clarkwgriswold Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 That AD is facing a lot of heat from the PCCC fans. This could all be the beginning of the end for him too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 Kenni Burns leave article- https://footballscoop.com/2025/03/27/kent-state-kenni-burns-administrative-leave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsBBjunkie Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 33 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: Kenni Burns placed on admin leave. Oddly it happens on the same day national reports say Fordham will be hiring Pinky. I wonder if Kent is using the Fordham buyout to help buy themselves out of Kenni's contract 🤔 Or this is why they are fighting so hard to keep Pinky. If Kent AD loses football and basketball coach in one day, he might be gone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Guthrie spends how many seasons watching Akron V Kent...and he chooses Senderoff. Makes no sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 13 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Guthrie spends how many seasons watching Akron V Kent...and he chooses Senderoff. Makes no sense to me. It's a safe hire. 0 losing seasons, Guthrie knows it would be a promotion/raise, and Sendy grew up 40 minutes from Fordham. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Senderoff sure brought stability to PCCC after a bit of turnover. He was just good enough to hang on but not quite good enough to move on. The Indiana scandal likely held him back some too. I think they should bring back Stan Heath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 32 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: It's a safe hire. 0 losing seasons, Guthrie knows it would be a promotion/raise, and Sendy grew up 40 minutes from Fordham. I grew up 20 minutes from Red Haw. Doesn't mean I want to coach in West Salem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 I bet they bring back a former coach. My money is on Jim Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 38 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: It's a safe hire. 0 losing seasons, Guthrie knows it would be a promotion/raise, and Sendy grew up 40 minutes from Fordham. Fordham had a really cool campus and feels very ivy league. Weirdly random but there is a soup kitchen across the street that I volunteered at when I was in high school. I think the A10 is going to be a one bid league for a while, but it's definitely good anytime someone can get away from the stench that is Kent State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 2 minutes ago, tpsjugglerdude said: I bet they bring back a former coach. My money is on Jim Christian. I'd be surprised if they'd pay the money for an experienced guy with their budget issues. My bet is that they try to latch on to a young up and comer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 12 minutes ago, tpsjugglerdude said: I bet they bring back a former coach. My money is on Jim Christian. I doubt they would want to pay a buyout to get Christian if they're already going to be for Kenni. Edited March 28 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopride Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Not much about pinky on their board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Kent has multiple alumni that are currently either head coaches at lesser programs or experienced assistants ready for their first head coach title. Randal Holt - Assistant at Kent Jon Fleming - Assistant at Kent Jalen Avery - Assistant at Kent Eric Haut - Assistant at Utah State DeAndre Haynes - Assistant at Marquette Jordan Mincy - HC at Jacksonville If Kent does not hire any of these guys, their fan base will officially abandon their program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) Senderoff might feel this is the right decision because he does not have a budget for players that Groce has and cannot compete with Akron and now Mass that has an even bigger budget for players. I know that people on this board hate him but he always had his players playing their best basketball in Cleveland. Last year as the 8 seed they were a brain fart from defeating us in the final. I just wonder with their coaching change will that result in another MAC team that goes downhill. The basketball rivalry with Kent was always great because each program was consistently good. If the program goes slides to the basement like their football program, our sellouts with Kent might go the way of the Acme Zip game. Edited March 28 by 1981 grad 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlu Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 10 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Kent has multiple alumni that are currently either head coaches at lesser programs or experienced assistants ready for their first head coach title. Randal Holt - Assistant at Kent Jon Fleming - Assistant at Kent Jalen Avery - Assistant at Kent Eric Haut - Assistant at Utah State DeAndre Haynes - Assistant at Marquette Jordan Mincy - HC at Jacksonville If Kent does not hire any of these guys, their fan base will officially abandon their program. There are former Kent players as assistants at Oklahoma, Duquesne, and Canisius, as well. Most of these guys played on at least one of their NCAA Tournament teams. Very quietly, Senderoff has built himself/Kent quite a coaching tree of assistants for the AD to choose from. At some point, one of these main characters have to make something 'official.' Fordham has to announce a press conference ... or Kent has to announce