Captain Kangaroo

Good post, ZW. My comments would be: Our best wins this year were vs. Miami (Tarver sat) and Can't (Hollingsworth sat). The most "gutsy" game was the loss to Drake (both Tarver and Hollingsworth sat). Remember early 3-game win streak: Hampton, Radford, George Mason...without the suspended Hollingsworth? Why are our best games played without one or both of these guys? My hope is that Tarver and Hollingsworth were like oil and water. With both in the game, we sucked. With one or both out, we have played pretty good. I see the "kind" wishes to Hollingsworth. I can't join them. There's a reason he had his Cincinnati scholarship offer revoked. When he came to Akron he stated how grateful he was to have the Zips staff stand by him and honor their offer. For a year he played like he meant that. Then...old habits returned. To make a long story short, he quit on his team and his school. I watched it all season. Hipsher rode Hollingsworth like Enron...he held on to him until his stock was virtually useless. If Hipsher would have jettisoned Hollingsworth in December (and there was reason to do so), we'd be much better than 13-12 right now. If anyone thinks it was Hollingsworth's actions over the past week that got him suspended, you're delusional. The writing was on the wall from the Cincinnati game. I hope he turns his life around, but he's got no one to blame but himself and I have no pity for him. What a waste of talent. The crowd of 4K was to be expected. We've stunk all season. We've had "star" players suspended. Comming off a home loss to 8-20 Drake? The JAR has been a morgue all season. I can't blame people for not showing up. What was that about 9 years of mediocrity? Joyce played awesome. Great clutch freethrow shooting, great energy. That, unlike Hollingsworth who rarely filled up a stat sheet in 2003-4, frequently missed clutch freethrows and generated the energy of Wilt Chamberlain (not the one of 30 years ago, but the dead one of 2004). I agree with JP. Regardless of the season's disappointment, sending 2000+ back to Portage county crying in their sheep never gets old! Here's hoping the post-Hollingsworth team chemistry is the catalyst for a good MAC tourney run!

Twenty soccer fields? 120million stadium for soccer? He's nuts. Put his 20 million towards the Zips football stadium...call it the Bart Wolstein Stadium...use field turf and make it Zips/pro soccer combined usage...and everyone wins. Spending 120 million for a white elephant in Boston Heights is insane.

LB coach would still be shocking, but somewhat believable. :huh:

And monkeys are going to fly out of my butt.

Seriously...is there any possible reason why he should be coach in 2004-5? Overall record: Horrible Tourney record: Horrible Player retention: Bad Major Out of Conference Wins: None Tenure: 9 years Excessive Cost to Terminate?: Nope. Either use the money saved when Owens quit towards a buyout, or "reassign" the guy and hope he follows Owens lead. It is impossible to be truely successful in NE Ohio Hoops with a 6,000 seat arena: Can't State has 6 consecutive 20 win seasons. It is impossible to win at Akron: Bob Huggins had 4, 20-win seasons in 5 years. Next year's team will be "loaded," so he shouldn't be release now: Gee...how many times have we heard that? Can anyone give me a reason why he should stay? Just one? Why do I have to go home with some moral victory (yay, Dru Joyce got 23 points...but we lost again) and an excuse every week (gosh, we learned about the suspensions after practice the day before the game ), while Can't is drubbing teams in front of a packed house on ESPN2 every week? :angry:

Very disappointing to see no new Zip recruits on the Ohio or Pa roster. I always look forward to watching that game to get a "preview" of 1 or 2 furture Zips, or other MAC players. Maybe JD snags one of the "undecided" kids?Big 33 Rosters

Funny you mention that... In 1998(?) the Zips played Pitt in football. We moved the game date to accomodate a September Pitt-Penn State game. In return, the Zips were to get a home-home Pitt hoops game, or a date with Pitt @ the Rubber Bowl. Our AD screwed up and didn't get it in writing...so Pitt backed out and we got nothing for moving the game date. By the way...If you think that Pitt...after losing to Toledo in the Glass Bowl last season...will ever step foot in a MAC stadium again...you've been tokin' on some of Josh Cribbs' stash!. Of course...if in the future the "Big LEast" begins to flounder due to the departure of BC, Miami and Va Tech...they may have no choice but to schedule MAC teams on a home/home basis. That would be pretty cool. Or, I could see when the Zips open their new stadium they could bring in a Pitt-type team, because they could guarantee an attractive payout.

I think Dan Hipsher should keep his job because: #10. His players play H-A-R-D for him. Never an ounce of quit. #9. Stellar player retention...hardly ever see a kid drop out! *cough* #8. Stellar academic record...*cough Sims*, *cough E Smith*, *cough Courtney Jones* *cough Preston*, *cough etc* #7. The way his team responds after time-outs...never a turnover or a bad shot! #6. Who else could get 38 minutes per game out of a guy with the mobility of Frankenstein? #5. 20 win seasons are overrated! #4. MAC Tourney wins are overrated! #3. Playing in a 30% full JAR provides an intimate setting for you and your date. #2. If he gets fired...we could lose Bryan Hipsher to Can't (transfer)!! And the #1 reason Dan Hipsher should keep his job...*drum roll*..... F-bombs, F-bombs, F-bombs! :o

The schedule is not yet finalized. Expect it in the next 1-2 weeks.

Played my second night of "35 and over" hoops last night. A guy that was a dead ringer for James Taylor schooled me relentlessly. Bryan Hipsher would have had a field day booing my sorry ass!

It is up to you guys, but I would kill the old board in a week or less. A month is a really long time to leave that site vacant. People will find the new one...and the old one will become a blight. Hey, ZFF: You should change your name back to Zipsfanforever, since you won't need to type it anymore!

I'll keep adding comments as I see them. The "framing" of everything (posts, emoticon boxes, etc) has thin, black lines. They're tough to see. If these can be made "Zip Gold" I think it'll look great,

Can the bars (presently black) that separate the posts as you scroll down through the threads be gold too? I like the gold background on the top...much easier on the eye! Fire Hipsher