Captain Kangaroo

big time football name family member. Go Mike Johnson, GO!

Your guess?

I guess it is expecting too much for the guy to make a 6 hour round trip to secure a coach who was his #1 choice, to save a 70 million dollar white elephant. Maybe he should have taken the 25 minute flight instead?

I feel UA is the one with the chip on it's shoulder. If we really wanted to earn Winters favor, we would have sent Proenza. We would have shown him we were dead serious. Especially after dissing the guy twice before. But we didn't. The Wayne State AD and President showed the guy some love instead. And we still have no football coach. And it is December 22nd. For a guy who did not want Winters...I would think you would be happy. Don't lie about me on this board. I never said I did not want Winters. In fact I said he was an excellent candidate. Here. I have no time to deal with liars. The next time you reply to one of my posts, any post, you will be banned permanently.

That adds up to what...like $500,000 per win over the course of his "career?" Iannello is smarter than anyone gives him credit for. Who's signature is on the check?

Was at the basketball game again this evening. Also heard there may be an announcement tomorrow. Free beer tomorrow too.

I feel UA is the one with the chip on it's shoulder. If we really wanted to earn Winters favor, we would have sent Proenza. We would have shown him we were dead serious. Especially after dissing the guy twice before. But we didn't. The Wayne State AD and President showed the guy some love instead. And we still have no football coach. And it is December 22nd.

I hear that is true. In fact, I hear TW didn't go at all? I hear only two members of the 12-person search committee met with Winters. No Proenza or TW. Just scuttlebutt...but it certainly adds up. 12-person search committee? Boy does that speak volumes for UA's faith in our AD's capabilities.

So, if we hire Mason, you are done "supporting" Zips football? Excellent use of quotation marks.

Perhaps a little more patience and time during that change would have yielded a better result? It certainly couldn't have yielded a worse result.

If Wistercill takes former New Castle Red Hurricane Steve McNees with him, I bet a deal finally gets done.

For recent historical reference -- JD - Fired November 28th. Iannello - Hired December 10th.

Relatively "local" guy (New Castle Pa). Transformed Kansas for doormat, to contender. Available, and wants to coach. He was even in Akron this year.

You can't include such a clause in this Zips' contract. The aforementioned Jesus isn't going to be sniffing .500 at UA for at least 3 seasons. No more banking on "mulligans," hire a good coach!!

Hey, look at the bright side....he nabbed a great baseball coach.

Ummm...Mike Johnson?

Yeah. I don't foresee interviewing Winters a 4th time.

I don't see a contradiction there, ZW. CK was simply stating that there was, in actuality, no sincere search happening & that TW was just sitting around waiting for PW. Essentially not accomplishing much of anything over those three weeks. Thank you.

Read my post above. Winters was offered the job, as I predicted (predicting the sun will rise tomorrow would get you similar odds). UA put all our eggs in the Winters basket. But I didn't foresee Wistercill being incapable of sealing the deal. I had no way of knowing the damage that was done the last time TW turned Winters down in favor of Rob Iannello. In hindsight, I should have seen it. Winters is a very intelligent guy. 26 days of sham...2 days and counting of reality.

He is a different player this season. He's looking for his shot. He's being aggressive. He has had a couple games where he's committed some stupid fouls. Usually when he starts thinking he's a guard and strays outside the paint. But his entire game is better this season. Last year, when everyone was down on the kid, I simply stated a universal truth - 7-footers Develop Slow. With the rarest of exceptions, this is true. I believe I predicted his numbers would be roughly double from last season. We'll see if that holds true. It'll probably fall a little short, but he'll still make a huge leap over 2010-11.

I wonder if there are records kept for Division 1 programs being entirely head coach free? 28 days has to be nearing a record. What the hell is going on?

1.) Yes. 2.) Probably as big a laugh as I get from his football-related decision making.

And the answer to my original question is: "Yes." And while I was correct that we were sitting around for 4 weeks with our thumbs up our butts awaiting Winters availability, I did not expect that TW would not be able to close the deal.

Any particular Saturday? Or is this like the "Free Beer Tomorrow" sign?

It seems last night was a re-preview of what is possible with this edition of the Zips, when we can field a consistent, drama-free line up for a couple consecutive games. The preview was Mississippi State. Now we lose Abreu. Fingers are crossed that he is good-to-go for VCU. Even at 70%, he'd be a major contributor. It will also be interesting to see how Harney's return affects this 1/3rd-of-the-way-through-the-season chemistry that's developed. When Brett McKnight returned last year, things regressed before getting better. Cventinovic seems to have snapped out of his funk and begun using his strength to his advantage again (God, did he crush that little YSU guard on the way to the rack last night). I think Harney will need to work a little before getting and of Nic 2.0's minutes. I watched Abreu and Treadwell last night and wondered how different the West Virginia game would have been. We really have the guns to compete with them...if we have all the bullets in our chamber. So I love the mid-majors beating the BCS programs, and the way we lost that game still bugs me a little...sue me. Boy does Walsh have strong hands. Seems like he comes up with every loose ball within his reach. Off for a Carolina Christmas Cupcake tomorrow, then back to the grind...