Balki Bartokomous Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 You are nonsense. If you would pay attention, K ent plays guys who are basketball smart. Linhart is basketball smart. He doesn't jack up threes because he is behind the line, he drives the to basket. If everyone of Akron's players had that approach we would be talking about how nice it is to have a 26-27 win season. Firing up long threes with a big lead (Dials) leads to long rebounds, which leads to fast breaks, which leads to where we are now, sitting at home bitching about Akron losing to Toledo. Since you are so sure Linhart "wouldn't get 10 minutes in a Can't uniform-ever." why don't you go cheer for them next year and leave the Zips to fans who actually think this team has some good players who will be great in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fear the brown roo Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 This is nonsense. Ist team all freshman or not, this guy wouldn't get 10 minutes in a Can't uniform-ever. bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZoner Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 You're doubting Dambrot? You're kidding, right? He's only in his second year, but he's already established himself as one of the conference's top coaches. He took the wreckage of Dan Hipsher and turned it into the best season Akron has seen in a very long time. You're crazy if you think you're better off without him. I'd take him over O'Shea anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 (about Nate Linhart):this guy wouldn't get 10 minutes in a Can't uniform-ever.I am sorry zips win, no personnal offense but this is by far the most stupid statement i've ever read on this board !And about taking Dambrot over O'shea any day, no one said otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Keith Dambrot IS the right coach for Akron right now and for the foreseeable future.Any comments contrary to the above statement are the words of a person who knowslittle or nothing about basketball at any level.Coach Dambrot has given the Zips heart. An essential component of winning. Whetheryou love or hate Mike Krzyzewski of Duke he is the embodiment of Duke. When you hearthe name "Duke" you automatically think of Coach K.Coach Keith Dambrot brings to Akron what Mike Krzyzewski brought to Duke. Duke did notbecome an instant success and national power in the first two years under Coach K.Why do you expect that to happen at Akron?Here is what Coach Dambrot has brought to Akron.First, he can recognize talent and potential better than most college coaches. Can hesign big name high school recruits? Can you? It took Mark Few eight years to buildGonzaga into a recognized national powerhouse. It is going to take Coach Dambrota few years to build the Akron program to a level that kicks ass from pillar to post.We have seen first hand how so called marginal talent (kids no other school offered)being named to the All Conference team. These were the kids that the Zips couldrecruit three and four years ago. They are great kids. They are excelling beyondexpectations.At the Cant Skate game in Cant an adult Cant fan remarked to me that kids want toplay for Coach Dambrot. They want to play for him. Get that?I'm not going to bother to rehash the season. It has been an excellent season. It hasmet every one of our expectations. In truth, it exceeded our expectations. That iswhy some are so bitter now. Simply because they dare to dream of going even farther.Coach Dambrot and his staff are going to take the Zips so much farther that your headswill spin. You will be pinching yourselves to make sure its not a dream.Take a good look at the three incoming freshmen. Two of them are most likely to beselected as first team all state in Division One. Darryl Roberts a point guard out ofToledo St. Francis DeSales is CO-PLAYER of the Year for the Northwest region of Ohio.Do you comprehend this? The best player in the University of Toledo's home town isgoing to play his college ball at their rival. Mike Bardo of Cincinnati Oak Hills is a quality center. This is a 6'9" MAN ... not a boy, a MAN. Let the coaches refine him.He is not a project. He is a player you will enjoy. Chris McKnight of Lancaster HS nearColumbus just may be the BEST HS player in Ohio. Forget the two great kids the Suckeyes got. This kid is better. Even Thad Matta admits McKnight is for real.McKnight has been likened to a clone of Romeo Travis with one caveat. As a highschool senior he is playing as well as Travis did as a sophomore in college.Add in Jimmy Conyers who brings a 6'4" frame, shooting skills, athleticism, savvy,versatility and a bundle of other attributes. Jeremiah Wood would have made the Zips the best team in the MAC this season. Noquestion about it. However, Wood sat. He still has two years eligibility. He is a studplayer. You real Zips fans know this. Wood will be back.Coach Dambrot has assembled the best staff I have ever seen at Akron. Since I ama damned sight older than most all of you I know none of you can