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(12-31-2019 08:58 AM)Muskrat Wrote:  I too had thought (hoped?) that Kent State basketball was above that kind of loss, especially to an unranked team. I suppose the success of the Waters through Ford years still hasn't been cleansed from my system. I'm NOT criticizing Senderoff and I know what obstacles he has to deal with, but for me it just hasn't seemed the same since Ford left. Senderoff's teams have averaged 2 games above .500 in regular season MAC games. I know that's not bad at all and lots of programs would envy that I know that he has not had a losing season, overall or in regular season MAC competition, and that lots of programs can't say that, either. Still, I don't know. Again, I'm not criticizing Senderoff or anyone else. Maybe I'm just spoiled?

It’s not Senderoff it’s the system. All the player movement took away one of the only advantages mid majors had. The big boys lose players but they easily replace them with the next crop of one and dones. They supplement that by getting their role players from the mid majors (by then proven players and not risky high school seniors). We are basically a AAA minor league team. Waters etc didn’t lose players that way (until he went to CSU and we know how that ended). In today’s system John Edwards would have never played at Kent his senior year. Probably the same for Antonio Gates.

The only drama every year is how we will do against our brethren in the MAC. That’s probably a better measurement of Senderoff’s coaching. Let’s face it most of the non-conference games are decided once the schedule comes out.