GP1

What a great suggestion!!!!!!I would trust KD to hire his replacement as bb coach. He has a good young staff. There are not enough hours in the day to be AD and head bb coach.

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...What makes you think anyone would want the Akron job at what it pays? Jim Prye (sp?) left Akron after one year as offensive coordinator to go to Illinois and coach tight ends making more money than JD does. A new stadium isn't going to attract people. Tradition, ability to pay good assistants, fan commitment, etc. are better to attract candidates. We have none of those. Based upon what happened to Dennison, Faust and Owens after their time at Akron, the job is a complete dead end.The comment about age is silly. I have 13 employees who report directly to me and all of them are older than I am. Each of them thinks they are smarter than I am and none of them are. Just like Zips Win! points out, these guys have no new ideas and are riding out the string.........some are going to come to the end of the string before they thought they would when I get done in the next couple of months. Every time they try to prove how smart they are, I listen to them and then politely prove them wrong. Any study of any industry shows that the older someone gets, the less likely they are to take a risk. We need a home run hitter to come in here and hit some home runs. If a knucklehead like me can manage a $100,000,000 territory at 38, Mack or someone his age can manage a $10,000,000 Athletic Department. I just have an extra zero at the end of my number.

If hiring an AD who wants to stay at Akron is the answer, Mike Waddell is not the person. Mike is a young guy who wants to move up just like everyone else his age. He would be another two and done AD.Believe me guys, Mike Waddell is not the same as Mike Thomas. Mike Thomas was a smart, thoughtful guy who seemed to be a cut above 90% of the people in college athletics. Mike Waddell was just like the other 90% who spends their days half working and half self promoting. You can put the other 90% in a bag, shake them up and they all come out together.

After two minutes with the press guide, I found the following.1. Two years coaching assistant with Denver Broncos2. Offensive coordinator at Pitt, coached from 1997-2003.3. "Coached 2003 Heisman Trophy runner-up and Biletnikoff Award winner Larry Fitzgerald."4. "Coached 2000 Biletnikoff Award winner Antonio Bryant, now with the San Francisco 49ers."5. Five bowl appearances at Pitt6. Plucked Dominik Hixon off the defensive scrap heap that LO placed him on and turned him into an NFL player.7. Brought Brett Biggs to UofA.

http://www.winthropeagles.com/default.asp?...ory&id=4395Looks like Akron may have a tough road game coming up in a month.

http://www.gozips.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_...amp;SPSID=47195I've been saying for years that regardless of what our wives tell us, size matters. I just took a minute to look at our players and we seem to have a taller group than in the past. I'm encouraged by that. The forward position also looks much more athletic than in the past.I like the Zips chances this year, but I also liked the football team's chances this year as well.

Three of LO's wins were against I-AA teams during that period. Eliminate three wins with three sure loses, as we couldn't beat a decent I-A team to save our life then, and you have a 39% winning percentage.Guys, I suffered more than anyone during those LO years. Believe me, I know the numbers inside and out. I know the excuses inside and out. Any way you slice it, he was a horrible coach. JD may not be the best coach, but he is better than LO. When JD leaves Akron, it will not be for a D-II school.

If Akron, or any MAC school, moved to the Big East, it would spell disaster for that program in football, basketball or WBB program. Sometimes I think people post Big East posts just for a laugh.

There isn't if you are a Lee Owens apologist.

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.

Dear Athletic Department,Some of you know who I am. Please send me a bill for $5.00 for The Hip Zip's tickets. I have a $5.00 bill in my wallet right now and would gladly pass up eating lunch out to help him.Sincerely,GP1Comments on original post:Is this the first time you have bought tickets and noticed the $5.00 handling fee? Everyone pays the fee and has for years. The fee is for handling the tickets. There is some labor and postage involved in sending out the tickets.It's always one step forward, ten steps back with Zips fans. If it isn't $5.00 to park for a D-1A football game, it's a $5.00 handling fee for basketball tickets. It's almost insane and I'm glad I don't have to watch it in person any longer.Quick math. If Akron sells 1,000 season tickets and the average sale is three tickets per sale, that makes 334 different packages they have to send out. At $5.00 per package, they bring in $1,666 for shipping. It probably costs $2.00 per package for postage which takes the money down to $1,000. Figure $15.00 per hour to sort the tickets, that would give them 67 hours to complete the project with labor. It probably costs more than that because of FICA, etc. $5.00 is more than reasonable for a surcharge.Petty is not a good word, stupid is more like it.As far as I'm concerned, the product KD has put on the floor the past couple of years is well worth the money.Someone else posted that there is more than meets the eye with this post. I wonder what the real reason is?

I thought I was the only person who was driven insane by this...... I actually turn off the game while that is going on.

Excellent point. If CJ7 is worth throwing away a season for, then he should be kicked off the team. If not, he should be on the field. Winning football games requires the right tools. Right now we are trying to hammer in a nail with a screwdriver.In addition, really good programs bring in questionable players all the time and win with them. Not all the players, but some. It's less to do with whether or not to bring a couple in and more to do with what you do with them when they get to the school. If you are serious about winning, the questionable players are unfortunately necessary. If you are not serious about winning and want to pretend college sports are about something other than what they are, winning, then you don't want questionable players. Make no mistake about it though, the latter leads to losing.

