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George has been an Akron guy from the moment he was a student athlete here. Unfortunately he has not developed a track record of success to indicate he could manage an athletic dept and lead us out of the problems we now have. Williams was not the answer altho' I give him credit for spotty improvement in some areas. We need to go outside the university to find someone who will give us five years of exceptional leadership. But Akron's administration, especially this board of trustees, never misses an opportunity to blow big hires. A change in AD's should give us all hope, but our track record takes all that away. In this instance I think the board of trustees should follow the lead of George Costanza and have an Opposites Day wherein they do the opposite of anything they would normally do. It worked great for George. Why not us. We deserve a break.

In less than a month the Zips have traveled approximately 1,151 miles on the bus in a pandemic.

I think Dawson should start. (In case anyone on here didn’t already know. Lol)

The Zips hold off a late run by OU to win 71-67.

Only if the game is actually Saturday!

Are there enough donors? Is our fan base large? If he knows the changes that need to be made, why haven't they been implemented? I like George. He's always been very good to me, and is definitely a "UA Guy." But does 2021 UA Athletics need a "solid" choice, or a "great" choice? We have botched pretty much every AD hire since Mike Bobinski. You could make a case for Mike Thomas, but the JD Brookhart hire wasn't a home run to say the least. We need an up-and-comer from a successful upper-G5 or scrappy P5 school. Someone that won't screw up basketball and soccer, and will elevate football. Someone with fresh ideas and a plan to get football on track that can be directly attributable to his/her work in a similar previous situation. I can't blame Williams for bowing out. 2021 is a lousy time to become a G5 AD. But we are an FBS football school with a great stadium and practice facilities. A winning basketball program and a top 10 soccer program. That has to be very appealing to someone talented. But I have faith that we will hire the wrong person. We always do.

This guarantees the 3 seed for us

Sounds like its a BG/Miami issue. Akron should be fine for tournament. Played BG a week ago. MAC should have ended the regular season last Friday. Then force the top 8 teams to bubble. Stupid.

Huh, the Horizon League re-seeds after every round. That's one way of protecting your top seed. BTW, Keith and the Dukes won their first round match-up in the A-10.

I had read the Beacon article...the night ...that the game was played. they did not have any quotes from Jared... now, they have quotes...so I will post Brad Bournival...does good work on the articles https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2021/03/02/university-akron-soccer-team-defeats-marshall-2-1-overtime/6888513002/ “It was such an exciting feeling,” Shokalook, an Erie, Pennsylvania, product said. “I can’t even describe the emotions right now. I’m really happy for the team. To get our first win at home, I’m very happy for everyone on the Zips team.” “Normally, when we play these games it’s 7 p.m.,” UA coach Jared Embick said. “We’re just happy to be playing whether it’s 4 or 5. We’re getting a chance to compete and develop the players. We haven’t been able to do that in a long time. I think you’re going to see growing pains with it, but it’s great to be playing again.” “For us, this means everything,” Pacheco said. “It’s what we want to do. Sometimes, it won’t be pretty but at the end of the day if we win that’s all that matters. That’s what happened today.”

💯 She led the team yesterday with a career-high 25! 💪💪

Yes and who they play off the bench and the style of play. They've been playing kind of an inside out motion with Molly Neitzel by having her take mid range jumpers while Brewer hangs out in there with her. Tecca spots up while Dawson creates and Ferrell has developed a great perimeter shot as well.

I agree on this one. It seems like a chess match with Trimble. He started out slow, so opponents didn't pay much attention to him. Then he caught on, and opponents adjusted per the game tape. Now he's less effective. What will he, or the Zips staff now do to counteract the adjustments and get him space to shoot? Will he need to start attacking the rim? Can he attack the rim? Has waiting for Dailey to "click" hurt the development of Dawson and Tribble? We're 85% of the way through the season, and Dailey is-who-he-is. A reliable 8th man. I'm bullish on Dawson. In hindsight (always 20/20) I wish he'd have gotten Dailey's minutes earlier this year. I think we'd be a better team right now. As Coach Gump ones said though - "Transfers are like a box of chocolates...you never know what your gonna get." I think Ali just needs to see a couple shots go through the hoop and he'll be back. His 20 point game was a first, and I think he's been pressing since. His next step is becoming consistent.

Agreed. If the RubberDucks can average >5,000 fans per game for ~70 home games per year, there is no reason we shouldn't be averaging 10k-15k for 6 home games per season. But the product has to be decent. (Of course the 300 fans we get at our November Tuesday night games will certainly drive down any average.)

GT, is that you?

It doesn't get unappealing for the average area fan until an unwatchable product is put on display in it. Once that's fixed, the rest will become appealing as it will no longer be "lipstick on a pig."

Completely forgivable - Chad seems like a guy who loves Akron sports - it was just funny 😀

Game likely canceled due to Akron COVID issues. Not looking good.