clarkwgriswold

Less that a month to the season!

Prayers from the Griswolds. That sure explains his absence.

There are some kids that will always want to go away to school that you'll never get and you'll never get the 4 and 5 star guys. After that, other than a kid who may opt to go to UC, they're no reason Akron shouldn't be in the mix for any Ohio kid. I'll give Arth a slight pass on his first recruiting class as they got a late start but they'll have no excuses next year and we'd better see his NEO connections starting to make an impact. Also, I hope to see some solid kids from the area who have gone off to big schools and not succeeded and decide to come home.

Sorry to draw out your hypocr...reality check.

PCCC could come out of Madison a little beat up. Here's hopin'.

So, just to clarify the rules here, it's okay to predict future misery and gloom and doom for a program but not a game?

UMass is very young with 7 freshmen and 3 sophomores. Looks like they graduated most of their leading scorers, other than 6-4 junior guard Carl Pierre who averaged 11.8 points per game in 30.6 minutes per contest.

Because Cedarville and Hiram were unavaliable! Actually, while not the norm, the Zips have had two non-D1s on the schedule before, like 2015-16 when they played Malone and Hiram.

Keep up the good work.

To think Bowden was fired solely based upon his win loss record is naive. I'd bet if we looked back to last year's posts the same people griping now about Arth were calling for Bowden's head back then. Also, as Captain states, Arth's recruiting was hampered by the University's slow hiring process. BG was slow but still hired Loeffler nearly two weeks ahead of US hiring Arth.

As to the criticism issue, constructive criticism can certainly lead to improvement. That being said, I'd temper my criticism to anyone in a period of transition, not throw out the same criticism without regard to the circumstances involved. I also think that those who harken for the olden days of "Knute" Bowden are either naive to other issues that came with him or unwilling to admit the issues. Certainly, none of us would wish this misery on our University. We all want a winner and that's why we're so passionate about it. However, this was a predictable situation, one that comes with every rebuild. If the misery is ongoing, Arth clearly wasn't the guy, but 32 days into the season is a little early for the "Chicken Little" reaction.

It sucked then too.

Did you mean continence?

20 wins isn't the bar it used to be. You can reasonably come out of the OOC schedule with 8 wins. You win most of your home games and split on the road in MAC play and you're around 20.

I had a nice talk with Groce at the Ice Cream Social about the team's continued progress and development since he came on board. He wet on to explain how when he was offered the job he spoke with his staff and they thought they could come up to speed a little quicker than usual because the team had a nice nucleus. By the time they got here, they were essentially down to 5 players. This is the year I think they take a step forward as he's finally on to his kids and program.

Very little. It's just a joking jab at Danny's tracing all that is bad in the world back to Larry Williams.

Not if Larry Williams has anything to do with it.

Do I have to respect his decision?

His show is on 1350 from 3 to 6. Seems like a very nice man and has some decent area guests. However, his voice and ingratiating nature can drive you a little nuts sometimes.

It's actually "Munch", Munch Bishop. I don't mind the new guy. I lost all faith in his predecessor in 2017 when he felt compelled to explain to me that there was no difference in the talent level between the UA and Penn State starters but that the difference was in depth. This was when the starters were still in and Akron was getting killed.

Yes. They lost Ivey and Utomi which hurt, but I think the additions plus a year under the new kids from last year more than balances out those losses. I think they are also deeper than last year. I don't see them being world beaters and I haven't broken down the schedule, but I'd bet around 20 wins.

I voted for X. My thought is that by this point most of the players are what they are and the way your going to see substantial improvement is by adding to that nucleus.

I've never inspired anyone or anything before (other than looks of disgust from girls in high school).

Eeegads, political talk on a sports forum. To think I come here to get away from the real world.

Did you write short angry letters to the Buchtelite when they lost?