Blue & Gold

Even if his son doesn't play here I'm still loving Anthony Stewart.

+1. I honestly thought we were going to win the MAC next year. But Antino was a key piece of the puzzle.

Good point. The media should have brought a little heat like this years ago.

"Dambrot had not learned the lesson of 2007. He seldom challenged himself or his team with his schedule." But this is a pretty egregious whoopsie... "Dambrot's lone regular season win over a Power-5 conference team was against Mississippi State in 2011."

I retweeted. Power to the people

Isn't that insane?! Ohio State's football team brings in enough to cover all that, right? OSU, along w/ what, like 2 other schools in the nation, break even, or even might make a profit off their athletics dept. Crazy.

Thanks, Hilltopper. (Out of Likes.)

So this, IYHO, Hilltopper, rules out Boals and Paris? Or were you simply referring to anyone on the current staff - Thomas, Wiegand, Mcfadden?

Are Boals and Paris considered part of Dambrot's coaching tree, or is that going back too far?

Pretty sure we are. I read it on one of the posted articles. But didn't Larry say he was taking the lead & the search firm was more or less to do background checks? Idk, it's been a whirlwind the last few days.

It's true. They always are

You're right. I was just thinking (typing) out loud I guess.

They were talking about Terry on 1350 yesterday afternoon.

I'd be excited about Anthony Stewart, Jeff Boals, or Lamont Paris. I think Chris Jent is also an intriguing prospect, but he was passed over by Cleveland State, so... ?

Great points, all around. But I'll just say that universities football and basketball (and soccer at UA) teams are the faces of the university. Those two (three) teams are generally the only reason a local population pays attention to a school. I didn't attend UA (I had a tiny little athletics scholly to Malone) but I've been following UA since I was in high school b/c they wear "Akron" on their chests (I could never have competed at UA's level). Over the years I've given thousands of dollars to UA b/c of football & basketball. Sadly, I'll admit, not because of their world-class engineering programs. Again, not saying that's a good thing, but it is what it is. I know I can't be the only Akron-area resident who supports the U b/c it's Akron U. One pet peeve of mine: when I'm wearing a UA t-shirt & someone asks, "Oh, did you go to Akron?" When I used to wear Ohio State gear no one ever asked me, "Oh, did you go to Ohio State?" Oh, and let me add this, which I occasionally post: IMO there shouldn't even be an "Athletics" budget. Anything athletics related should be grouped under "Advertising/Marketing" b/c that's what D-1 athletics actually are.

C'mon, man. Almost every school... even Walsh and Malone... know the importance of the men's basketball team to the university. I'm not saying it's necessarily a good thing that it's come to that, but it is what it is.

Exactly. Given our opponents and the JAR, 99% of the people at Akron basketball games are total die hards who truly bleed blue & gold. The other 1% probably saw relatively slow basketball, against a team they'd never heard of, while torturing their backsides on wooden bleachers and won't be in a hurry to return.

I'm thinking the same. He's a basketball fan & obviously seems to know the importance of the program. He's a sharp guy.

I hope. Aim high. We're the premier program in the MAC. Keep it that way.

Here's something... Cleveland dot com: Akron AD Larry Williams says Keith Dambrot replacement list is long

YES!

I'm picking Isaiah Williams to start for us at PF next year. He's a stretch 4 & was a stud in high school - is 6'7" & can handle the ball & likes to drive to the hole. I think he's going to be a treat to watch.

True, Skip, but that smallish 3-guard lineup wasn't a very good one. After our loss to YSU I posted that I thought this was going to be a disappointing year. We won a ton of MAC games by the skin of our teeth so record looked good... but we weren't. Not really.