Dr Z

Not on Dejan Kovacevic's site. One of the best "hometown" sports sites I read.

I'll wait to see which offense the Zips use before I commit.

It would be interesting to hear Dr S comment on the coaches contracts. I wonder if the word "that" would pop into a sentence again.

I thought it was pretty obvious with the topic title and date, but I'll expand. An owner can write an ignorant letter about the best player in the league, and the best player in the league comes back to his team years later to try to win a championship. I understand the reasoning, but considering what happened five years ago, I'm surprised how it played out. It makes me smile as to how LBJ can hold Gilbert over the fire by signing one year contracts each year. It's also beneficial to Cavs fans that the same owner is trying to buy a championship by spending tons of money to appease the same player he publicly insulted. Considering the topic title and date, if anybody could have predicted the events in the past year, you are better at predicting than me. I'm surprised. Considering the posts from the beginning of this thread, I'm betting I'm not the only one.

How times have changed. Dan is now making it rain in Cleveland. I'm a little surprised how this is playing out.

Robert Stein is one of 30 players nationally named to the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award Watch List, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced on Thursday. GoZips article found here.

JUST RELEASED: Kevin Love speaks directly to the camera about his decision. Enjoy. Chris Fedor writes about the The Players Tribune. Two articles in the PD about The Players Tribune in one day. I'm seeing a trend. Now you can write articles and quote directly from The Players Tribune. No need to even leave your house to get quotes from the players, you can just read them. Interesting. I can imagine this will get confusing for the conspiracy theorists when traditional journalists are quoting from sources that they have to "take with a grain of salt." For Browns fans, Hawk — Whatever it takes.

It should be interesting if the new AD has higher expectations, or is satisfied with the status quo.

Mo Williams Full Circle

I agree to nothing yet. Who is the replacement, and what are his goals? A great artist once wrote, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." I won't get fooled again.

I enjoy the content, layout and photography. Three things most of todays local "journalistic" coverage misses. I hope they continue to invest the time and work. Taken from Wikipedia: Critics have brought up some questions as to the role of traditional reporters and beat writers in sports today, the founding publisher, Derek Jeter, said, "We're not trying to take away from sportswriters. Sportswriters are what makes sports successful," he said. "I think we're sort of working in conjunction with them."[11] There are some media outlets that are not sure the Tribune has a footing in today's digital media when other social platforms such as Twitter" [8] “It’s like the Go Pro of sports journalism, offering an inside first-person perspective”, said Jason Marks, executive creative director. “We’re giving the athletes that fans know and love a voice. This is longform social, to tell stories with content in a natural way”, added Mark Grande, VP content strategy. “It will be a platform where athletes control their own voice. It’s meant to complement what’s out there and provide opinions, POVs and perspective”, said Jaymee Messler, CMO, Excel Sports Management All editors, contributors and photographers are listed too.

Problem addressed.

I often wonder when reading posts here, how many members are unaware of this fact.

It's interesting when athletes thrive in certain environments/systems, and diminish in others. Here is an awesome example (near the end of the article). I only discovered the The Players Tribune when Kevin Love announced his return to the Cavs, but I am a HUGE fan of the concept.

ZipsNation brought you the info in early June. http://zipsnation.org/forums/topic/33555-new-transfer-michaelee-harris-louisville/

Agreed, I don't see the benefit either. I would hope our president can make decisions without making non beneficial comments about the past, and focus on solutions for the future. Otherwise, inquiring fans will continue to read into his comments. Nothing he will say is going to change the past, but a lot of what he does can change the future of UA.

A-zip, let's pretend everything you type is true. What is the University of Akron's benefit from the comment?

Any of the Green area ZN members hear of Marquelo coaching receivers at Green High School?

Agreed. I never thought his skill set fit into the current Zips offense. Summer League Schedule. @NickHarney

ZipsNation™ broke the info in early June. Dedicated thread on Michaelee found here.

I assumed as much, but wish a line of questions followed. I wanted to read more from Dr S. If you go back and look at the stadium thread, there was not much talk of making the stadium smaller. I do remember comments on the stadium being able to be expanded. Some were writing about the size of the stadium having to do with moving up to a "better" conference? How much would a smaller stadium have saved them? Would the major donors still give if they were to build a smaller venue? IMO it seems like a pretty ambiguous comment by Dr S. Does criticizing a past decision really help focus on the current issues at hand? Did he not know about this before he agreed to take the job? Should CK have shown him his 'Football Holocaust' documentary featuring a (cough cough) "coach" I can't even bring myself to type anymore? It could start to sound like an early excuse to some. I would hope he has a solution in mind. Thanks for posting. Sparse Zoo for the Roo. John Harper of the Northeast Ohio group writes 100 words on the subject.

Ignoring the issue will not make it go away. Here is the full article. I thought it was well written. I'm not sure you conveyed the quote properly. I wish it was explained more though. “I would not have built that stadium,” he said, putting extra emphasis on the word “that” during a recent interview with the Beacon Journal editorial board." I like this tidbit, since I have been suggesting it for two decades. "The school wants to create a family friendly atmosphere and is spending more time at community festivals promoting the games and team.“We have to be out in the community and be a part of the community every day,” Van Horne said. UA plans to start marketing its fall sports in July with a billboard campaign, radio campaign and direct mailing. “We know that people take their eye off Zips athletics in the summer,” Van Horne said. “You’ll start to see us come July 1 market the football program, the soccer program and our other fall sports more.” Many, me included, thought this was a great idea. Glad to see it's being considered again. "The university gave away free tuition for the spring 2015 semester to three students who came to the game against Bowling Green. A fourth winner was selected through a social media contest. That cost the school $16,097.The scholarship promotion was so well-received that the university is considering doing it again this coming season, possibly at more than one game. The school is looking for sponsors to underwrite the cost of the giveaway, Van Horne said." The student support part of the article could, and should, be an entire piece.

From the photo with his dad, I'm going to guess that "size" or strength won't be an issue for him.

Well written piece, thanks for posting. Good luck to coach Stroud.

He never seemed like an NBA talent to me...but it's the 76'ers, so I guess it kinda counts. He is no BG NBA alum Antonio Daniels (4th overall 1997)!?!? Maybe Akron's mindset on JuCos needs reevaluated. #thenewmac