Game 20- Ohio U

[Illini Zip]

9 minutes ago, LZIp said:

I’ll take a comfortable road kill in Athens all day! Wonder how Ohio fans are feeling about Boal. Doesn’t seem to be “the guy”.

I know we controlled the whole game, but the crowd was not as rowdy as usual. More to your point that Boal’s seat might be getting warm. 

[zipsrule]

You can't spell lousy without OU!

[Reslife4Life]

Did anyone attend the watch party tonight? 

[Zippy87]

 

[LZIp]

19 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

I know we controlled the whole game, but the crowd was not as rowdy as usual. More to your point that Boal’s seat might be getting warm. 

I just took a look at their message board and it’s…not good lol.

[NWAkron]

49 minutes ago, MDZip said:

Now that was funny as a final comment from the announcers. They saw Connor Groce with that big head of hair and wondered what happened with his dad. They surmised that it might have been like space jam where Connor was like a Monstar and stole all the the hair from his dad. 😂

hair comes from the mom's side.

[NWAkron]

IDK...when Hadaway is all u got it doesn't bode well.  I mean he wouldn't start or be papa John's sub of the game for Groce.  Elmore James chose to play for Mike Lewis instead of Boals.  That should tell you something.

Edited 12 hours ago by NWAkron

[zvillezip]

Boals is a good coach. Sometime a good coach and his message has run it's course. This looks to be the case to me.

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, LZIp said:

I just took a look at their message board and it’s…not good lol.

 

It's a wonderful read. 

 

Shoutout to the announcers tonight. Miami OH fans watching the game had to be pissed hearing them essentially say Akron is still the class of the MAC despite the Sweaters being undefeated. Cleveland will be fun. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94

[1981 grad]

As good as we played tonight, I still think this team has room for improvement.  We did not shoot the ball well from three and we gave up 10 offensive rebounds.  It appeared to me we rebounded better in the first half and we had numerous players crashing the boards.  Also, we only shot 76% from the foul line.  I thought Ohio had a lot of open looks from three but could not make the shots.  Tavari was just unstoppable tonight.  Lyles also had another strong game, especially on the boards and around the basket.  Also, I have noticed when a team goes on a run, a player will just shut it down.  Scott made a contested three and the lead shot up from 14 to 17.  It seems all season that when a team mounts a comeback an Akron player will make a difficult shot even where there is good defense.

Edited 11 hours ago by 1981 grad

[MDZip]

Tavari - 24 points in 29 minutes, without a three pointer (he only shot one), and was 10-13 from the floor. Wow. Thats what senior leadership looks like. Ohio might want to take note. 

[Illini Zip]

I’m still hoping Barre can return and stay healthy so we can maximize our potential heading down the stretch. 

[csims0917]

It was my hot take that both Todd K and Boals would be canned by the end of the year. We will see if either happen

[LZIp]

22 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

It was my hot take that both Todd K and Boals would be canned by the end of the year. We will see if either happen

If the goal is to compete for and win conference championships, they don’t look like the right fit anymore.

[kreed5120]

2 hours ago, csims0917 said:

It was my hot take that both Todd K and Boals would be canned by the end of the year. We will see if either happen

 

It definitely sounds like Boals is more on the hot seat than TK. Multiple threads asking for him to be canned.

 

The UT board not so much. I've heard every excuse from injuries to how its unfair since Akron/Kent is 30 minutes away (even though Toledo to Cleveland <2hrs, easily drivable) to how Cleveland is all luck.

 

They all seem like apologists who are content with the regular season and attendance banners.

 

Edit: Frank Martin IMO should also be canned. His program is spending more than double all other MAC school (excluding Akron) but he's still coaching a bottom half MAC team. If I was the boosters paying his hefty salary and giving him something in the neighborhood of $2 million NIL I would be irate with his performance. He's still surviving on 1 single NCAA Tourney run that occurred ~10 years ago.

Edited 1 hour ago by kreed5120

[GP1]

59 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Edit: Frank Martin IMO should also be canned. His program is spending more than double all other MAC school (excluding Akron) but he's still coaching a bottom half MAC team. If I was a boosters paying his hefty salary and giving him something in the neighborhood of $2 million NIL I would be irate with his performance. He's still surviving on 1 single NCAA Tourney run that occurred ~10 years ago.

Frank Martin is what a school gets when they either have no imagination or nobody else wants the job. He had two really good years at SC then the wheels fell off the bus. His time at Kansas State was average. His time at UMass is bad. They should fire him. 

[MDZip]

12 hours ago, NWAkron said:

hair comes from the mom's side.

I've never met you but it sounds like youre bald. 😉

[clarkwgriswold]

28 minutes ago, MDZip said:

I've never met you but it sounds like youre bald. 😉

I'm more concerned with his mom!