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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Donlon fired at WSU.

« on: March 18, 2016, 05:07:11 PM »

Middle Tennessee winning today proves it could happen...not nearly as unattainable as you might think...Wisconsin Milwaukee fired Jeter...other programs go for it...football rules here but Middle has football too

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Who is gone?

« on: March 18, 2016, 05:02:42 PM »

You watch... it happens every year...never any growth

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Who is gone?

« on: March 18, 2016, 03:21:15 PM »

It's about the time that we hear who is leaving the men's basketball program. It happens each and every year. Hard to develop a program with constant defections. Keep an ear out

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 16, 2015, 08:22:20 AM »

"I see nuthink...I know nuthink...I dont even know if I got up this mornink!" Sgt. Shultz 1944

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 16, 2015, 06:50:19 AM »

AMEN!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 15, 2015, 03:27:49 PM »

I still dont understand all the venom....what would any of you naysayers do differently? And dont say you would hire a different coach...hindsight is always 20/20...a bad AD hires crooks and does some phoney baloney with funds or totally ignores upgrades when they are available...what has he really done wrong? A good AD doesnt make knee jerk decisions because of some losing seasons, he uncovers reasons and if they are valid enough he takes action...we will have a new MBB coach next season..put away the rakes and torches...if you arent loyal to the U then stay away...no loss

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 15, 2015, 03:01:55 PM »

like a good friend of mine always says.."He don't know that he don't know"

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 15, 2015, 12:48:17 PM »

As I stated in an earlier post, too much blame for all the concerns people have is placed on Strollo...do you really  think that he had nothing to do with the huge upgrades in the athletic facilities? Beautiful track, and soccer field, perfect little softball venue and all the upgrades to our basketball facility. The WATTS center, though not his baby, occured under his tenure. So if we can blame him for everything under the sun should we not also give him any credit for that building? Coaches make the schedules through their networking, AD's just firm up the dates and the dollars. Ron Strollo is not the problem. Far from it. Our football program went down since Coach JT left because the ensuing coaches werent Coach JT. As far as bad-mouthing Bo, he brought back the Nebraska program after Callahan just about made it irrelevant. Haters are going to hate, and bandwagon jumpers hop on and off depending on success. The plan Strollo had after Robic was a solid one, but it seems the choice was wrong. The next basketball hire will tell the tale..did Strollo not make 2 great hires for our women? Or doesnt he get any credit for that? Everything has improved at YSU except a few team records, yet Strollo gets next to no credit but all of the blame. Blinders dont allow some folks to see the entire picture.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 14, 2015, 09:39:27 AM »

It seems we are all beating a dead horse here...our MBB HC is not going to quit nor are we firing him...all this salary talk is pointless until next March when we will have a search commitee for a new coach...this staff will have a hard time finding recruits to fill the remaining slots so we might be below the scholarship limit..the only thing that should concern us at this point is retaining the players we do have and the next wave of newcomers...as far as the next HC goes, we will need to find a guy that doesnt honestly care about his own salary but about his recruiting budget...someone that just wants a shot to run a D1 program and is honestly looking at this job as a stepping stone...win here and everyone will be after him...our next hire must be a correct one

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 08, 2015, 03:25:28 PM »

What did this subject turn into?! Somebody turned this into a whole bunch of meaningless stats....no one ever asked me what I watch on tv so I dont believe a word of what sport has falling numbers. As far as NBA basketball is concerned, has anyone ever watched an NBA Classic game? Scores were 125-120 not because the players shot the ball better or made 80% of their free throws...no...watch closely...no one ever played any defense..ever...Ive never seen so many open looks...the subject is the state of YSU's mens basketball program...no one goes because they dont win..period

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 07, 2015, 10:51:03 AM »

Matt Donlon 6'7'' small forward from Iowa Western JC commits...originally from Melbourne Australia,  played 1 year at S. Dakota St. Seems like a decent get....also recruiting G Mike Davis from Lakeland CC who spent a year at N> Illinois...would also be a good sign...IMO still need to be all over Antwan Lilliard from Cleveland CC...I would feel a lot better with these 3 guys added to the 3 we signed early and the 7 footer that sat out last year...keep fingers crossed

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Marcus Keene, Osandi Vaughn leaving YSU

« on: April 03, 2015, 08:19:07 AM »

I will argue that he is a lame duck..he's on a 1 year extension and that's it...won't be extended...He will have 6 new scholarship players that he will coach only 1 season. Hard to get 3 solid recruits with them knowing that he will be gone ..it's a bad situation

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Marcus Keene, Osandi Vaughn leaving YSU

« on: April 02, 2015, 12:48:44 PM »

I dont understand your comment about YSU's commitment to mens basketball...what do you truly want them to do? Do you think there was no commitment to basketball when the entire lobby to our facility was upgraded to a D1 level? The basketball weightroom? The media center and film room? And previously the locker room? Those are top notch dollars commited to upgrade the program. Perhaps you are talking about coach salaries and recruiting budgets..well we seem to have the dollars to recruit players from Florida, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana, not to mention Michigan. So it must be salaries. Granted, our head coach doesnt make nearly the money it takes to offer someone with "name" recognition, so we have to find someone with a good record that wants a chance at the D1 level (ie Slocum..Peters) or some asst. at a higher profile school that wants to run their own D1 program (ie Robic, Cleamons). I think the commitment is there but our choices havent always worked out. The fact that we now employ a lame duck HC that surely has one year left and a staff that seems to lack the juice to take over added to the fact that we have had an inordinate amount of defections lately paints a pretty bleak picture. What do you want administration to do to prove it has a commitment to our basketball program? Anybody? What's the answer?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Home and Home with Nebraska? April Fools??

« on: April 01, 2015, 03:37:39 PM »

future odds at Manny's Sportbook in Vegas has us a 5 point favorite

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: State of men’s basketball

« on: April 01, 2015, 03:35:02 PM »

we went from fixing mens basketball to Steve Perry...unless Steve Perry is Kendrick's cousin and at least as good then who really cares where we play our games if no one comes. Youngstown College used to play their games at the downtown YMCA and might return there if someone doesnt fix the problem