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  1. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

    in Akron Zips Football

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    3 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    Herman's resume blows Fleck's out of the water and its not even close. Not sure how credit can be given to the latter but not the former. That isn't a knock on Fleck as I've tooted his horn on this board well before most. Not sure how one can not be impressed with him unless they have a preconceived bias because of where he came from.

    I don't think he's a bad coach.  He's done a nice job.  It's only been 2 years, though.  Not a real good sample size.  I wish him luck.  I'm no hater.

     

    On the other hand, Houston has been good in the past.  They have a great fertile recruiting ground.  Western has gone to a place they've never been before.

     

    On top of this, and perhaps most importantly, I could give 2 squirts about Houston.  I am green with envy over Western.  Just to be real honest.

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  2. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

    in Akron Zips Football

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    22 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    Years mixed up. Forgot about Fleck's 1-11 year (crazy that such a good coach had a 1-11 season right?). Good thing WMU stuck with him. Ianello only had two years and was stuck with JD's recruits. Should he have been given more time? What about Herman, he won with mostly upper classman that he didn't recruit. Does he not get credit? Texas thinks he deserves plenty.

    I didn't forget about Fleck's 1-11 season.

     

    1-11/8-5/8-5/12-0

     

    That's called turning a program around.

     

    No.  Ianello shouldn't have had more time.  It wasn't just the 1-11 record, it was the complete and total ineptitude that was displayed getting there.  Bowden was 1-11 his first year but the team was head and shoulders better than the 2 previous years.  He received full credit for achieving that on this forum.

     

    I am not a huge fan of Tom Herman.  We will see what he can do at Texas if he gets that job.

     

    Anything else?

  3. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

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    21 minutes ago, Balsy said:

     

    Fair enough, and I don't disagree with you.  But I'm just pointing out how that logic works, and that not getting enough of a sample size is what's important.  Has there been enough of a sample size on Bowden.  I don't think there has been.  If 2017 is a repeat of 2016, I'd start to agree with you.  If 2017 is like 2015, then I think the jury is still out.  I don't agree with the 1-2 season assessment of a coach.  I think it takes many years, as tough as it is for us as fans.  Do we want a program, or a Darrell Hazel.  That's where I stand on it

    I hear what you're saying.  I just never got the feeling watching Kent that Darrell Hazell was the main impetus for their success.  I looked at them as being extremely fortunate in many instances that year when the ball bounced their way.  But then again, I'm biased.  I don't want to give them credit for anything.  What Darrell accomplished at Purdue affirmed in my mind my preconceived notion of him.  It's not impossible to win at Purdue.  Joe Tiller did it.

     

    Anyhow.

     

    A coach is ultimately graded on wins and losses, but a lot goes into that final record.  There are many roles and responsibilities of a coaching staff: recruiting, discipline, scheme, gameplanning, motivation, etc.  Feel free to add in any other aspect you like.  I would be curious what you and others think is most important.

  4. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

    in Akron Zips Football

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    10 minutes ago, Balsy said:

     

    I just find it Ironic.  A team goes 5-7, it's only the coaches fault.  If a team goes 11-3, MAC Championship appearance GoDaddy.com Bowl appearance, 11-1 in the regular season...a win over a No. 15 ranked team (Rutgers)...and the coach has no impact on it.  What a double standard. :rofl:

     

    In fact...Hazel meets all the criterion you want in your "why not us" scenario.  :rofl:

    DH was at Kent for 2 years.  Not a great sample size.  2012 was a great season, no doubt.  I was not overly impressed with Kent or DH.  A 1-11 Zips team certainly had a chance to beat them at their place.  They sure had a dynamic playmaker on offense in Dri Archer who paired nicely with the lardass running back.  Can't remember his name.  QB was a stiff.

     

    Defense lived off of turnovers.

     

    DH cashed in and worked his magic at Purdue.  He now is on the short list to replace Charlie Strong at Texas.

     

    You are right he is awesome.  If for nothing else, he is awesome for those sweet helmets they wore in the bowl game.

     

    Kent-State-Bowl-Helmet-eyes-570x326.jpg?

     

    I'm biased.  Forgive me.  I hate Kent.

  7. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

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    4 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    He has trended up/has not regressed in every season before this one.

     

    You're right. Fire him. That way we can keep trying over and over, year after year and will finally strike lightning in a bottle before we die and have that 1 magical season that in reality is meaningless because nothing that will be won will mean crap to anybody on a national scale and then our coach will leave and then we will be back to square 1 again. Just look at Kent St. Look at WMU next season. We're all just wasting our time because we root for a program that plays meaningless football. Nobody will give a damn about WMU football next season.

