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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Next coach

« on: March 11, 2017, 10:03:05 AM »

Derrick Kellog let go at UMass...players highly upset...we better jump on him immediately to gauge his intetest...his record and recruiting ability doesn't seem to warrant his dismissal...somebody will get a good young coach...why not us?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Next coach

« on: March 10, 2017, 05:19:51 PM »

Mike can recruit his behind off...did great a Rob Morris recruiting kids to a little high school gym...itd be an ESPN story giving a guy a second chance...Akron went out on a limb for Dambrodt don't forget

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Next coach

« on: March 10, 2017, 10:28:51 AM »

At one time I thought this could've been a possibility..hire h.s. coach Brian Danilov when Dan Peters left...Brians passion for coach g was over the top and I honestly felt he could've sold snow to the Eskimos...i see he is now an asst at Westminster...im not saying to do this but back then....

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Next coach

« on: March 09, 2017, 10:30:33 PM »

It is THE most important hire because apathy of the fans days so...no one goes to games because no one cares...it has never been this bad and if you cannot see that I feel bad for you...this program is at a crossroad....it cannot hire someone that recruits jc players that cannot play....we have had an inordinate amount of players leave this program and it sure isn't because of the lure of the NBA or Europe...10 losing seasons in 12 years is just plain pathetic...have we even had one recruiting class stay  together til their eligibility was up? Not for a while...how do you build a program if guys don't stay long enough to improve...i maintain we will never have a more important hire than this one

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Next coach

« on: March 09, 2017, 12:38:05 PM »

This will be the most important hire in the history of the men's program....and it must be done swiftly...do we value the importance of the program or continue to fail...it starts and ends with recruiting....we cannot continue to recruit jc guys that do not start much less play at all while also getting kids to commit to 4 years...its past the time to straighten this thing out

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Slocum Retiring

« on: March 08, 2017, 05:08:27 PM »

The problem is nobody takes the YSU job with the idea of retiring there unless they are in their 50's ..and most in their 50's are rebounding from being fired or moving up a division to try their hand at D1...the real bottom line is 2 Sunni g season (barely) in 12 years isnt very good...infact not even mediocre....we need a coach that uses this job as a stepping stone to bigger jobs...thete isn't a thing wrong with that...this university can win with that formula because it has worked at countless places across the country

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Slocum Retiring

« on: March 08, 2017, 10:13:34 AM »

Let the speculation begin...As mentioned already Rick McFadden..Pat Beilein...
.and some of my own candidates...Jason Gee...Danny Peters...Marlon Williamson and although he would never leave Walsh ,Jeffy Young..
One more name that would never get a chance bit should get one Mike Rice Jr

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU MEN'S BASKETBALL/SLOCUM

« on: March 06, 2017, 01:20:17 PM »

A couple of points...first...this little mini run has proven my point about how men's basketball can be profitable with a bit more attention paid to it...all of a sudden we have bus trips and watch parties because of 2 wins...2! Imagine a 20 win season's excitement...it can happen if administration is not fooled by this and finds us a coach we can get excited about....second point...to reiterate..dont let this 2 game excitement cloud over the fact that overall our head coach has a terrible overall record that is compounded by the loss of players through transfer...we still need to move forward and capitalize on this run

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU MEN'S BASKETBALL/SLOCUM

« on: March 03, 2017, 05:23:11 PM »

It seems to me that complete apathy has set in...how do you explain getting rid of Wolford while keeping Slocum...i just don't get it...neither do many of us...we haven't ever been close to competitive in the Horizon...whoever is to blame is debatable but the fact that administration doesn't seem to care is not...that is what upsets many of us and that has to end

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU MEN'S BASKETBALL/SLOCUM

« on: February 27, 2017, 02:12:38 PM »

I still believe men's basketball would return more bang for the buck if we could get the right stuff in here to succeed....one crummy NCAA appearance would reap more $$ than football ever could...the arena doesn't hold us back...thw recruiting budget and coaches salaries do...however ..Jerry had it much better things here than Gannon and I'll always remember how Dan Peters told me how much better it was here than whete he came from and that was before the remodel of the locker rooms..trust me on this ..its all about who you play for at our level...Butler was junk until Thad  Matta...simeone somewhere is thirsting  for this job and we need to find him

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU MEN'S BASKETBALL/SLOCUM

« on: February 27, 2017, 09:53:33 AM »

The new coach must come from outside the current staff...Coach Wernicki is a good guy but to turn this thing around we need new recruiting contacts...be it Rick McFadden or a young guy from a lower division we do need someone completely new. Sure we can't pay competitively but there has to be someone itching for the opportunity to coach at a D1 level. The easy way out is elevating Wericki but it's time to do this right

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU MEN'S BASKETBALL/SLOCUM

« on: February 26, 2017, 11:44:46 AM »

Since moving to Rocky River I haven't seen the team play til yesterday..the lack of hustle was appaling to me...it didn't even appear that they had any division 1 talent at all...the program has fallen off the edge of the earth and needs a blood transfusion...what has any of Slocum teams hung their hat on? What style of ball does typifies his recruits? This program needs a coach that recruits a bunch of 6'5 athletic kids and just run 94 feet of constant pressure...kids today relate to it and we have never been able to recruit good post players anyway...it can be done with a young aggressive coach that recruits in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and Cincinnati...just hire someone that hangs his hat on constant pressure and turn this darn thing around for good
.it can and should be our goal as a program

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Men's basketball recruiting spring signing.

« on: April 29, 2016, 06:17:02 PM »

Yup...you're right...David Robinson wasn't recruited for talent

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Men's basketball recruiting spring signing.

« on: April 29, 2016, 11:23:42 AM »

Wow! Did I say he was the second coming of Kyrie? Navy thought he was worth a scholly and that's good enough for me...if that kid played at a local H.S. and signed elsewhere you'd leap all over our staff for not signing him...at least he's not 5'6... looking at our roster we need 2 post players...and at this point the JC route is our only alternative..if Scott Hollywood's kid wanted to come here he would've signed alteady...same with that Goldman kid

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Men's basketball recruiting spring signing.

« on: April 28, 2016, 06:20:47 PM »

Just so they are bangers...we don't have any at all...you can be 6'5 and play 6'8...we haven't had one in a long time