(01-07-2018 09:15 AM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote:  

(01-06-2018 10:58 PM)bobcat_backer Wrote:  

(01-06-2018 03:20 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  

(01-06-2018 11:30 AM)uakronkid Wrote:  

(01-06-2018 10:31 AM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  The Zips only lost by 2 at Toledo last night. They will be tough at home.

I'll believe it when I see it. We'll be lucky to go 7-11 this year.

I still think Groce is an average-at-best coach that lucked into getting DJ Cooper while at Ohio.

So do you think the AD was kinda dumb to hire him?

yes

Agree.

Groce has a good eye for talent. He's a little off, imo. I've watched him up close on the bench and he has some wacko moments (of course, not the first coach you could say this about). He clearly knows how to coach basketball but I think Dambrot does a better job of teaching defense. On the flip side, Groce was put in a very difficult position. He barely had a team to coach and he and his staff should get some credit for putting a respectable roster together on the fly. Parrish is a great underrated recruit with all-MAC potential. Patton has the ability to be a good MAC play. Kostelic the big frosh is not quite ready but has good size and agility and could become a legit big in time. Akron is basically a team with 1 true college ready big man-Sayles-who is a freshman, and 80% of the roster playing and practicing together for the first time this season. Groce already has 3 good transfers RS this year, so I think they will be fine, not sure if he will ever get them to that consistent MAC champ level but Dambrot set a high bar.