Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

[zippy5]

Cuse will be looking for a basketball coach this offseason most likely 

[ZipsBBjunkie]

29 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Cuse will be looking for a basketball coach this offseason most likely 

John Groce is Goodrich’s primary selling point

[kreed5120]

15 hours ago, zippy5 said:

Cuse will be looking for a basketball coach this offseason most likely 

 

I would hate to see it happen, but if Groce has an itch to test his luck at a P5 programs there isn't much we can really do.

 

I would hope Dustin Ford would be in consideration as the next coach in such a doomsday scenario. Considering Oats job looks secure in Alabama and no way any of us would want Hurley, I can't imagine there being another Groce falling into our laps.

Edited Tuesday at 02:51 PM by kreed5120

[NWAkron]

Everything one reads on the internet and the speculation and assumptions that follow are always true.  

[zippy5]

I think we'll need a link with a source to discuss this further. And then probably in its own thread 

[Hilltopper]

He is not getting the job. He was not a finalist. The only person with an Akron connection who was in the mix was Heather Lyke. But that seems unlikely now.

 

http://Complaint alleges Lyke contributed to ‘culture of intimidation' at SU https://share.google/Zdhpf4NGDFCpKV9vR

[GP1]

15 hours ago, ZipsBBjunkie said:

John Groce is Goodrich’s primary selling point

Maybe. Syracuse is an awful place most of the year. Summit county is more desirable. 

 

Syracuse needs a coach who could reach into the deep recruiting pool that is NYC and get that program going. 

[clarkwgriswold]

I remember Jim Brown back in the day saying something to the effect that Jim Boeheim had to be cheating in recruiting as there's no way the top basketball players would ever want to go to Syracuse, New York without an "incentive."  

 

I was in Syracuse 3 or 4 years ago.  Other than the winter weather, it's not a bad city.

[NWAkron]

45 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

He is not getting the job. He was not a finalist. The only person with an Akron connection who was in the mix was Heather Lyke. But that seems unlikely now.

 

http://Complaint alleges Lyke contributed to ‘culture of intimidation' at SU https://share.google/Zdhpf4NGDFCpKV9vR

Thank you.  We have a troll on here and a few continue to feed him.

[NWAkron]

if the JAR is usually at least 1/3 empty and the Zips have won 30 in a row, stands to reason that the lack of capacity crowds is working for them?  certainly prepares them for a game at let's say Mt Pleasant or DeKalb. 🤔🫣

[exit322]

On 3/3/2026 at 10:47 AM, clarkwgriswold said:

I was in Syracuse 3 or 4 years ago.  Other than the winter weather, it's not a bad city.

 

Most places that get a bad rap aren't really as bad as they're made out to be.

[Blue & Gold]

With WMU & Miami both building new arenas, CMU, Kent, and Akron will be the only schools left in the MAC using glorified high school gyms as arenas.

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, Blue & Gold said:

With WMU & Miami both building new arenas, CMU, Kent, and Akron will be the only schools left in the MAC using glorified high school gyms as arenas.

 

I wouldn't get caught up in trying to keep up with the Jones's. Infocision has financial hamstrung the football department. If you add in what we're spending on the stadium to what we're spending on everything else football related (coach, staff, recruiting, etc) we're near the top of the MAC. The problem is we can't both make debt service payments on the stadium while still having an upper tier G5 budget. That's why we just lost an assistant to Marshall.

 

IMO NIL is a great equalizer for a program like Akron. Facility upgrades are immensely costly and don't correlate directly to success. Two of our G5 peers in the Sun Belt built new arenas in the last 5 years. This season they went a combined 15-21 in conference play. 

 

What matters for success and notoriety is players. We already have the training facility and fantastic locker rooms that are in the upper echelon of the MAC. IMO every dollar you spend in NIL equates to $10, $20, maybe more in facilities. You get a greater ROI in NIL.