AkronAlumnus

good win!!

I’ll give you the practice facility and Miami hockey’s arena, but Yager Stadium itself was a dump when I went in 2019, and I’ve heard the locker rooms are equally as bad. I actually think the locker rooms are a bigger selling point than the stadium which Akron had state of the art when I was a student. Plus, Miami has the worst hoops setup in the country.

There is a silver lining: Akron has the best facilities in the MAC, a great FBS opportunity for players to showcase their talent, and a competent president/ athletic director. Under Nemer and Goodrich, those advantages will pay dividends sooner rather than later and the only direction to go is up!!

Officiating seems awfully one-sided but only listening on AM640

Plenty of time left. Go Zips!!

W/ six wins they still wouldn't go bowling this year bc of the 885 APR in 21/22 that dragged the average. Maybe UA files an injunction and wins, maybe not. I agree JoeMo is part of the problem but I think there's deeper and bigger issues than just the HC. Maybe you're right, idk.

So you think the multiple year bowl ban (even after six wins), lack of academic / training resources, and a small to non existent NIL pot is all coaching and doesn't limit talent coming to UA?

Both deal with structural barriers that make winning harder, just in different ways. Northwestern’s high academic standards limit who they can recruit, while Akron faces a litany list of issues — a postseason ban, limited resources, inadequate support for football, and almost no NIL. These issues impact Akon more-so than any other MAC program. So criticizing Fitzgerald for not winning big at Northwestern ignores the constraints he coached under, just like judging JoeMo without acknowledging Akron’s situation SOMEWHAT misses the point and I am far from a JoeMo Stan BUT I think we face greater issues (that AD Goodrich is already working on). Akron beating Northwestern wasn't because Fitz was a bad coach (at least in my opinion).

WOW. Given that, any idea how much the overhauls cost? Has to be north of $10mill total

My best man went there

Yes - too bad it's empty. (Goes to show a new arena isn't a top level issue re: attendance)

I haven't chimed in but wanted to share the following post from the boogeyman himself Connor Stalions when talking about the MSU hire - It's insightful. "People need to understand coaching is just one piece of the pie. More times than not, it’s a huge factor because talent & resources are usually close. But at Northwestern, it’s not even in the same ballpark as the rest of the conference. The academic standards make recruiting damn near impossible. The administration doesn’t care about winning. It’s basically an Ivy League school in the Big Ten. Pointing to a couple bad seasons (from a record standpoint) is lazy. Speaking from personal experience (yes, at a much different scale): I coached at Mumford HS in Detroit as the DC for a few months. We had 3 coaches & 18 total players in the program with a team-wide average GPA of a 0.9 when we arrived in the summer, and had to play JV & Varsity games with those 18 players (do the math on that). We somehow won a game. But of course we lost to Cass Tech 70-0. Went to Belleville right after the regular season as the OC and won 70-0 first game in the playoffs. Do you think I didn’t know how to coach then all the sudden learned in one week for a 140-point turnaround? No… We won at Belleville because we had Bryce Underwood, Elijah Dotson, etc. We lost at Mumford because we didn’t (and played against CJ Sadler, Don Tabron, etc.). While talent gaps are much greater in high school, I’m explaining the point that coaching only matters when the talent gap is manageable." Akron like Northwestern's issues are largely structural (and financial here), and Moorhead is not to blame there. Without addressing those underlying issues, a coaching change seems cosmetic. Unless they could line up someone like Jason Taylor. They are working to address the underlying issues though.

Nah weak take. SL won they can celebrate accordingly.

Pulling for NC State

Go Zips!!