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GP1

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  1. Absolutely. In this article, he did what every sales person should do when they have a customer who has a problem (high school coaches are one of his customers). Run to the problem and address the problem with the customers. There aren't may BCS level coaches who could do what he is doing in terms of sending out messages to "customers". This is great fun to watch.
  2. I'd hate to take his shot blocking aggressiveness away as he has gotten so good at it. No need to rebound if the shots are blocked. He made maybe the best defensive play I've seen him make when I've had the chance to watch him play Saturday. He switched off and was guarding a guard at the top of the key. The guard should have the driving advantage at this point as they both were so far away from the basket. The guard drove at Zeke and he showed really quick footwork and got into position to block the shot. Very well played. The color guy on ESPN was a former NBA big man and absolutely loved the play.
  3. The failures of the Zips football program go far beyond who the head coach was when they made the jump. One could write a book.
  4. I don't think Dennison could have upgraded the Zips. He is/was a DII coach with DII ideas.
  5. Do I smell some pork or a MAC championship...or both?
  6. Thanks for posting this JZ84. Probably nine months ago I was going to post something about how poorly viewed Coach I's staff was in recruiting. I took some good advice from Captain Kangaroo and didn't write it as it wouldn't have helped anything. I had it typed up and ready to go on a word document. Every word of it would have been true. Coach I was neither liked or disliked, which isn't a good position to be in. He had assistants recruiting Ohio who were complete oafs. For example, one of the coaches was in a school in Ohio and a high school head coach asked how one of his players was doing and he told the coach, "He sucks". The truth is, kid is a back up player and not developing well. When asked the question, the answer is, "He is a good kid and is giving 100% on and off the field. We just don't have room for him on the field right now." Coach B and his staff have a lot of work to do in the form of cleaning up a horrible mess Coach I and his staff left behind in high schools throughout Ohio. This article tells me they know that. I believe they are up to the task and will right the ship quickly. Media savvy. Coach B used this article to let coaches throughout NE Ohio and all of Ohio know HE KNOWS there was a problem and they are going to do everything in their power to correct it. This guy is smart.
  7. If Ohio had a decent BBQ joint, we would be swimming in good players.
  8. The myth of Jim Dennison continues. Am I the only one who is unimpressed with the guy's record at Akron. Sure, he is a good guy, blah, blah, blah. The six years he coached in I-AA, they only had winning records three of those years. One of them, they only went 6-5. The year before the playoff appearance, they only won four games. Never once won the OVC. Maybe I'm wrong and someone can point me to the greatness, but I'm not seeing it. Faust inherited good talent for a I-AA team, but it wasn't what the school needed to move to D-1A. I saw it up close. The seniors that were on the team in 1987 weren't nearly as good as a lot of the freshmen Faust was bringing in. To call it bare would not have the direction the program was moving in perspective. Robert Lyons and John Buddenberg were good players who could have played at the highest level, but that was really about it. In order for the program to move forward and improve, Faust had to get rid of the Dennison players to make room for better talent. He did so pretty quickly with guys like Shawn Vincent, Oz Jackson, Brett Jackson, Mike Johnson, Ty Nelson, etc.
  9. Good points. Specific to this one, I'd like to see Diggs start and the Zips go up tempo from the beginning of the game. KD2.0 could use the bench to manage the game while the starters rest. Instead of scrambling, get a lead and put pressure on other MAC schools...MAC schools choke under pressure. The start of our games could sound something like this, "Marshall blocks the shot.... Zips get the loose ball...AA quickly up court and passes to Diggs and he slams it home." Season Stats Diggs is our best #2 guard and should be starting. He brings a different dynamic to the game than Walsh as he is able to get far more steals (he has over twice as many steals this season as Walsh). A guy like Diggs can turn steals into early points and pressure on the other team. Walsh is a nice player, but the direction of the program lends itself to Diggs starting. Go Zips!
  10. Good point. Not only a good story, but a media savvy guy who knows the media and interacts well with it.
  11. That's fine. Now pay for it. Is there anyone out there willing to say, "I know we'll never fill it. I know the state is broke, but I don't care. I just want a new arena and I don't care about the costs."
