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The year before coach Kest arrived, attendance averaged 293. Last year it was 679. Establish a winning culture, and attendance more than doubles. But it takes time to see results. One winning year doesn't improve attendance, but several in a row will.

Sorry to hear about your brother, Zen.

KD will not be fired nor should he. No one is asking for his job and no one is asking for him to be threatened or whatever. Nevertheless, he should be told that the program has not progressed in the last 5 years. And he should be pressured to hire better assistants. And he should be told that the way he schedules is not acceptable. If I was the AD I will make the seasonal incentives based on the RPI at the end of the year instead of the W-L count. I honestly don't care how many 20 win seasons we have in a row and most importantly I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TIMES WE BEAT PINE BLUFF AND BLUFFTON. KD did an amazing job pulling the program out of the dumpster it was in during the Hipsher era. We all appreciate that and he deserves all the praise for that. The guy has a very lucrative 10 year contract. Isn't that thanking him enough? 10 years later, can we still not ask for more?

He stutters in the way a mad genius stutters. He just has so much going on in his mind, its hard to organize it all.

Agree to disagree, fine. But, I don't understand the "heavy-handed talk and threats" thing. Sorry, if I implied that I thought anyone should go to KD and tell him he should be fired if he doesn't win an NCAA Tournament game in x years or any other such threat. All that I've been trying to say is that I wish Zips fans would stop treading around like he's the diety of basketball. What's wrong with letting him know that we'd like to see more and a plan to get there. No one can guarantee that the Zips can get there, but always making excuses that we're too young, or this and that guarantees we'll never get there.

How do you argue with success? I have watched Akron basketball for 20 years. The last 10 have been far better than the previous 10. Remember, Akron did not even make the NCAA tournament since Higgins was the coach back in the 80s. I have seen a lot of great basketball at the Q with KD as the coach. This year he should have had 2 or 3 seniors that would have made this team very competitive, Alex?, Tree and Harney. I do not believe it was KD's fault that these 3 players did not finish at Akron. Also, numerous other players have transferred to division 2 programs when it was obvious that they did not have division one talent. I do not believe that is unusual in a competitive division one program. We have benefitted from players transferring from other programs when they did not get playing time. I judge success for a MAC team by making the NCAA tournament or even the NIT. By that standard we have had a successful program under KD. I went to Detroit 2 years ago and realized that for us to win a NCAA game we will need an exceptional athletic team that plays well under pressure. There is always hope for the future based on our young team.

I disagree with the idea that you can motivate professional adults with 'turning up the heat'. I have no doubt in my mind that Dambrot feels plenty of pressure already. To say that he needs outside pressure to make him more successful is to imply that he is coasting or doesn't care. If he doesn't care enough, then he needs to go. If he does care, then it's completely disrespectful to him as a professional to apply 'heat'. Rediculous. Sorry, I completely disagree. This isn't a recruit in boot camp. He is an experienced coach who has turned down other offers to stay here and seek success. Get off your high horse. thanks.

just one of her post game interviews. Interested to see how she does because this team is filled with talent.

Thanks guys, you beat me to the news. I hope she has the chops for the environment. There's a lot of talk that jobs like Akron, Creighton women's footy are unwinnable, always to be compared to the men's success. We have the facilities, she has three years to prove herself, like all new coaches -- but three years in this job is not enough to turn things around. Even coach Kest took longer -- and she's a miracle worker!