Blue & Gold

This past week Walsh Jesuit HS baseball played the top ranked team from Michigan & the game was broadcast for free on YouTube. The production was fantastic w/ 3-4 different camera angles & competent announcers. It was produced by a Michigan company (the announcers were slight homers for the Michigan team but nothing egregious). It was free. It was high school. I watched it on my 64" smart tv w/out a hitch. With stuff like this Idk how much longer ESPN is going to be relevant... or even a viable business model at all. Looks like sports production is really beginning to filter down to grass roots.

Yeah.

Miami signed Devin Bell. Idk if he has the athletic talent (I don't believe we offered Devin) to help us reach the top of the MAC mountain, but I've met Devin & he's the kind of person you want on your team and at your university. Polite, humble, smiling, well-spoken, mature. He's also a mountain of a young man. Built like an ox. I can only imagine what he's going to look like 3 years from now. 🤯 I'm still crossing my fingers for Hoban LB Rickey Williams. True stud.

My thinking: that's nice, but I'll take quality over quantity. Would you say that is on the mark, or would you say Miami & Toledo's early numbers are a harbinger of how the 2024 classes will ultimately shake out? (Really impossible to know for sure, I know... but just trying to make some interesting conversation.)

Would you guys rather have a true multi-purpose arena - like the Canton Civic Center, or Gund Arena (showing my age), which could also host indoor soccer, indoor football, hockey, etc., or a basketball-centric arena which can also host concerts. I'm torn. I like the versatility of the true multi-purpose arena, but don't like how far back the seats are for basketball as compared to the more intimate basketball-centric arenas. Just by watching other cities & schools online over the past decade, it seems to me the nicer new arenas being built for college basketball are basketball-centric arenas, which, of course, can also host concerts & volleyball, but not hockey or indoor soccer.

We play at KSUcks this weekend. 6:00 tonight 3:00 Saturday 1:00 Sunday

@kreed5120 and everyone else. Look at this beautiful arena. Southern Indiana University. It is 4,800 capacity & I would LOVE to have a facility like this. 4,800-seat University of Southern Indiana arena If we had something like this, like you noted, Kreed, you'd better get your season tickets to ensure your seat. Here is a short video on the arena - MUST WATCH

This is a good conversation, @kreed5120. Thank you. While I still think, if we were to build a true D-1 arena, the capacity should be 7,500, and I also think that across from Canal Park would be a perfect location... I also would be satisfied if it were on Exchange Street. I think the block between Allyn & Kling, where Thursday's Lounge & the Starz Market currently sit would be a good spot. If that block's not big enough, then cross over Kling & go from Allyn to Kathryn Place. Exchange is a major road in/thru downtown & would have auxiliary benefit to downtown restaurants/bars (which in turn would have auxiliary benefit to the U, especially after the city completes the Exchange Street Corridor project. I want Akron to be a college town!).

I'm close to your thinking, @72 Roo. I think 7,500 would be ideal. I definitely see where you're coming from, @kreed5120. I often think about how electric the JAR can get and the old saying comes to my mind, "Don't know what you've got till it's gone." But if we were to build a true D-1 arena (especially if it were downtown and able to attract more casual fans, which the JAR really doesn't) we should go for it & shoot for around a 7,500 capacity (just a shade less than Canal Park seats).

If any of you are on Twitter get on there and tell him he looks good in the blue & gold!

Certainly not great, but not bad either. I don't see any loges.

Good description of Zach's play. Very, very good high school baller but I was also surprised to see this as I'm not sure Zach's athleticism is at this level. Very similar to Evan. So I'm guessing this is also a walk-on opportunity. Both players could do well at a lower level but they want to test themselves against the best. I love it. At the worst Zach will be a fantastic practice player as he's intelligent, big-bodied, and always gives 100%. Someone you want on your team for the culture.

Welcome Zach!

Any idea of whether Zach is a walk-on or on scholarship?

We got a verbal from Walsh Jesuit SG Zach Halligan. Don’t know if he’s a walk-on or on scholarship.

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It's been working fine on both my Mac & iPhone.

Oooh! Forgot Big Dog!! Blasphemy!😩

I agree w/ everyone here. IMHO Enrique is the best post I've ever seen play for the Zips. I'm even putting him ahead of Jeremiah Wood - possibly my all-time favorite Zip. On my short list he's also ahead of Romeo Travis, Zeke Marshall, and Tree Treadwell. Enrique will make good money playing professional ball... just not in the NBA. He'd have an excellent shot at the NBA if he played in the 80's, but not nowadays. He's simply not big enough. In today's NBA, at Enrique's size, you've got to be able to stroke 3's from 10 feet behind the line. Today's NBA players are just insanely talented.

Sure thing! 1. William Satterwhite, OL, Hoban '24 2. Tommy Ricard, OL, Hudson '24 (not mentioned in article but we have offered Tommy) 3. Tysen Campbell, S, Hoban '24 4. Ziaire Stevens, RB, East '25 5. JacQai Long, QB, Hoban '24 6. Ibraheem Kamara, ATH, East '24 7. Dante McClellan, ATH, McKinley '25 8. Rickey Williams, LB, Hoban '24 (not mentioned in article but I know we've offered Rickey) 9. Brandon Zurbrugg, QB, Alliance '24 10. Jordan Pritchard-Sewell, DL/LB, Hoban '24 (UA mentioned as having offered) 11. Dorian Pringle, LB, Massillon '24 12. Nolan Davenport, TE, Massillon '25 13. Anthony Miller, OL, Lake '24 14. Daniel Ajose, DE, STVM '24 15. David Ajose, ATH, STVM '24 16. Devin Bell, DE/LB, Hoban '24 17. Debo Mitchell, ATH, East '24 18. Caleb Jones, ATH, Hoban '24 19. Jalen Slaughter, QB, Massillon '25 (UA mentioned as having offered) 20. Dior Garner, DL, McKinley '25

I'm confused. 1. These guys could barely see the field for us. 2. Our OL was a weak spot... possibly the worst in the MAC. 3. But these guys are getting offers from programs we're trying to catch up to. 🤨