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I didn't say that, but of all the people on the board, I can respect where you are coming from. My objection to any high level of Winters bashing is, I find it baseless. I understand there are going to be some concerns about any candidate, but the guy has been driving his own spaceship for a few years now and is doing well at it.

"only"? I know Winters and I'm neither of the two you mention. Many people know and respect Paul. Some of the more important are the many high school coaches throughout the midwest who respect the work he does. We need kids from NE Ohio on the team...he gets them at WSU. We need kids from central Ohio...he gets them at WSU. We need kids from the "hood" as you call it from Detroit...he gets them. He brings together all of these different types of young men and makes a damn good team out of them. That's what we need at Akron.

I didn't say this. You should find out where Buckzip is taking the reading comprehension class I recommended and join him.

I've never said I loved his old offense. They moved the ball well. They also came up short more than I would have like them to.

So hiring a noname coach from MSU or Toledo is going to get people excited? Let's not focus on this though.... ......Let's focus on the first paragraph. Normally, a paragraph as stupid as the first above is reserved for drunks posting in the early hours of the morning. Done with finals are we?

There is a former coordinator out there who once had his offenses in the Top 10 nationally. This former coordinator has also taken a laughing stock from one of the worst teams in their division to the brink of playing in a national championship game. This coordinator has also coached in the MAC so he understands how difficult it is to win somewhere like Akron. Rumor has it, he has close ties to Akron as well. Not another William Riker. There also is a head coach who had his offense in the top 10 nationally. He has seen success as a head coach at a local lower division college. He has ties to many local high schools and a locally worshipped BCS school. He has even won at Akron before. Why aren't we discussing hiring him instead of one of his lackeys? Because given the chance to assemble an entire team, Owens was a failure at Akron. 40 wins in 9 years doesn't cut it regardless of how anyone wants to slice it. Winters has had success with what he had control over and shouldn't have what he didn't have control over held against him. Given control over an entire team, Winters has had success so when given the opportunity, he can put together an entire team.

There is a former coordinator out there who once had his offenses in the Top 10 nationally. This former coordinator has also taken a laughing stock from one of the worst teams in their division to the brink of playing in a national championship game. This coordinator has also coached in the MAC so he understands how difficult it is to win somewhere like Akron. Rumor has it, he has close ties to Akron as well. Not another William Riker.

The guy is 32. I think back to my life at 32 and like most people that age, I could never have headed up a D-1A footbball program. Also, the Toledo program is better than Akron. A couple of months ago, they were all probably getting a whiff that the Toledo coach would be hired away. He probably had no interest in Akron then. Shane Montgomery comes to mind. Good coach leaves for Indiana, takes assistants with him with the exception of Montgomery and Monty can't bring in good assistants and the program goes to crap within a short period. Do MAC schools not learn from MAC history?

Who was the only one to mention Narduzzi in the Wheel of Fortune thread? The idea that they would hire an only-recently-successful small college coach over a guy with Narduzzi's resume? That's laughable, and predictable. What's so great about his resume? His defense was fifth in the Big Ten in rushing defense? Why am I not filled with the desire to run to him with a job offer. This guy falls under the category of Coach X. Just another guy who attends all the clinics and does what everyone else does with varying success depending on the talent level of the team. Another Commander Riker. Everyone in Star Fleet knows a captain has to lead a smaller star ship to become captain of the Enterprise...or in our case, a medical resupply ship. In any event, at least Winters has experience leading a ship. With that said, could he be a good coach for Akron? Yes. Lots of people could win at Akron. We have loads of potential. His defense is ranked 9th in the country in total scoring defense and top 20 in every category. He also had the 35th ranked defense at Miami (Oh), 38th ranked D at Northern Illinois and top 30 defenses at Cincy. He has done it everywhere. He has a good resume. Top 30...Wow! He may be good, but there are lots of good guys. We need the best fit.

Who was the only one to mention Narduzzi in the Wheel of Fortune thread? The idea that they would hire an only-recently-successful small college coach over a guy with Narduzzi's resume? That's laughable, and predictable. What's so great about his resume? His defense was fifth in the Big Ten in rushing defense? Why am I not filled with the desire to run to him with a job offer. This guy falls under the category of Coach X. Just another guy who attends all the clinics and does what everyone else does with varying success depending on the talent level of the team. Another Commander Riker. Everyone in Star Fleet knows a captain has to lead a smaller star ship to become captain of the Enterprise...or in our case, a medical resupply ship. In any event, at least Winters has experience leading a ship. With that said, could he be a good coach for Akron? Yes. Lots of people could win at Akron. We have loads of potential.

Sham? Depends on who got interviewed. IF it is Winters, I'm OK with waiting until after his season is complete. I don't see any downfall in waiting.

I've seen some of the faces and I wish I hadn't. Not pretty. They probably say the same thing about me.

Of course he is. Pick the defensive guy who has no chance of getting hired because the mac is an offensive league. It gives you something to bitch about during this off season and the first losing season. You will have 18 months of material.

I can't. The University can't.

