According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not.
Calling yourself a family when everyone is looking out for themselves is just another example of hypocrisy.
The FlashFast family that Sean Lewis touted was no family, but a collection of individuals looking out for their own best interest.
There was no real sense of family connection, causing Lewis and his team to pretty much count down the days until they would go their separate ways. Because of Lewis' sham of a family with no true bonds between players and the Kent State community, the Flashes have no returning offensive starters from a year ago and only four returning starters total. Offseason transfers gutted the team after the departure of Lewis for Colorado as the Buffaloes offensive coordinator.
Some Flash fans want to believe Lewis was the savior of Kent State football, but the truth is Lewis was the beneficiary of Paul Haynes' recruit Dustin Crum just like Darrell Hazell was the beneficiary of Doug Martin's recruit, Dri Archer, and Stan Heath was the beneficiary of most of the talent on the 2001-2002 Elite Eight team that Gary Waters recruited.
Crum was named the MAC Most Valuable Player, Archer was a consensus All-American, and Trevor Huffman and Andrew Mitchell were All-MAC First Team and Demetric Shaw was All-MAC Defensive Player of the Year. With talent such as that, Lewis, Hazell, and Heath couldn't help but win.
But after Crum graduated, Lewis struggled to win consistently. And even he knew without a quarterback as talented as Crum his offense was not going to be nearly as effective as when Crum was under center. So, he bailed, which in itself wouldn't have been detrimental for Kent State but he didn't encourage any of his players to stay and as a result a week after the departure of Lewis, 14 players from the program entered the transfer portal.
I don't know how long it will take Kenni Burns to rebuild the program after such massive defections, but it is apparent to me after seeing the Flashes 56-6 loss to UCF it could take longer than most Flash fans expect.
Calling yourself a family when everyone is looking out for themselves is just another example of hypocrisy.
The FlashFast family that Sean Lewis touted was no family, but a collection of individuals looking out for their own best interest.
There was no real sense of family connection, causing Lewis and his team to pretty much count down the days until they would go their separate ways. Because of Lewis' sham of a family with no true bonds between players and the Kent State community, the Flashes have no returning offensive starters from a year ago and only four returning starters total. Offseason transfers gutted the team after the departure of Lewis for Colorado as the Buffaloes offensive coordinator.
Some Flash fans want to believe Lewis was the savior of Kent State football, but the truth is Lewis was the beneficiary of Paul Haynes' recruit Dustin Crum just like Darrell Hazell was the beneficiary of Doug Martin's recruit, Dri Archer, and Stan Heath was the beneficiary of most of the talent on the 2001-2002 Elite Eight team that Gary Waters recruited.
Crum was named the MAC Most Valuable Player, Archer was a consensus All-American, and Trevor Huffman and Andrew Mitchell were All-MAC First Team and Demetric Shaw was All-MAC Defensive Player of the Year. With talent such as that, Lewis, Hazell, and Heath couldn't help but win.
But after Crum graduated, Lewis struggled to win consistently. And even he knew without a quarterback as talented as Crum his offense was not going to be nearly as effective as when Crum was under center. So, he bailed, which in itself wouldn't have been detrimental for Kent State but he didn't encourage any of his players to stay and as a result a week after the departure of Lewis, 14 players from the program entered the transfer portal.
I don't know how long it will take Kenni Burns to rebuild the program after such massive defections, but it is apparent to me after seeing the Flashes 56-6 loss to UCF it could take longer than most Flash fans expect.
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