Lee Adams

As far as the coach is concerned, find somebody with a HEAD coaching resume...whether that is at I-AA or D-II,they ARE out there, especially with a new stadium coming...the AD? try to find somebody old enough to know who the hell Gordon Larson and Jim Dennison are...we have guys who are half MY age, well almost, running multi million dollar prgrams with a multi million dollar stadium coming who haven't found the MEN'S room at the D-I level. Don't tell me that UCONN,Central Florida, South Florida, Buffalo can get solid coaches and win in a reasonable amount of time. Hell OU got the head coach at Nebraska. I'd take my chances with that. Cincinnati got a solid OSU assitant and developed into a winner...

Hey ZJ, 1974 grad. Watched the Zips paly a game at Cuyahoga Falls High school, I think because the turf at the Bowl was so chewed up. I'd even love to see something like they had when I watched Larson and Dennison coach...ya think?

Hey ZJ, 1974 grad. Watched the Zips play a game at Cuyahoga Falls High school, I think because the turf at the Bowl was so chewed up. I'd even love to see something like they had when I watched Larson and Dennison coach...ya think?

you are right zips junkie...neither Rhoades nor Brookhart have ANY attachment to Akron other than a pay check right now...thats why NO ONE should believe they are not ready to move on if they think they can get a bigger check...its all business or so THEY say...

We know all about delusions of granduer after one season...don't we???

Lee Owens absolutely stunk. I can't believe anyone ever comes in here and defends him. During the Owens years, the following teams were better than us: BGSU, Miami and Marshall. None of those teams had either a new stadium or fieldhouse. How did they get good?What was the luck in the MACC? The way I saw it, we completely outcoached NIU in the final 15 minutes of the game. is anybody talking about bringing a Lee Owens type in here...I'm NOT...thats the problem the AD"S have brought in guys with NO head coaching experience...in the BIGS or at a level that would give them a track record...Owens was a line coach at OSU for 5 minutes for god sakes and Brokenhart was a WELL what was he? anyway there are plenty of I-AA or D-II head coaches who would love to coach in a new stadium...Brookhart has until the end of this year...not next...he is either improving the program or he can go be a special teams coach at Colorado State...

Agreed...there is more going on here...players are not responding to coaches...coaches are doing the "square peg into the round hole' routine...I think some coaches may be leaving and the players know it...

Was at the UB game on Saturday...sat behind the Zip's bench...some personal on the scene observations...THE GOOD: UB has a nice facility..very serviceable..on campus...free parking...the Pearl St Grilla nd Brewerey in Buffalo is the real deal...Williams and Allen are horses..they can play...Niagara Falls...what can I say...the O line wasn't that badThe Bad...lets go right to the ugly...THE UGLY: THE DEFENSE...nothing has changed...can't tackle...can't cover..can't rush...can't get iteself off the field..that starts with the D coordinator on down...blow it up and change it next year.....The OFFENSE...too many plays for losses ...bad play calling in scoring position...starts with the O coordinator...ends with players who can't execute...Jacquemain...nothing changes..locks on 1 receiver..panics...forces the ball...can't run...Kasparek...worst excuse for a tight end I have seen at this level in a while...runs wrong routes...weak after the catch...finally saw a coach get in his grill after he blew a route...cost them a possesion...Brookhart...seems to have detached himself from the rest of the team during the games...only with special teams...think he is rehearsing for another job...maybe worst of all..looks like the team has given up on Jacquemain and he doesn't want to or can't lead..except after the first and only TD when the offense came to the sideline..nobody talked to Jacquemain and he talked to nobody...sat with his head down...why would they count on some one like thatThats what I saw...What...Wait until next year?

get real...these guys are circling the drain on their way down..

Name a coach at Akron that has "padded" their resume here and moved on. and just how much HEaD coaching experience did o'l JD have when he got here? None? OH...then he padded his resume...And 'ol Mack? an AD somehwhere else?...no

I got hammered on this site for saying that Rhoades/Brookhart are only here to pad there resumes and move on. Neither has any attachment or fondness for this area much less Uof A..both are young and looking to "glow in the dark"...don't try to tell me that either of them has a REAL commitment to AKRON...move on..