  12. Bissinger Outside of leaving Cleveland (Who can blame him?) in a classless way, what has the guy done wrong? He is giving a class of third graders in Akron a chance at a good education and a good life by providing mentors for them throughout their school years. Is this something that a piece of crap does? Down the road, one or several of these kids may go to UofA and become President of the student body, Deans List student, doctors, lawyers, school teacher, police officers, etc. I don't spend 10 seconds a day thinking about LeBron or the NBA (unless Sports Center is on) and I can't get up the energy to hate the guy. Get over it. Zips vs. Bobcats...4:00....Go Zips!!!!!!!
  13. Bring some Gulf Coast shrimp!!!! Even though it isn't my favorite, some Dreamland wouldn't hurt either.
  14. I think that is partly his point. We have had huge success and we don't draw well. That's just a fact. I don't know exactly why that is, but the arena isn't helping. I struggle going from the JAR is horrible to....we need a 10,000 seat arena built and everyone will show up. They will short term, but not long term. We brought in a Final Four team a couple of weeks ago and did not sell out even though we had our new nationally known football coach being introduced. Bringing in a Final Four participant is a HUGE deal and nobody showed up. NE Ohio sports fans are desperate for a winner....in football. They like winners in baseball and basketball, but they would LOVE to have a winner in football. If the Browns ever just got to 8 or 9 wins, fans would be crazy happy. Hockey? Two words, Lumberjacks....Barons. NE Ohio has been proven to not support hockey. We should not go into bed with the City in the hopes that somehow the public will support hockey. In a world of an endless stream of money, a new arena would be nice. Until we find the endless stream of money, they need to find a way to make the JAR work better.
  15. Good point. I think he did tell us something(s) we didn't know though. 1. Believes Wagner is taking a risk transfering to another school. I think he'll start there, but we didn't know how TB really felt. 2. Didn't beieve he ever had a shot to get Wagner. 3. I get the impression TB doesn't think Wagner is an NFL player if he isn't sure he can get on the field at Arizona. Good article.
  16. No mid season grades from anyone? This team is trending up and it would be interesting to see where their grades end up compared to the beginning of the season.
  17. Tonight, believe it or not, completed one half of this regular season. Time for the mid season report card. Your assignment is to grade the following groups. Groups 1-3 are to be graded as a group and not individuals. The scale is A, B, C, D or F. No (+) or (-). 1. Guards 2. Forwards 3. Centers 4. Coaching 5. Overall
  18. Good point about officials talking players out of trouble. Good refs in every sport do this. For example, many football referees will tell offensive linemen they are getting too far away from the line before they call a penalty. Same thing goes for when they tell a dlineman he is lining up "close to being offsides" before they call it. Lots of refs could learn from that advice. There are lots of ways to keep control of a game without calling fouls/penalties. Keep the good players on the floor/field. Nobody is there to watch refs.
  19. And if they get a couple of stars, that number should go up.
  20. How much money did you lose? Stats Alabama moved the ball with their offense. No turnovers. Balanced attack that had roughtly 235 passing and 150 running. Exactly what a pro offense wants to do. Held the ball for ten minutes more than LSU. It wasn't an offensive explosion, but as bad as LSU was, they obviously could have won with fieldgoal. Did I mention that LSU's QB made a poo in his pants? LSU needed a spark at half and a new QB would have done that for them. Terrible game.
  21. So, did defense win it or horrible coaching lose it? LSU's QB made a poo in his pants last night. Alabama's QB faced just as tough of a defense and didn't make a poo in his pants.
  22. I think we have a talent problem because we were beaten so badly last year, but I don't know how bad it really is because they were placed in an impossible situation with horiffic coaching. What we are really lacking are star players. If we can get some star players, what is left may not be so bad.
  23. These two groups will benefit the most from the coaching change. Our d-line played well against OSU, at least in the first half. As the year progressed, they were worn out. Our RBs had some good games so there is something to work with there. Spread offenses don't require great offensive linemen (see Oregon). They rely on a well coached offensive line working together and blocking well at the point of attack. Creative playcalling helps with a spread as well (see Oregon). I'm not sure what the future holds for the defense, but there is something to work with there if JUCO players aren't found. It may not be great, but there is something to work with.
  24. Absolutely. We could toast the day with a nice $75 bottle of wine.
  25. Normally, fans have to sit down to rest their legs. The opposite happens in the JAR. I can respect that.
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