zips1995

LOL - "30,000 or so people would be nice.You are right -- we gotta get folks to appreciate all that we now have. We live in a great community centered by an great university with great, affordable sports. Live it up Akron -- don't you think NC State folks would give their right arms to have what we have.

David Lee Morgan is a good guy and very supportive of Zips. The ABJ's sports editor who was an idiot is no longer there. Let's be supportive of a new era and hopefully a new level of respect for Zip sports.

A couple of things we need to realize (in my humble opinion). It is time to think differently about everything related to Akron sports. We need a self-esteem adjustment. We no longer have to be so fearful that we will not be able to replace talent -- Akron is a sports program that talented AD's and coaches want to come to. When we have had to replace our coaches and AD -- we got great resumes. It is rumored that Senior AD's at USC, Maryland, Arkansas and Notre Dame wanted the job. Mack was selected because he built a program at UTEP that needed to get to next level just like Akron -- increased donor giving, fan base, He was the best man for the job from amongst a talented pool. When we lost our soccer coaching staff -- we had great coaches interested and they were actually calling Akron. Caleb Porter -- awesome, talented, better recruiter than Lolla, only lost one player to Lolla -- what more is there to say. Track -- Dennis Mitchell and his assistants are arguably the among the best coaches in the nation. are WBB. now we had no where to go but up and I think we did that too. Jodi Kest is an awesome recruiter and will get us all the Ohio and Penn talent we need to be competitive. She wanted to come to Akron. JD's top two assistant coaches -- Morehead and Fleming would be great choices if JD get's a nod. Great facilities (field house where the NFL teams practice for Hall of Fame game) only to get better with stadium in 2008, great looking campus, competitive teams -- we are the place that talented professionals want to be on their way up. That is a good thing. "Has beens" on their way down have never worked out. JD has to do more than win one MAC championship with a mediocre record and win one game against a middle of the pack ACC team to prove that he is even the best MAC coach. JD is one hell of a coach, but I think he will be with us through the 2007 season.Are you watching Charlie Frye and all the free pub we get when they mention that he is a Akron Zip? Di you catch the reference to UA made by the announcers during the OSU-Texas game? Let's enjoy the ride and be "fearless" about the challenges that come frombeing at the top of the MAC.

I haven't seen ABJ yet either. Last week's lack of coverage was way past ridiculous. The story appeared at C-10, with no link to story anywhere. And the way they covered all of those olympic stories that nobody was going to read. I saw the ABJ editor at the game. I am sure that they will cover such an exciting game in the right way. I also heard that there may be a shake-up going on as to how Akron Zips sports are covered. Last week we made the front page of sports page at least three times. So, it is getting better. Hope it continues.