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There were some things that went on prior to that not painting such a rosy picture.

What's all this have to do with the Caliphates?

I hate to pick on Rasor twice in a week, but he sees controversy in the Championship game like Glenn Beck sees Caliphates.

This is being reported in a couple locations. He is traveling to Fresno today to possibly be offered the job.

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Poor shooting? That's like saying the guy driving the Titanic was a poor driver. It's been since the 1940s that a team scored that few points in the national championship game. Poor game, Hell yes. That's like saying the trip on the Titanic from England to the US was great...right up until they ran into the ice. The game last night was great until they threw up the ball at 9:23. At the end of the day, sporting events are about player performance. Both teams were terrible last night. Walker is talked about like he was great in the finals. He went 5-19 and his team won. If Nasir Robinson doesn't commit possibly the worst foul in the history of the Tournament, UCONN doesn't win the national championship. I don't know if Pitt wins it either, but surely anyone would have been better than Butler last night.

What makes you think there were still millions watching after that horrible game?

CNBC had a show on Enron. You would have spent your time better watching that. I turned the game of at half, it was terrible. The tournament overall was good for college basketball this year, but last night was terrible for college basketball. It has been since the 1940s that a team scored as few points in the championship game as Butler did last night. I know there are a lot on this board who think sports in the 1940s were better, but your nuts if you want that.

Rasor is an OK writer, but I think he is part of a large group of fans who is in love with the "building process". How did Nicely look is the question? Is he better or worse. Granted, I don't put much stock in Rasor's evaluation skills, but he is all we have. It's hard to believe Moore didn't look good at times. After taking a year off, it is hard to look good right away. Am I the only one who thinks this D'Orazio kid might be the next (pick a player who everyone wanted to see on the field/court until they actually got on the field/court, then they couldn't wait for them to get off the field/court). Of course he looked sharp. He was playing against the #3 guys. Everyone looks good against the #3 guys. Akron's offense has nowhere to go but up, so why not play him? Great idea, we can live the four year building process some more, get stuck with our dicks in our hands after four years and start the "building process" all over again. I don't know it to be true, but Rasor has to be a Browns fan. No thanks. The QB race is against Moore and Nicely. May the best man win. The end. Rasor always likes to give his long view on things. He's one of those lawyers who thinks that a law degree is a sign of huge intellectual ability. His intellect is probably closer to Michelle Bachmann than William F. Buckley. We have to get worse before we can get better, but we would be better off with the guys from the year before? What kind of gibberish is this? Coach I took a large group of starters last year and made them worse than the year before. We did get worse. Now we have to get even worse? God help us. As far as his last paragraph, if we are going to get worse, why would a fan feel any energy towards the team at all regardless of a new stud that might be on the team? The five people at the final game won't be able to create enough energy to do......anything. He is completely wrong about this. If Akron is bad, or worse, again this season it will be years before fans turn out again. They have spent millions on new stadiums and fieldhouses while the rest of NE Ohio crumbles. They will have fired a bad coach for a worse one. Nobody will forget that and it will take a long time, if ever, for them to forgive it....just ask the folks who are still mad because they fired Dennison. Until we are able to contend for a MAC Championship? Mike, you are a reporter. Ask the coach the following question, "Given the ability of many coaches in the MAC to win a championship in their second year, like the guy you replaced, do you think you can win one this season?" Oh, I forgot, we are building, not trying to win games or a championship....it's amazing. Maybe he is positioning himself to be the next Terry Pluto of the ABJ and the Zips can always be the little engine that could. We don't need that type of writing.

I don't think it is asking too much for an adult (most are older than 18) to live up to his potential from day one until the end of the season. There are games to be played in December and January just as there are games to be played in March. The expectations of this Zips program should be: 1. Win all the games they should win. No more losing to teams like NIU and EMU. No more slow starts. 2. Win the MAC East. 3. Win at least 33% of the games against major conference teams. 4. Minimum make the MAC Championship Game.

They almost carried them into the trash heap of history. We should rejoice in their leaving.

Not exactly as I was saying, but close enough. Kristol not only gets the exact war he would have fought, but with Obama fighting it, now he can have his war and complain about the President at the same time. The guy has to be sticking to his sheets at night.

Wrong lesson. We play enough major programs. That isn't the problem. The Zips have to start winning those games and stop losing to the Daytons and CSUs of the world. "Learning how to win" has to end with a team actually winning to prove they have learned the lesson. If they can't do that, they will always be this good team stuck in an a "building process" or whatever we have rebranded it these days. And you increase your chances of winning a big game when you play more of them. Right? No, you increase your chance of winning by playing better in those games and living up to your potential. A team can only win one game at a time. If we play four major conference teams, we should try to win all four.

Resources are money. Notre Dame is a small school and one can't say they have a lot of money. Resources come from ticket sales, ads, alumni donations, etc. If you get enough of that, you have the resources to win. Your school can be as small as 100 people with one really rich donor. Not only can I say Notre Dame has a lot of money, I can say they have a boatload of money, and that's a fact. I don't know what I was thinking when I typed it....probably nothing, but I agree with you more than my statement.

Resources are money. Notre Dame is a small school and one can't say they have a lot of money. Resources come from ticket sales, ads, alumni donations, etc. If you get enough of that, you have the resources to win. Your school can be as small as 100 people with one really rich donor.

Like I said yesterday, schools like Dayton are looking to hire a young guy. Not someone in their 50s. I wish you guys would just listen when I post.

I always chuckle at it as well. It's college, not high school.

They played seven major teams and went 4-3 against them with only one home game. I'm impressed. They didn't have "only" four wins, they had four wins. "Only" is not necessary.

Wrong lesson. We play enough major programs. That isn't the problem. The Zips have to start winning those games and stop losing to the Daytons and CSUs of the world. "Learning how to win" has to end with a team actually winning to prove they have learned the lesson. If they can't do that, they will always be this good team stuck in an a "building process" or whatever we have rebranded it these days.

Texas Western beating a bunch of slow footed white guys in 1966 was not an upset. They had better players. If Butler wins Monday, it will be because they have better players. Butler has a championship team in that they have guys who make key shots at key times. They actively win games instead of waiting for the other team to lose a game. Mid major or not, Butler is good.

Who was that offer from? It doesn't matter. My point is that KD isn't leaving. Who offered him a job and when did they offer?

To where? KD is always on lists, but never one of the serious candidates. He couldn't go anywhere and be taken as seriously as he is at Akron. He has too much going for him at Akron. Any other school, he is just another coach. Schools like Dayton aren't looking for a coach in his 50s. They are looking for young guys like at VCU and Butler who create a buzz and are looking for the next step. The only time you hire a guy in his 50s is in a Gary Waters case....a guy who is taking a step back after cashing in and getting fired at a big school. KD isn't a guy who has ever been to the big time and probably won't ever get there. In ten years, he'll still be at Akron, doing well and still be the king. Don't worry guys, KD is not going anywhere. I don't think he wants to leave and I don't think anyone is taking him seriously.

The cmu stuff is old, but in the insane world of universities, nonsense like that matters. It shouldn't matter, but it does and sometimes presidents don't like to fight those battles. Like I've said before, KD has it as good at Akron as he is going to have it anywhere at this point in his career. He would be foolish to leave Akron for another school.

When and Athletic Director fires one coach and hires another, I expect the team to do better with the new coach. Coach I had something like 17 returning starters off of a team that won something like three games the year before. I expected the new coach to win more than three.

KD would be nuts to go to Dayton. Why leave being treated like a king at Akron to go somewhere and be taken less seriously. It makes no sense. KD isn't going anywhere.