refute that claim.Shaka Smart is a head coach in waiting. In my opinion, Coach Smart will one day benationally recognized as one of the premier coaches in college basketball. Time willprove me correct. The other coaches are also quite talented and will continue toimprove. I am pleased with all of them.Go ahead and whine and snivel. You sound like Cant Skate weasels.Me, I'm backing Coach Dambrot, the AD and the Prez with my time, my skills and mywallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipster Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Very well said GoZip. It kills me to "hear" people on this board whine and complain. We've come so far in such a short time that it amazes me. We have to remember that the people who post on this board are just a minority and in no way represent what the Akron community is thinking. It is a select few that are never happy (i.e kingzip) and just want to stir the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoZips Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Ask Lebron if KD is the right coach....hes tried to hire him twice...it doesnt take a genius to figure out why DP doesnt play. KD is cut from the same mold as Huggins: no D no play no exceptions. DP scored a lot of points for Hipsher with few wins. some guys win, some guys score. How can we question a guy that has more wins than any of our previous D1 coaches his first two years? Be careful, others will want him.Just hope that Duquesne doesn't hire him, where his dad played during their glory days. I heard that they were interested. We don't get on brookhart's 13-11 record. (KD 41-19 with just average talent) They were picked 2nd in the league ( that was with Conyers, Wood, and Bubba)And by the way, for those of you ripping on the coaches for taking DP out of the game after he scores our first 7 points against Toledo, he took himself out of the game. I watched the game again today on TiVo and i noticed he put his hand up because he was tired.So how many of you are DPs relatives anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipAlumn Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Perhaps, but the fact is that these are Dambrot's players.Linhart is a role player and is not star caliber.Rybak and Milam are major projects.Dials is one diimensional.Mraz, Sowers, Sallee and Goddard are not even division one players on any of the more than 300 teams in the nation.Joyce plays too damn much and shoots 3x more than a point guard should. He does this because he wants to be a 2 guard.Travis wants to be LeBron. He is 80% hype and plays to that percentage with the stupid haircut, tights, and tatoos. Make something happen in crunch time then act like you are an all-star. Travis has the athleticicism but none of the heart to be a champion at the college level. Everytime the game gets tight he stands around and looks for LeBron to make an appearance on the court. I think he has gotten worse in this area since he was a freshman and that is the fault of the coaching staff.Wood has not played ball in two years now and is shaping up to be Akron's answer to Gerwig. Let me be the first to say that I think Wood has played his last game for the Zips.Conyers is a wild card - let us hope that he is as good as advertised.Middleton is the only returning player with heart, talent and composure.Without Peterson, Futch and Preston I think this team will really struggle next year to match the 22 wins from this year. I predict a 18-win season and no better than a 3rd seed again next year.Seeing that most of these players are lucky to take off their warmups.... Dambrot must have done an outstanding job getting this team to 22 wins.I agree that the Zips were neither physical, quick enough, or had the height or size to compete consistantly with a California or Nevada, but what team in the MAC has those players.This team had a great year all things considered, and next year will be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 KD is cut from the same mold as Huggins: no D no play no exceptions. some guys win, some guys score. How can we question a guy that has more wins than any of our previous D1 coaches his first two years? Be careful, others will want him.Just hope that Duquesne doesn't hire him, where his dad played during their glory days. I heard that they were interested. We don't get on brookhart's 13-11 record. (KD 41-19 with just average talent) They were picked 2nd in the league ( that was with Conyers, Wood, and Bubba) Huggins stressed defense? Nightly his teams scored over 80 points per game. A lot of good defense did us Friday. All we needed to do was match scoring when we had the lead and we could have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 This is nonsense. Ist team all freshman or not, this guy wouldn't get 10 minutes in a Can't uniform-ever.bullshit OK, if Zips Win! is wrong, who would Linhart start in front of or get playing time over at Can't? Linhart has zero athletic talent. He throws up that lolly pop lay up shot when he drives and looks