kreed5120 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 They still have some highly touted recruits on their roster. I have to imagine they will be promoting from within to avoid the mass exodus of players. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: The rest of the MAC... We will see if the players made the coach or the coach made the players. Maybe Graves will come home Edited March 27, 2019 by NWAkron 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 Shouldn't a guy by the name of Oats be the coach of the Penn Quakers? 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Shouldn't a guy by the name of Oats be the coach of the Penn Quakers? Quaker Oats is an Akron company. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 35 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Quaker Oats is an Akron company. Why yes it is! Quote
NWAkron Posted March 27, 2019 Report Posted March 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Why yes it is! I guess I missed your point if you had one 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 I wonder how many MAC coaches actually succeeded after getting the golden ticket. I know there's a trail of failures including PCCC alums Heath and Waters Quote
ewbrooman1 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, NWAkron said: I wonder how many MAC coaches actually succeeded after getting the golden ticket. I know there's a trail of failures including PCCC alums Heath and Waters ...Christian, Ford. Most of these guys keep going to schools that have no real history of sustained success. Kudos to Bruce Pearl (so far) at Auburn. Oats has his work cut out for him at Alabama. Edited March 28, 2019 by ewbrooman1 Quote
NWAkron Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said: ...Christian, Ford. Most of these guys keep going to schools that have no real history of sustained success. Kudos to Bruce Pearl (so far) at Auburn. Oats has his work cut out for him at Alabama. Pearl I don't think was in the MAC. Christian...not much success. Ford failed at Bradley. Quote
ZipsVoice Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 3 hours ago, NWAkron said: Quaker Oats is an Akron company. WAS an Akron Company.... Quote
ewbrooman1 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 2 hours ago, NWAkron said: Pearl I don't think was in the MAC. Christian...not much success. Ford failed at Bradley. Pearl wasn't in the MAC. I was just using him as a current example of a coach in the SEC who took over a program that has had little sustained basketball success and has them in the Sweet 16 this year. Oats faces a similar challenge at Alabama. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 Its not like the Alabama job is going to come with lofty expections. I believe 7 SEC teams made the tournament this year. As long as he can make the tournament most years and sprinkles in some tourney wins every now and then, he should be fine. Its not like he's taking over Boston College and has to compete with a bunch of basketball blue bloods. The SEC has some good programs, but the only powerhouse is really Kentucky. Quote
zippy5 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Posted March 28, 2019 7 hours ago, kreed5120 said: Its not like the Alabama job is going to come with lofty expections. I believe 7 SEC teams made the tournament this year. As long as he can make the tournament most years and sprinkles in some tourney wins every now and then, he should be fine. Its not like he's taking over Boston College and has to compete with a bunch of basketball blue bloods. The SEC has some good programs, but the only powerhouse is really Kentucky. They've made the tournament twice since 2006, that's not as easy as you make it sound 1 Quote
GJGood Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 10 hours ago, NWAkron said: I wonder how many MAC coaches actually succeeded after getting the golden ticket. I know there's a trail of failures including PCCC alums Heath and Waters I know the Zips weren't in the MAC for his success here but Huggins did OK for himself after moving on from Akron. Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 26 minutes ago, zippy5 said: They've made the tournament twice since 2006, that's not as easy as you make it sound Hence why the coach was fired and why expectations are low. Bama also made the tournament every year between 2002-2006 so its not like they haven't shown the ability to conistently make the tournament. I don't know if Oats will succeed or not. Plenty of guys have tried to make the jump and failed. Look no further than our head coach. I just view it far from being a dead end job. The right coach could quickly have them as a top 5 SEC team. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 That's the beauty of the MAC- a long term as a head coach can only be sustained by consistent mediocrity. See Steve Hawkins. If you're awful, you get moved on. If you're successful, you move on. If you tread water, you hang on and on and on... The grand prize for mediocrity is being the all-time winningest coach in your school's history- i.e. Rob Senderoff. KD was the exception to all of these rules based in large part on his Mount Pleasant melt down. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: That's the beauty of the MAC- a long term as a head coach can only be sustained by consistent mediocrity. See Steve Hawkins. If you're awful, you get moved on. If you're successful, you move on. If you tread water, you hang on and on and on... The grand prize for mediocrity is being the all-time winningest coach in your school's history- i.e. Rob Senderoff. KD was the exception to all of these rules based in large part on his Mount Pleasant melt down. When you're consistently losing coaches to P5 schools it means you're doing something right. NIU has had 3 coaches hired away in football in the past 10 years and I'd say over that same time period they've been the best football program in the MAC. Next man up. Quote
NWAkron Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: That's the beauty of the MAC- a long term as a head coach can only be sustained by consistent mediocrity. See Steve Hawkins. If you're awful, you get moved on. If you're successful, you move on. If you tread water, you hang on and on and on... The grand prize for mediocrity is being the all-time winningest coach in your school's history- i.e. Rob Senderoff. KD was the exception to all of these rules based in large part on his Mount Pleasant melt down. Bingo!! Quote
GJGood Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 8:49 AM, Let'sGoZips94 said: Can't losing is never a bad thing. Ha! that was why my comment said I was hoping Buffalo, CMU, or Toledo could have made a run. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Posted April 3, 2019 Ohio lost another starter in Antonio Cowart. 1 Quote
NWAkron Posted April 4, 2019 Report Posted April 4, 2019 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: Ohio lost another starter in Antonio Cowart. Fire Jeff Boals already. Enough is enough! 1 2 Quote
LZIp Posted April 4, 2019 Report Posted April 4, 2019 Nice read on how conferences benefit from tourney success. Makes you contemplate rooting for your conference foes a little more! https://www.crainscleveland.com/kevin-kleps-blog/ncaa-tournament-win-worth-millions-which-can-mean-windfall-likes-mac-and-horizon?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow 1 1 Quote
zippy5 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Posted April 5, 2019 Meh. What did those Butler units do for the Horizon? Or Gonzaga/St Mary's and the rest of the WCC? They'll benefit us if we're the ones winning them for the conference imo. 1 Quote
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