I'm staying at the Sleep Inn in Amherst. Where is Duff's from there? How far from downtown?

sometimes its good to be silly........keeps things in perspective...nobody should be talking about firing anybody until after the season is over...if they win 6 thats 1 better than last year...but if they start circling the drain this year the AD has to make a call...do Brookhart and his staff get to hang around for the new stadium or do you dangle that in front of a new coach hoping to get someone with experience in here when it opens...

GP1...not that it means anything coming from me but thats great...Akron is too small in the BOX...Mackey was agreat kid but he was either too small or too slow...match up chaos..the D line can't control the line of scrimmage so O linemen are all over the backers and safeties... put 4 down d linemen... at least they can occupy more o lineman...

'funny' how his best 2 seasons were basically with Lee Owen's players...not a Lee Owens fan but its not a coincidence..best addition Brookhart made was Brett Biggs..HE was the heart of the 2005 team...but the basis of the team on both sides was there before Brookhart...we saw last year what Getsy was REALLY about..

the program is in chaos 4 years in to Brokenhart's regime...he has let the QB situation fester to the point that CJ doesn't even stay with the coaches during the game...either he plays or he is gone...thats the coach not handling HIS job...making decisions to give the team the best opportunity to win...its obvious that at least some of his staff are not capable at the D-I level...lets look at a head coach with HEAD coaching experience...Lou Tepper over at Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania was at Illinois(thats a graveyard), he has been very successful at IUP and he recruits the same areas,Westeren Penna, N.E. Ohio etc as the MAC schools...lets get someone in here with head coaching experience..

thank all of you are are NOT drinking the 'new stadium will fix everything' kool aid..the athletic dept got a bunch of money which looks good to Louie P. and his boys...those types loike to go to conferences,retreats,outings etc and talk about the new stadium,all the money the AD is sitting on etc etc..watch and see if after the new stadium goes in if Rhoades and Brookhart don't make a quick exit...that is if JD lasts 2 more years... we are being PIMPED...

skip-zip: choose what YOU want...doesn't matter...you are way OFF...we are being PIMPED by Brokenhart and Rhoades...you don't need a new stadium to MAGICALLY WIN...lots of winng teams have played at the BOWL...just before you knew about football..

anyone who thnks that mack rhoades and jd brokenhart have sympathetic connection to AKRON are morons...they are using AKRON as did FAUST to pad their resumes and move on..rhoades doesn't have any connect with the fans and is a young punk who wants to make money...brokenhart is trying to live out every insurance salesman's dream by coaching football...ya the new stadium may be nice be neither rhoades nor brokenhart have anything to do with it..its WAY above THEM...get 'em out of here!

Zippy Rulz, sorry but you are a ...well you know...all Rhoades and Brokenehart are trying to do is pad their resumes and move on..if you think otherwise....neither one has any connection with Akron and could care less when they leave here..Rhoades is a needle ....who came from the wilderness..Brokenhart is not ahead coach...his assistants are people who could not get a big time job elsewhere...we are being PIMPed so that RHOADES and Brokenhart can move on...GOOD RIDDANCE!

first, thank god for Bryan Williams or Brokehart and his stiff's would look like the REAL PUTZES they might be...DO NOT BLAME THE PLAYERS...THIS ONE IS BROKEHART AND HIS STAFF...PERIOD...we need to start turning the screws on the AD to stop kissing BROKEHART"S behind...if YOUNGSTOWN could get Tressel who was an assistant at Akron..we can do better than Rhoades, Brokehart, Fleming etc etc ....

all i can say is thank god for Bryan Willams running ALL over the field or this team would have been left in the locker room in the 2nd half...now for the Defense that was supposed to carry the team but has given up points and yards like they never played the game...prior to the season everyone picked this D as one of the best in the MAC...experienced players back with some decent talent...when experienced and talented players vastly UNDERACHIEVE where do you look?maybe we need to start looking at Jim Fleming and J.D. Brookhart...it is obvious they are not getting these players to perform at the levels they are capable of...i know the coaches won't change now but assuming the D continues to detrioratethe AD needs to look real hard at the coaching abilities on this staff...its beginning to appear that some of the staff is not up to coaching at the D-I level...when you start hearing a head coach always blaming one play here or one play there during a game it may mean the coach(es) aren't doing their jobs during the game...

you can forget that now...

was it me or did Davanzo Tate look like he had his helmet on backwards all night..? didn't seem he could cover anything except the grass under his shoes...