nothing like a D-1 basketball player. A good D-1 player would dunk over guys when they drive the baseline the way Linhart does. Instead, we get that little shit shot that he throws up hoping that launching it 20 feet in the air will bring it down in the basket. Sorry, Linhart has a lot of proving to do. Put 50 pounds on him and he is another Faulkner.Besides, just getting to start in the MAC as a freshman gets you on the All MAC Freshman team. I'm not impressed by that award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 I heard that they were interested. We don't get on brookhart's 13-11 record. (KD 41-19 with just average talent) They were picked 2nd in the league ( that was with Conyers, Wood, and Bubba) Let's get to the real point, JD has a MAC East title, a MAC Championship and a bowl appearance. That should be case enough but if you want more I have fingers and can type.As a percentage of overall games, the non-conference football schedule is much more difficult than the basketball non-conference schedule. Let's kick in a Dennison in football once a year and we can reduce our difficult non-conferece games by about 33%. Akron's nonconference schedule consisted of (just off the top of my head) Dennison, Wright State, Cleveland State, some bad team in PR, a bad Mississippi State team, loses to California, Clemson and Nevada, I think they played Duquesne (sp?). And does anyone actually think the MAC was a good conference this year? I don't think so. JD has a good conference record which is what they are playing to win.I would also say that JD had much more work to do with his program than KD did. When he took over, the program was littered with nonathletic "suburban" kids and he is taking the program away from that loserly direction. KD is taking the program in that direction with guys like Linhart and Dials.I dont' want to sound too hard on KD, you just asked about the difference and I provided it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 this is the strangest topic i have ever read on the nation!!!! just last week just about everyone wanted kd for coach of the year!!! now we are asking if he is the right coach? quick name me a coach at akron who won 20 games since huggins? you can't! i think what he did with 9 guys on schloarship. we made took a big step this year and will take another big step next year! give the man some respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipfan 81 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I think KD has done a great job, we are just wondering about his playing favorites. Clearly eveyone sees it, especially Dials? He was not ready to play as many minutes as he has, but continues to doso... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 We have to remember that the people who post on this board are just a minority and in no way represent what the Akron community is thinking. I fully disagree. Of course this board DOES represent what the Akron Community is thinking...at least those in the Akron Community that actually care about Zips athletics. Based upon the feedback from this page we can safely assume (with +/- 2% accuracy):5% of Zips fans want Dambrot fired5% of Zips fans think Dambrot walks on water.The 90% in the middle think we had a very nice season considering our marginal talent. They remember the Crawford and Hipsher years very clearly and have no desire to endure a coaching change now that we have a guy that can win 20 games...20 games in a single season too, not cumulative over 2 or 3 seasons like our previous two staffs.They also seem to think we absolutely choked in Cleveland this past weekend, losing to an inferior team in a crucial tournament game on a neutral court. They also seem to want to see what Dambrot does in 2006-7 to bring athleticism, speed and poise to our backcourt, which was proven to be our Achilles’ heel in every major game of 2005-6 (we ate the "patsies" alive).Will Dials come back strong in 2006-7? Could Joyce play 20mpg in a support role if another point guard proved more effective? Does Middleton practice at the point position over the summer? Can Travis develop some sort of money move over the offseason and get his 2006-7 scoring average into the upper teens...where it belongs? Woods' academics in order? So many questions in the Akron community... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoZips Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 5% of Zips fans want Dambrot firedI'm sorry but this is the most obsene statement yet. On what grounds would they want him fired? Because he has a loss to Toledo? Let's just castrate the guy. Akron basketball has not looked this good in 20 years! We have 22 wins and have only one loss at home in 2 years. Absoutely pitiful..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemoo Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I think the statement is probably correct (that 5% feel like he should be fired), but I agree that it is ludicrous that there are people calling for his firing.There are too many people on this board that think they know how to coach better than the head coach. If they were so good, they should submit their resumes to the university so that they can take over his job. Obviously, they must know what goes on in practice, and can determine better than KD how playing time should be doled out. - First 20 win season since 1989. - 22 wins with players (according to some people on this board) that couldn't play for the sisters of the poor JV team. - 2 losses at home in 2 yrs.It's just so obvious to me that certain people on this board could do SO MUCH better than that - - - NOT!Some people need to get off the bandwagon, and support this team through good or bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 - 2 losses at home in 2 yrs. Actually even better... I believe it is 1 loss at home in 2 years (to Can't by 3 pts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Remember, like most boards, people post when they THINK they have something to say.Everybody supports KD here. There are a few people that are still mad about the Toledo lossso there vision is clouded. Thus you get those people posting that KD needs fired.Was anybody calling for KD's job before the Toledo loss? Everybody is entitled to there opinion,especially here. What is the saying? Opinions are like a-holes, everbody has one, and most of them stink.I'm a stat guy. I look at the stats and I don't even question if KD's the right coach. BTW, right for what?Like it has been posted multiple times, does anybody remember Coleman Crawford???My vote for the subject line is "yes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 This question is incomplete. Before we ask if KD is the right coach we have to specify where and when and under what circumstances...Is KD the right coach for UConn ? definitely no !Is KD the right coach for an Akron team that has not had any 20-win season and didn't recruit a rated player in the last 15 years ? Absolutely yes.Is KD the right coach for us if Coach K of duke is willing to coach Akron ? No. i would take coach K.Is KD the right coach for us when the alternatives would be the likes of hipsher and crawford... Heeeeeelllll yeah !Is KD the right coach after he coaches a horrible season in which he had problems with all the players and won no more than 10 games ? No.Is KD the right coach after he got a 20-win season and made a team with under-recruited players ? yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaZip Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Is the right coach someone whoes ultimate goal, according to KD if he was quoted correctly in the press this past weekend, is to eventually place the zip's bb program into the upper tier of MID MAJOR basketball. I don't think so. And you wonder why the UAM's of the world cut and run. How are they expected to market a mind set of mediocrity. I was shocked also when I read KD's comment before the Toledo game that Toledo had more athletes than the zips. Hell if Toledo had two athlete it had more athletes than the zips and KD recruited them. King Zip's analysis of KD's recruits for the past three years SPEAKS VOLUMS. DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 5% of Zips fans want Dambrot firedI'm sorry but this is the most obsene statement yet. On what grounds would they want him fired? Because he has a loss to Toledo? Let's just castrate the guy. Akron basketball has not looked this good in 20 years! We have 22 wins and have only one loss at home in 2 years. Absoutely pitiful..... In general, I think most coaches would give their left nut for a 95% approval rating. KD needs to focus on Temple, and I'm sure he's doing so. A Temple win wouldn't totally erase the Toledo collapse, but it would sure come close. I'm really curious to see how the team responds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipster Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 haha i wonder why people arent posting on this topic anymore after the temple win.....hahaGO ZIPS!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 i couldn't agree more....come on guys! if you really think kd is the right coach? step up or take this topic off! LETS GO ZIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheRoo Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Damn you beat me to it!Where are they now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Some people will always, always, always see the glass as half-empty. The accomplishments we are achieving this year are great, but would've been outstanding if not for the coaching lapses in this game or that game....woulda, shoulda, coulda. Players sometimes have bad games, coaches sometimes make bad decisions.I'm just glad no one like that is making the UA hiring decisions. Otherwise we'd go through two coaches a year in every sport, a la Steinbrenner in the 80's going through managers in the 80's.KD....THANK YOU for what you have done for this basketball team!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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