You're an up and coming coach and you're given a choice- Akron, Miami , or Ball St. Which do you chose?
You can make arguments for Miami and BallS, but Akron is firmly in last place among those options.
Miami has history, a strong institution and some commitment to put resources into the program (that they can likely back up with deep pocketed donors). On the flipside, it's been 10 years of garbage there and Millett is the dump you're stuck with for now. Add it the competition from hockey that only two other MAC schools have to face and it may tilt it in favor of Ball State to me.
Ball State has history, a nice arena with recent upgrades and some good momentum following many years of mediocrity.
Akron's D1 history is largely garbage followed by the golden era of Dambrot. The school has no money and pays $4 million a year for debt on an empty football stadium. There's no appetite for spending, and the arena is bad. Last but not least, during the golden era of winning, the fan base couldn't even fill the place. So you're replacing a legend who wrung every drop of potential out of the program and still couldn't attract fans. Nowhere to go but down there.
Last Edited: 3/28/2017 8:24:32 AM by Recovering Journalist