     

    Our coaching blows but we've won a bowl game. Our recruiting sucks but we've set the record for most wins in school history. Hire Paul Winters right!! They guy who hasn't won more than 7 games in D2 since 2011!! You guys have it all figured out!

     

     

    Kent State's 1 year of success sure as Hell wasn't due to Darrell Hazel.  They had a pretty stout D and a game changer player on offense.

     

    Bowden doesn't have to be fired.  Milwee needs to be, though. 

  8. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

    4 out of Bowden's 5 seasons at Akron have ended with Akron having a losing record. I'd call that a trend. :rolleyes:

    Not only that Kreed.  2 of those seasons started out at 4-2.  A 1-5 finish on a 4-2 start is called a disaster.  But let's not hold anybody accountable.  Let's make excuses.  Let's embrace mediocrity.

  9. Game 7—Western Michigan Broncos (2016)

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    The most grating thing about watching Western is seeing them step up when it matters.  Gameday came to town and their fans looked the part on National television.  With all the distractions associated with that show, they dispatched Buffalo as they should have.  Tonight, they dominated a pretty damn good Toledo team to seal the perfect record.  They are not a normal MAC program.  So many times, a MAC team stumbles when it matters most.  Not these guys.

     

    Think of our Zips.  Every time they get an opportunity to take the next step they fail.  I take that back.  They won the Potato Bowl last year.  Or should I say, Jatavis Brown won the Potato Bowl last year.  Without his strip and Coe's return, the Zips lose.  But then again, the Zips probably lose 8-10 more games under Bowden if it wasn't for Jatavis.  Thank God for the staff identifying his talent and bringing him in.

     

    I'm so freaking jealous.  Why not Akron?  What does Western have that Akron doesn't?  Absolutely nothing.  How did they catch lightning in a bottle with Fleck?

     

    These are the ramblings of a very frustrated Zips fan.  I'm tired of losing.  4 wins better than the worst ever D1 coach ain't good enough.  I will never understand how mediocrity can be acceptable to any fan.  Excuses attempt to explain it away.  That's what Zips fans do best.

     

    I'm not trying to call anyone out or put anyone down.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion.  Watching WMU tonight just got on my last nerve.  Congrats to them though.  I hope their fans enjoy every drop of that Championship nectar.

     

    :mad_flame:

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  10. 2016 Early Rankings

    in Akron Zips Football

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    On 6/16/2016 at 5:15 PM, ZachTheZip said:

    Fleck has lots of contacts with the people who give out the star ratings. Bowden has publicly expressed disdain for those same people. So whose recruits will end up higher rated in an arbitrary and subjective system?

    Whose recruits will achieve more on the field?

  11. P.J. Fleck

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    On 4/1/2015 at 0:13 PM, K92 said:

    https://westernmichigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1752435

    Just a short article about Fleck's recruiting successes. Pretty impressive. If Fleck sticks around for a couple more seasons, recruiting at this level, Western's roster is going to be unbelievably stacked. Of course, they still must win on the field, but I bet Toledo and Northern are getting a little uncomfortable by now.

    Toledo is a little uncomfortable tonight.

  18. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

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    4 hours ago, skip-zip said:

    It's amazing how many times in this thread that people are proclaiming that OU sucks. 

     

    If I had the time, I'd go back and see how many of the same people spent the last couple of week posting about how OU was so superior to us, and we were going to get destroyed.

     

     

    Last night was the first time I watched a Bobcats game.  I assumed they were decent based on their record.  I obviously gave them too much credit for beating Toledo.  What I saw last night was what I usually see when the Zips play a Solich Ohio team.  A team that doesn't have a lot of talent but plays hard and a coaching staff that comes up with a good game plan.

     

    After the Buffalo and BG debacles, not many Zips fans held out a lot of hope for the game last night.  Ohio is definitely a better team than either one of those 2 putrid squads.  Any posts about Ohio being far superior to Akron were probably based on a negative opinion of the Zips rather than a positive opinion of the Bobcats.

     

    After seeing them play, I certainly was not impressed by Ohio, but they were good enough to beat Akron for the 9th straight time.

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  22. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

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    2 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

    We had a wide receiver playing QB for the last two games. Down our starting running back and our NFL bound defensive end. Maybe they could have played things a little differently but they were dealt a pretty shitty hand. 

    I agree that injuries suck but that's reality.  The Zips have been very fortunate the last few years to dodge the injury bug that has bitten so many MAC squads.  Injuries really hurt when your depth sucks.  Depth sucks when recruiting isn't up to snuff.

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  23. Game 12—@Ohio Bobcats

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    Great effort by the players.  Nice job by the defensive staff.  Too bad the staff on the offensive side of the ball is totally inept.  If they keep their jobs, they should make the short drive to Creston for a classroom session.  The Norwayne staff could teach them more in an afternoon about running a spread offense than they know now.

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