AkronAlumnus Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 No good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 This team thus far has nobody to be "the man" when LCJ's not on fire. Down 22. Give me some Clark and Currie. Might as well experiment a little. I wish somebody would t-bone all of those damn Nissan Rogues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Zips in a funk and that happens sometimes, but damn, they're getting outworked and that's unacceptable. It only took Rob Murphy 10 years to discover have three huge lumbering players in the game doesn't make you a good defensive team. BG and Toledo were have played close to 13 games and notice they are at the top of the MAC. This just isn't going to be a fair season. Groce will see who isn't working and show them the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, NWAkron said: BG and Toledo were have played close to 13 games and notice they are at the top of the MAC. This just isn't going to be a fair season. Groce will see who isn't working and show them the door. I get that, but EMU has only played 5 games to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: I get that, but EMU has only played 5 games to date. Clark, I think you missed my point. And it it could just as easily be Akron up by 20. You aren't going to get the consistency when this game would normally be against Arkansas Pine Bluff or whatever. Edited January 9, 2021 by NWAkron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Bandaogo get a couple of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Bandaogo get a couple of minutes. c'est génial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: Bandaogo get a couple of minutes. How did he look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: How did he look? Tall. LOL Tough to tell. Played 3 minutes of garbage time. Had a couple of rebounds and made two free throws. Also had two fouls in those 3 minutes. I would say he did not look clumsy as some young big men will. Edited January 9, 2021 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Playing a Mac game on the road- tough Playing against a zone- tough Playing against a zone with all new players- tougher Akron playing when LCJ take 45 foot shots and cannot penetrate- a blowout. Lets hope we do not see a zone in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 Maishe Dailey’s been a colossal disappointment for me thus far. If he’s not going to play well, he could at least play with some toughness. He’s been a total non-factor. Clarke looked good in his limited minutes. He played like our second-best player today. Glad to see Currie get some minutes. Idk what to think about that situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Maishe Dailey’s been a colossal disappointment for me thus far. If he’s not going to play well, he could at least play with some toughness. He’s been a total non-factor. Clarke looked good in his limited minutes. He played like our second-best player today. Glad to see Currie get some minutes. Idk what to think about that situation. Somebody has to step up and take the spot as the number 2 option. Last year, LCJ had Cheese and X while no one has stepped up this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyforPresident Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, LZIp said: I hate this zone. Taking deep threes probably won't end well for us. The prescience is strong in this one. Normally we'd be warming up against a directional Carolina and not a directional Michigan six games into the season, so I'm not trying to read too much into this one. It's always a grind against Murphy and EMU. It looks like the 2-3 zone took away our 3 ball. It worked quite well for them, their length bothered our guards, took away passing lanes, and it exposed our lack of size in the post. I suspect that's why we saw Currie somewhat early on. No offense to Freeman, he works really hard out there. Early on, I thought it looked like Dailey was starting to find his rhythm but they took him out of the game too. Sometimes you just don't have it and credit has to go to the EMU defense too, regardless, stinkers like this happen sometimes. I think this team has the potential to make noise in the MAC Tournament, it's just a matter of getting all 5 cylinders to fire together. It has been a very strange start to the season, as it has been for a lot of programs. I'm looking forward to the BG and Rockettes' games. If we get hammered in both of those games, then I'll be concerned. But I don't think that we will (especially not against toledo, because that "school" is a community college compared to Bowling Green). Edited January 10, 2021 by ZippyforPresident 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 57 minutes ago, ZippyforPresident said: The prescience is strong in this one. Normally we'd be warming up against a directional Carolina and not a directional Michigan six games into the season, so I'm not trying to read too much into this one. It's always a grind against Murphy and EMU. It looks like they went from a 2-3 to a 3-2 zone to take away our 3 ball. It worked quite well for them, their length bothered our guards, took away passing lanes, and it exposed our lack of size in the