Lee Adams

Lets contact Wistrcill!

The answer is "not that great". The talent level is not here to win against the good MAC teams. But, this team should be at least a little more competetive by now. You can't compare NIU,Temple etc to EMU,BG,Buffalo etc. Akron has enough talent to compete against the bottom of the MAC. They may not win but they should be competetive. And,teams should not be running up 'half a hundred' on them. Whats going on?

After watching Icoach on video, these clips seem appropriate. Has the coach ever said that at some level he and his coaching staff share the responsibility for this year's debacle? I have never seen/heard it. It ain't just the players at this point.

Don't blame it all on the players.

See Troy State.

There were more positives today. The Earth didn't blow up. An asteroid didn't land in Akron. Godzilla didn't attack. Come on now, there were lots of positives today. Who is going to start the initiative to mail the tickets back to the ticket off and our AD? We havent got crap for recruits, the current team is terrible, there is very little young talent. I wonder how many kids leave the program after this year. I know I will not be renewing my tickets, not when I can get them for free and sit in a comparable seat. I will be looking into soccer tickets however. I just wish the mens bball team would actually schedule somebody, that may lure me in one day if they ever play a decent schedule. Flood Wistrcill's office with letters/e-mail. Fans who pay to go to every game have a right to complain about the product on the field. That includes coaches.

The thing that everyone needs to look at with this team is that there has been NO improvement in competetiveness on the field 8 weeks into the season. Even if the team is not winning it should have become more competetive on the field no matter who the opponent. The players are familiar with the system and the coaches. The coaches are familiar with the players. No knowledgable fan expected this team to win more than a couple games this year. But what was rightly expected was for the coach to get the talent available to play at its highest level possible. The team is not bereft of some talent. This coach has so far failed. Hell even JD won what, 6 games with Owens' players his first year. It does appear that a number of players,NOT ALL have indeed cashed it in on this coach. IF this coach is indeed as portrayed above it would explain some of what we see on the field. Most of us have no knowledge of that. But, we are in for at least 2 more years of this regime. Plan accordingly. Why weren't the Rowdies there yesterday??

I think it would be a great idea to start a QB who has played little,has a bad wheel,for a team that is beaten down has no running game to speak of and for a coaching staff that hasn't figured out how to help the team improve 7 games in to the season. Go for it.

I know,Coach Ianello is really Belicheck in disguise!

I agree. Alleman's comments were very insightful. I like how he noted that "Coaches often fall in love with potential as opposed to production." I had never heard that before, but it makes a lot of sense. I also liked hearing his opinion on Rogers, "I think Matt Rogers can be a successful MAC quarterback." He doesn't think Rogers is the next coming of Joe Montana, but he believes Rogers can offer consistency, and that is really what the team needs right now. He was also very gracious with Nicely, reminding listeners that in a stronger program, Nicely would merely be a redshirt freshman QB still learning from the sideline. I really like the job he's doing. You can tell he can't be as blunt as he would probably like, but he's still honest and you can tell he has a passion for the Zips. Good stuff. Agree. How long do you think Steve and Joe will put up with him though?

i think golden went out of his way to start his freshmen over the upper class men. this seems to be the way Ianello is leaning now. take a look at the depth chart the past few weeks and there's tons of frosh there. i agree bowers looked like the best of the lot but i am encouraged by what i've seen out of the freshman class. Ianello finally got smart and is allegedly going to play more underclassmen. Sorry that some of the SRS and JRS may not like it but they have been here under two different coaches and it hasn't happened. I am not sold on Ianello by any stretch. But, the program needs to figure out what it needs for the next 2-3 years,NOW. It can't gonna get any worse. Look out 0-12.

Since EMU won is Akron officially the worst team in the MAC?

Way off the mark. I have been buying season tickets for years. I mean years. I did not have to. I could have paid general admission price for every game and gotten a good seat. And I would not have had to pay for all the games. I bought season tickets to support the program not just have tickets. The program has over the long haul been a loser but I still bought season tickets. When I see cheap tickets flying around because the athletic department badly miscalculated support for the team, I feel almost like I am being punished for continually supporting a bad program. They got my money,too bad for me. I want to see what the cost of season tickets will be next year. Lets at least throw a bone to the real 'true fans' who spend the money and go to all the games,

Maybe he is posting that crap so he can continue to gain whatever access he has.

