HoosierAloha

  Name the IU school of design after her?  Promise Brad will be home for dinner at least 300 days out of the year?  I'm sure whatever she wants, within reason, we can provide.

A part of me believes Brad wants to go back in the college game but knows if he succeeds in the NBA recruiting will be a bit easier.

  I contact some of the major boosters and ask for money to get THE MAN.  If I have that money I go to Boston and back the moving truck up.  I explain to BS it's his time.  If he turns it down I go sign Archie to a 5 year contract.

  Not going to lie, that would be a fun and frustrating game to watch.  Both our defense and offense are capable.

  Same, I'm usually the idiot who comes up with the idea and the first to do it though.  Glad I have friends that will help me up and get me to the hospital. 

  Agreed, just giving a slightly different angle.  I can see Wake and St. John's Kenpom dropping and UNLV rising.

Vandy forcing Wake to take contested jumpers and contested layups.  I could have sworn Wake was a world beater yesterday.

  If all your friends jumped off first you'd have a much shorter fall.  That's what friends are for..

  I was in the camp to keep Crean until option A was available; however, get any coach who is above average.  Miller would be a realistic option.

IU - 81 Others - 79   Feel like we come out on all cylinders before tensing up and almost blowing it down the stretch.

  WF is the only opponent KenPom has in his top 100 that we'll play in Maui...

  I'll have to review the original post to answer that.

  Well how would you defend a buddy buddy?

If I were a fan of a program coached by an Izzo, coach K, or that slime down south I would be fine with saying "it's just a loss in November."  However, we've seen this act one too many times.  If I had any faith that CTC could get through to his players and make them a better team I wouldn't worry much.    We have 3 McDonald's All America on the roster, another one close in a Jordan Brand AA.  Two are upperclassmen making the same mistakes they have their entire time at IU.  What gives you confidence that they will actually learn from this loss?  They're not being held accountable for their poor play by their coaches or their teammates.  That creates an environment for inconsistent players and inconsistent teams.  How many times will people be fooled by this?

  Explain because that's what a good coach does.  Often frosh are in over their heads to start the season and need leadership.  However, their is zero leadership on this team from the coaches to players.  That is evident from the continuous bad decisions on and off the court.  Yogi is a great player but not a leader. 

TB hooked him but damn I'm glad their is an emphasis on getting the ball down low.

I know it's only St. Johns but it's amazing what happens when we get the ball inside...  Happened on the majority of post touches yesterday too.

I guess a positive to all this is we got one WTH loss out of the way.  Ha!

  Maybe call a TO and explain to him why he is getting beat??? If he keeps getting beat?  Bench him!  It's amazing how kids respond to a benching. Find a kid who actually wants to play defense.

  Yogi is more worried about being their friend than winning games.  Where do you think he learned that?  Anyone on the team holding another player accountable would be nice.  Any type of leadership from the coaching staff to the players would be nice.   I'm still baffled they didn't see getting the ball down low worked almost every time. 

  If you're coach and an opponent is consistently beating your player to the left, what do you do?

  If I thought Crean could actually make changes and develop the team I wouldn't be bitching and complaining.  We'll see some big wins in the Hall against a few top teams and shit the bed against a few conference cupcakes then have the February/March slide we've seen every year sans one.  Rinse and repeat.  If the coals start burning early maybe the seat gets too warm and he has to stand up?

  And the ole ball coach will tell everyone who wants to listen how big those wins were but hide behind assistants when the Wake loss is brought up.  THAT'S our leader.  And we expect players Yogi and Troy to be leaders for this team.  Where will they learn it?

      It's the making a few good shots and being pulled from the game for some players.  While other players make great assists to the other team continuously and don't get yanked.  It's the blah attitude from the team.  It's the coach not taking responsibility.  It's for the "leaders" on the team not holding others responsible.  It's scoring when we get the ball in the lane and immediately forgetting that works and jacking up contested jumpers.  There's so many aspects that play out during a game where you feel we're going to let slip away.  I called it in the chat that the game felt like the Butler game a few years back in Indy.  And we got the same result....

  I can dig this but good to great teams don't do this.  They have coaches or players that hold each other accountable.  I didn't see anything in that game that showed me there is any leadership on this team.  That has me questioning how much this team can win.