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IAA Fan:
I like the info Chez; but no, I do not believe AU and KSU cannot be our models for success. That is unless we are looking for a conference move & commitment change. Sure I would love to luck into someone that could give YSU what Dambrot has given Akron. However, the truth is, Dambrot's record at CMU was nothing, so it was a big risk for Akron to hire him ...and being a local hero was probably the only reason it happened. How much is he he being paid? half-mil or so, based on performance for a small portion of that? KSU plays big-time basketball and more than one of the assistants makes more than Slocum ...let alone their HC.

AU football has a big $$/name coach with an 11-25-0 record and their previous coach won 5 games in 4-years of football. Akron is pushing football more than ever before and it has yet to show results. We will have to wait and see. Yet they are pushing football ...as are we.

popsicle:
One thing has always confused me when it comes to you, 1AA. You are more content to invest in "B" movies, better known as 1AA football, when you have the stage to produce "A" movies, known as the NCAA tournament. Guess it all goes back to confidence. You have no confidence YSU can compete in basketball...yet still believe they can be the big dogs in football. You are willing to take no chances otherwise........yet won't admit that what was....was special......and will probably never occur again.......! Move forward and quit trying to reproduce the past.  Sequels always fail.

ysufan0505:
Problem is, a lot of these people are still living in the past. Still holding onto the I-AA titles in football some 20 years ago that no kid now a days was even born and remembers.

It is much, much easier to make the NCAA tournament now a days if you INVEST CORRECTLY in a basketball program. They have done that with the upgrades to Beeghly.

Strollo has invested all this money into the football program and has what to show for it? A win against Pitt 1st game of the season....

Trust me, I fully support the football program but we could have a solid basketball program here if the right leadership is in place (Not Slocum). Look at how far the women's program has come from the debacle of a WINLESS season just a couple years ago. Boldon and now Barnes. Young, up and coming coaches looking to prove something. Same can be done for the men's program. Time for a reality check for the AD and the whole athletic department.

edpuskas:
Interesting to note: The last time the job came open, I thought YSU should have looked at Kevin Mackey. No less an authority than Larry Bird, who'd hired Mackey as a scout with the Indiana Pacers, gave me 20 minutes on the phone on a Saturday afternoon. Bird talked about what a great job Mackey was doing and how he'd paid his debt for the mistakes he made and deserved another chance as a college coach. I wrote as much in a column, but as far as I know, Mackey was never considered. The style of play Mackey employs would have put butts in the seats at Beeghly from the start and the name recognition in northeastern Ohio would also have helped the program. But hey, what do I know?

Also interesting to note: Disgraced former Baylor coach Dave Bliss is back in the game. But Kevin Mackey could never get another shot?

gbs20:
Maybe the chances of that happening now are greater since YSU has become the University of Second Chances for Coaches. (USCC)

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