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From the sounds of it, the extension was kept quiet by design.

Helluva problem to have, having 3-4 start-worthy point guards. False. Need to play better defense, make our shots, and out-effort the opponent.

Miami is making moves.

The NCAA is neutered by their own greed.

Amen. I think he's a mental midget.

Please tell me this is satire.

LOL

Whenever Akron goes through an inevitable scoring drought in the future, just remember that Duke had 1 FG in the final 10:30 of a Four Four game, with the best player in the country, was still up by 6 with 33 seconds left, and lost.

Interesting. Thank you for resharing this. Making half a million base salary is a nice fall back after being rejected by Fordham.

Do we know the details of Sendy's extension?

It's not strictly for bashing the rest of the league, but there doesn't need to be a concerted effort to constantly defend Kent like there has been on this board for the past 2-3 months; propping them up when they don't deserve it, defending their mediocre success, etc. I'm well aware of their undeserved NIT run this year and the historical differences between them and CMU. However, the MAC last year was the same exact rating as the MAC this year despite Akron & Miami OH being much much better. The last two years, CMU is 19-17 in the MAC. Kent is also 19-17 in the MAC. Kent had an opportunity at a NIT run this year because of LOSSES to UC Irvine, Auburn, and Bama. Otherwise, they've ultimately had the same success these last two seasons. CMU fired their coach. Kent extended theirs and doubled his salary (none of this even touches on the character problems that have been a constant at Kent under Sendy, or that Sendy allegedly doesn't even want to be at Kent but is too crappy to get hired by Fordham). That's funny, you're allowed to laugh, and it doesn't need explained away. Kent being an utter failure is the only positive in the existence of Kent; otherwise, they do nothing but harm the University of Akron by siphoning enrollment and funding in an already lesser-populated area.

T-shirt cannon.

Oh my gosh it's an AKRON forum. If I want to make fun of Kent for loving & rewarding mediocre success, I'm going to make fun of Kent for loving & rewarding mediocre success. What is with the defensiveness when it comes to Kent on this forum recently?

They had a better record in the MAC that year than Kent did this year - and Kent doubled Pinky's salary. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thad Matta, Chris Holtmann, and the Saint Louis HC all tweeted congratulatory videos to Groce. Butler, DePaul, and Saint Louis would all look great on the schedule. Just saying...

Outside of the challenging games we all want to see, I'd limit my weaker portion of the schedule to the lesser teams in a select few conferences: A10, MW, MVC, etc.

Sounds like he's an impressive young man in general. Wishing him luck in all he does.

I'm not letting them pig out, but saving $20-30 on some hot dogs, a popcorn, and some pretzels is a very nice offer. I'd definitely be more willing to bring my family to games knowing there won't be an additional cost to the $50+ spent on tickets.

Sumlin & DeAndre Jones are back (whoever the hell Jones is). Sumlin is an absolute basket case that was often seen yelling at his teammates.

The last difference maker they had only committed to Kent because his girlfriend went there. They have not been able to naturally attract talent.

Hopefully the guards - Perkins, Henderson, Young, Mahaffey - decide to return. Maintaining stability in the backcourt is key.

That must've been hard to "walk on".

Outside of Sullinger & VCD, they were not very good. Gillespie had his moments outside of punching teammates in the face, and Medley showed flashes, but they are legitimately graduating the two biggest threats. The more guys that return, the less scholarships they have to actually improve. Also, all of their individual announcements state "I'm back" which epitomizes what that program is all about - "I" & "me", not "we".

So did Guthrie let Groce know a while ago that it was predetermined he was firing the Fordham coach? I'm pretty sure this "quiet extension" occurred months ago.