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Reduced salary cost + landing top 100 (?) + loyal/trustworthy enough = 3rd assistant coach Interesting

Your sardar is typically spot on but this was one wasn't sarcasm.

Interesting take

I get the report Uof6 and Payne were pursuing him. How are Ya leaving for Uof6 and Walsh being hired as the 3rd assistant related to Ya leaving?

Only one assistant coach couldn't get them open shots or recruit but kind of could but really couldn't. The others are good.

So you're saying that if we wouldn't have promoted from within that Ya was going to leave? What would be the reasoning behind this?

Congrats to Walsh, Ya, and Hunter on the promotions! Let's hope it's smooth sailing from here!!

That wouldn't necessarily be a tall, long, or good shooting team as constructed. If they went full chaotic defense mode it has the potential to be fun to watch.

So we started as a Little lock with Dane as lead recruiter to firing Fife who wasn't the lead for anyone back to Dane was the lead on the Little lean to Baylor for awhile. Add a dash that we should be hopefully hearing from Little in the next few weeks that was announced almost a month ago.

I thought we led for Little and we should hear something soonish? I didn't think Fife was a lead recruiter for anyone or was he just the "lead recruiter" to get him out of the country? Recruiter and information seems more fluid by the day.

I do think we have an opportunity to significantly upgrade the talent on the team. However, what happens if we get something like Race going to Providence and JG going somewhere in the south? I love these speculations presented as positive statements.

1/3 has somewhat proven themselves. If that's who we have at guard I hope X is putting them through the ringer this summer with great leadership to have them ready for the rigors of Big 1.o basketball next season. There is a ton of potential there but will need to do somethings that haven't been done at IU for awhile.

JG starting 5?! Let's goooooo!

I thought we could only get to 6 degrees? haha, thank you for clearing it up for me. It seems like things are clear as mud until we get direction from the program who the fall guy is to direct our ire!

Best of luck Phin! Those big shots against Butler and purdoodoo were special. You repped the uni well. Wherever you go I hope you finally get the Arch confidence voodoo monkey off your back and reach your potential!

Absolutely, it makes it much easier when everyone does their part. Hopefully, we do our due diligence for the next hire. If Fife was as half as bad as reported by some on here than a rock would be more beneficial to the program.

So now that Dane is gone it was just ignoring Dane and not "assistants" that was reporting. Glad this was clarified now. Hopefully, he gathers input from those he's hired. We'll definitely know who he wasn't listening to the second after they've been released from their duties in the years to come.

So this goes back 10+ years and we somehow missed it in the hiring process?

Now we're talking! Except we have to keep it relevant or the squad might come after you... Dane leaving the "bumpy" program as fast as he came in..

Fife could have been insubordinate and should have been **** canned. Properly vetting your assistants is kind of a big deal. Making sure they're on the same page or collaborating with them because they have experience in something you're attempting to learn and they've been reasonably successful to alter your approach is wise. I'm certain there is plenty of blame to go around from Fife all the way up to Dolson.

If the thread gets locked where do we post more dogs riding skateboards? It's really really really really dumb on all sides but it's kind of expected. Curious to see the new hire will be.

Protect.the.brand. that has been wondering the desert for the past several decades.

So he's tweeter and a message board on a radio show?

Negative fans call in and he pumps them over the phone instead of in person? He's definitely an asset to the program if he is positive.