clarkwgriswold

I heard during the season the the Zips had a "morale" problem. I wasn't sure what that meant then and I'm not sure now, but in hindsight it appears that there may have been some unhappy kids on the team and that maybe the team dynamic wasn't great. I wonder if KD's reference to the "dysfunctional locker room" was in part a reference to that. In any event, all hands on deck for 2017- 2018. Good luck to the kids who decide to stick it out or come here.

Some would call that description generous. I do believe he has improved. He might be good at getting athletes here but he'd need a very good staff to work the details.

Amen. Your post hit as I was writing mine!

Okay, I have a newsbreaking shocker for everyone- THE WORLD, WHETHER IT INVOLVES A COACHING JOB OR JANITORIAL JOB, IS BASED ON MONEY. Rare is the person who passes up more money to do the same job in another place. If somebody walked in and offered me essentially 50% more to do the same job in a better facility on a higher level, I'd take it. I get that KD's comments over the years now look disingenuous. If he wants to blame it on the MAC and a lack of tournament seedings then he's run from a challenge he's always otherwise embraced, which is a bad look and deserves some criticism, but at the end of the day, he took a better paying job just as we all have at some point.

But think of all of those fencing and tiddly winks national championships and All Americans.

Maybe I am misunderstanding your post, but they beat the Zips at BG on February 21st.

We're only one or two genius marketing ploys, like the Taylor Made Jewelry mini-ball toss and Gionino's t-shirt toss, away from turning the Zips athletic financial plight completely around!

Williams better use the time in Arizona at the Final 4 wisely. That's a chance to get with everyone and make some serious strides in finding a new coach. If we're here in another week having these discussions, the Zips are going to be reduced to recruiting the bottom of the barrel and leftovers.

I'll miss Antino if he leaves. I always thought he was underutilized. This could have been his chance to shine in a new system. I always had a gut feeling Utomi would move on at some point. The guy scored nearly 30 a game as a high school senior. Those types of guys generally don't like sitting (or playing defense) much. That's not to imply he's leaving. Just a gut feeling I've had for some time. More important than ever to get a coach now with so many holes to fill. With each day, more kids want to transfer and more recruits get swallowed up by other teams. Remember how we all loved those 4 years kids and disliked how other schools filled their rosters with JUCOs, transfers and laptop stealers? Those days are over. Williams better come back from Arizona with a new coach.

Is UA getting its money's worth? Zips on that list: No. 35 - $284,141 - Akron men's soccer- Jared Embick- premier program No. 32 - $308,042 - Akron women's basketball- Jodi Kest- declining program No. 12 - $567,973 - Akron football- Terry Bowden- sideways program No. 6 - $932,071 - Akron men's basketball- Keith Dambrot- gone These 4 totalled $2,092,227.

I can't begrudge a kid wanting to play with his brother. I'd probably do it if I could. We'd be the shortest, slowest and oldest backcourt in college basketball.

Bitter sweat? LOL.

Wow, Bill Livingston. I associated him with the Nev Chandler/Herb Score/Pete Franklin/Hal Lebovitz era of NEO sports and figured he was either dead or drooling on himself in a nursing home.

Swords are cooler than oars (unless you're PJ Fleck).

Agreed, but up until the last month of the season the consensus was that he was consistently mediocre, was the worst KSU coach in years, and that they'd can him if they could afford to do so. His mediocrity and long tenure is just what you get if you hire a coach who's neither stellar nor awful enough to get canned. I'm really with you on the Senior Night thing.

Some highlights from the list- No. 50 - $223,693 - Ohio State men's and women's fencing- Vladimir Nazlymov No. 46 - $230,183 - Ohio State women's golf- Therese Hession No. 42 - $249,291 - Ohio State men's volleyball- Pete Hanson No. 39 - $255,999 - Ohio State women's lacrosse- Alexis Venechanos No. 29 - $327,619 - Ohio State women's volleyball- Geoff Carlston No. 24 - $366,157 - Ohio State women's rowing- Andy Teitelbaum

Strange that we have to wish for a guy that won' be here long term, but that's the nature of the beast. Success leads to moving on at this level. Otherwise, you end up with....Rob Senderoff.

Amen K. Amazing what some people earn to coach from fringe sports.

Interesting PD article on Ohio college coaching salaries over $200K- http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/03/51_ohio_college_coaching_jobs.html#incart_2box Damn, I need to learn fencing!

Easy guys. A forum is a place for the free expression of ideas concerning a topic of common interest. To that end, it will have dissenters and contrarians. Some of them/us, are just plain full of ****, but nonetheless, everyone on here wants what they think is best for UA (with the exception of trollers from other schools). As such..........relax.

Don't forget Radford. That was well worth my $4.

Wow, I hit a Potato Bowl nerve! It was a joke gentlemen!

NIT= Potato Bowl.

Yep, tough to put imagined butts in imagined seats!

The reality is that no matter who was here and who will be here as the UA coach, somebody would/will b!+ch. That's the nature of sports. If the Zips win 100- 98, their defense needs work and the bad defensive coaching will eventually bite them in the ass. If they win games 40-30, the offense is struggling and the coach needs to pick up the tempo. If they win 26 games, they need to toughen up the schedule. If they win 15 or 16, they need to lighten up the schedule. No coach or scenario is going to make everyone happy. When this all calms down and we look back years down the line, I think we'll all see that the Dambrot era was a good one for the Zips. Perfect? No. Disappointing at times? Yes, but all in all, we'll recognize that KD was good for UA basketball.