post. I suspect that's why we saw Currie somewhat early on. No offense to Freeman, he works really hard out there. Early on, I thought it looked like Dailey was starting to find his rhythm but they took him out of the game too. Sometimes you just don't have it and credit has to go to the EMU defense too, regardless, stinkers like this happen sometimes. I think this team has the potential to make noise in the MAC Tournament, it's just a matter of getting all 5 cylinders to fire together. It has been a very strange start to the season, as it has been for a lot of programs. I'm looking forward to the BG and Rockettes' games. If we get hammered in both of those games, then I'll be concerned. But I don't think that we will (especially not against toledo, because that "school" is a community college compared to Bowling Green). Not to be a debbie downer, but Toledo looks to be the class of the MAC to this point ... and if Turner/LCJ balance each other out at BG (and neither team has a post presence of note) then it will be interesting to see which team has a true No. 2 and which does not. This season has a long way to go IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 We didn't take care of the ball. We didn't defend well and we were soft as hell out there, no fight, no toughness. Other than that it was a great effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Beacon game story- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2021/01/09/self-inflicted-mistakes-doom-university-akron-loss/6594397002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Wtf happened today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 I was busy so I couldn't watch, and I certainly have no interest watching the replay, so 640 WHLO is where I was yesterday. It sounds to me like Ali was getting it in that high post but was hesitant to put shots up. That's my biggest complaint of his so far, he's afraid to attack and shoot the mid range. Same goes for Dailey, he's fully capable of excelling in that role, why he doesn't try is beyond me. Rewind to the 2018 MAC tournament against them, Utomi was killing it in that high post mid range game before the collapse. Beating them isn't rocket science. And losing yesterday isn't the end of the world, we're not the first good team a bad EMU has beaten. Groce sounded like he was in 2018 on the post game, absolutely refused to make any excuses or dig for positives. I expect a couple of really good practices coming up. If one of those two stepped up to fill the Cheese/X role, this team has the potential to be lethal like last year's, with Trimble as a solid 3&D and eventually Aziz/Freeman as rim protectors. I won't make any excuses because I've definitely been disappointed so far this year, but I keep saying a full offseason would have this team on a different level for a reason. Time will tell, I'm feeling better than I did 2 years ago around this time, but certainly not as good as I was looking at the roster this past summer. Now time for a business trip to Dekalb. 1-0. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 11 hours ago, zippy5 said: Wtf happened today The team was disjointed. Nobody, especially LCJ ever got into a rhythm. Nobody stepped up when LCJ struggled. They often got outhustled/outworked. For stretches in the game EMU made everything. The Zips had trouble with the zone. Just ugly all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 I'm not an excuses guy, but I can't get too worked up about this loss or even the season, considering these games are played in empty arenas and the scheduling is so disjointed. Clearly, they did something right in NW Ohio, and BG and Toledo have a huge leg up on the rest of the MAC. My goal for the Zips is to stay in the top 8 and make the the MAC tournament. Rack up wins where they can and hope something breaks well for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, NWAkron said: I'm not an excuses guy, but I can't get too worked up about this loss or even the season, considering these games are played in empty arenas and the scheduling is so disjointed. Clearly, they did something right in NW Ohio, and BG and Toledo have a huge leg up on the rest of the MAC. My goal for the Zips is to stay in the top 8 and make the the MAC tournament. Rack up wins where they can and hope something breaks well for them. Yep, tough to get too up or too down in this weird year. Following the same timing as in past years, they'll be in mid-season form at the end of the season. My biggest concern yesterday was as Groce described- “We’re soft." "We weren’t very tough with the ball. We weren’t very tough defensively." With limited practices and games in this weird year I can excuse missed shots and players being out of sync with their teammates, but being soft and bad defense are effort things. Not the end of the world. On to NIU. Here's hoping that game was a one off and not a not a blueprint for future teams stopping the Zips. Edited January 10, 2021 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Face it we just sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 It's just one game, we'll be back!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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