ZachTheZip

Northeast ohio fans suck. Something good comes along and not only does everyone flat-out deny it, but they actively work to prevent it from happening.

We're about as far behind in recruiting as it's possible to be. A coach needs to be named within the week. We have 4 commits (maybe less if they decide to go elsewhere) with only two months left until signing day.

Now I'm no expert on all the things UA's Board of Trustees does, but there's a simple description on UA's website: The University of Akron's Board of Trustees is the governing body for The University of Akron, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 3359.01. The Board is composed of 11 members—9 voting members and 2 nonvoting student members—who are appointed by the Governor of Ohio with the advice and consent of the State Senate. Trustees are appointed to a nine-year term of office, with the exception of student Trustees who are appointed to a two-year term. The Board of Trustees has been charged by the Ohio Legislature (Ohio Revised Code 3359.03 and 3359.04) with: selecting and appointing the president; setting the operating budget; approving personnel appointments; granting all degrees awarded by the University, including honorary degrees; establishing tuition and fee rates; approving contracts; and approving all rules, regulations, curriculum changes, new programs and degrees at The University of Akron. The bolded parts would seem to relate to things involved with a major hiring. So it's not unreasonable to think that the UA Board of Trustees would be presented in this meeting with a report on any previous UA meetings with someone like Jim Tressel, and whether anything further was required moving forward. After reporting out to the Board of Trustees and fully informing them of all details, it's not unreasonable to expect that any significant news might also be shared with the public. So I think it's fair for all the zero percenters and all the hundred percenters to reign in their ponies and wait just a few more hours to see what official word comes out after the Board of Trustees executive session, which, by the way is private and not streamed on the web as regular public sessions are. On the Board of Trustees meetings...are all or part of them public? Anyone free tomorrow? They are almost always closed to the public.

Hearing that something important is happening around lunchtime at the Martin Center.

You mean a press conference? I mean a job interview. Ahh, interesting. So they are lining up interviews. Probably not a good sign concerning Tressel coming here. I mean that Jim Tressel is interviewing for the job on Wednesday. Allegedly.

You mean a press conference? I mean a job interview.

Somebody keeps trying to tell me that an interview is scheduled for Wednesday. Can't get any verification on it, though.

I've heard good things about our incoming QB recruit Steve Franco.

Thanks! I have to say that you guys have a really good student section.

Me neither. This is as soon as they could have it given the holiday and all. Remember guys, there isn't a single respected (ABJ, PD, Dispatch, etc.) media outlet in the state reporting Tressel is even interested in coaching Akron. The reports I believe are about him assisting in the search. Some of the media knows. But they're holding off on publishing out of concern that breaking the story prematurely would disrupt the process and cause the whole thing to be called off. You don't have to believe me. We'll all know for certain soon enough.

Here's some fun speculation: Tom Wistrcill was at the soccer game yesterday, and he was wearing a blue sweatervest.

The football players have a team meeting scheduled later today. During that time, they will be informed who their next head coach will be.

Here's a thought: What if Jim Tressel was the one who approached us, and not the other way around? I believe that he wants to get back into being a college head coach, and take the Frank Solich path. We are the best option for him if that's how he wants to do things.

Nice to see that Z-P isn't dead! Also: footballscoop confirms that Akron is focusing on bringing in Jim Tressel.

The early word may be Fickell, but the late word say it's Tressel. Powerful forces are in play.

So you want Paul Winters. Got it.

Man, won't it be fascinating to see if/how a new coach can find players for next year's class? Whoever is named, I think it will be telling to see whether they can find players, so late in the game, to play at UA. They certainly can't do worse than Rob did. Well, Tressel would have them lining up. Players would de-commit from other schools to come here. Any other coach would have to work pretty hard to salvage a recruiting class.

Some more names I've heard pop up: Brian Polian, Chuck Martin, and Mick McCall.

As i understand, the way it went down was that ianello and TW spent 4 hours last night after they got back from Kalamazoo going over the past season, evaluating the teams performance, and basically doing all the preliminary legwork needed to fire him. Ianello knew he was fired before he left for NY, but TW needed to wait until today to get approval from the higher-ups and make it official. That's why the phone call went out when it did.

Pre-Snap Read comes up with an excellent write-up on the whole situation. Great stuff (although he seems to have WMU and CMU confused, but then again directional Michigan is pretty interchangeable) there and more in-depth anything than we've gotten from the local media so far.

Pre-Snap Read comes up with an excellent write-up on the whole situation.

Last time we were hiring a coach, I said that I didn't think Winters had proved himself yet but that he needed a few more years to show what he's got. Back then I said that he would be a much better candidate by the time Ianello inevitably got fired. That time is now.

Barry Alvarez is a senile jackass.

No no no a thousand times no!

I do. If he says it, it is the official word of the MAC. If you're not following him on Twitter, I suggest you do. He's great. That means that it's official. Ianello is gone. Ding dong and all that.