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What it has to do with is the fact that KD is coaching/recruiting and winning with the same facilities, lame fan base, and same conference as these other coaches had and is consistently producing a winner that actually GETS to post season play and wins MAC Championships……did any of these other coaches do this (for that matter, any other coach at any school in the MAC)? Our win totals over the past years put us in elite company. KD has recruited some great players (and even brought the highest ranked recruit the MAC has ever had). Regarding recruiting, I do believe he is still bringing in quality (4 year) players. In order to make the jump we are all looking for, you may have to take some risks…I am not aware of a bunch of Zeke Marshall's ********* recruits lined up to play at a half filled JAR. I also read the same bitching about our coaches on ZN over and over. Early in TB's career here and this season people were questioning him. People also questioned JE and soccer early on. Things turned out just fine for both teams. You talk about "we" need to start thinking bigger…..what does that mean? Until a fan base supports the school that fills the JAR, Infocision, etc - where does the money come from to "think bigger". He is making the most out of the cards he has been dealt…..happy to have him. Not picking on you but what does thinking bigger mean to you?

And now look at our postseason (and regular season) history before KD. Let me know what you find Be careful what you wish for people…….

How do they determine the home teams? We have to travel……aren't we a higher ranked team than IPFW? Ohio gets a home game?

So….do we get a post season tourney?

And teams foul us because they know we suck at free throw shooting.

Really happy for Betencourt….he made some great plays in the end (great steals).

Anthony Lauro WR

Holy S%*T!!! He looks amazing. Hard to find anything on him (i.e. rivals, espn, scout). If KD pulls this off….wow!

Is our class ranked?

Not sure what Rivals/ESPN/Scout say but after watching the highlight films here are my ratings; ****** Newman Williams - looks incredible ****** Travonte Junius ***** Undrea Bullard ****1/2 Kyle Ritz ****1/2 Brock Boxen **** Chandler Kincade **** Scott Boyette **** Kris Givens ***1/2 Anthony Clark *** Jamal Bagget *** Jason Williams

I wish we had a "like" button.

Bettor Instincts Not sure if this has been posted somewhere but there are mentions of Akron and Charlie Frye helping Edelman

Wow!!! Would be a great pick up

He looks good to me!!! Good size

I want Peyton Manning to throw a last second TD over Richard Sherman for the win and then see the post game interview.

Somebody just made a jump on my peckerhead list

The fact that it is so hard of a decision and they are all great (to include players not even on this list) is a testament to what KD means to our program.

yup

I realize this is an open forum and anyone can say whatever they want but it would be nice if people put things in perspective and looked at the big picture before reacting and calling for people’s jobs. In the past year there have been posts calling for the heads of the AD, TB, JE and now KD (oh, and some people even call Tressel incompetent). I personally think the school and athletic program are in as good a shape as they have ever been. The campus looks beautiful, the facilities are great and we have tremendous coaches and administrators that most schools in the country would die to have (I am not just talking about MAC schools). Here are my thoughts; FOOTBALL – we got off to a rough start but played an incredibly tough schedule. TB talked about how good UCF was (and they are), their QB is projected to be drafted 3rd in the NFL Draft and are playing in a big bowl game. Michigan, never been more proud of our team, would have loved to have seen a W the team deserved . Lousiana, beat Tulane in their bowl game. BG – bowl game, Ohio – bowl game, N Ill – bowl game, Ball St – bowl game, Toledo (we knocked them out of a bowl game). The team improved dramatically, attendance sucked, BUT people were complaining about TB, play calling, etc. FUTBALL – People were saying JE was a mistake, we should have gone for a high profile guy with our soccer stature. We struggled early, couldn’t hit the back of the net but eventually started scoring goal towards in the end (which I attribute to a great coach making adjustments and coaching his players). Our soccer team had 12 freshman because our guys get DRAFTED. That means tough rebuilding every year and likely slow starts to get everyone to gel. We were 17-4-1, undefeated against the Big 10, ACC and made it to the second round of the NCAAs (after getting hosed by the NCAA on seeding). Pretty damn good I say. BASKETBALL – Here we go again, people are questioning KD now (the best BBall coach we have EVER had). We have played 7 games in 14 days, traveling from Akron, to Hawaii to South Carolina (brutal schedule!!!). Two of these early losses came to Iowa State (12 rank) and S. Carolina (who I bet we will see in postseason this year). Folks, the team has got to be tired and rightfully so. You want to talk about a young team…..we have ; 1 senior, 4 juniors (Harney/Tree included here), 4 sophomores and 4 freshman. In addition to that we lost arguably the most dominant center the MAC has ever had and a very good point guard who, if he wasn’t such an idiot, would be a senior right now (needless to say a glaring weakness on this team). Is that KD’s fault? THE ATHLETIC DEPT – We have some of the best coaches in the NCAA (I include women and men’s sports in that statement) and gorgeous facilities. To my knowledge, contracts are in good shape with all of them. Folks, the caliber of our coaches vs the salaries some of them could be making are way out of whack. We should be happy to have them all and it would be nice if they were given support from the fans for their hard work. I guarantee you most of them could do better. As mentioned by someone else earlier, most successful MAC coaches are gone after a year or two of success, we have been able to keep ours. BTW - Caleb did not leave for another NCAA team (and I guarantee you he was courted by many to include his alma mater). One of my first posts on this board I stated keeping good coaches is the key to success in the MAC so hats off to TW. So, in my opinion things are just fine, not perfect, but just fine. The only disappointment I have is with the fan base that seems to look for excuses to not support the teams……not enough wins, bleacher seats, bad bathrooms, etc. etc. The campus is a fun place to be, the teams deserve more support………if they get the support the coaches will be more inclined to stay, top recruits will want to come here, the teams will get even better and maybe there would be justification to build a new arena to match the Info. So put your OSU jerseys in the bottom of the drawer and go support YOUR team Akron!!

Wow! Best basketball coach we have ever had is locked up for 10 years and the AD is an idiot???? i guess he is an idiot for extending a football coach with a losing record too

Heeeeree we go. Likely the same people wanting Embick's head early in the year and who thought Bowden was fumbling now want Dambrot's head....unreal!!! Do what you usually do Akron, stop coming to the games ;-)

We looked tired in the second half, plain and simple. A rough part of the schedule for the guys and a lot of travel. Things will be fine.

An early Christmas present would be to end Barack Obama's win streak while attending Oregon St. basketball games. We look good so far. This may be premature but…….is Tree the best basketball player we have ever had? He is amazing, not sure what is going on in his head after his disappearing act earlier this year but my god if he is able to come back next year he will have an incredible body of work

I did my share, many times. It does matter because they WERE they best team of all time. When you calculate the talent level of the players and the coaching staff, there is no argument. I only wish that team was playing for a back to back title.