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NWAkron

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  1. 2 hours ago, LZIp said:

    I actually didn't think he looked bad on the court in the very limited time he got....just not a fit for the team apparently and who knows what happened behind the scenes.

     

    Take my opinions on bigs with a grain of salt, I was also higher on Kostelac than others too.

    At least Currie didn't leave with a broken jaw.  So moving in the right direction.

  2. 4 hours ago, MDZip said:

    Despite having a relatively innocuous payload, these guns have not always brought joy to attendees. In 2018, a mascot named Chip at the University of Colorado-Boulder suffered an injury when a T-shirt cannon malfunctioned, shooting him in the groin. (The video, of course, went viral.) That same year, a fan named Jennifer Harughty claimed that Orbit, the mascot for the Houston Astros, shot her with a T-shirt and shattered her finger, necessitating surgery. In 2019, Alex Swanson was at Citi Field for a New York Mets game and alleged that a shirt struck him in the eye and knocked him unconscious. Both sued the respective teams.

     

    remember if you see the University you must file in the Court of Claims.   I was lucky.  not injured.

  3. 12 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:

     

    Inside that winning percentage are NCAA Tournament stops/wins at Kent State, Arkansas and South Florida. Without looking it up, I'm guessing Heath and Groce have the most NCAA Tournament wins for a current coach in the MAC, by far. (And Groce's overall winning percentage prior to the last 2 years was not that great, either).

     

    Look for EMU to be a solid MAC team, not reliant on being the only team in the league playing zone to steal an extra win or two. Actually, the MAC is starting to become as diverse as it was when Heath was first down the road. Back then (2002) with him, Charlie at Miami, Joplin at Toledo, McCallum at Ball, Drake at CMU, 'Spoon at Buffalo MAC was arguably the most diverse conference in the country. And that was arguably when the league was at its best for overall talent.

     

    Just sayin.

    I was merely referencing the attendance at the typical EMU game

  4. 8 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

    So they ditched a 49 year old with a .517 winning percentage for a 56 year old with a .502 winning percentage?  Other than 4 nice seasons, one of which he had handed to him at PCCC, Stan Heath has not been very good. 

     

    On the other hand, it will be a nice homecoming and the alums will like it.  

    I'm sure there will be a crowd of 10-12 there to greet him at the first game

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  5. 1 hour ago, bigjim said:

    can someone provide an update on Teon Dollard?  what is going on with the case?

    the courts have a lot of programming and treatment options for first time offenders that can lead to a dismissal of the charges even if a gun is involved.

  6. 9 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

    I don't see anything about transferring being a choice. He said he could never see himself playing for another university. There was no choice. It's time for him to enter the next stage of his life. 

    And time for some other players to shine and step up.   Time for LCJ to move on with his life and for the team to forge ahead with Groce.

  7. 20 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

    Good luck to Edwards.  Getting redshirted and then playing 10 minutes and 52 seconds in an entire season does not bode well for your future contributions on a team.

     

    We shall now call 16:13 of playing time in a season the "Currie line."  He woefully fell below that.

     

    Woohoo, another spot for a contributor.

    any word on the seniors besides LCJ and Reese?  I think IlliniZip is itching to up date his scholarship chart.

  8. https://www.c-span.org/video/?508652-1/ncaa-v-alston-oral-argument

     

    I will put this hear because it is somewhat relevant to Akron's pay to play schedule.  The link is to the supreme court arguments on NCAA athlete compensation.  There's a lower court ruling that allows for almost $6000 per year in compensation and unlimited  post-grad "internship" payments.  But the problem is that every year there's going to be more and more litigation and athletes going to court saying the $6000 isn't enough. Also, they discuss how only a few schools profit from athletics.  Not sure how it's going to come out, but I don't think the Supreme Courts wants the federal courts putting the NCAA in receivership and monitor all of this.

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