Blue & Gold

The news is broken

Very true.

The Score (iPhone sports app) just reported "Report: Akron close to hiring John Groce as head coach." The Beacon Journal just reported: ""

Sounds good to me.

Good point.

Fleck just now stumbled upon 7-on-7 drills? How "elite."

1a. A great recruiter 1b. A great recruiter 1c. A great recruiter 2. An aggressive style of ball, both offensively and defensively. We will be able to employ a more athletic and exciting style of basketball because he is such a great recruiter (see points 1a -through- 1c.) As someone else mentioned, watching the Zips recently had been akin to watching paint dry. 3. Someone who will cultivate relationships w/ the HS basketball coaches of NEO and & erect a fence around the State of Akron to keep local talent local. As TB now appears to be doing w/ the FB program (HALLELUJAH!!!), the BB program will be the hip "place to be" for local athletes. 4. A good developer of talent. 5. Someone willing to spend 15 minutes on YouTube looking at inbounds plays.

GT all up in the situation. Like white on rice, baby!

Every day I've been running out of "Likes" by around 8:00 a.m.! So I just wanted to thank everyone here for making this such an entertaining, educational & exciting process!

Ahh. Okay, thanks!

Huh?

Z.I.P., I don't see on that site where it says he's transferring to Houston. I could be missing it, but I only see where they announce Antino is, indeed, transferring; not his destination. (Though UH would make a lot of sense.)

Neither did I. But I'm loyal to Akron. But not as loyal as LeBron is.

These are my thoughts on Groce. I remember even Ivo Baltic was on fire during that Sweet 16 run.

Agreed. That was a good team to be sure. But without the Magnificent Mr. Cooper they don't go dancing, let alone make a run to the Sweet 16.

odhgibo: "To make matters worse, the team's style of play changed into something akin to watching paint dry. I'm surprised that I'm saying this, but the time for a complete reset had probably come. That might entail a step back for a year or two, which none of us will enjoy, but moving beyond the status quo might require such measures." Spot on. Well said. My thoughts, exactly.

KD left Akron. LeBron never left Akron.

Yeah, I saw that article around Christmas time. Except for us and K.e.nt he's not getting recruited by MAC-level schools. But none-the-less I'd still like to see him in blue & gold; I'm partial to the local products. Plus I honestly do think he could contribute at this level & think he could even play some backup point. With the upheaval of our roster it'd be nice to have a versatile G like that. Btw, he's getting recruited by Anthony Stewart @ UT-Martin.

Especially northern schools.

I'm surprised you even know who Keith Dambrot is.

Is he? Or is it just internet board speculation? Personally, I sure hope he's not in the running.

But now that I think about it, someone in the know had mentioned he was leaning toward transferring before the season was over. So, who knows.

It sounds like an impulsive decision to me. He is probably hurt that KD is leaving.

Lamont Paris was hired by UT-Chattanooga. What do you guys think? Disappointing for us? I was definitely interested in Lamont. However, right now, my uninformed heart is leaning toward Anthony Stewart, so I'm not too disappointed.