johnnyzip84

If no announcement is made today, I wonder if that hurts Scot Loeffler's chances?

And Paul Winters is an Akron alum. I thought about that when I realised how many FCS coaches are also either alums, or native to the area. Ambrose (Towson alum), Miles (ISU alum), Watson Brown (Tenn Tech alum)........ I readily admit that it would have been premature to hire Paul 2 years ago. But who would know that his parents would both pass away during this time? I really think that was a huge factor for him. His dream of leading the Zips with them watching was never going to happen. @ Keener - His wiki doesn't seem to point to them being related. Sheesh the guy even grew up in Terre Haute. They could never really get Larry Bird to leave, so it could be an uphill battle with Trent.

I'll throw a few FCS hats into the ring. Jack Crowe - Current HC at Jacksonville St, probably too old and too southern, but he has a great record of late. Chuck Priore - Current HC at Stony Brook Trent Miles - Current HC at Indiana St (eguins suggestion, and I have to admit a fair one at that), his overall record is poor, but you need to read up on how bad the Sycamores were when he got there. Miles is an ISU alum however.

Point taken. After all, I was high on Ambrose from Towson even before we knew Ianello was gone this year. Unfortunately for us, Ambrose is a Towson alum. And I didn't realize Ash had PA connections (coaching at Juniata). He's a little old (60), but that wouldn't stop me from talking to him. He sure spent a long time at Drake.

From now on, whenever an AD goes with an unorthodox hire as football HC, people can say he/she "went Coastal"

Hunter thinking out of the box!

Yeah I think Love could fill a major Hole for us. I think I'd be in Nirvana if we could sign #9.

Fickell and the rest of the OSU staff will learn of their punishment today.

Enrollment of +32,000 and an endowment of +$223 million is nothing to sneeze at. The football program has been in the toilet historically, but Wayne St has always had pretty decent academics. I think this is the result of a conscious decision to not put too much emphasis on sports, as evidenced by their leaving the MAC shortly after being one of its charter members.

OK.......D-DAY Part Deux? I saw this half-hearted suggestion on a blog somewhere (hustlebelt?) and it made me think, at least for a few seconds. Is there ANY chance of simply handing the reigns over to the man who has been trying to hold the recruiting class of 2012 together? Or have Okruch's opportunities to be a head coach passed him by? BTW if we hire Loeffler, I think I'm OK with that.

Do you ever watch any games on TV with Montana St, Montana, Northern Iowa, Appy St, Ga Southern, etc? Coaches at programs like these have absolutely nothing to gain by coming here (great crowds, similar pay). The guy at Lehigh or someone like Rob Ambrose from Towson might present a different story. My point is, we had better be looking at mid-to-lower level FCS teams/conferences to have a realistic shot.

The PD has a little more on some of PW's thoughts that may have significantly impacted his decision.

Just ask for two in the first row of the loser's section. You can say that again!!!

Mattocks signs GA deal.

I'm inclined to agree with you, based on the various statements he's made. But you better be sure you're not interested before pulling yourself out. Plus, he was somewhat preoccupied for the last few weeks.

Sorry Big Zip, this is Browns fan logic. Paul has done nothing wrong. He looked at the job and decided where he was was a better fit for him. I disagree. Paul Winters knew Akron was courting him. It was in numerous articles in Ohio and Michigan. If Paul Winters was not interested he should have said so 3 weeks ago. We potentially lost out on a better candidate because Paul Winters didn't say no from the outset. How do you know whether Paul didn't really make his mind up until last night or this morning? I'm sure he was torn either way. It's not too hard for me to believe that he needed to be squarely faced with the offer, and all the details associated with it, before he could make an educated decision.

If its the worst job in the country why would he want it? Well, why would he have wanted to coach at Wayne State? Two reasons: he won't have to work for a guy (TW) who screwed him two years ago. 2. He's either really, really happy at WSU or he thinks he can get a better job in the next few years (my guess is he's really happy and good for him) This Detroit Free Press story confirms that it's the latter. PW specifically cites Kehres as someone he'd like to emulate. It's hard to argue against that logic. He's probably getting close to $300K a year now, the GLIAC is getting noticeably weaker (Malone and Walsh soon to join), and he already has great recruiting pipelines in Michigan and Ohio. Besides, nobody knows better than Paul does what persistent losing can do to a person. Just looks what it's done to almost every football fan on this board. I look for him to win a D-II title or two before all is said and done. And I'll root for him to accomplish that, regardless of what happened today.

It won't be former Zip DC Jim Fleming, who footballscoop says will be a LB coach at UCF.

Temple OC (first year), and also a Barberton native. Bio

I'm not ready to swallow that just yet. But throw in some Barberton chicken and go-jos and I'll get back to you

Maybe Proenza deserves some blame for this as well. It's easy to see in retrospect that TW is an albatross in this process. Probably should have canned him first and relied on a UA search team.

Detroit News article with stronger language.

Already posted here.

Well, now I at least hope we wind up with someone who advocates the spread offense. I still saw a lot of the same offset I power formations in watching Wayne St in the playoffs. Not sure how well that will work in the MAC in 2012. And I also hope that grin doesn't freeze on skip-zip's face. And I also hope CK recovers well from that 440 V jolt Onward!