I think this is a valid concern. It would be something I would clear up with him during an interview and let him know a return to the past staff will not happen. Nobody from the old staff gets a return trip. Why not? We might as well just bring back all of the pieces of a previous failed era of Akron football Why not just bring back Winters' old boss again as HC ? He's actually been very consistently successful as a D-II coach. So, if just having any kind of success at the D-II level is a great qualifier to some people on this board to move someone up 2 levels to D-1A, then shouldn't Lee be at the top of the list right now? And he's an "Akron Area Guy" too. Sounds to me like the perfect candidate !! Some great indications right here on this board of how much some people are really interested in setting our sights high for the future of Akron football. With all due respect, the coaches from the LO era have done pretty well for themselves and many in the football world seem to think pretty highly of them. Everyones JT surely thought so. Paul Winters - http://www.wsuathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=63 Greg Gillum - https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPS...;ATCLID=1059365 John Petersen – http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-...son_john00.html Luke Fickel - http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-...ell_luke00.html Keith Uecker - http://iss.osu.edu/iShoe/site/mobile/bio/c...amp;coachid=323 Doug Geiser - http://goashlandeagles.com/sports/fball/coaches/Doug_Geiser Tom Stacy - http://goashlandeagles.com/sports/fball/coaches/Tom_Stacy I am not here saying we should hire one, all or none of them (provided PW ends up being our coach), but many feel these coaches are just "slouches" and is not the case. Good to see wadscarman posting. Maybe I should have said none who were around at the end....maybe not. Not all are slouches, but some are pretty close. Winters...Would make a good coach for Akron. Was a good coach before Akron. Certainly not a slouch. Gillum...Not really in coaching and is now a paper pusher. Players used to make fun of guys who held this position. Slouch. Petersen...Had to go to Miami to escape Owens before getting a chance at OSU. Not on staff at end of Owens era. Good coach. Maybe the best coach on this list. Fickel....Good coach, not on staff at the end of the Owens era. OSU fans will really miss Heacock. Uecker....Quality control? I'm leaning towards slouch. Will be interesting to see who needs a "quality control coach" next year and where he lands. Geiser...D2...Slouch...College career going nowhere. Stacy....D2...Slouch...College career going nowhere.

The Amish are not opprressed. They make the choice to live in a backward manner which creates generations of people who are imprisoned by the lifestyle because by the time they are in high school they are so behind their counterparts the only thing they are good for is plowing a field with a team of horses. I'm just shocked that so many of the non-Amish people are willing to lay down their hard earned money for their bad cooking and poorly made quilts. Nobody getting thrown under the buggy here.

Jim Dennison was dumped for Faust because the tradition of Dennison really isn't something we should strive to achieve, and he wasn't the guy to take Akron to the next level. In Dennison's last six years at Akron, they were in the OVC. Three of those six years, they finished .500 or below. Never once did they win the conference. Never once did he win ANY conference championship at Akron. In those six years he won 55% of his conference games and had the exact same winning percentage overall. At best, he was slightly better than Lee Owens. The Dennison adoration that goes on around Akron has always confused me. The facts don't support the claims of greatness. I never say too much about it because by most accounts, he is a good guy. I would much rather have a winning coach (I don't mean in the 55% range either...aim higher) than a good guy.

I think this is a valid concern. It would be something I would clear up with him during an interview and let him know a return to the past staff will not happen. Nobody from the old staff gets a return trip.

Explains the Santorum endorsement in another thread. The jackasses on the religious right have no shame. I didn't see the original post as the mods had the good sense to delete the stupidity. Rarely does a post get deleted, so it must have been really stupid. If you don't know someone or their family, don't post about it. If you don't have the principles to not post about someone else's family who you don't know, don't discuss their principles. In fact, you should be more concerned about your own principles and do some work on them. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." - Exodus 20:16. Now, go repent jackass.

9 pm practices followed by 8 am meetings!!!!!!! You are an animal!!!! Which walk-on should we set up for the fall? Absolutely. The football team used to have 8 PM Friday spring practices in order to keep players from going out so they could have 8AM practice on Saturday. Players don't get into trouble at noon, they get into trouble at midnight. They can sleep all day and recover if they want, but I would make it impossble for them to go out at night. Keeping players out of trouble by making their lives miserable is good for preparation. This team needs to get their act together and be prepared for MAC play in January. Christmas season is a great time to get them ready as a gift to the fans for this horrible start. In addition, KD2.0 could scare them. Google "bull durham scare them" and watch the video. It leaves the part out where Crash tells the manager to yell at them because they are kids, but it gets the point across. Remember, it isn't open to walk-ons...an easily replaceable scholarship player could get the boot as well. Pick any guy that isn't in the top eight of minutes played. Next screw up gets a one-way ticket out of town.

There is no such thing as KD2.0 Anybody who takes the time to follow the team or speak with KD will understand his philosophy. He did NOT realize his plan was not working. Only a FOOL would make such a claim. Anybody who listened to him would know to expect hiccups this season with these new guys. he has been saying over and over. This team will take time to gel and grow...exactly what those who follow the team closely have been saying from the beginning. Thanks for your comments on this recent suspension.

Will a clergy member be involved? Will anything need to be notarized? I say they all prick their fingers and make a Blood Pact. I disagree. Very poor hygiene.

Will a clergy member be involved? Will anything need to be notarized?

KD2.0 needs an attention getter. I would not let the players go home on Christmas break and I would let them all know it is because of off the court problems. One guy screws up, they all get punished. Then, I would have 9PM practices every day between the A&T game and the VCU game...including Christmas Eve. I'd make their lives miserable for the first four days and treat them like they are in boot camp...their bodies will have time to recover before the VCU game. There would meetings after each practice that would last until midnight. In no way would I allow them to have the energy to go out after the practices. There would also be 8 AM meetings, excluding Christmas Day, just to make sure nobody thinks they can go out after a practice. The next time a guy falls out of line, that player will have to be removed from the team and never to be seen again....as long as he is a walk on or a player who could be easily replaced. It's a good way to send a message without hurting the chances of winning. Sort of like when NFL teams cut a back-up player after a team has played poorly for a couple of weeks in a row. It's more of a message sender than anything. Eight days is a long time to be miserable. This too shall pass.

I'd guess he is considering it as seriously as he normally would.