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I'm pumped about this hire. He has the potential to blossom into one of the great basketball coaches in the land and it is an honor to be an alumnus of the institution he will be leading back to greatness. While a lot of analysis has been poured into the NCAA violations, the departure of players, etc., I think it is integral for those of us who truly bleed crimson to give Crean some space and support him as he takes on this challenge. While M. Davis may not have been the coach of the Hoosiers, I would hate to see fans criticize Crean out of B-Town in a redux of the Davis era. Crean is here to bring us all together once again - to unify us - and I say we give him and the team our full support. Go IU!
Never daunted, we shall not falter ...
Mike Davis took some average, and one above average player and made a darn good "team" out of them.
Maybe he faultered at other times (Bracey Wright/Leach/Killingsworth come to mind), but you said "terrible" and I respectfully disagree.
What I would like to see in the next week:
1. A decision made on Armon and JE
2. A coaching staff hired that includes Ray Mac
3. An EJ and Crean meeting....not a decision....but a meeting. I dont' think Crean will try to hard sale him but he said he will tell him if he decides to stay on how he could help develope his game.....
4. I would like to see the players who are staying make that call and get to work either way.
5. Ebanks on campus with Holloway.
"What I would like to see in the next week:
1. A decision made on Armon and JE"
@ TC is the Player Development guy, he does not need a deadline and the players may need to take some serious steps which will take time
"2. A coaching staff hired that includes Ray Mac"
@ TC is the coach he hires who he wants, Ray Mac gets only an interview and he must impress the new sheriff
"3. An EJ and Crean meeting....not a decision....but a meeting. I dont' think Crean will try to hard sale him but he said he will tell him if he decides to stay on how he could help develope his game....."
@ COuldn't agree more but only because its best for EJ
"4. I would like to see the players who are staying make that call and get to work either way. "
@ Amen
5. Ebanks on campus with Holloway.
@ Only if TC decides they fit otherwise adios
I suspect you actually agree with my critique and you are just anxious to get the ball rolling
In a unrelated story, several thousand men in the state of Indiana have suddenly disappeared. Wives claim the last time they were seen was roughly 6:30pm EDT on Tuesday. Many women are speculating it has something to do with the threat of NICE weather in the state, but others are claiming it has something to do with the continued demise of the Hoosier basketball program. Golf courses have not reported an influx of customers, so the men are not hitting the links. Bars are empty. Gentlemen's Clubs are going broke. Where did all the men go? No one knows.....
^switch cameras and anchor person^
IU finally ended 6 weeks of speculation today as they hired former Stanford coach Mike Montgomery. Montgomery spent some time in the NBA coaching the......wait.....what's this....oh dear....how sad....This just in...Mike Montgomery fell over dead of OLD AGE at his IU press conference today. Looks like the Hoosiers need to get their Red Robin panel back together for another coaching search.....
DOne great things everywhere but ATL and was nominated for COY this yr for losing 4 of 5 starters and making the NCAA. BAsed on everyone's previous gloom re AB and JE this feat is something everyone on this site would think is impossible for IU to do but quick to discredit Kruger.
Essentially your comment is right but it contnues the uninformed drumbeat that Kruger is a bad coach.
But Greenspan and the pabst blue ribbon comitee did a great job on this one.
Crean is clean, successful and young.
I bash Greenspan often, but i'll give him some credit for this hire, nicely played.
I am willing to say starting tomorrow, Big A, E, and R could begin looking at next years team and get consistant 30-50 post and we are 6 months away. Hell you could have a blog about IU changing uniforms and it would do a lot.....(no names on the back, but a nice grey, red, and crimson with a cursive Indiana on the front wouldn't be bad)
solid solid site
i actually wore my one of my iu t-shirts when jogging today. i haven't done that in a while. it's good to be a hoosier!
I do believe there is more to these stories than missed meetings which is why I would NOT be surprised if guys are dismissed. I have a bad feeling about Toine.
I do believe KS overlooked a lot of stuff because of his own mess and desire to keep down the controversies. But he if Coach T has to "CREAN" house then get it done.
give me
Crawford
Roth
Ebanks
McGhee
Eli/Taber
and if they play hard I will be happy....
ESPN 1000 in Chicago reportedly reported the Kruger story which I do not believe Sam Smith would be involved with in any way. Chicago has a robust media. They even have two newspapers.
While I think there are more things to be learned (like that Crawford and Bassett failed drug tests which led to their three-game suspensions earlier in the season), I doub that they're going to lose "four or five years" - that's ridiculous. He's struck out many times before on big stories.