Class of 82

You have a good coach, with a great staff, a culture of winning and you start again. That's how it has worked forever. Go Zips!

Just saw this. Will delete my post.

https://www.bluejayunderground.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6156

Greetings Zipsnation citizens. I send greetings from a galaxy far, far away. I was here when this place had a different name and URL, when the interwebs were accessed by dial-up modems that made strange noises. Old timers may remember me. I deployed the first Haiku of Hatred. Now, I return with another. "I flip off Kent State Imagine the bus trip home I frigging love it!" 👌🤣🤧 Now back to your regularly scheduled program, peoples.

Greetings Zipsnation citizens. I send greetings from a galaxy far, far away. I was here when this place had a different name and URL, when the interwebs were accessed by dial-up modems that made strange noises. Old timers may remember me. I deployed the first Haiku of Hatred. Now, I return with another. "I flip off Kent State Imagine the bus trip home I frigging love it!" 👌🤣🤧 Now back to your regularly scheduled program, peoples.

Glad the tradition continues! Smoosh the black squirrel Send poor Senderhoff packing We won't feel sorry

I did get to see the great Len Paul many times. He was a tremendous talent. Great shooter, ball handler, passer. And he was the best player on probably the best Akron team ever. The 71-72 national runner-ups. He got drafted by the Pistons, but inexplicably decided not to sign. He was the last cut as a free-agent with the Cavs. And never played in the NBA. Paul was a much better all-around player than Jakubic, imo. But I have never seen a better pure shooter than Joe. He could heave it from anywhere... look terribly awkward doing it... but the ball just went in. He had other skills, too, but the shooting was uncanny. If you never got to see it, you just might not be able understand. Was truly something.

The JAR didn't open until I think the year after I was gone. But you're right about all the ways Joe could score. Still think he could've been a great NBA 3pt specialist had such a thing been of value then. And I miss the noise level in Memorial Hall. Was really fun.

But it was not really much of a factor in the NBA game for many years to come. It remained a league of big guys in the post and dribble penetration. A player averaging more than three attempts from 3 per game probably would have been among the league leaders. If the three was then what it is now, I bet Joe would have had a career as a pro.

Watching Joe play in Memorial Hall was amazing fun, even the teams he was on were pretty poor to average. It's incredible to consider how many shots he made that would have been six to eight feet behind today's 3-pt line. Crazy technique, zero ball rotation... but absolute money. The Cavs gave him a shot, and I have no doubt he would have made the team if the 3-pt shot existed at the time. And he eould have thrived, I believe.

So cool for a great Zip! Don't forget that former Zip DB Rich Reliford is a pretty successful actor, which is odd for a mechanical polymer engineering grad.

A great win in a tough road venue. We punched them in the mouth. They punched back. We won. 1-0. Next.

Take the chip off your shoulder. Abandoned, left, skipped, skedaddled, vamoosed... it's all the same to me.

Yes... but he was already here. Players didn't leave because Hipsher left. They stayed because Hipsher left. Again, Keith took over a program he was already building. Groce took over a program that Keith abandoned.

Come on. This year was bound to be a struggle. Next year, we'll get a chance to evaluate Groce and what he can bring far better. The same with Keith at Duquesn.

When Keith took over, he had Romeo, DJ III and Jerimiah Wood... three of the best Zips in recent memory. Groce got, basically, a bucket of spit with one all-MAC calibre player. Huge, huge difference. Keith is my friend since junior high. Loved him here. Happy for him for his payday. Wish him well. But Groce is handling a situation that Keith never faced at Akron.

Keith will turn them, and himself, around. He needed to leave, both for himself and for Akron. He was mentally just done here; you could see it. I am grateful for what KD did here. I wish him the best. And I think he will give his best and be successful. DU in the tourney March 2020. I love the Groce hire. Time for a new era.

Skip... I swear it is a talk-to-text issue. Just didn't catch in my edit. I received an A in both English Comps in 1977-78. I assure you. Thanks for being such a great Zips fan, bro. And I mean that. And thanks so much to all the other diehards. Go Akron. To hell with Cleveburgh. And screw tOSU.

I just lurk now. Used to be a regular. Invented the I Hate Kent Haiku more years ago than I care to consider at the moment. I love The University of Akron. I am a Zip. My first game at Memorial, the coach was Laturza. Listened on the radio when Earl the Pearl dropped a 50-spot on Akron with possibly our best team ever. You idiots questioning KD? I hate to call people idiots, but that is what you are if you want a new coach. Just stop. Please. We are in the MAC. That is who we are. It is not the best conference, but winning it's conference tournament is never easy, especially when your best player ways 290 pounds and has to play three games in three days. I am still all in with this program. Shout-out to those who are all-in with me.

I'd like to see us re-establish some relationships with one or more of our old OVC rivals like Murray State, Morehead State or Austin Peay. They still play great basketball in that conference, and those schools would probably swap home games. Better than most of our OOC home stuff anyway.

Wow... still doin kent haikus! Cool. Don't get here very often these days. I am sorry I missed this. Best wishes to all. And go Zips!

Wow... glad my first post in ages is after a freaking awesome BOWL GAME win! Whoop... whoop... whoop! Yee haw!!!! ????

Assists-turnovers ratio... gotta fix that if the Zips want to be a truly formidable team. Only 11 assists a game just won't cut it, especially when you turn it over 13 times on average. You might actually be fortunate and win the MAC with a team like that, but I hope this team has greater expectations than that. And it's not just a point-guard issue, imo, even though that's probably the most glaring part of it. The whole team seemed to struggle finding guys for easy baskets in the half-court offense.

Am I the only one who thought Goodson took two steps before he put the ball on the flloor before the game-winning shot? Oh well. I guess there's no way you get that call on the road anyhoo. Don't panic, folks.

If he isn't drafted, it will be a huge surprise, imo. I don't believe he'll ever be a marquee guy at the next level, but he's an athletic 7-footer who can defend and eat some minutes.