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The only hype was because of the Euro mystique. No one would have cared about that dude if he was from alliance

https://gozips.com/news/2026/6/10/eight-akron-football-players-named-to-2026-phil-steeles-preseason-all-mac-teams

He's gone, but these guys are here. Significantly bigger this year. Very much looking forward to seeing this squad in action, but I will gladly be patient so we don't rush back into the crappy weather seasons.

He also wasn't quick and wasn't a decent defender and that doesn't work in a Groce scheme.

That definitely was an issue and likely why he completely fell out of the rotation. I do think the speed of the American game, especially the pace Akron wanted to play, was too much of an adjustment for him. Not because he wasn't athletic enough, but because he lacked the ability to make the right basketball play in split second decision making. D1 college basketball, even at the MAC level, is a higher level of competition than you see at many of these 2nd or 3rd tier overseas leagues.

Average seems like a generous term. I think people got too invested in the offseason hype. It never translated.

I've never seen fans take more to such an average player.