ziprowdy

to the booster member who is on this thread i have a question for you...you say you want better for the team and things...you said you want better coaching and a winning culture, and believe me i want that too...i love the zips and the school, and i am a huge sports fan...well i should say i lovED the zips...there have been some recent events that have made me not love the zips so much, but i am still a fan...i want to know how you feel about CJ remaining on scholarship after all that has happened...i mean you are a contributing member to this program, how does it make you feel?...ill tell you how i feel about it...im pissed about it...as a student i have to work my ass off to keep what little money i get from the university...its a long story but i planned on going elsewhere and it didnt work out, so i get like $500 a YEAR from this school...i have to bust my ass to keep it, and im not arrogant but i think i deserve more...now CJ steals from people, gets dismissed from the team and yet he gets to keep his scholarship which i guarantee is more than $500 a year...this is complete BULL SHIT!

somebody tell me why in the HELL!!!!!!!!!! CJ deserves to remain on scholarship...because he clearly does not AT ALL deserve to be getting money from this university...this is BULL SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lets talk about DCI for a moment shall we...first of all they can choose from players all around the country...top notch players all around the country, even from other countries...the band here has local high schools and the random person from out of state...DCI sounds loud because they are crazy in tune, let's make that very clear...its not just that they are blowing their brains out, they are perfectly in tune across the group...it may appear they are playing louder because all of their instruments are BELL FRONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...the marching euphoniums are bell front, the contras are bell front, and the baritones are bell front...which means the sound is going where???...at the crowd yes thank you very much...what does Akron's band have???...upright euphoniums, and sousaphones...which yes are pretty much bell front...but yes let's make all of our woodwind players switch over to brass instruments...that would be awesome...pretty sure the band would be worse than it is now

bandzip gets a standing ovation, and that post was fantastic...i was rolling on the floor laughing...the fact is more people have told the director and members of the band that they were fantastic and great...alumni and donors have told Mr. Robert D. Jorgensen that they loved the band...so i would have to say let's go with what those people are saying and not the people on here

To those of you who said the band is "lacking energy" or "needs more energy", I want you to tell me what you mean by that. You throw this word "energy" around to make it seem to everyone else that you know what you are talking about. I don't just mean a general sense either, I want a definition. Also to the one who gave suggestions to make the band better, you have no clue what you are talking about. First of all, a "horn hit" doesn't exist so that is of no help. That's alright though, I didn't expect you to know anything. Second of all, picking the feet up higher is not a solution either. A person's feet can only go so high. Now if you mean that their marching needs improvement, then yes you are right and I am pretty sure they know that as well. But unfortunately that was not what you are talking about...surprise surprise. Third of all, playing louder is again not a solution. Maybe a solution for you is thinking harder, but let's not push your boundaries. Even though this is college Music Education is taking place. What? Education in band? It's alright, I know you know nothing about education. Marching Band should be a Concert Band with uniforms that moves. The sounds coming from the ensemble should be of that nature. A Concert Band does not blast its brains out, nor should a Marching Band. Playing as an ensemble, and playing in tune are the solutions to that problem. The education aspect of a Marching Band at any level should not be sacrificed for Joe Blow, who was probably drunk, in the stands who knows nothing about Marching Band, or Music Education. If you want to hear a band play loud go see a Hudson football game and listen to the band since you think high school bands are better than Ohio's Pride. If you think we should sound like Hudson then that is exactly why your opinions mean nothing. If you want it to be like the 90's, then watch the videos over and over again. It is not the 90's, this is 2009 and let's focus on the band this year. You people want the band to appeal to the crowd more, and the fact is they already appeal to the crowd. In my opinion they shouldn't appeal to the crowd at all because you people are clueless. The director wrote music to the cheers the Rowdies do to appeal to the crowd. I bet you want us to play some Kanye West, or Eminem or something along those lines. First of all most of the "music" nowadays is not music because there is no melody. It is a form of art and expression and that is it. But I digress. Clearly all of you not in the band have given some great suggestions, and you will see a new band come next game. The next game there will be suggestion boxes all over the stadium where your timeless thoughts will be read and given to Hellen Waite. Or you can go to Hellen Waite to give your suggestions in person. When the time comes that you know what you are talking about, which will be never, then we should have this conversation again. Here is a suggestion: to whoever was throwing things at the band, should stop and get a life or drink less. If it was a fan from the opposition thank you loyal Zips fans for standing up for the band. You people want the band to do things for you, but until you do something for the band your suggestions mean nothing. Maybe you should stand up for the band instead of criticizing something you know nothing about. Oh and the next time you go to see Can't State's band you should stay there and be a waste of space on their campus, not ours.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...so 31-10 at HALFTIME...HALFTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...are you kidding me...cant even had a 10 second violation called against one of their dumbass guards...a 10 second violation...i wonder when the last time one of those was called in an NCAA tournament...those fuckers...UNLV has caused 15 turnovers...and are ahead by 21 points...all you ppl who said it would be good for the MAC if cant made it to the tourny, might wanna rethink that...theyre getting blown out...how is this helping us at all...granted it is halftime, and cant could come back...but i highly doubt it...now enough about those fuckers...i hope theyre watching the game and feeling like shit, those idiots...anyway akron...scary game the other night...the rebounding definitely improved some...free throws need to be drastically changed if we want a chance at winning on saturday