I highly doubt it's a personal grudge, because if it was, most athletes would try to transfer out of that kind of situation.he may be looking into transfering out of it. who knows. I know that if i were him and i was the better player an was still getting screwed over, i would. looks like we will have to wait an see how the season turns out an go from there.If CJ7 is smart, he would transfer at the end of the year if JD stays. The decision to leave would be horrible for Akron, but maybe the best for him. There seems to be more here than meets the eye. He could go to a school closer to home and play right away in I-AA or sit out a year and come back at another school. He is not an NFL player so if he only has two more years to get on the field, he should do it somewhere else.If he leaves, Akron is down to zero playmakers next year after JA12 graduates. If you think the offense is bad this year, wait until next year if CJ7 transfers.Please don't anyone jump in with him moving to WR next year. It all starts with the QB. Start the best QB and then fill in the other 10 spots with the best players.In the end, I don't think it will matter. If JD is really as detached from the team as reported, he is leaving on his own next year. A lot of you will get your wish and Akron will be on ANOTHER four year plan. Maybe UofA will take that chance to change their name to The University of Akron Browns.JD had a decision to make early in the year and that was to go with a QB who is a pain in the ass and win, or try to make a point and go with someone else and lose. Akron badly needed to win this year regardless of the problems. It doesn't take a ton of good players to win in the MAC. One or two really good players on offense can win a lot of games in the MAC by just throwing up a bunch of points. Actually, that is the trend in college football. Look at the UGA game Saturday. 41 points is hard to beat.

I'm serious when I ask this. I really find the whole recruiting thing borring so I really don't follow it....What makes those web pages experts? There are hundreds of potential players out there. How do they know who is good or not? How does a player get on their page? Who decides who is good or not? What do the different "star" levels mean?Could someone please take a quick shot at answering this? I really would like to know.

UCDavid is typing madly. Insanely searching all of GP1's past posts. I love it.

I'm serious when I ask this. I really find the whole recruiting thing borring so I really don't follow it....What makes those web pages experts? There are hundreds of potential players out there. How do they know who is good or not? How does a player get on their page? Who decides who is good or not? What do the different "star" levels mean?

This is coming from a guy who did not see the game, than God, but it looks as if CJ11 started. I agree and said earlier in the year that there are some coaches who would rather be right than win. With out current QB situation, JD would rather be right about CJ11 than win games. In this day and age, it is critical that the QB you put into the game be a winner and make others around him better. The good news for CJ11 is that if he continues to lose, he will join a long line of loserly QBs at Akron.This coming from someone who admittedly doesn't attend the games. I don't know the reason the coach has decided not to play Jackson and no one else on this board does. I'll give the head coach a pass on this till someone can answer that question. There could be a lot more to this than anyone can imagine. To say he's losing games to prove a point is as thoughtless as declaring who is and isn't a winner. Do you have some sort of winner radar to be able to determine those assertions? Jackson brings a strong running potential that Jaq lacks, but that's no guarantee of success on the field. Is "loserly" even a word? Anyone care to guess who posted above? Who would praise the coach one day and rip him a couple of weeks later? Hmmmmm. UCDavid singling me out again. It's been a while. Good stuff. Sorry if my brilliance escapes you, but you don't strike me as very bright.......bitter, but not bright.....a better word would be dimwitted. You can copy and paste my well written posts all you want, but that won't make you my intellectual equal.I think I have been fairly critical of JD this year in terms of his defensive style and some of the play calling. Sorry you don't pick up on that. Most others on the board have I believe. I think the guy is a decent coach and deserves another year. If they play like this next year, he gets the boot.In terms of my winner radar it tells me that winners win and losers lose. Everyone has the same radar if they don't over complicate it. CJ11 put up a lot of yards today and the team lost. Remind anyone out there of anyone? We really have seen this before. We have to stop it before it becomes a Heisman Trophy campaign.Lastly UCDavid, "loserly" is not a word. I'm not surprised you had to ask the question. So for example if I write a sentence like...."I bet Browns fans are happy Charlie Frye and his loserly ways have been shipped off to Seattle." I indeed would be using a non-word in a sentence.Enjoy the weekend everyone.

This is coming from a guy who did not see the game, than God, but it looks as if CJ11 started. I agree and said earlier in the year that there are some coaches who would rather be right than win. With out current QB situation, JD would rather be right about CJ11 than win games. In this day and age, it is critical that the QB you put into the game be a winner and make others around him better. The good news for CJ11 is that if he continues to lose, he will join a long line of loserly QBs at Akron.

I'm shameless. I would like to take one dummy a year on the basketball team if that meant we won the MACC. One great player is all you need in the MAC to win the tournament.The NFL requiring three years of college to play is the only thing keeping OSU from doing the same thing in football.

Interesting, but not surprising.NE Ohio is a professional sports area. I think that hurts Akron more than anything. Tie in a slow economy, and things become even more difficult as people may not want to spend the extra money.With that said, there is no excuse for each UofA graduate living in NE Ohio not attending at least one basketball and one football game a year. If that happened, every game would be sold out.

I had a feeling you've been around the board too long to take the bait.

Well, here it comes. What I mean is that they are too slow and soft.....What do you think I mean?

You nailed it right on the head. Anyone donating a $75,000 treadmill for the hockey team has no perspective on the problems around them. It's beyond bad taste to just plain obnoxious. I don't think this article put OSU in a particularly good light.I went to an OSU vs. Toledo baseball game last season because a guy who worked for me had a nephew playing baseball for UT and I was in Columbus on business. While sitting there, I noticed they were watering the field hockey field beyond the outfield fence. At first I dismissed it as watering a field in the spring to get the grass to grow...no big deal. Then I noticed the field was an astroturf field. It is truely a Gilded Age at OSU.

Can you cite the source for the 1.5 GPA statistic? I'd like to see it.Exactly. I would also like to see the source for OSU's football team having a 3.0. I doubt the student body at OSU or any school has a 3.0 GPA.