clarkwgriswold

Somewhere there's a 20 year old who stole a laptop or got a 3 on his ACTs that we can rescue. LOL.

I think we're going to hear a term we've become unfamiliar with- JUCO.

There are plenty of teams running a three guard offense, but Antino, Noah, Ivey and Utomi on the floor is nearly a 4 guard offense. It could certainly be good offensively and in pressure defense, but I think they'd get killed on the boards and in the post. I only gets worse if Hughes is gone. The smaller lineup actually plays into some of the things I'd like to see under a new regime- more up tempo and pushing the ball on offense; occasional full court pressure on defense; better switches on defense; and some zone on defense occasionally to mix things up.

Given the quality of the seating, I would suggest the following sponsor for naming rights to the JAR-

As was George Thomas's article.

I heard today that AD Williams is on vacation, in a place where he can only be reached late at night. Nice timing when they need to get on this quick.

Unfortunately, those donations by KD wouldn't make much of a dent into what needs to be done. For example, Duquesne is putting $40 million into its arena renovations. Nice thought, but you'd need 132 of his friends to kick in $300K to get there.

The ability to recruit well is critical, but the last time UA made it the priority in a coaching search they hired...rumble...rumble...Iaaaaaa........

If that's it, he'll need some top notch experienced assistants...

I think people get a little optimistic as to Akron and the MAC's stature and position in NCAA basketball.

I like McNees and think he'll be a fine head coach SOMEDAY, but making him a D1 head coach right now would be like promoting the night janitor to CEO.

The voters screamed NO to funding an arena in 2014. It was going to go on the ballot with a levy for the police 911 and dispatch system but there was a such an outcry the arena portion was dropped. Nothing has changed. On top of that, the current athletic program is costing each UA student an average of over $1000. No money from the public + no more money from tuition= a bad formula for a new arena. I also think the less than stellar crowds at our lovely football facility maybe deter potential corporate investors as they'll wonder what benefit Infocision is getting out of having their names mentioned on random Tuesday nights in November on ESPN12.

I'm curious to see what our perspective will be in a couple of days. Right now, we're the "jilted lover." Today, we'll strongly profess that "she realllllly wasn't that hot anyway." In a couple of days, maybe we'll admit that maybe she was.

So so many issues re-awakened by KD's departure- facilities, budgets, the quality of the MAC.... Hopefully, this is the impetus for the administration to confront these issues.

If an unproven player from the MAC thinks he's going to make it in and A10, so be it. At best, the guys purportedly jumping ship will be serviceable players in the A10. Quite simply, if they were the types of players that were front line A10 talent, they'd have already been in the A10 or similar conferences. In summary, don't let the door hit you in the @$$. With a new coach, we may see a completely different approach to recruiting. A new staff, especially pressed by defections, may be more open to junior college players and transfers. I get that in middle age, KD may need another challenge. I wish him well with that. However, blaming it on the lack of MAC NCAA seedings is running from the challenge rather than taking it on. Stop settling for the Radfords and Coppin States and maybe you'll get a little more respect at the end of the season. I was always a KD supporter, but the record tells us the Zips may well have reached a ceiling under him and maybe, just maybe, a change expands their horizons.

Good call. He's a top notch recruiter.

How about an assistant from one of the top mid-majors the Zips aspire to emulate?

Oh hell, break the bank and go get Tom Crean.

I think the initiative stays in place, but you won't see LBJ camps and other basketball related appearances and support like we have.

...and some of our younger talent who came here to play for KD, is going to bail.

Especially if they have a protracted search.

Pretty well sums it up.

Good info. Though he was getting more. Net says- $258,968.

They're not going to pay well enough to get Groce or Boals. With our budget and facilities, UA is not much of an upgrade to Stony Brook right now. Whoever it is, they'd better expedite it as each day brings more kids that will transfer out.

Well, all of these well intentioned plans just went in the old $h!++er. We'll lose at least 2 or 3 kids with KD leaving.