a coaching search ... or Senderoff has to speak up. At this point, until one of the three happens, nothing is official and everything is gossip. I'm on the internet. But sometimes I'm fed up with the internet. Edited March 28 by RoyalBlu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 10 hours ago, 1981 grad said: Senderoff might feel this is the right decision because he does not have a budget for players that Groce has and cannot compete with Akron and now Mass that has an even bigger budget for players. I know that people on this board hate him but he always had his players playing their best basketball in Cleveland. Last year as the 8 seed they were a brain fart from defeating us in the final. I just wonder with their coaching change will that result in another MAC team that goes downhill. The basketball rivalry with Kent was always great because each program was consistently good. If the program goes slides to the basement like their football program, our sellouts with Kent might go the way of the Acme Zip game. What I saw online is it's the NIL, not salary that is more swaying him. Although reports are his salary will double from ~$500k to ~$1M with Fordham. I imagine whatever counteroffer Kent presented him probably at least bumped him up to 650k-700k. Fordham probably does have more NIL, especially if the A10 opted into revenue sharing. I still think he'll struggle competing in the A10 as everyone else in the conference will have more NIL and nicer facilities. Fordham has never prioritized athletics, which is perfectly fine as they have several great academic programs. It's just not so great when you're a head coach and you're competing against programs like Dayton who are offering more money to a single player than you have to field an entire team. Edited March 28 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) The PCCC coaching search should be a fun watch. I suspect we'll soon see many of their players in the portal unless they quickly hire one of the assistants. Since Laing Kennedy left a decade and half ago they've had some questionable head coaching hires. Edited March 28 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 4 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: The PCCC caching search should be a fun watch. I suspect we'll soon see many of their players in the portal unless they quickly hire one of the assistants. Since Laing Kennedy left a decade and half ago they've had some questionable head coaching hires. Most of their top contributors were seniors. They were likely in for a rebuilding year regardless. Julian Sullinger is probably another candidate that could be added to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 25 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: Most of their top contributors were seniors. They were likely in for a rebuilding year regardless. Julian Sullinger is probably another candidate that could be added to the list. They had ten non-seniors, including Sumlin, Medley and Gillespie who are decent contributors and a nice core. Losing Sullinger and Davis certainly hurts. I'm not sure how you could ever recover from the loss of Mike Bekelja. LOL. I have to think Julian Sullinger is on the short list. When I saw Duquesne this year he was very involved. Edited March 28 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 16 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: They had ten non-seniors, including Sumlin, Medley and Gillespie who are decent contributors and a nice core. Losing Sullinger and Davis certainly hurts. I'm not sure how you could ever recover from the loss of Mike Bekelja. LOL. I have to think Julian Sullinger is on the short list. When I saw Duquesne this year he was very involved. Gillespie certainly can play at a high level in the MAC. Perhaps Sumlin could develop into something as well with an expanded role. Medley IMO isn't much of a loss. He was one of the biggest culprits of Kent's shooting woes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) I just got a text from a buddy of mine who is a big PCCC booster who told me Senderoff has turned down the Fordham job. I guess we'll see. Edited March 28 by clarkwgriswold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 16 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: I just got a text from a buddy of mine who is a big PCCC booster who told me Senderoff has turned down the Fordham job. I guess we'll see. Guthrie couldn’t seal the deal and convince a guy the Fordham program is a better place to be than Kent?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 Just now, clarkwgriswold said: I just got a text from a buddy of mine who is a bog PCCC booster who told me Senderoff has turned down the Fordham job. I guess we'll see. I may be in the minority but I hope he stays. Superman has his Lex Luther, Batman has his Joker and the board has Senderoff. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Guthrie couldn’t seal the deal and convince a guy the Fordham program is a better place to be than Kent?! If this is true, I suspect the same people who couldn't help cover Kenni's debt ponied up to pay Mr. Pinky. Edited March 28 by clarkwgriswold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 31 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: I just got a text from a buddy of mine who is a big PCCC booster who told me Senderoff has turned down the Fordham job. I guess we'll see. Yes, the Kent board is hinting that some large donor commitments came in that enticed Sendy to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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