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When people say it isn't about the money, it's usually about the money. Let's say the cost is $25K. What do the Zips get out of this investment? Spend the money on recruiting and get more of of the dollars.

Amen. This tournament is absolute trash. If you associate with trash, you are trash. Imagine making the worst college football bowl game....imagine of they played a bowl game in the Bahamas and called it the Bahamas Bowl. This tournament is 10 times worse. How does this tournament help the players?... It doesn't, the extra practices are punishment for mediocrity and they aren't going to become better players by playing in it. Going deep in to the NIT could make a player better because the competition gets really good. How does it help the students?....It doesn't. It's not like they were going to go to the games. How does it help the alumni or fans?...I can't think of how it does in a meaningful way. How does it help the general Akron community?....I can't think of a single way. There is a good case to be made (I don't agree, but it is a good case) that there are too many bowl games. This trash tournament should be eliminated. The illusion it is some kind of program builder is just rubbish. If you aren't good enough to make the NIT, it's time to pack it up for the year. Not making this tournament is like complaining that your 6-6 football team didn't make a bowl. You probably didn't deserve it in the first place and the coaches would be better off on the recruiting trail.

I didn't say that.

I'm too interested in seeing if people understand the word.

If the Zips firmly believe they deserve the NIT and don't make it, they should not play. If they don't make the NIT and understand they reasons why they didn't make it,and are ok with playing some more games, go for it. Just do the fans a solid and give it 100%.

I don't understand what you mean by accountability. Largely I understand how you may not understand the word because it's so improperly used these days. Are you saying you want him to explain his halftime adjustments because you weren't capable of understanding them? Or, are you saying you want him punished for losing and are misusing the word accountability instead of just calling for punishment? This is y2023 usage of the word.

Sure, but Akron missed a lot of wide open shots.

This is a good point and something I thought about. A lot of the Zips long range shots were coming up short or just badly missed, especially late. Often this is a sign of fatigue and happens in tournaments requiring daily play. Given they won in a blowout the night before, they had time to reduce minutes for key players and I thought fatigue wouldn't have been a problem. You never know....

Great story and move by the University. It cost nothing for this free publicity while at the same time using a state institution to make good on a state mistake. Classes are going to be held. An extra person or two actually costs nothing.

Some are struggling with the English language today. Coaches are responsible for scheme. Players are responsible for execution. Am I the only one who saw key players missing wide open shots last night? Players were put in positions to be successful and fell short. That's part of sports. The players had a very good season and fell short last night.

I had a business associate once tell me, "Being right is the boobie prize.". Congratulations!

How?

I don't feel sorry for him. I feel proud he's a Zip.

Yes, but not in the way you might think. It's poo in the way that sports fans use statistics to make meaningless points. Facts aren't reasons. Each game unfolds differently. Different strategies are deployed resulting in different outcomes across the board, including point totals.

What do you mean by "accountable"? The word wildly misused these days. For example, asking the coach why his best player played terrible isn't holding him accountable. It's asking him to analyze the play of one of his players. Asking the player why he played badly is actually what it means to be held accountable. Holding coaches accountable is targeting questions after a loss towards strategy and tactics. Why did you do X or Y coach? In the case of holding coaches accountable for a single players performance, it might sound like this in last night's case. "Coach, is there anything you could have done differently that would have helped your best player make some of the wide open shots he missed?" I'd like to take this opportunity on this prestigious forum to ask all Americans to begin to use the words accountable and accountability correctly. The English language is great. We should use the words properly.

Seems like we lost by more. Kent was just better.

They are out-everything the Zips.

The refs have nothing to do with this beat down.

Just auto tuned the TV. Next step, buy some ingredients to make cast iron skillet bacon cheese burgers.

Or, he played with another scam artist who did the same thing. Maybe it's common for Americans playing in Europe.

If you read the charges carefully, he may still have a state court problem for lying to the court to get reduced child support payments.

Whenever you see the words "Federal Prosecutor", you need to be scared and he should be scared. The wire fraud charge along carries up to a 25 year prison sentence. The second, five years. Essentially, he falsified his income and then transmitted that falsification to be used to present evidence in front of a judge. The only thing judges hate more than liars are stupid liars who lie to them. There is a good chance Travis is going to spend some time as guest of the Federal government. If the judge has any mercy, his time spent in Russia will be considered time spent in prison and that time will be equal to his sentence.

Yes

“I'm positive of this. Whether it's vandalism or messages or guys in the parking lot there, there's always something. There's always going to be something." - Quote from ABJ article I quote in this post. I heard from someone well connected to Ohio high school football that these off field problems have become large enough that people from around the state are talking about it. Maybe the fan bases need a little cooling off period.

Success is measured in winning.