Hugh Cregg Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Does Akron have any scholarships left to give this spring? I ask because this season is over and it is so because the team kept getting killed on the glass. By the looks of the roster no one from this past freshman class is a big body rebounder and no one from the already announced class is a big body type. This would mean two straight classes of no rebounding. One the team next year the big bodied Zips who return are Wood (coming of a major injury and is a ?) Travis (who is an aggressive rebounder) Preston (Not too good on the glass - wants to play on the wing) Futch (Got out rebounded by Nick Goddard this year - a bit tongue in cheek with the comment, but?) Milam (Has less bulk than my 11 year old daughter - can jump but not when he is boxed out and giving up 100 lbs on the block) If Wood is not 100% come December, which is a probability, and god forbid Travis gets hurt at any point next year, Akron will have no one on the bench who can rebound. I am really worried that we have no big guns to compete with the guys from BG, Miami, Ohio, Can't State, and Buffalo - all of whom have guys coming back who hit the glass. This means that even though Akron is better, the team could still be 6th best in the MAC East because it cannot get a rebound to save it's life. Shooting threes and playing up tempo is all great when the team is hitting, but when you cannot make high percentage shots by going inside or continually get crushed by 15+ on the boards you are not going to win more than you lose. Dials is not going to rebound at 6' and the transfer kid from Evansville is another guard. Other than thefive guys listed above there is no one on the roster who will think about hitting the glass before shooting. At SV/SM Dambrot had Sian Cotton, Travis and James hitting the glass and Dru, Cory and others bombing from the outside. Now having the best player on the planet probably helped, but at least it was balanced. The biggest flaw in Zips ball right now is a lack of balance from the last two recruiting classes. I sure hope KD has a ace up his sleeve and maybe a juco player coming in to help out in the boards. Right now it looks like Romeo and the 7 dwarfs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan37 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 As far as I know the roster is full with the incoming recruting classs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Does Akron have any scholarships left to give this spring? I ask because this season is over and it is so because the team kept getting killed on the glass. By the looks of the roster no one from this past freshman class is a big body rebounder and no one from the already announced class is a big body type. This would mean two straight classes of no rebounding. One the team next year the big bodied Zips who return are Wood (coming of a major injury and is a ?) Travis (who is an aggressive rebounder) Preston (Not too good on the glass - wants to play on the wing) Futch (Got out rebounded by Nick Goddard this year - a bit tongue in cheek with the comment, but?) Milam (Has less bulk than my 11 year old daughter - can jump but not when he is boxed out and giving up 100 lbs on the block) If Wood is not 100% come December, which is a probability, and god forbid Travis gets hurt at any point next year, Akron will have no one on the bench who can rebound. I am really worried that we have no big guns to compete with the guys from BG, Miami, Ohio, Can't State, and Buffalo - all of whom have guys coming back who hit the glass. This means that even though Akron is better, the team could still be 6th best in the MAC East because it cannot get a rebound to save it's life. Shooting threes and playing up tempo is all great when the team is hitting, but when you cannot make high percentage shots by going inside or continually get crushed by 15+ on the boards you are not going to win more than you lose. Dials is not going to rebound at 6' and the transfer kid from Evansville is another guard. Other than thefive guys listed above there is no one on the roster who will think about hitting the glass before shooting. At SV/SM Dambrot had Sian Cotton, Travis and James hitting the glass and Dru, Cory and others bombing from the outside. Now having the best player on the planet probably helped, but at least it was balanced. The biggest flaw in Zips ball right now is a lack of balance from the last two recruiting classes. I sure hope KD has a ace up his sleeve and maybe a juco player coming in to help out in the boards. Right now it looks like Romeo and the 7 dwarfs. Good questions. Pretty much every Zips fan is wondering the same thing...how is the rebounding issue going to be solved in 2005-6? I would love to hear Dambrot's thoughts on this topic on Thursday's Zips Live. Help a brutha' out, Tommy G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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