kreed5120

Yes, it was I who brought Toledo into this. I really have no reason to dislike them as much as I do. I just throw an occasional stray at them because their fanbase and head coach are both insufferable. Otherwise I would view them no differently than a CMU or Ball State.

No argument there. Not sure how he has kept the job for so long.

I feel you over looked my joke that almost all games are sparsely populated outside of rivalry games and maybe homecoming.

So each team plays only 1 game a year?

Soccer is more comparable to what college athletics was 20 years ago. There isn't big money in it like there is college football and college basketball. There are no Big East Soccer roster paying players $5+ million. There are however MAC football rosters where players are getting paid a cumulative $5M+. That's the point you're conveniently overlooking. Akron year after year is getting their best players raided by teams that have more NIL money. College soccer still functions very much as an amateur sport which is why Akron is able to compete. College football at the P4 level has evolved into professional football and at the G6 level it's at least at a semi-pro level. If Akron can't pay a QB, RB, WR, etc he's going to go to WMU, Toledo, Miami, or somewhere else that he can get paid. Players go where the money is. No different than I'm sure you'd leave your current job if a competitor offered you an extra $100k per year to do the same exact job. Edit: Reports are Miami (OH) between revenue share and NIL is fielding an $8-$10 million roster. It's professionals competing against amateurs.

Just 1 step up from Toledo fans wanting to hang banners for regular season attendance.

Dr. Steinbrecher did an interview at Ball State. He says that a new media deal is completed in principal, but they're still needing to dot the I's and cross the T's with the paperwork. He says details will become available soon.

I agree, doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. I'm actually not opposed to firing Joe, but it would only make sense to do if we have the funding in place to actually compete. Otherwise whoever we bring in will continue to just win 1-4 games per year and we'll be calling for their heads in 4 years as well.

Buddy 1st rotation in the game was a bit rough as he seemed to get bullied by the bigger YSU C. He seemed to respond his second stint in the game and carried it through throughout the rest of the game. Like Evan it seems he's a high motor player. While I might not want him guarding opposing teams guards on a consistent basis he's more than capable of switching on them when gameplan necessitates without being a complete liability. We definitely have the pieces where we can plan truly positionless basketball.

It definitely felt like a lot more defense leading to offense and second chance points from offensive rebounds. Tahj isn't going to drop 28 a night, but there is improvement opportunities elsewhere. I feel Pence will become a bigger part of the offense as the season progresses.

90-74, Akron clearing the bench

Oriol just made a circus shot finish at the rim

I mean the top of the MAC to the bottom of the MAC is a wide range. Likely comparable to someone. It's just too soon to know the quality of any team.

Tahj having a heater

MMK with a 3

Pence has been quiet.

I mean there is no Amani Lyles and the ball movement hasn't looked as good, but a lot of the ball movement might be just needing to learn to play together. We seem to be playing through Tahj and Evan a lot. We seem to be a better rebounding team. I think we will rely heavily on defense and offensive rebounds to generate offense. It will take time to see what this offense will really look like. They're still learning to play together and Ford still will need to determine which rotations work and which don't

Fewer people in arena probably helps since there is less crowd noise.

Perkins just broke someone's ankles. Unfortunately missed the open 3.

He must have heard you, drained a 3.

Good hustle on both ends of the floor. Main reason we're up right now.

Ball movement definitely needs to improve.

36-26 Akron. Nice defense to offense fast break finish by Oriel

Evan is such a great finisher when he can get into the open floor.

A little sloppy. Look like a team that hasn't played together a whole lot. Will take time to develop chemistry. In the little I've seen Perkins looks like he hustles. I would expect him to be a bigger part this season.