU and OU the common denominator is longterm stability and dedication to building a stable program. When Akron fired Bowden; they've set themselves back AT LEAST 3-5 years before they have an attempt to have a stable program like NIU, OU; and I would honestly put it at a decade. 10-years before Akron has another chance of having a stable program. NIU and OU got to being in Bowl games every year because they built the program already. We were in the midst of doing that. OU and NIU were 4-5 years ahead of us in program stability and development. Period. It basically took NIU 9-seasons to start that consistently appearing in Bowl Games; Using NIU as the measuring stick; Bowden was AHEAD of where NIU was at in it's program's road to developmental success. Bowden had 2-Bowl games and a MAC-C appearance where NIU had neither at equal points in program development.
    2 points
  8. This is the biggest OOC game (aside from WVU/Louisville) for a number of reasons. - We have a guy on our staff with a STRONG Huntington, WV, connection for recruiting. - A down Marshall squad is who we should be beating in year 3 of Groce. - Road wins have been tough in recent years (as @NWAkron mentioned). - Prove we deserve to be talked about with some of the expected top teams in the MAC (Toledo, Buffalo, etc.).
    2 points
  9. I heard this weekend was a good one for the Zips. 4 or 5 jumped in the boat... Don't know specifics yet besides Ryan McClain who looks to be an OLB in this system.
    2 points
  10. So, basketball's going full on now, and football, soccer and volleyball are done. If you want to root for a nationally ranked Akron team, this weekend the U hosts the Zippy Invitational at Ocasek, and it should be a competitive affair. I saw on gozips.com that the divers were at the Magnus Cup at Cleveland State last weekend, but no results for swimming. I checked the results and we didn't send a squad, which surprised me. We had won this meet I think like the last 3 or 4 in a row. Maybe it just wasn't competitive enough for us anymore? But Friday, Saturday and Sunday should be great. Ivy League Cornell comes back, and a lot of the men's pool and meet records bear their names. Horizon Champs Oakland should challenge on both the women and men side. Cincinnati will be there from the American Athletic Conference, and St. Bonaventure from the A-10. Small school power Bloomsburg are back, and so is Clarion, and Malone should add some local flavor. Zippies should be the favorites but Cornell and Oakland will press them hard. It's warm and humid in the O, but so much more fun and comfortable that watching the FB team inside Info the past few weeks. Never thought I'd like this sport, but it is exciting as heck.
    1 point
  11. I am not surprised at all. He and the coaches don't want to waste an opportunity. In today's transfer portal environment both the player and the coaches want immediate satisfaction.
    1 point
  12. Depends on the type of bird, no? Fall Semester 2019: Regular Monday, August 26 - Sunday, December 8 Final Exam Monday, December 9 - Sunday, December 15
    1 point
  13. A little birdie told me we're going to be a little deeper/better come December 15. Not sure I would believe a random poster myself, but I heard what I heard. Go Zips! And LCJ liked the post...the plot thickens.
    1 point
  14. I do not believe that this Q&A has been posted on the board... Congrats to Niko https://www.timbers.com/post/2019/10/28/qa-timbers-2-defender-niko-de-vera-his-first-international-call
    1 point
  15. A little birdie told me we're going to be a little deeper/better come December 15. Not sure I would believe a random poster myself, but I heard what I heard. Go Zips!
    1 point
  16. Will be interested to see if we take advantage of the transfer portal or kids de-committing due to coaching changes. We did not utilize the transfer portal at all last year or this year thus far. The key I think - at least right now - should be immediate eligibility, however.
    1 point
  17. FWIW @Blue & Gold, I can't find it, but I believe there was an article posted saying that we offered Isaiah Childs as a RB, which is why he chose us over K State. 247 has Marques Watson-Trent crystal balled to us. https://247sports.com/player/marques-watson-trent-46084631/
    1 point
  18. Give me a break. It was hardly an insult. Certainly not anymore than him referring to me as being delusional or claiming that I'm on drugs. The overwhelming majority still is in agreement that firing Bowden was the right choice. Maybe you were content with Akron hovering around or below mediocrity, but the vast majority of this board wasn't. If there was any mistake it was in hiring Arth. As Jim McElwain showed, a good coaching hire makes the world of a difference. If Bowden was half as good as you try claiming he was, he would have fielded legitimate job offers and wouldn't be an unpaid intern right now.
    1 point
  19. We were! We were ONE year removed from a MAC-C game. Each season of the last 3-4 with Bowden, there was a serious chance for the Zips to be at the Top. Injuries and some damn bad luck was always a contributor as well. There are Ohio States and Michigans holding us back: Ohio's and Toledo's. We're already in the Shadow of Four Big-10 Teams; share the exact same footprint with the entire division we play in; and Ohio/Toledo both have consistent success over us; and have proven success. It's ludicrous to expect Akron to have above 500 every year or fire the coach mentality; because that mentality lands us with freaking 0-12. When Ohio has a down year or two they don't fire the coach. It's utter stupidity. He had two winning seasons, the 7-7 season was a winning season prior to the post-season. Pretending it's not a "winning season" because they lost the MACC and Bowl game...I'll take that every 2-3 years over 0-12 with no hope or light at the end of the tunnel EVERY SINGLE DAY. Ever other FBS team not in the MAC? Sure. Ohio wouldn't have. Frank Solich has had down years and they've kept trucking along with him. And how much succes have those other FBS schools had? Look at the freaking MAC, and every other conference where teams regularly change over coaches? Tennessee...Purdue...it's just utter stupidity! And we don't have 1/100th the name recognition they have! Delusional. Delusional. Delusional.
    1 point
  20. (would be nice if for the holiday everyone could stop the pile on .) Today I'm thankful for the Transfer Portal and all the gifts it will bring Zips football in 2020!
    1 point
  21. When the team gets a penalty because the band is playing when the other team is running a play it is probably time to call it a season.
    1 point
  22. 1.3 ppg and he calls himself a matchup nightmare and a soon-to-be monster ?
    1 point
  23. Get some legitimate stands down the lines and we'll actually have a half decent stadium
    1 point
  24. Hello My fellow Zips Fans! Just wanted to share a picture of Kwan from the Fiba Europe Cup 2019-2020.
    1 point
  25. We are hurting so bad now, at least I am, that I pray these guys are legit DI difference makers. That would be a nice early Christmas present if true. My gut tells me that they are run of the mill to below average. The good ones are going to better and winning programs. I hope my gut is wrong, but unfortunately over the last several days it has taken on a life of its own. Thank God leftovers are nearly done and I can get it under control.
    0 points
  26. Oh, the'ad hominem' attacks start again. I normally do not adress the posters on this site directly. I'ts a waste of time. And since somebody was DETA,I am 68 years old. What the hell is with the 'Ashland friend' stupid comment'? I have no connection to Ashland, Ohio or that college. Please enlighten all of us, since some of you are back to the personal attacks again. If you can tell me my connection to Ashland,Ohio I might want to visit some long lost relatives or friends. I await.
    0 points
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