Today our good friend Elton at the PD (or is he Zach the Zip) wants us all to know all the bad about Groce. Groce is also known as a "Player's Coach.". Is there another type? Fans' Coach? Adminstration's Coach?
Do any of you know of any other Zips basketball players who were on that list in the past? Congratulations to Josh and James Thompson (in Biology no less!).
I will take it further and say that if during the last 4 years someone said we could hire Groce in and fire Dambrot and his loyal drones I would have been all in with that, too. Yes, Dambrot did make us an attractive program, but Groce is a step up.
Totally realistic about this. Akron made a solid hire. And I think and hope the players will respect him and want to earn his respect. I don't expect an IMMEDIATE (clarifying) repeat of the Kitten NCAA success. But maybe now we can look forward to the end of the season and the MAC tournament without total fear and loathing.
And Akron would have been out in the first round by double digits. Groce seized the day. Look at some of the top golfers...They are often more lucky than good