Shaka Smart becomes a Gator
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by mrasor
Men’s basketball
Former Akron assistant coach Shaka Smart is headed to Gainesville to work under Billy Donovan at Florida.
Basketball people say Smart will be a big-time coaching prospect. He left Akron two seasons ago to be an assistant at Clemson. He knows a lot about basketball. Good luck to him.
Football
According to someone present at the trial, Joe Nemer is asking the jury to award him $3 million for his property.
The university has offered $1.038 million, which is reportedly above fair-market value.
I guess $3 million is the point where it stops being about principles.
- Here are some new scholarship offerees, who might play football where Joe’s bar sits…
Gary Gilliam, tight end, Hershey, Pa.
Offers: Akron, Connecticut, Virginia and Villanova
Height: 6-foot-7
Weight: 245
Speed: Not listed
Notes: Penn State, Pitt, Connecticut and Virginia are in Gilliam’s top four. Akron’s not a likely destination.
Jim Teknipp, tight end, McDonough, Ga.
Offers: Akron and Central Florida
Height: 6-6
Weight: 230
Speed: 4.8
Notes: Teknipp’s family lives in Ohio. If they move to Florida, it appears UCF will win. If not, Akron has a chance.
Logan Ryan, cornerback, Voorhees, N.J.
Offers: Akron, Boston College, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Rutgers, Virginia and West Virginia
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Speed: 4.46
Notes: His top five are Rutgers, Virginia, Boston College, Maryland and West Virginia.
Genesis Fonoimoana, safety, Los Angeles Harbor C.C., Calif.
Offers: Akron and Nevada
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205
Speed: 4.45
Notes: One thing’s for sure, he has a great name. In his first year at LAHCC, Fonoimoana grabbed six interceptions and made 34 tackles.
Miscellaneous
Put this in your “I probably don’t care” category, but I’ll discuss it anyhow.
Last night was the annual Mike Rasor vs. Captain Kangaroo/Dr. Z softball duel.
CK and Dr. Z run the premier Zips Web site, ZipsNation.org. If you’re a Zips fan, you should have it bookmarked.
Anyhow, our teams played a doubleheader in the Stow slow-pitch league. Correct me if I’m wrong about the exact scores, CK, but I think we won by counts of 21-3 and 15-7.
Here is the wildest play of the game: I drove a liner over the left-center fielder’s head. I caught up with the runner ahead of me at third base. He planned to stop there. I yelled at him to keep running. We both scored.
CK, who was pitching, claimed we scored because of a missed cut-off man. It definitely went in my team’s scorebook as a home run.
Despite all that, check out ZipsNation.org if you don’t already. Like I said, spare me the “We don’t care” comments. I know.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
FYI: Your blog needs updated.
Appartently the entire jury believed it was about the principles.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
That jury is nuts. I just saw the property a couple of days ago and total of 2.7 million for that property is obscene. Those dumps are not worth even half that much. The Jury looked at more what UofA could pay and not what the property and business were actually worth.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Now to see if he actually uses that cash to build a new business. If so, at 2.7 mil, it better be a freakin’ palace…..
June 4th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Joe is old and loosing his mind to put it nicely.
He will retire and you will never hear from him again.
June 4th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
“Here is the wildest play of the game: I drove a liner over the left-center fielder’s head. I caught up with the runner ahead of me at third base. He planned to stop there. I yelled at him to keep running. We both scored.
CK, who was pitching, claimed we scored because of a missed cut-off man. It definitely went in my team’s scorebook as a home run.”
Home run??!! There were TWO errors on that play??!! I hope our score book was the one-of-record, ’cause I don’t need an artificially inflated ERA in what is my “contract year.”
In the Battle of the Bloggers — The Rasor-led squad one again prevailed. I believe we’re now 0-for-the-last 5?
Game #1 was a 2006 Akron/Army-esque beatdown. I arrived at 6:01, but the ump began the game at 5:50pm…so by the time I got my cleats on, it was 9-0. I think the final was 19-4 in 4 innings?
Game #2 was respectable, @ 15-9 in 7 innings. But us 40-somethings have a tough time hanging with an athletic crew of 25-year olds.
All credit to the Keg-kickers…they whupped us good! Hope we get the chance to play again.