In his post game interview on the radio.  Said, OU might not be losing any players next year but they're going to lose their coach. He's gone."

Unless it's something he just can't pass up, I'd think he'd wanna stick around one more year at least to see what this crew is capable of.

He should ask Danny Nee about Nebraska.

I have to think that is WAY out of bounds.  If he says that on air, imagine what he says in a recruit's family room.  Dambrot is classless.  He should never leave Akron.  They deserve each other.  


NIT

+1 - very low class

That's like taking a wiz in our champagne. Stop wizzing in our champagne Coach Dambrot.

You stay classy Akron.

That guy is an idiot.  Probably just bitter that no one wants to hire him away from the *&^%$#@# that is Akron.

Duck Fambrot

Hahahahaha +1

+11ty billion. Straight classlessness.

I hope somebody from his institution calls him out on this negative smear campaign.

I am sure it is hard being on the losing end of a rivalry, but if this kind of matchup continues , it has a potential of a classic "mid-major" (i know..i hate that term too) march rivalry much like gonzaga and st. mary's...and while i am sure we will be on losing end at times, it can only be a good thing for MAC basketball.

I would think Illinois would be more likely than Nebraska.  Especially since Groce has already proven he can recruit in Chicago.  Yeah, we've all wondered about what would happen if Ohio had a super year this season, and frankly it wouldn't surprise me if Groce were to move on if the right job (i.e., "Big 6" conference) came open, but for Damnbrodt to say it in the press conference is utterly stupid and completely classless.  Frigging moron.  Sore loser.

I hope Groce would like to see the team he built come to full flower next year with the group of seniors he'll have and a year's experience for Smith, Taylor, et al, plus maybe getting Jacobs in there as the final piece of the puzzle. 

Coach Dambrot has a habit of saying stupid things and in the past it led to being sent to the basketball equivalent of Siberia. One would think after all of that, he would think before he speaks. Off the top of my head, I can't recall a coach saying such a thing to a coach to which he was supposedly on good terms. I can recall the Bobby Knight-Lou Henson feud and John Chaney and John Calipari dust up, but those coaches didn't make it much of a secret that they didn't like each other. However, this whole Dambrot thing came out of nowhere. Maybe he's jealous that Coach Groce might be getting some looks by some schools in major conferences.

I think we all know that if Coach Groce stayed another season he could really sweeten the pot and the number of big time programs that might show interest in his services. Coach Danny Nee said he left OU because he didn't think he could win a national championship in the MAC and that was his only reason for leaving after the 1985-86 season. However, I seem to recall that after he left Nebraska he stated that he may have had a better chance at winning a national title if he had stayed at OU. I hope Coach Groce talks to Coach Nee.

Jeff Boals.

I would not be surprised at anything at this point -- Groce staying or leaving, but for Dambrot to say that in a press conference is truly tasteless.  I do know that Groce and Schaus are very close, and that Schaus will try to sweeten the pot as much as possible to keep JG.  My guess is that if we would get to the Sweet 16, it would be about a 50-50 chance of Groce leaving.  I have heard through the local grapevine that JG really loves Athens and Ohio University and that his family really likes it here.  That is way different from the Nee situation where his wife hated Athens, kind of like Mrs. TOS.  I'm not saying that he'll stay, but I am saying that his personal priorities from all I've heard are way different from some of our past coaches.  Let's just sit back and enjoy and ride and let what happens happen.  GO OHIO!