I was wondering back to my days at UA. Did you ever feel better about the state of the program at any point when KD was here vs now? I'm not sure of the answer to that
The Zips have won 21 of the last 27 meetings, including 8-of-11 games.
https://gozips.com/news/2021/1/25/mens-basketball-akron-hosts-rematch-against-eastern-michigan.aspx
I like the 8 team thing but I also like byes for the best regular season teams, which is taken away with an 8 team tourney. So it makes the regular season more meaningful, and then it kinda doesn't.
The only thing this team is missing on offense is a slasher type besides LCJ like Cheese that can get to the rim, imo. Hopefully Dailey or Tribble can develop into something similar. Think the offense is a little too perimeter based at the moment.
I am not saying you're wrong. But if he's holding out to make P5 money he's gonna be waiting a while. Personally, I'm not even sure he's qualified for YSU let alone the UA job.