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Parakeet Jones

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    Parakeet Jones reacted to btownqb in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    man he TOOK 19 3s all year long... he should never be starting. He should have ALWAYS been playing ahead of Haircut Gunn, but he isn't a starter on a successful, tourney-bound (god is that seriously our benchmark) team. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to cleeter in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    If Leal and Gallo are starting, we are missing the BTT
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    Haven't seen anything yet to indicate we've definitely reached out to Essegian but assuming we made a run at him, I can't get particularly excited with Essegian, Leland Walker, Trey, Leal, Cupps and an unknown Jakai Newton as my backcourt.  IMO there's just not enough overall talent level to be super competitive.
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to LamarCheeks in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Criticize Woody the IU coach all you want. There are certainly myriad reasons to do so. And it's deserved. 
    But IMO -- let's leave Woody the IU player alone. Dude was damn good. 
    Unfortunately, this is what I feared would happen if we hired one of our own and things didn't go well. His legacy as a player is now under fire -- and that just ain't right. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to hper50 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    My biggest problem is we’re in just as bad of a spot whether Woody sucks this year or has a fine year and retires.
    A new coach will have zero foundation for the 2025-26 season given we’ve struck out in the 2024 recruiting class AND likely 2025.
    It would've been nice to have a new coach this coming season with foundational pieces (Gallo, Malik, Mgbako?) and the ability to potentially salvage the 2025 class.
    You can fix quickly in the portal, but all successful teams need a foundation. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Hoosierfan2017 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    A sweet 16 run would be a great way to send Woodson into retirement. Under no circumstances should he be brought back after next year, imo. Either he stinks and gets fired, or he saves his IU legacy by doing well and then retires. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to IUCrazy2 in NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel   
    Yeah, a guy who was the finalist for Louisville and Michigan and had them in a bidding war to land him is totally not worth firing Woodson for.
    We are going to be flavor of the month dumpster diving at this time next year.  And the same people saying we shouldn't do May will be wishing we had.
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to spe317 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    The more games I watch with 3’s raining down the angrier I get with the inside out comment. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Chris007 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    I look at it as a reason why the Big Ten needs to get away from it. It's not basketball. There is a reason we haven't won a NC as a conference in 20 something years
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to JXG in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Fwiw, Query asked Crean what he thought about this little controversy:

    Rumors, questions, and discussions followed Leal’s comment. Are the fans too toxic? Could that be the reason why they missed out recruits or players in the transfer portal? Former Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean joined Query & Company Wednesday afternoon and was asked that question.

    “I don’t know if I believe it. I think the fans, from my experience, any booing or any negativity that I delt with, wasn’t anything close to some of the stuff I was dealing with back there with the administration. I wanted every one of our players, no matter how great it was or how rough it was, to understand the privilege it was to play there and it’s special because of those people. There is a passion for that place that very few have.” Crean stated.

    “Indiana’s built on the grass roots of Indiana. Administratively or coaching wise, the moment that you forget it was built on the communities, counties, rural areas, you name it, that’s how Indiana basketball was built. You better never forget how Indiana basketball got built. Those people there, they love it. Some of them hate it, but they weren’t born to be Indiana fans anyways. The ones that love it, they love it. Can they take it over the top? Sure. There is NOTHING like it when that place (Assembly Hall) is rolling and those fans are bringing that intimidation factor to the opponent. To get to those days, you got to go through some of the hard days and the last thing you ever want to do is disrespect the people that make it what it is.”
     
    https://1075thefan.com/271083/tom-crean-has-a-message-for-indiana-basketball/
     
    Do you all think Indiana Admin and Coach have forgotten their base?
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to JSHoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    We're nothing compared to them. Give UK our last 25 years and those fans would burn the campus to the ground. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to RoncalliHoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Rupp Rafters is back up, and the natives are not happy. Can't believe some think our fanbase is toxic. Here's a sample:

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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Chris007 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    We’re about to find out if Kentucky has true fans or not. Haha
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Hoosierfan2017 in Fire Coach Woodson   
    UK fans would literally burn the UK campus to the ground if they had the 25 years we’ve just had yet somehow IU fans get the toxic label. If anything IU fans aren’t toxic enough. 
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    Parakeet Jones got a reaction from Sardinefarts1991 in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    I think we all should prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually for him to be here next season. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to bigrod in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    Just my opinion, but Trey's assists will go way down without a guy that he can just lob it up to anywhere around the basket. If Trey is our best point, I think we're in trouble. I like him, but just don't think he is a lead point guard.
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to 8bucks in Fire Coach Woodson   
    It was behind a paywall but I tried. I am pretty objective and you can see that the program is on shaky grounds. The year 3 collapse would be more tolerable if we had some promising H.S. recruits coming in.  
     
    The staff could build a team strong enough to get into the NCAAs next year if a lot of things go our way, but then what?  Woodys age and the lack of H.S. kids coming creates a lot of reasonable concerns for the short, medium and long term health of the program 
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    Parakeet Jones got a reaction from Sardinefarts1991 in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    I think we all should prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually for him to be here next season. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Shooter in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    Yea I think it matters. Good teams and programs have continuity from one season to the next. Maybe an exception for Kentucky, but we have not shown the ability to recruit on that level.
    Plus, while I agree everything is basically a one year deal, you have an advantage "recruiting" your players to stay when they have already been productive and successful at your school.
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to Chris007 in Indiana Players Now In The Portal   
    I've heard Ball St for Gunn and Sparks have reached out
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    Parakeet Jones got a reaction from Sardinefarts1991 in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    I think we all should prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually for him to be here next season. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to WayneFleekHoosier in NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel   
    Maybe by his choice?  
     
    Indiana has made a lot of losing decisions.  I’m not going to take a side here but the smear campaign against Fife was another lowpoint in the Woody tenure. Of which, he’s accumulating plenty. 
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to cbp4iu in Fire Coach Woodson   
    Woodson needs 
    3/4 starters (Mgbako leaves)
    3 quality pieces on the bench that fill roles. 
     
    that’s sounds like a lot.
    a core of
    Mgbako Reneau isn’t a bad start…, But still a huge climb
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to cleeter in Transfer Portal w IU Interest   
    I think this is what you’re referring too. Just in case people don’t have X/Twitter

    https://iuportaltracker.com


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Parakeet Jones reacted to 68Hoosier in Fire Coach Woodson   
    i am not sure the fanbase is as fractured as some say.  I think True Fan or Not you can have an option and be critical of what you are watching and still love IU.  I am critical of my kids when they do things but it never means I am not a true parent or that i don't love them. The notion that you not a true fan if you don't just support what you see is all BS to me. 
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