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I always wondered what pursuaded Tavari to stay at Akron after putting his name in the portal and the annoucers indicated it was only for half a day and the coaching staff told him he needs to think about what he was losing.  He then stayed with Akron.  Like these announcers.  Best yet.

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12 hours ago, 1981 grad said:

I always wondered what pursuaded Tavari to stay at Akron after putting his name in the portal and the annoucers indicated it was only for half a day and the coaching staff told him he needs to think about what he was losing.  He then stayed with Akron.  Like these announcers.  Best yet.

 

I would imagine Tavari's size played a part in it. Big programs aren't willing to pay top dollar for a guard who is 3-4 inches undersized. If he was offered something similar to Nate I have to imagine he'd be gone as well.

 

You even see it in the NBA. Trae Young was one of the hottest young names in the NBA a handful of years ago. He gets traded for a salary dump. Garland, in the prime of his career, was just traded for someone who has maybe 2-3 years left in the tank.

 

Edit: Akron may or may not have offered him the largest sum. Even if someone offered him more than what Akron did the delta between the two probably wasn't a life changing difference amount to be worth his while.

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TBF Burno wasn't really canned. His contract expired and NIU elected to not renew. Firing and paying a buyout would require them at least pretending to care about their program. They instead treat it like an Olympic sport.

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1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

TBF Burno wasn't really canned. His contract expired and NIU elected to not renew. Firing and paying a buyout would require them at least pretending to care about their program. They instead treat it like an Olympic sport.

Please stop the cheap shots at Olympic Sports.  AKRON'S  most successful sport, Swimming, doesn't deserve your condescending discourse. 

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1 hour ago, ZZZips said:

Please stop the cheap shots at Olympic Sports.  AKRON'S  most successful sport, Swimming, doesn't deserve your condescending discourse. 

 

That's not who I intended to direct the insult, but I can see how it could come off as a stray. I'll be more mindful moving forward.

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2 hours ago, ZZZips said:

Please stop the cheap shots at Olympic Sports.  AKRON'S  most successful sport, Swimming, doesn't deserve your condescending discourse. 

More successful than men's soccer? Really?!

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3 hours ago, UAZipster0305 said:

More successful than men's soccer? Really?!

I love the men's soccer program and they've had great success, But when you win your conference title 12 times in 13 years, and have sent a number of swimmers to the NCAA meets over that time I might have to lean towards swimming as well. 

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12 hours ago, MDZip said:

I love the men's soccer program and they've had great success, But when you win your conference title 12 times in 13 years, and have sent a number of swimmers to the NCAA meets over that time I might have to lean towards swimming as well. 

Men's soccer has had similar in conference success and national level success in out of conference games and the NCAAT. Has the swim team consistently been placing in the Top 25 nationally? The Top 10 at all? That's a legit question. I don't know. If not, I still favor the soccer team, but what a great problem to have...too much winning. :D

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