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You're not wrong.

I thought it looked strange on TV. The royal blue makes the logo stick out, which is what we don't need. They should have painted the logo I invisible ink.

92 is still the best winning percentage in D1 history at Akron. Amazing, this was 32 years ago. All Akron had was the Rubber Bowl and a work out room in the Natatorium. Faust actually provided hope to Zips fans. There really was hope for the program back then. Just a few more pieces and we would be on our way. And then the failure of leadership hit and here we are today.

Such a simple logo. So many things wrong.

I'm hoping they hire Jim Grobe out of the retirement home.

I have a friend who is a member of Fairlawn CC. Faust showed up and played by himself all the time. Everyone liked him and he treated everyone well. I don't think he ever had a membership though. He just showed up and played.

They can have influence.

Some of you are waaaay to worried about the ABJ. Save that junk for other topics. A good guy died today.

He was a very nice man who actually cared about his players. He didn't have the required level of sleaze even back then to be successful at the college level.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5916622/2024/11/12/gerry-faust-notre-dame-akron-college-football/

The first word that came in my head was "unbelievable", but then I remembered the endless self destruction.

Cutting is the easiest thing to do. I'd be interested in knowing what the plans for revenue growth are besides destroying the football program. We seem to have destroying the football program down as it is the only successful thing we do with the football program. Looking for new ideas.

I'll see you Jim Tressel and raise you a Jim Grobe. Seriously, Tressel is 71 years old. Luke has a few more million dollar paydays in his future. Akron ain't one of those places.

A cartoon kangaroo should absolutely be part of the marketing efforts with a direct appeal to children.

Sort of. I complain about them padding their resumes with meaningless accomplishments and then moving on to destroy another school.

You are right. Along with the rest of the mac we'll never be able to compete at the highest level. We could complete at a level between FCS and FBS. This level will exist before too long. We should stay right where we are. Also, along with the rest of the MAC well never compete against the highest level of basketball.

It is not. There in lies the problem.

If they won a minute seven games a year wearing only their jockstraps, I'd be okay.

How could they make it less emphasized? Seems almost impossible. What other MAC schools are getting a return on their football investments? At the most, zero. Sounds like we need new blood on the board with a better vision of how an athletic department benefits the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron.

It will take a month, minimum, to hire a new AD. The season will be over by then. The new one isn't going to fire Joe on day one. The only way Joe leaves will be on his own in January after coaches turn over.

Any?...No. Enough?....Yes. Akron needs someone younger with a lot of energy and nearly sociopathic about getting the football program turned around. Background at a football first school should be required. Evidence of making an athletic department benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around the school required. The football program has carried the weight for far too long. Time to get it turned around.

I don't want someone who is isn't interested in advancing their career. Accomplishments advance careers. Akron needs meaningful accomplishments.

I think he picked up a lot of valuable knowledge about mostly basketball. Akron is participating in very high level college athletics, not the Suburban League. Hiring him as AD would be a monumental mistake probably equal to hiring Dennison as AD in the late 80s.

Joe should get one more season for financial reasons alone. Akron has a sane OOC next season with a chance to gain momentum for a good season. A new coach would be less able to exploit this opportunity and Akron would suffer. Knowing this and with my experience as a Zips fan, I predict Akron will fire Joe after this season, start the endless building process over and miss out on exploiting a favorable schedule next year.

I bought a Nike golf shirt with the new logo on it and the word AKRON under it. The shirt itself is really nice. I found it interesting that they had to tell you what the logo meant underneath of the logo itself. People are supposed to know what the logo means without being told. It never says NIKE under the swoosh. BTW, the logo was very creative......for Arby's.