bobbyake Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 looks like I'll be going to the soccer watch party with a hangover, so happy right now knowing I can return my family to watching Zips football games. Count me in for season tickets next year!!!!!!! btw, anyone looking to celebrate, come to the Akron watch party tomorrow http://zipsnation.org/forums//index.php?showtopic=24829 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you am i Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 It would be very easy for TW to just issue a statement to the press that RI will be back. That's usually what the AD would be expected to do in a situation like this if the coach was coming back. He hasn't. One reason I can think of NOT to pull the trigger is to show whoever is the next coach that he will get a minimum of three years to turn things around. I do not recall any college coach getting canned after two years because of a bad record. That being said, I do not believe that any coach has ever had as disastrous a first two years as we have been subjected to. Ever. Live in the past much? Things happen fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Was starting to sweat this one out. Now let's get this ship turned around with EVERYONE on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zipmeister Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Was starting to sweat this one out. Now let's get this ship turned around with EVERYONE on board. Now we can stop rearranging the chairs on the Titanic and start fixing that pesky little hole the iceberg caused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Was starting to sweat this one out. Now let's get this ship turned around with EVERYONE on board. Now we can stop rearranging the chairs on the Titanic and start fixing that pesky little hole the iceberg caused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm fine with the decision. But the timing stinks. I could not imagine UA officially announcing this prior to Coach Ianello's mother's funeral on Monday. But that's just me. It's a tough business. Everyone else feel free to party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm hearing this decision was not made by Tom Wistrcill, but from the upper upper people. Hid job might be in jeopardy after Akron's soccer season is over. Because the Zips are heading to the national championship, Tom's got a couple more weeks left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm fine with the decision. But the timing stinks. I could not imagine UA officially announcing this prior to Coach Ianello's mother's funeral on Monday. But that's just me. It's a tough business. Everyone else feel free to party. This all came after that twitter post saying he wasn't going to be fired, I think they were worried about some very angry Zips fan going crazy tonight. I understand the sentimental part regarding Rob and his situation, but they did the right thing for us Zips fans. I seriously was going crazy over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm fine with the decision. But the timing stinks. I could not imagine UA officially announcing this prior to Coach Ianello's mother's funeral on Monday. But that's just me. It's a tough business. Everyone else feel free to party.i understand being respectful, but in this business making the decision and announcement as quickly as possible is better for all parties involved. Its simply the nature of the game and I am sure Rob knows that. Its just epicly unfortunate that his mother's death came at the end of the season and its just better for Rob to move forward with the grieving processes without the stress over whether he'll have a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance99 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. they're more concerned about the Urban Meyers to OSU rumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. they're more concerned about the Urban Meyers to OSU rumors. Not a rumor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yeah OSU sucks and good thing Michigan beat them up today Go Blue! I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yeah OSU sucks and good thing Michigan beat them up today I'm a jealous failure. I wish I was an OSU fan Lol. I knew this would start with the obsession. Good for scUM. At home they beat their rival with a lb coach as their hc, kicked out heisman candidate qb, all the off the field issues, and their worst season in decades by 6 points. Lol again. Next season starts a new era and the streak will start over, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. they're more concerned about the Urban Meyers to OSU rumors. Thats part of the reason the Akron football is in the state that it is in. Fans and the media are more interested in OSU. Always have been,always will be. Its called front running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipRoo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I didn't want to be the first to say it. But since it has now reached the infallible world of Twitter, I'll add that while I'm hearing mixed responses from a number of private sources, the consensus seems to be that Ianello gets one more year to prove whether or not he can turn the program around. But none of my sources know anything with 100% certainty. It's still all speculation, even though some are a little closer to the situation than others. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAkronSoftball Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Ianello got what he deserved! I wished Vince McMahon would have done it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gr20wjy1Vk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zips4ever2008 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. they're more concerned about the Urban Meyers to OSU rumors. Thats part of the reason the Akron football is in the state that it is in. Fans and the media are more interested in OSU. Always have been,always will be. Its called front running. Sad but true. All the local media cares and talks about is a university that is in the southern part of the state. Basically they say screw you to the colleges that are local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 PD article WOW! The Beacon has not even reported this yet! Shows how much they care. they're more concerned about the Urban Meyers to OSU rumors. Thats part of the reason the Akron football is in the state that it is in. Fans and the media are more interested in OSU. Always have been,always will be. Its called front running. Just a suggestion, but you may want to invest in a map. Sad but true. All the local media cares and talks about is a university that is in the southern part of the state. Basically they say screw you to the colleges that are local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I didn't want to be the first to say it. But since it has now reached the infallible world of Twitter, I'll add that while I'm hearing mixed responses from a number of private sources, the consensus seems to be that Ianello gets one more year to prove whether or not he can turn the program around. But none of my sources know anything with 100% certainty. It's still all speculation, even though some are a little closer to the situation than others. Keep us posted. I think that there were a sizable number of people who didn't think Proenza would pull the plug on Ianello this year. I thought it would be another year because of mone not because Ianello deserved another. Proenza has reached despararation to do this now. He has to make some sort of a splash with the next hire or the program becomes moribund. Anybody know what names were recommended when Ianello was hired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I didn't want to be the first to say it. But since it has now reached the infallible world of Twitter, I'll add that while I'm hearing mixed responses from a number of private sources, the consensus seems to be that Ianello gets one more year to prove whether or not he can turn the program around. But none of my sources know anything with 100% certainty. It's still all speculation, even though some are a little closer to the situation than others. Keep us posted. I think that there were a sizable number of people who didn't think Proenza would pull the plug on Ianello this year. I thought it would be another year because of mone not because Ianello deserved another. Proenza has reached despararation to do this now. He has to make some sort of a splash with the next hire or the program becomes moribund. Anybody know what names were recommended when Ianello was hired? One of my sources heard it directly from Dr. Proenza's mouth that he wanted to give Ianello another year. But that was a few weeks ago before the last embarassing losses. That's why I added a statement at the end of my post that ZipRoo somehow left out: But none of my sources know anything with 100% certainty. It's still all speculation, even though some are a little closer to the situation than others. So continue to take everything you hear with a grain of salt and wait for Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Pre-Snap Read comes up with an excellent write-up on the whole situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalapeño Zippy Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Akron is getting trashed on twitter as if the University had any control over the unfortunate timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Pre-Snap Read comes up with an excellent write-up on the whole situation. Great stuff (although he seems to have WMU and CMU confused, but then again directional Michigan is pretty interchangeable) there and more in-depth anything than we've gotten from the local media so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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