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I updated it for you. That way you don't have to always tell us he's coming, we know your stance :) Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Rabjons (in a ridiculously arrogant way) is saying something has changed and Crean to mizzou not currently looking set in stone like many thought. This is a change from before. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

grrr... still working on the twitter issue.

Can you post some screenshots, I actually can't see the android version.

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If he wants to come to Indiana than he knows how important the April recruiting period is and wouldn't want to miss it. That's why I don't really buy that narrative. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

One of the best updates, is links from Twitter or other sources you click should open directly in the app now instead of the mobile site!

For those saying Alford is a big step up from Crean... Indiana fans don't agree on BIG step. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I have always said the best teams are teams that are junior and senior led with 1 stud freshman (potential one and done). I'd love to have one of those players each year with the rest 3/4 year guys. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

He's only realistic if he WANTS to come back to college. The other guys are already in college and therefore can make a decision on which school is best. Donovan is in a completely different category than the rest. Indiana won't lure him back to college basketball. He has to want to go back, then Indiana could be a good fit. HUGE difference. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

He's not realistic. And 99% of people would pick him. We all know that. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Mobile: https://twitter.com/btownbanners/status/840600338914779136 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I'd take Archie, Bennett and Collins WAAAAY before I took Alford. Not even close. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Outside of Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan, there isn't one coach that unites the fan base. Just playing devil's advocate here. There are plenty of coaches who would unite Indiana more than Alford, but none of them will unite everyone. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I will say this about Janitor/ Bball4iu. The style in which they are posting this time has changed considerably. They are posting for attention, before they posted because "Hoosiers need to know what's really going on". Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