man linhart needs to have a game like that tomrrow and the next day and the next...once he got settled he had a lockdown on defense...guarding the passing lane with authority...gettin steals, creating turnovers, crazy-ass awesome moves on the baseline to get the layup...and nailing threes...linhart stepped it up...all the zips did...this was a good game today...needs to carry over

its good to see CSU's program starting to climb its way back...they've had a string of bad coaches ever since mackey screwed up probably the best thing they had going there...they may have gotten smoked...but they beat the same team earlier in the season...a top 25 team...thats all i am saying about that...akron better have a fire under their butts, and they better be ready for this tourny...GO ZIPS!!!!

i agree we need to pressure mr. fisher...but not just him the whole team...man when we had the full court press at the end goin, it was workin pretty much lights out...that last minute and a half we had a fire under our butts...and with good reason...a couple things id like to see if we face Can't State in the mac tourny...go to the full court press early...like the first couple possessions...and just scare the shit out of them...and be agressive right from the get-go...be agressive starting today...yes i know i said today...and then go away from it for a lil bit...and then if possible like the last 10 minutes full-court press every possession...these are college kids, im sure the endurance is not an issue...but w/e the case use the full-court more often...and man idk dude, i think mike bardo just needs to get pissed off at something...idk...he seems timid on the court...if he can get pissed/really really angry at the world or something, we could have something good goin...but yeah more full-court press, and more slashing and penetration from...well somebody...somebody should realize thats what we need to and do it

someone said in an earlier post to stop whining about the officiating because it just always horrible and we should deal with it...someone, may have been the same person, said that unless we have proof that there was a a fix in the officiating to shut up...something along those lines...well A) nobody said anything about a fix with the reffs before that person did...however...with the NBA scandal if i remember correctly it was a couple officials...but in any one game there was only one or possibly two crooked officials on the floor during the games that were fixed...heres my thought on the possibility...we know he officials are downright awful...all of them...the inconsistency, missing blatant travel calls, etc...if there was a fix...how would it be noticed???...i mean theyre horrible to begin with...if the idea is for them to screw us, which they usually always do at some point of a game...how would we be able to tell the difference???...i mean i have no proof on the situation, and i highly doubt there was any sort of a fix...now it wouldnt surprise me if it did...i mean people nowadays will do anything for the benefit of themselves, they dont give a shit what they have to do to better themselves...and plus if there was a a fix...obviously its none o our decisions to investigate into this or something...i seriously think after this season of college basketball that SOMEONE in the MAC office needs to look into what exactly is going on...i dont think that is out of the question...and for all of you who say stop rippin on the reffs, i say again...if the players and coaches are allowed to come under scrutiny, then the reffs are allowed to come under scrutiny as well

