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  2. Tonight's Game

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    It always amazes me how any constructive criticism toward KD turns into.."fire him,"..."we can't do better"..."we win 20 games"..."we never win a tournament game" --thread. Why don't Zip fans deserve big wins (not that beating CC would have been a big win)? Is that not what we pay the guy millions for?

  12. Final home game vs. UMass

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    Doing so allows teams to develop programs designed to win their division and then take their chances in the MAC Championship. Really good NFL teams design their teams around winning their division first, maximizing out of division games, getting into the playoffs and then seeing where the chips fall at that point. The MAC should do the same.
    It also creates natural rivalries, which is a good thing.

  13. Final home game vs. UMass

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    Im not talking about a single recruit, just talking about the level of recruiting in general.
    Okay, how did the overall level of recruiting differ after we won the MAC? I'll answer for you, I didn't. Terry is doing the right thing by focusing on proper geographical areas, making local connections with area high school coaches, etc. You need to see the forest through the trees right now.

  15. Final home game vs. UMass

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    We really did draw about the toughest schedule possible in the MAC this year.
    Give me the "toughest" schedule every year. To be the best, you have to beat the best. You don't get better beating up on Eastern Michigan and Buffalo. I thought our AD was "looking beyond the MAC" just a few years ago, if we can't beat the best in the MAC, we shouldn't be looking anywhere.

  17. What next?

    in Akron Zips Football

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    A good offense will get you a winning record (and into the playoffs), a good defense with that offense will win you a championship. See 1970 through present day.

    It's hard to build a good defense because you need a lot of good players and time together in that defense. You don't need as many good players on offense, sometimes you just need one...the QB.

  19. Akron vs Can't game thread

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    GP1 is correct. Drop 10, and Williams still doesn't run. That's too easy to defend.
    It shouldn't be easy to defend. I have to watch exactly what's going on when I'm at the game,

    but I have a suspicion that the receivers are running their routes, if the ball isn't there, they slow down to a jog.

    The receivers need a plan after 4 seconds.

    Sorry, again for making a Steeler reference in NEO, but it's what I know.

    When Santonio Holmes joined the Steelers, he did the same, run his route and then "stopped."

    He soon learned that Ben was going to make time in the pocket to extend plays, and he found his own holes in the defense to get open.

    He and Ben soon developed an understanding of how to advance the ball down field after a route was complete and over.

    Our receivers need to do the same when Dalton pulls the ball down after the initial route is complete.

    Obviously this comes with practice and the offense and players have only been together one year.

    Hopefully this comes in the future, if not this year, next.

  22. Akron vs Can't game thread

    in Akron Zips Football

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    You guys can try to beat the "running QB" need all you want, but the fact is, we dont need a running QB, though I prefer one more mobile than Williams that can actually elude some guys in the pocket and extend plays.
    I think you missed the point of the four previous posts. Extending the play is not the issue, the issue is finding positive plays when the D drops 8. Dalton has enough time since only three are rushing, he just doesn't seem to have options in front of him that he is comfortable with. One solution, could be to take off, take that out of the equation for the moment, now what?

  25. Akron vs Can't game thread

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    Other than stopping the run on the defense, the next thing TB needs to do is figure out how to advance the ball when a team starts consistently rushing 3 and dropping 8. Our offense seems based on quick decision passing, if the defense has eight in coverage, the decision seems to be to hold on to the ball and take a sack, or chuck it 8 yards out of bounds. We need better plays than that to get first downs in the second half. This is becoming a trend on film that our opponents have now figured out.

    PS One answer, is a QB that can run, but we all know TB's philosophy on that. Teams used to try this against Roethlisberger, but it didn't work, and he doesn't run.

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