2015 #IUBB Offseason Thread

[ThompsonHoosier 3,413]

Well if Crean stays I really hope we get a replacement for Shooter that is a good defensive coach. I really do feel that if we had a better defense we would have won 3-5 more games this season. I'm thankful for all Crean has done for the program but we desperately need better defensive play from everyone...And a Thomas Bryant. (Just assuming Crean will be back next season)

[LIHoosier 24,995]

In his scenario he had Stan and Devin also leaving.  That would leave Hartman and Williams from the 2013 class going into their junior year.  Williams is most likely gone to the NBA after next season so that would leave us with one senior.  I've seen that play out before, not pretty or the direction we need to maintain. 

Another chance to use the "Hey, we're young" card.

[GloryDays 5,888]

Earlier in the thread someone talked about how much JBJ stood around. I've been watching UCLA closely the last couple days and noticed how they run Alford off screen after screen. He runs off screens a lot off the ball to get himself open shots. JBJ is as good as shooter as anyone so why not run him off some down screens to get him open instead of him just spotting up out top and hoping we can drive in kick.

   Wouldn't that be motion? That wont happen with this staff.

I watched the UCLA, UAB game and it was fun seeing a team run their offense so effectively.

I have never been a proponent of hiring Steve but man he has those kids playing well.

His boy coming of those screens brought back some pleasant memories along with a feeling of despair due to of our current situation.

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

Watching Alford's UCLA team advance in the tourney has been fun for an old-timer like me. Bryce isn't the same player Steve was but he has the same toughness and a pretty shot when he gets it going.

[Scooter D 928]

The offseason...I am glad that it is here. After the past two months...i love my IU Hoosiers, but we need a break.

[Crimson and Cream 5,699]

Offseason doesn't mean good things, I think we learned that last year

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

I'm never ready for the season to be over, and now that it is, I still don't feel any relief even though every game the past two months has been a disappointment.

I'll always be excited for basketball season and religiously follow the program, but something significant needs to change during the offseason.

I wish this weren't true, but any change at head coach will excite me and the entire fan base at this point. Sadly, I don't trust the administration to make the correct hire, and I'm not even sure that the right coach is available to us currently.

Crean carried this program out of the ditch it was passed out in after Sampson, but he unfortunately provides very few reasons to believe he can take it further than where it has been since 2012-2013.

[AZ Hoosier 6,017]

I for one could not wait for this train wreck of a season to end. Hopefully we are now one step closer to the road back.

I love Hoosier basketball, but this season was just too much to bear - from the off-season shenanigans to the DD story to the good start to total and utter collapse - was time for this one to end.


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[djsalway 4,161]

@JeffRabjohns: Forward Troy Williams will return to Indiana for his junior season, his mom said on Facebook.

[Hovadipo 52,902]

@JeffRabjohns: Forward Troy Williams will return to Indiana for his junior season, his mom said on Facebook.

:) :) :) :) :)

[HoosierAloha 29,887]

@JeffRabjohns: Forward Troy Williams will return to Indiana for his junior season, his mom said on Facebook.

 

That was awfully quick.  Glad he will be back.  Now his summer goal should be doubling his basketball IQ and preparing to be All B1G.  Still has a ton of potential.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,725]

Great news. Looking forward to Troy being a lottery pick at the end of next year! Work on that jumper son!

[Myrmidon76 614]

I would rather Troy improve his basketball IQ (know when to drive and when to dish) first and then the jumpshot. His lack of a jumpshot didn't cost us games....his bball IQ did.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,725]

I would rather Troy improve his basketball IQ (know when to drive and when to dish) first and then the jumpshot. His lack of a jumpshot didn't cost us games....his bball IQ did.

this is completely true. I think we need a new coach to help that aspect. Crean and staff can help with the jumper though.

Troy with a new coach is still the dream!

[swatford 1,235]

I remember seeing on twitter someone posting Troy's and Vic's number from their sophomore years. Troy did marginally better in pts, rebs, and FG% than Vic. If he can put in the work Vic did in that off-season he'll for sure be a top player in the country.

[ashmgee 193]

Points rebounds and FG% are only part of the game. Vic was special because he was a incredible defensive player. Troy is capable of being a very good player, and I hope he maximizes his potential, but the Vic/Troy comparison is really like comparing apples to oranges, other than the fact that they both were dunkers.

 

Vic didn't play for the highlights. They came to him. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,935]

@JeffRabjohns: Forward Troy Williams will return to Indiana for his junior season, his mom said on Facebook.

If that is indeed true - I'm just skeptical of FB comments in general - that suggests to me that CTC is not going anywhere.

[Hoosiers96 912]

[attachment=1887:ImageUploadedByBtownBanners1427125881.807634.jpg] Picture is from the IU Twitter account that Yogi posted on Instagram this morning

[AZ Hoosier 6,017]

Overall, I was amazed that the tournament announcers/play-by-play guys continually referring to Yogi as "Yogi Fer-RELL". #morons

[bnkepner 1,509]

Overall, I was amazed that the tournament announcers/play-by-play guys continually referring to Yogi as "Yogi Fer-RELL". #morons

That was Webber. I don't understand why he kept pronouncing it that way while the other two pronounced it normal the whole game. Webber did only stay in college for two years though, and probably didn't go to class much.

That was almost as bad as announcers all year trying to pronounce "Hanner Mosquera-Perea" all year.