clarkwgriswold

GT: "If you could be any animal, what animal would you be?" I thought Antino was vastly underutilized last year. I can't imagine that didn't play into his thought process as the season wore on. I think Groce's system would benefit him, so I hope he comes back.

My bad. Doh. That's Kansas State!

I'll personally drive him here from Manhattan, Kansas.

He certainly had good answers. I also heard him on WAKR and he was similarly prepared. Only time will tell if he's full of $hi+ and prepared with the cliches or he's genuinely the guy we saw. I certainly hope for the latter. Sounds like his wife is not a diva (not quite sure why anyone thought she was), but maybe Antino is.

Maybe he wants courted.

The reality is that "at risk" kids are generally better basketball players than altar boys.

If they duplicate their recent JAR attendance and enthusiasm, no one will notice they're there.

Ummmm, thanks for the info?

We're now in the process of "WIFE CONVINCING."

Good Lord you people are young. I lived on Spicer, next to John Heisman.

Looking forward to the first appearance of Groce with Frenchy. LOL. Like Kreed and the balanced folks have stated, there are positives and negatives. We just have to wait and see at this point. I would say they could have saved the money on the search firm.

Pretty well sums it up. If he wins 20 plus, I'll still find a reason to bitch like a lack of zone and no out of bounds plays. If he wins, I'll find his sideline antics to be "fighting for the team." He's our's now, might as well support him and hope for the best.

Well, I can't say I am overly enthusiastic about the hire, but they certainly could have done worse. I'm not a fan of his sideline antics or his regular season record. That being said, I'm generally much more tolerant of coaches acting like children when they're the coach of my team, and he did a good job of getting his teams ready for the post-season. I am looking forward to a change. As I've said before, I think we'll reflect fondly on the KD years after the sting wears off, but change is good and I'll be there next season in my Zips gear rooting on the team.

Awwwwww, group hug everybody.

I think sometimes there's a very simple factor that makes it tough to keep local kids here- some kids want to go away for school.

Yes, the guy came off as an arrogant tool.

I also remember a kid throwing a ball in Dreiling's face and the kid from Ewing's team breaking the backboard dunking in warmups. As I recall, Troy Taylor and Ronnie Stokes' team won that one.

I want someone old and set in his ways. I want no in game adjustments and a commitment to run the same offense and defense regardless of the talent or opponent. He should also be awful with the press and alumni.

In four seasons at Ohio, Groce was 85–56 overall and 34–30 in Mid-American Conference games. Not an overwhelmingly successful MAC career, other than the tournament appearances.

Listened to Joe Dunn's show on the way home and he was speaking to a former Huggins assistant. I believe his last name was Moeller. He indicated a large number of people have shown interest in the UA job. He also repeatedly belittled Williams for having to hire a search firm. According to this guy, every AD should have a list of 5 or 6 guys always handy in the event that a coach moves on, and that search firms are just a way for an AD to cover his @$$. The guy was also a big proponent of Groce as he knows Ohio and has head coaching experience.

Here's an old blurb about the Groce- Steve French animosity from the OU forum website- "Akron play-by-play shill Steve French has a TV program on local access cable every Monday night. Last night he made a point of badmouthing the Bobcats' Top 25 ranking and was called on it by an irate Ohio fan. French then went into this weird story about how everyone in the league knows that John Groce had an obsession with Keith Dambrot and that Groce was badmouthing Dambrot to anyone who would listen, including high school coaches and parents of potential recruits. Strangely, when he was asked how he knew this to be the case he said that the Ohio radio broadcaster told him - in fact, said the broadcaster informed him on more than one occasion that Groce was belittling Dambrot to players and staff."

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss! One thing you could be sure of is that it was never going to be a zone with the UA defense (one of my pet peeves along with how they handled ball screens!).

Has to be good for recruiting. A 7 foot tall Hall of Famer in your living room has to leave an impresssion.

In another blast to my aging ego, I first saw Patrick Ewing at Copley High School in the All-American Cage Classic around 1980-81. Damn, I am old.

Zach- you could at least take a position and stop being so wishy washy.