My uncle sent this to me in email, thought I'd throw it up here as it definitely makes you think... ------------------------------------ "As I’ve said before, I hope Indiana has a new coach next year. There are plenty of arguments in favor of this. For me, it’s simple. We need a great coach. I don’t think Crean, today, is a great coach. He’s still young and he could grow into a great coach - but that seems less likely than IU’s ability to hire a great coach (or to hire someone who will become a great coach). The national perception of Tom Crean is very, very different than how IU fans feel about him. That should give us all some pause. On the one hand, we could argue that no one else follows the program as closely as IU fans, so we’re in a better place to evaluate Crean than anyone else. But I don’t think that’s true. We’re so emotionally invested and biased that it’s really hard for us to be reasonable. I think the best example of this is: Syracuse - 61, Indiana - 50 That was the first genuine, national title contending team that IU has had in 25 years. Losing in the Sweet Sixteen to Syracuse was just awful... emotionally. IU fans still haven’t gotten over it. I loved that team. To have Oladipo, Zeller, Watford, and Hulls go out like that made me sick to my stomach. None of us were ready for that season to end. But from a basketball sense, a 1 seed losing to a 4 seed is so commonplace that it’s not even noteworthy. 1 in 3 one seeds do not make it past the Sweet Sixteen. It says nothing about Tom Crean’s coaching ability. It was one freaking game. Sure, other than the Final Four in 2003, Crean has not been past the S16 in all his other years, which isn’t encouraging. But that’s because his teams haven’t been high seeds. Indiana was a clear underdog in his other 3 tournament losses. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 2002 and his first trip to the NCAA tournament to find a real upset, when 5 seed Marquette lost to 12 seed Tulsa. Oh, and 12 seeds beat 5 seeds 64% of the time. So let’s imagine a world where we’re wrong about Crean. A world where Indiana’s best chance of success over the next 10 years is to keep Tom Crean. How could that be true? I think it’s pretty easy to imagine. 1. We need to acknowledge that winning outright B10 titles is hard. Doing it twice with two completely different rosters over a 4 year period is really hard. And both times Indiana did it, the top of the B10 was really strong. We didn’t just back into the title in an off year for the B10 (like Purdue does). That says a lot about Crean’s ability to build high performing teams. 2. One clear trend throughout Crean’s tenure is Indiana’s ability to beat the best teams. Even his first 3 seasons, IU often played best against the best teams (in losing efforts). We’ve also seen IU lose games they shouldn’t. Although this is a bit overblown (all teams get upset occasionally), it still seems too common to me. But I think that’s an easier problem to fix than an inability to beat the best teams. 3. In the last six years, Indiana has had strong teams 3 times. Those 3 teams are really, really close to being what IU fans want in our “up” seasons. A couple more NCAA wins is all that separates them from meeting our very high expectations. There’s really no reason to think that Crean can’t reach those expectations in the future. 4. In the last six years, Indiana has had weak teams three times. I know from reading a thousand posts on here that most people accept that IU will occasionally have down years. The issue is that our down years are more down than we expect. Missing the tournament completely twice is not acceptable. More than anything else, it’s this inconsistency that drive fans crazy. But even here, Indiana is not that far from being good enough in our down years. We made the tournament in 2015. And as frustrating as this season has been, I think we’re better than several teams that will get at-large bids. With the injuries, close losses, schedule, and youth, a reasonable person could look at this season and conclude that it’s an aberration, not a trend. And I think Crean made some notable recruiting mistakes, from a personality standpoint, that hurt the 2014 and 2015 teams - which has been corrected, from what I can tell. 5. “Turnovers and lack of fundamentals! They prove Crean can’t coach!!” Actually, this is easy to argue against. Here goes: IU fans don’t understand basketball. Even worse, they don’t understand basketball in ways that specifically prejudice them against Crean’s style. For example, a low turnover percentage simply isn’t all that important. I could write a whole post about this, but this is really a key point - your eyes might be lying to you. Tom Crean has had the #3, #9, and #11 ranked teams in the country - do you really think those teams did not have good fundamentals? If so, maybe you’re looking at the wrong things. “But wait,” you say, “Indiana has not had good fundamentals this year, and in 2014 and 2015, you moron!” I agree. You know why? Because those teams weren’t very good. There seems to be this weird belief among IU fans that’s it’s okay to have down seasons... as long as the team plays well in their losses. I’ll just leave it at that. 6. Bad defense. I admit, I’m grasping at straws on this one. It’s true that our defense has been pretty good (2013, 2014) or decent (2012, 2016) in 4 of the last six years. But I’ll never be able to forgive the Defensive Abomination of 2015. It was so bad I have to use capital letters. And each season I think our defense should be better than it is, given our personnel. So how to make the argument in favor of Crean here? I only see one way: He needs to let go of his ego, admit he needs help, and either listen to his assistants or bring in an assistant who can turn around the defense. This is big, because defense is the only thing preventing IU from being truly elite. 7. Last but not least - it’s possible that through back channel communication, Glass knows that he’s not going to be able to get any of his home run hires, and all the other candidates have quite a bit of risk with them. So Glass is not comparing Crean to Bennett or Donovan or Marshall.... he’s comparing Crean to Alford and Mack and Holtmann. I know plenty of IU fans would love one of those guys, but IMO it’s at best even probability that they’ll be better than Crean. To be clear, I’m imagining how we could be wrong, not advocating to keep Crean. I think Crean is closer to being good enough than most IU fans do, from what I can tell, but I’m still ready for a change.... I just think I could be wrong. " EDIT: It appears he just yanked this off Peegs from a guy named IUTerry... unless my uncle is IUTerry? lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Outside of winning the entire Big Ten Tournament and getting the automatic qualifier, I think there is another way for Indiana to stumble into the big dance. This year's bubble is WEAK. That being said, with Indiana's big wins this season, coupled with a 20 win season, I could see Indiana getting the nod to the First 4. (I think this is not likely we win these games, just showing the outcome). If we are going for the 20 wins, we really want Michigan to LOSE to Nebraska on Sunday. This would allow Indiana to open up the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday vs Rutgers and then have a MUCH easier path to get to 20 wins. Again, this isn't at all likely, but here is the potential paths. I went ahead and filled in Indiana's record assuming they won each of their future matchups. 3 wins away... Rutgers, Northwestern & Maryland is very doable in my opinion. Indiana can also beat themselves and lose in the first game to Rutgers lol.

Man I get back from D.C. And this thread only grew 12 pages... that's kind of shocking for a loss tonight Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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Welp that should settle if his old ass ever comes back to Indiana. This was the final straw, I'm 1000% over him. https://twitter.com/dpshow/status/840227602744922112 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Seat update: getting much closer Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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Boat load of Maryland fans Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

On our way to D.C. will be the little ones first IU game [emoji106]🏻[emoji106]🏻 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners