Paigers Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I am hearing the Dambrot to Cincinnati rumors strong again.I consider the source reliable.Also, does Mike Thomas ever talk. UC got royally screwed yesterday and he has no comment. He did not defend the program.What is his deal? You guys like him????Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRasor0200 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I've heard the exact opposite.Dambrot's dream job is at the University of Akron -- his alma mater. He won't leave, nor will Cincinnati be interested in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balki Bartokomous Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 everyone on this site has an "inside source". mine says that not only will Dambrot leave for Cinci, JD Brookhart will resign as Akron's head coach and join the circus. He loves clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronURocks Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Dambrot to Cinci? Not likely. I agree (with Rasor!) that Akron is his dream job. That does not mean somewhere down the road he would leave for more money and fame. However, if MT was going to hire Dambrot to be the next coach he would not have hired a search firm. The bearcats are looking for (and will get) a big name coach to take over the program. JD to Cinci? Now no. But if the Zips keep winning and Cinci continues to struggle, I would not be surprised if his name is on a short list in two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoZips Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I'd also say "not likely". However, if he's been reading these boards lately, seeing how under-appreciated he is and how a select few have mentioned the "fire" word...... now that's a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabid lads Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Take it from a UC grad, it doesn't matter who goes to UC right now. Most alumni, and a lot of sponsors of the program refuse to support them until the hag (nancy zimpher) is gone and done ruining the program.We all took notice that MT did NOTHING to defend the team when they weren't selected to ge in, and most think it was done on purpose so that UC would have an excuse not to hire Andy Kennedy back.Whoever comes in will not be liked, by no fault of their own, just because that's whats going on down there right now. I don't know how much KD would be influenced by the $$ they would offer, but I don't know what he makes here either. If I were KD and wanted that job, I would demand that zimpher must be gone first or I wouldn't take the position. She will make the basketball job crappy for anyone until she leaves (she doesn't give a crap about sports). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Why doesn't Mike Thomas open up his checkbook and try to get Can't's Christian. I mean look at what the guy has done these last few years. His teams just don't lose. You got to believe that somebody's taking notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsfan38 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Dambrot is not leaving for Cinci. Mostly because making it to the NIT is great for Akron but what MT probably has in mind for hiring a head coach. The Cinci fans are anxious, but who are they going to hire in the middle of the season or before the tournament is done. Most schools do their hiring process during the Final Four and postseason play. Do you want a coach who has been sitting out all year? Or, an up and comer whose team may or may not of won a game in the Big Dance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 There was a rumor in the PD today about Christian to Rhode Island. By the way Heath and Hipsher are in the big dance -- how come nobody here is congratulating them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKronKeLL3433 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Congrats to Heath and Dan Hipsher on getting to the dance and Andy for being on Knight School! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 There was a rumor in the PD today about Christian to Rhode Island. By the way Heath and Hipsher are in the big dance -- how come nobody here is congratulating them? I was talking to a Can't fan at the Q the other night and he told me that Christian is being considered by a school on the East Coast. The guy told me he thought it was pretty much guaranteed Christian was gone after this year. Rhode Island may be a match since he played for the Rams and graduated from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 KD SAID WHEN HE GOT HERE IT WAS HIS DREAM JOB, IT STILL REMAINS SO FOR HIM, HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE FOR A LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UADavid Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I was talking to a Can't fan at the Q the other night and he told me that Christian is being considered by a school on the East Coast. The guy told me he thought it was pretty much guaranteed Christian was gone after this year.Not a hard decision after they lose two scholarships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Dambrot's not going anywhere. Thomas will hire a big coach for you guys. Except for his first coaching hire here (women's basketball) his hiring was great.As far as liking Thomas, I think the general consensus around here was the guy was a get it done kind of administrator. Akron athletics is a completely different enterprise than before he got here. He hired great coaches and great administrators, too - Waddel for one but also several others that had a clue about what Division 1 athletics was supposed to look like. Thomas and talking, I didn't think he said much publicly about his job, and during coaching searches he was pretty silent. I think the writer at the Plain Dealer was extremely ticked at him for not revealing names on the football search, but that's just how he did business here.In my opinion, his greatest feats here were five-fold:1) Hiring of Brookhart and Dambrot. I think he identifies very strong coaches. I heard both of these guys loved working for him and trusted him implicitly.2) Getting that damn fieldhouse started and completed. That thing was dead in the water before he got here. Now it's one of our biggest recruiting draws, and not just for football. If UC doesn't have one of those, you should get one. I can't believe the mileage we're getting out of it. What a great investment.3) Hiring and management of his staff. He had to get rid of several dead weighters in the first year he was here. HUGE improvement (again, including Waddel).4) Fundraising. Before he left I was told they'd raised a very large amount of the money needed to build the new stadium. 5) Raising the bar in every category. We jumped from last to almost the top in academics and we're winning conference championships in several sports, including football. Can't complain about that.That said, I think we have hired another winner in Mack Rhoades. But you're very very lucky to get Thomas. We always knew he'd leave one day for greener pastures. Maybe you guys are big time enough that he'll stay for longer than five years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Oh yeah, and I'd bet Dambrot isn't going anywhere at least until Joyce and Travis are gone - and it wouldn't surprise me if the guy stayed here forever. He loves Akron and this university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fear the brown roo Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 cincy got screwed? the were an also ran in the big east. 8 out of 16 teams made it. cincy is right where they belong after losing in the first round of the big east tourney. their board reports that the team voted down going tot he NIT like the whiners they are. MT overuled it. i pray dambrot never goes to the cesspool on the ohio river. screw cincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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