zipsfan111 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Will they still be given the opportunity to come here or will the coaching staff bring in their own players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 A school usually honors their scholarship offer, even if the person who recruited them is gone. It's the right thing to do. However, if a player chooses to leave there are no hard feelings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipthezip Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Several scenarios will now play out.1. Those who committed to Akron based more on the school and facilities will look to keep their commitments if the new staff will want them. Remember, one of the knocks on JD and his staff was some of their questionable recruiting choices so these players will need to be re-evaluated by the new staff.2. Those who committed to Akron based on the coaching staff and their relationships may begin looking and calling their second and third choices.3. All of the students who have committed to Akron will be getting their phones blown up by other schools.4. If the new head coach and members of his staff come from other 1-A schools, they may bring athletes who committed to them at other schools to Akron if that student committed based on the coach rather than the offerings of the school.The key is to get a head coach and staff in place quickly.The fax machine will be a buzz on Monday morning with resumes and fed-ex envelopes will start arriving on Tuesday. The phone calls from coaches and AD's will begin by the end of the week recommending their guy.Hopefully the new coach and staff will be in place within the next 4-6 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Will they still be given the opportunity to come here or will the coaching staff bring in their own players?I think the new coach will accept them. The new coach would be hard-pressed to recruit his own entire freshman class in a month's time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Will they still be given the opportunity to come here or will the coaching staff bring in their own players?I think the new coach will accept them. The new coach would be hard-pressed to recruit his own entire freshman class in a month's time.I don't doubt that. The real question is how many of them will still be interested in coming here. After all, this is exactly how we got Nicely is last year's class. Hopefully, with the top-notched facilities and promise of open competition for PT UA can currently offer, we'll keep most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsfan111 Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 So if the commits still want to come to Akron they will be givin the opportunity to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zff Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 All verbal commits will get a call from the AD. I am sure he will say that there verbal commit will be honored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 Unless Tom and Luis hire Attila the Hun as the next coach these kids would be fools not to stay at UA. Look at the facilities, look at the commitment that UA is making to the program, look at the opportunities to play right away. JD recruited these kids but he also proved to be a not-very-good, losing head football coach. Is a recruit MORE likely to stay committed to come to UA when the program can't beat D-1 opponents, can't even punt more than 30 yards? Nicely and Wagner should prove to incoming recruits that if they play for Akron and they're good players they will see the field right away. The best signal we can get next will be a HC hire that inspires cheers and a huge bump in salary for that HC and his staff. Make that statement. It says the old bad UA days are being put behind us. We're paying, we're committed, we're going to win. Hell, if we go in the right direction quickly enough the problem for these precious recruits will be whether they are good enough for this program, not the other way around. Go ahead and go to another soon-to-be-lesser program, kids, and we'll roll over you as this program ascends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 The fax machine will be a buzz on Monday morning with resumesFax machine? What is this, the 1990s? Anybody who faxes in their resume should not be looked at. I want a modern offense, not the wing-t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I would think the number of recruits we would have lost due to the 3-9 record...with JD in the final year of his contract, would be equal to or less than the recruits lost because JD was terminated.We have the best training facilities and stadium in the MAC. We now have a beautiful, "traditional" campus. The academic support for student-athletes has been upgraded. We have the #1 men's soccer team and a NCAA-qualifying men's basketball team on campus. The UA campus is a fun place to be!UA could have sat tight and kept JD. On paper, they would have saved a ton of cash. The new HC's salary will probably double JD's $250k, and we'll need to pay JD $250k on top of it. In addition to some of the assistants under contract through 2010. Plus pay the new assistants more cash than JD's crew. Plus JD is rumored to be very tight with a major donor to the football program...a donor the University will almost certainly lose now that JD is gone.But -- UA showed it is committed to having a successful football program. It is ignoring the short term loss in view of the long term benefits. If I am an incoming recruit, I probably open my door a crack to see what else may be outside. But I keep UA on the front-burner. If we choose a solid coach, I'd think playing football at UA will look even more appealing to a committed 2010 recruit than it looked in early November 2009 with JD still at the helm. As far as existing players leaving...why would they? Their present head coach just completed his 4th consecutive losing season, and the University committed to getting them a better one. And at a tremendous cost to the University in this day-and-age. If you're a 2nd or 3rd string guy, this is a chance to get a fresh start. Why go somewhere else? If you do go somewhere else, what's the guarantee that the next stop is any better? I just hope we get a new coach soon. And by the decisive way UA acted on JD's dismissal, I have to believe that will be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMPLEMINTZ Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I would think the number of recruits we would have lost due to the 3-9 record...with JD in the final year of his contract, would be equal to or less than the recruits lost because JD was terminated.We have the best training facilities and stadium in the MAC. We now have a beautiful, "traditional" campus. The academic support for student-athletes has been upgraded. We have the #1 men's soccer team and a NCAA-qualifying men's basketball team on campus. The UA campus is a fun place to be!UA could have sat tight and kept JD. On paper, they would have saved a ton of cash. The new HC's salary will probably double JD's $250k, and we'll need to pay JD $250k on top of it. In addition to some of the assistants under contract through 2010. Plus pay the new assistants more cash than JD's crew. Plus JD is rumored to be very tight with a major donor to the football program...a donor the University will almost certainly lose now that JD is gone.But -- UA showed it is committed to having a successful football program. It is ignoring the short term loss in view of the long term benefits. If I am an incoming recruit, I probably open my door a crack to see what else may be outside. But I keep UA on the front-burner. If we choose a solid coach, I'd think playing football at UA will look even more appealing to a committed 2010 recruit than it looked in early November 2009 with JD still at the helm. As far as existing players leaving...why would they? Their present head coach just completed his 4th consecutive losing season, and the University committed to getting them a better one. And at a tremendous cost to the University in this day-and-age. If you're a 2nd or 3rd string guy, this is a chance to get a fresh start. Why go somewhere else? If you do go somewhere else, what's the guarantee that the next stop is any better? I just hope we get a new coach soon. And by the decisive way UA acted on JD's dismissal, I have to believe that will be the case.Good Bye Nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Good Bye Nicely!How many threads are you going to post the same thing in? Do you have some kind of agenda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Good Bye Nicely!I would hope not. But I said several months ago that the worst thing that could have happened regarding his play as a true Freshman was it opens the door for him to transfer to a 1-A program without losing a year's eligibility. He would sit 1-year as a "redshirt/transfer," then play three.He's a mortal lock as UA's starter for the next 3 years, however. If he transferred, there's no guarantee he starts elsewhere.Nick Sparks transferred to UA from West Virginia to be the Zips QB. Up pops Charlie Frye, and Nick gets moved to wide receiver. You never know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Bizzarro's future uncertain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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