A shame that this coach drove off a student/athlete like that

If we sit our seniors we'll get absolutely killed (Yes, it can get worse than it already is). The seniors have earned the right to play. Sitting AA, or Ward, or Thomas or whomever would leave a huge vacuum in leadership and ability. Yep it might get worse than having NIU hang 'half a hundred' on em. It might get worse than losing to Gardner-Webb etc. I am not saying Alex Allen or some of those other upper classmen are not playing hard. Right now the results are not there and the longer term benefit to the program has to be considered. I have seen people on this site criticize a previous coach for staying with the seniors or starters too long. Not an easy decision but sometimes coaches have to earn their money.

All of this has been hashed and rehashed. Of course the AD had a very short list. The hire was made fairly quickly after the firing. The new guy isn't going anywhere for a while. Whether thats good or bad,lets move on. As far as Winters,there were as good or better candidates than him out there. Did The AD talk to them? Will we ever know? Ianello will get at least 2 more years after this year. But,since he has not benn able to 'coach up' this group to any degree,we will find out next year if the guy can actually coach...or not.

As a season ticket holder I agree that we are in essence being punished for supporting a bad team. I could buy GA tickets on the east side for individual games and have a comparable view of the game. And I am only paying for the games I want to go to. I sent an e-mail to the AD about season ticket prices,the performance of the team etc. His response,give it time. He said nothing specifically about season ticket prices. A shout out to the Band. They are now the best part of going to the games.

Time for Ianello to sit down with the seniors who start or get significant playing time. Time to tell them the sophs/freshman will be starting and getting the bulk of the playing time the rest of the way. The team is playing for the future the rest of this season. The Can't game is over. The play has not significantly improved. Get a jump on next year.

Was watching Troy at MTSU the other night and got curious. Troy went from D-II to I-AA to I-A in about 13 years. Hit I-A 2001. They have had the same coach, Lrry Blakeney, for 20 years. Imagine that! They won I-AA championships. Since 2000 their record is 70-50. Since 2005,a reasonable reference for Akron fans,the number of wins in each season has been 4,7,8,8 and 9. Their 'sacrifice' games have been against teams like Florida,Florida State,Nebraska Arkansas,Georgia Tech,Oklahoma State,LSU,South Carolina,Missouri and oh yes The Ohio State University. They went to bowl games in 04,06,08 and 09. Now we know that the Sunbelt and the MAC are generally regarded as the overall worst football conferences. Put them in whatever order you want. But would someone from the AD in Akron please put in a call to the AD at Troy and find out how they have done it?

sounds about right

Honestly, this is one of my biggest issues. I better see something in the mail trying to convince me to stay a season ticket holder. With the things that were mentioned above making fans feel unappreciated plus the on-the-field product right now, I'm not sure if even a price-freeze would get me to stay on board(the tickets are scheduled to go UP after the initial 2-year price break for pre-ICS season ticket holders). I was one of the fans (along with a large tailgate contingent of younger "regulars" that were pseudo booted from lot 9. I shouldn't take it personally, but I do. We decided to not renew our passes when that news was announced about the "donor lot." Subsequently, a lot of folks were bumped up to lot 9, and we were relegated to the "party" lot in 34. It's a ghost town. I'm about fed up for now, and I may just drop off the football roll call and spend that money on soccer and basketball. At least I'll see some winning. Instead of putting this on here send an e-mail directly to the AD. I did. He did respond. But,he needs to here this stuff directly. He may or may not see it here.

True. +1 you so smart

Hate to use JD as an example but..In 2004 he came in and using Lee Owens guys with a couple of key additions,like Brett Biggs he did pretty good relative to what had been happening. In 2005,well we all know. That was still a lot of Owens' recruits with some additions. So it could be done here. Maintaining that well..

http://www.thetaphouseakron.com/ He's a businessman who needs to eat and pay the bills. Few Zips show up for the shows. He's a Zip fan. What would you have the guy do? He gets a salary from the university. It is far larger than the people the University wants showing up at the games. How much do you need? Follow the posts closer and comment again. Whats your point?? If you are talking about the guy who runs the restaurant,I'll bet he brings in more than me and a whole lot of others who go to the games.