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This is pretty much me. I think for me it was a $40 hoodie I got on sale at Dick's sporting goods, which isn't much more than what a t-shirt would cost at the team shop.

My last gear purchase was a hoodie from the premier athletics gear retailer Costco. The one before that was a polo off of the clearance rack at Rally House. I've found the stuff from the school to usually be overpriced.

I met RJ's dad at the Zip-Kent game as we were walking to the arena. Great guy. I told him that Groce recruits not only great basketball players but also athletes that are good citizens and willing to learn and that says a lot about his son.

Keith Dambrot punched one of his players on the bench when he was coaching Central Michigan (game was at KSU - I saw it firsthand).

https://x.com/i/status/2028169584834990277

I sit behind the opposing teams bench and Frank Martin was verbally abusive to his players. Now these are division 1 athletes and not high school kids who can take the abuse but it made me wonder if this is the best coaching style and at some point in time do the players just tune him out. Ironically, the only time I saw Frank smile was when he bursted out laughing while talking to one of the Akron fans after complaining about the refs . The next game I asked the fan what he had said to Frank. He told Frank that he agreed the refs suck but look at the bright side, he is being paid a million bucks to watch them work tonight and the Akron fans have to pay good money to watch this sh_t show of a reffing crew.

5 years is enough for someone to be AD at a mid major. Things change at mid majors faster than P4 so the skill sets of those working there have to change as well.

He has seemed to be a little quieter on social media lately. Can’t blame him for exploring given the connection, but it would sure be nice if we could get a qualified “Akron guy” in the position who would be here more than a few years.

Is this confirmed?

He should be thanking Jason Preston for their one fluke good season

I choose the wrong field as well.

12 titles in 13 years

Can anyone imagine being mediocre to bad at their job but having almost infinite security through a contract and a buyout/salary in the $6-8 million range?! What a dream life...I shoulda gone into coaching.

I think OU needs to do a better job in selecting who they send to the post-game presser. LOL.

https://akronbeaconjournal-oh.newsmemory.com/?publink=2f8c2c909_1351ff1

toledo owned Akron as well in regular season until recently.

Per Kitty Attack Jeff Boals career record against these three teams (Year 7 of Boals Era) Akron 5-9 Kent State 6-8 Toledo 1-13

Kent sure can't.

Yeah, feels like we would really have to choke on the 3M dive event to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

Ohio would be smart to move on from Boals.

It seems like a foregone conclusion that Boals, barring a miracle, is canned at seasons end. I peaked at UMass message board and it seems they want Frank canned as well. The problem is they can't fire him because his contract is fully guaranteed through 2028-2029 with a reported $6-$8M buyout. Between giving out that large of a guaranteed contract and the performance of the football team that AD needs fired.

Bobcat Attack's game thread today for Toledo barely has 2 posts on the second page. Apathy is setting in for the Athens crowd. They also can't stand Hadaway so for him to whine like this is hilarious. Boals will likely not survive this season if he doesn't cut down the nets in Cleveland.

Substitute Akron for Toledo and BGSU (or maybe Kent now) for Ohio.

I think it's probably a culmination of many things that is effecting these players emotionally. But as to the fouling, as bad as Toledo is they're not even the worst offender. If the MAC really, truly wanted to get control of the rediculous fouling issue (I'm all for strong, straight-up physical defense) they would foul guys out regardless of circumstance early into conference play each and every year. Even if it's the first half and a team's best player, it shouldn't matter. Send him to the bench early. The coaches and players will be forced to adjust their approach. But I think the MAC likes the bumping and hacking because it allows the bottom half of the league to stay in games with the top half. If these games were called even close to legitimately I believe Akron blows some teams out by 30-40 points and we have a much better NET ranking. The crap that really bothers me is when the officials in a sense "move the strike zone" mid-game. You play the first 30 minutes of the game with a loose whistle and then out of nowhere they call fouls for breathing on a guy. You can say that the Zips were soft and careless with the ball against the Buffalo press late in that game. Groce believed so. But I'm watching foul after foul by Buffalo not being called as well. We say at times that "the refs have lost control of a game". Watching this video I have to wonder if the refs are losing control of the league. Edit: One can say "who cares" because we are still winning games. But remember that margin of victory affects NET rankings and NET rankings affect seeding in the NCAA Tournament. And I'm tired of getting crushed by the likes of Arizona in the first round.

We need to root for Ohio on Tuesday. Very real scenario where Miami OH's side of the bracket becomes Buffalo in the quarters and either Toledo or Ohio in semis. Akron would play CMU in the quarters and either Kent or BG in the semis. A Miami OH vs Ohio and Akron vs Kent semifinal would be the best case scenario for the MAC.