Hilltopper

Is Herbie a Wisky or Minny grad?

Looks like Geno is gonna pay. Maybe Can't has hired Tim Misny.

I was saying this very same thing to myself the other day.

He already had a previous run in with the police. He was cited for underage consumption in the Silver Ghettos parking lot incident. It will be interesting to see how the new Can't State AD and head coach handle this. Senderoff is already on record saying he wasn't going to tolerate any problems.

Hoya Talk Carmelo made his name playing for the Puerto Rico team at the 2009 FIBA-Americas U-16 tournament. He averaged 18 pts, 3 rbs, 2.7 assists and 2.2 steals. Montrose Christian

I guess if you're a perennial 8-5 program, you get a pass. UNC

This guy lists five possible candidates that he's heard mentioned, after a lengthy rant about how our coaching search is taking too long. Little has been found of who may be considered for Akron's next coach but these five names have been mentioned. Michigan assistant Matt Husted Ex-Notre Dame Head Coach Dave Schrage Ex-Wake Forest Rick Rembielak Wayne State Head Coach Ryan Kelley Wright State assistant Greg Lovelady Watch it end up being some random guy who spent time with our AD at Wisky or Minnesota. I thought this guy sounded familiar. He was HC at K.E.N.T. prior to Wake and, of course, had much success there. It'd be interesting to see if he'd even have any interest here. A big part of why Rembielak was so succesful at Can't was the coaching from this guy; Dick Schoonover.

This is very common at big time programs. Not really a scandal. Sounds like legalised prostitution to me.

For once, I think you might be on to something.

The PD conducted a study of the working conditions and employee satisfaction at NE Ohio companies. Lo and behold, GP1's favorite whipping boy came in at #6 in the large company category. LARGE (500-plus local employees) I know this contradicts his theory that Infocision is some kind of modern day sweatshop, full of modern day slaves. It appears that those who actually work there see things a little differently. Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces In the future, please stop trying to bite the hand that feeds us(UA Athletics).

Thank you for your comment Mr. Gray. Not so fast my friend! Are you certain that it isn't "grey"? .....

Thank you for your comment Mr. Gray.

Doug Martin sure knows how to pick jobs. SI thinks he is a coach on The Worst Team in College Football.

You nailed it ZW. Until we get rid of the carpet baggers who actually make the decisions, we will never be consistantly good at FB.

Over the years our coaching staff has been provided cars by many of the local dealers in exchange for advertising and other perks. Nothing new there.

Its college basketball guys. Every team is losing players and counting on incoming freshmen and previous bench players to fill the gaps. Every team except for a handful of the best programs are having the same questions about their rosters for next season. That is the attraction for me, the constant change and growing process for these young men. I'm looking forward to next season. Will we have a perfect team? Not likely, but it will be fun to see how things shape up as the season progresses. Some people on this board need to take a chill pill.

I'd be half-way to dying a satisfied Zips' fan. I've always wanted to see the basketball team make the Sweet 16 and the football team crack the Top 25. (No football jokes, please ) WHOA!! No kidding. Dissappointed if we don't make the Sweet 16? GoZips...love the optimism. But, can you show me at least one basketball expert who is willing to say that the Number 6 team in the MAC last year, that lost 4 pretty key players to graduation, is going to emerge as one of the Top 16 teams in the country? I don't believe there is a college basketball expert who wouldn't agree that if at least 70 of the D1 basketball teams that are better than the Zips get wiped out by bus accident, disease, or some other mayhem, that the Zips have a reasonable shot at a sweet 16 run in the tournament. Such an outcome is unlikely, but is a possibility. I knew we could count on you to set Skip straight on this topic!

Oh, the humanity!!!

There has been no marketing at Akron since Joe Dunn stepped down as Sports Information Director, what, twenty years ago? Mike Thomas era saw a ton of Marketing progress. The AK-Rowdies were formed...new logos (H-U-G-E improvement to the school's image, apparel sales, etc)...numerous promotions (some bad, some good, but promotional efforts none-the-less). Mike Thomas & Co. would never have stayed in Akron longer than they did (3.5 years?)...but if they could have stayed another 3.5, Zips fans wouldn't be dreaming of taking "The Next Step," we'd be living "The Next Step." No arguement from me on that CK. But since MT left, there has been nothing. In a related note; we are starting our vacation today in Myrtle Beach. My daughter is taking the ACT today on the campus of Coastal Carolina University. When she left this morning, she was decked out in all her Zips gear, so I told not to be surprised if some guy named Hunter saw her he might want to call her out for wearing her Fear the Roo shirt!

Sounds like a great marketing idea to me. Too bad we didn't think of it first. But I guess you might have to make some kind of a marketing dept for that to happen!

Looks like one of our favorite posters on ZNO, about the arena project, has made lots of friends on that message board.

Get Mike Birkbeck, TW. Unless they are willing to pay him $150k+ and improve the facilities, that is not going to happen.

Massarelli surely is a good possibility. That is the kind of coach that this program needs. Maz is currently the manager of the Lake Erie Crushers. My son is a student at his baseball school. He and I talk about Zips sports and Central Catholics sports every time I see him. He would be a great choice, but who knows if he is interested.

The "Diehards" are already paying for a seat license every season. I pay $100 per seat to be able to keep the same seats. http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...TCLID=205085466

He had the best game of all the players this spring. His brother was sitting in front of me and they are very excited about him playing next season.