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I just had to do that.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Eric M left. Either to follow Groce or a school closer to cincy to be close to his father. we have to retain Young!!

Same. @Captain Kangaroo Can we please rid the site of a reactions limit? Haha

I do like using my likes. 👍

I wish I could be this optimistic. The thing about "culture" as you describe it, is it not inherent. It takes work to not just build it, but maintain it. I am reminded of when I had a job as an opinion pollster for political candidates (Peter Hart Research, to be exact, who used to operate a phone bank in the Springfield/Lakemore area. I worked there). One question that we asked people a lot was this: Who does a better job of representing Hoosier values (if working on a statewide Indiana race in this example)? Candidate A or Candidate B? That question always rankled me. WTF are Hoosier values? It's a meaningless phrase, an unholy alliance of marketing and politicking. It's not a thing. You think humility, community, hard work, whatever the F, are unique to being Indianan? Almost everyone thinks of their state/community/tribe/however-you-want-to-demographic-it in this way! We have been very, VERY fortunate to have had as much success as we had under Dambrot and Groce. But there's nothing in the air that made those things happen. Akron is not special - no place is in and of itself, really, is my point. We have no inherent advantages. It worked because we had two damn good coaches. And if we don't hire a damn good coach to replace Groce, there's no parachute that prevents us from becoming a directional Michigan on the basketball court. I'm not all gloom and doom here. Obviously, if Ford becomes the new coach, that will help with stability, continuity, and make us less likely to crater. Even if we have a full on regime change, that doesn't mean it will fail. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking there's something in the water that makes "the culture around Akron basketball is a good one" and makes us immune from crashing out. Culture didn't build our success, people did.

Top dodgeball school too!!

Akron is still the talk of Rocket League!

😂 Edit: had to leave this because I'm coincidentally out of reactions.

E-sports! 📺💪🏽

If they had a board with a higher reaction limit, that might be able to sway him.

If @Illini Zipflips to CofC I am going to demand that my Groce bobblehead be returned!

Probably trying to create bidding war with CoC fanbase to see who can offer the most karma.

Dustin Ford it is.

Tick tick @Illini Zip. Waiting on your announcement. 😉

I just got an email from Goodrich with no body in the email. Dustin it is.

Let’s not forget Track and Field, Rifle, Swimming and Diving…

If we got Hurley you can kiss any thought of an enduring, positive culture goodbye.

Those who follow soccer at UA might have a different opinion. Soccer consistently wins its conference, makes the NCAA playoffs, goes to the elite eight, makes the final four and has a national championship and two runners-up. I'd say there is an argument there.

Wouldn't surprise me given how emotional people said he was at the selection show when talking about Bud.

Well obviously not CoC specifically. But if the rumors were true and he was a finalist at Butler and USF, maybe this was the one last ride all along.

Yes, it's really hard to know who would have stayed or left even if Groce stayed.

That's correct.

Nothing wrong with status quo if your status quo is good. Elevating would be a pleasant surprise if it happens.

I'm going to go make a contribution to FTR to show my support for this move. I encourage others as well.

CoC job wasn't vacant that long. Groce I'm sure was in communication that he was exploring his options and they likely already had this contingency plan in place. It might have been in place even last year when reports were Groce had some interest in leaving.