if a cant fan yelling go Can't State is disrespectful...which i totally believe it is...in my personal opinion, i think it is disrespectful when some yell home of the zips...heres why...because tonight i noticed that once its yelled the eintire place went nuts...but yet the group performing the anthem on the floor was not done singing yet...as a musician, if i were out there playing my trumpet with a group...and we got to the end and "home of the zips" is yelled but im still out there playing...thats disrespectful...thats just from a performing standpoint...the choir got drowned out during their little tag to the end of the anthem...i could see mouths movin, but couldnt hear anything...and they sounded good too...thats all im sayin about that...im not tryin to provoke an angry argument, just what i observed...as far as the game...still cant believe what i saw...i still want it to be a dream...im still waiting for the inbounds after woods 3 to be guarded better, or a brick on the winning 3 for Can't State

yeah agreed uakronkid...the end to last season...well it sucked...and yeah it is hard to get into a game when its a blowout...and the lack of interest and freshman...all good points...i do think itll be crazy today/tonight

ok so the whole thw rowdies dont clap or chant or w/e...this is my 3rd year here at UA and 3rd yr in the rowdies...and while it sucks to admit it, the whole cheering thing is not as good as it used to be...i distinctly remember games this season where we would stand there and not clap or chant for one or two possessions...which is unacceptable...it used to be as soon as the ball was in bounded we were cheering and sometimes before that...the ongoing problem that we have and that we have had is that the cheering is not sustained throughout the whole possession...we usually die out around 15 seconds left on the shot clock...now today, im sure the cheering will be a lot better, and whatnot obviously...b/c its the Can't State-akron game...thats just my opinion and observations

maybe we should just not have reffs anymore, and just let the teams play the whole game...clearly this ref thing is becoming more controversial since the nba ref problem that happened...and rightly so...if a coach can come under scrutiny for his/her performance...a referee justifiably so should come under scrutiny for their performance as well...more so now the nba reffs should come under heavy scrutiny after what happened there...i mean did anyone see the lovely play by chauncey billups earlier this season...it was cool...he came off a high screen outside the 3 point line...caught a pass, dribbled once, then took 4 steps...and "nailed" about a 25-30 footer...thats great...the game sure has come far from it used to be...see that to me is bull shit...dont care what your name is, what your name is, who your married to, or who ya fucked last week...now obviously nothing of this magnitude happens in the ncaa...however, if things continue over the years as they have been the past couple decades...it could get ugly...i mean human error is one thing...the reffs ARE human they will make some mistakes...but why does it always seem fishy as im watching a game in the arena...sometimes things dont add up...so i think if were gonna rip the players apart and the coaches...we should be able to rip the reffs apart...some of us get fed up with hearing about how the reffs were bad and had a negative impact on the game...the reffs arent exempt from scrutiny...they play a big part in the game

i never said we lost b/c of the free throws...we had no inside game, and we didnt shoot that great...free throws would have helped us in the closing seconds...if we would have made 3 more, we could have held the ball for the final shot and possibly could have gone inside with it to get a bucket to send it to overtime...thanks for putting the stat up about those teams and their free throw %...frankly i dont care...granted 70% may be "not bad"...i mean C's get degrees...but what if you only had 70% of a car, or if only 70% of your car worked...not too good...im not that old, im only 20...when i was growing up, i was taught free throws are very important...probably the most important shot...youre alone...nobody guarding you...no reason why you should miss them...thats changed for some reason...teams stress the 3 pointer now more than anything...if you think im wrong, watch our guys during their warmup...i think all but 2 guys shoot 3's at some point during their warmup...maybe one handful shoot free throws, and they only shoot a couple...idk...you all have your opinions, and i have mine...you cant tell me i dont have a valid point...im stickin with what i said earlier...free throws win ball games