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I think it is too early to say we have concerns but also too early to say we finally have a professional college basketball staff. This staff does not really differ from Crean’s or Miller’s. I am hopeful that we will finally have a staff that builds a more consistent and higher end winner but I had hope with all the others too.

How long have you been using it. I have non diabetic neuropathy in my feet and am always looking for options.

I was wondering if any of you have experience in Elder care law. My father in law passed away last week and one sibling who had been handling finances has things in a bit of a mess. I managed my parents with the help of my cousin who used to do elder law so I know enough to be dangerous. Here is the question. My mother in law had just moved into assisted living a few months before my father in law passed. She still owns the home she had and yet was on Medicaid Waiver. If we sell the house, she would have about $200k in proceeds and I seem to remember that if she received some Medicaid Waiver assistance they could claw back some of those proceeds. For easy math, lets say she receives $15,000 in Medicaid waiver benefits and has $200k in proceeds after the sell of her house. Will Medicaid claw back the $15k she received or will the entire $200k but clawed back? I think it would be better to sell the house and live on private pay in assisted living off the proceeds. She would probably live another 4 years so she likely could have enough proceeds and income to not have to go back on Medicaid Waiver. Anyone have experience with this?

Yeah but the G-league elite camp and the NBA draft combine will be more than playing HORSE. If he continues to shine in those that will get a lot of peoples attention.

They just talk too much at the beginning. If you skip past them rambling about whatever and get to the guest discussion it is good

Lurking on BtownBanners or...

I chatted with an agent and once we cancelled the current and they issued a refund for the May payment then I was able to sign up.

Looks like I am on the monthly subscription now but cannot find a way to switch. I chose cancel plan and when the screen refreshes I briefly see a screen with a box to enter discount code but it goes away and i get a message saying which plan i have through next month. Anyone have success switching to the new annual plan from a monthly?

Speaking of Puerto Rico, did RMK really stick a PR’n cop in a trash can?

Has an overseas trip been confirmed yet? If so, where and when? A preseason trip could be a great way to get a completely new team and new coach time to gel.

He is just a guy. Had a disagreement with a coach many of us had some issues with. Doesn’t make him a hero nor a villain there. Was credited with some good work here. Now will get a chance to do more or not. No reason to vilify or have a parade.

No need for such an extreme reaction. Why not just be happy for an IU guy to have found a place for a new start.

“to our success”. I am not sure I follow, because if they are the reason, or a primary reason, we have success next year wouldn’t it be better to have them than not?? Or are you expecting a Michigan type of quick rebuild and a top 20 team and are using “success” sarcastically such that if they play a lot we are likely to be not successful?

So many things and discussions none of us were privy too will lead to whether Leal or Goode are back. I am Switzerland on them. If they come back, fine. If they come back and play a lot, fine. If they come back and are critical to our success this year, great! If they don't come back, fine. I see no reason to think they will come back and distract the team from talk about the good ol days under Woody. I also have no idea if they will be better or worse under a new coach. Many have left IU/Woody and done well at their next destination. Some have not. Did Goode get irritated with Dakich and kind of say things that were annoying. Sure, have we in response to Dakich, yes. Did he and Leal say things about fans we disagreed with, sure. Were they loyal to the team and generally responsible/good stewards of IU, yes. Can I fault them for being more loyal to their coach than to us fans, no. Come back, don't come back, recruit boilers or wildcats or even illini. Just get us back to being a winning program that is relevant nationally on a consistent basis.

I think this is spot on. I remember Dakich (i know but bear with me) made a comment back when they were struggling that Painter forgot what made Purdue tough. He said go get tough kids who know how to play fundemental basketball, develop them, and get back to winning because you are a tough team to beat. I think the DeVries type coach can do that here as well. Might not be instant success but a coach who is good strategically and can get more out of 4 star kids and even some 3 star ones can have more success than the coaches we have had that could land some 5 star/ McD's but was not a strong enough coach to do much more with them. I feel pretty safe in saying DeVries will be as good as Crean was at his best but and think his floor will compare to Woodson. That range is better than we have seen but hoping he can exceed Crean and bring that floor up too. Too early to tell right now, but I am willing to give him some time to build a winning culture with some over achievers now and then add the right higher end players into the new culture.

I may have misread your comment. Did you say you coached him before? I thought you were quoting someone who coached him. Did not realized that may have been you.

Was that a Montverde coach or a former HS coach?

I think Leal’s fresh or sophomore year he I hurt his ankle and missed a lot of time. His # of games may have been above a normal redshirt threshold but I read where he only play 22 minutes. The minutes played angle should have some merit but not sure it has any precedence

I always liked the Newburgh area.

Seems TN had to match Michigan’s offer for him last year so that may be why they did/could not do it again this year.

Good. Still have some skepticism since we seemingly missed on the guys from Bama and TT. Hopefully he really is a top guy on that TN staff and we reap the benefits

Any idea why he would take a lateral move or is he going to be assistant head coach too?

I think the evidence suggests we may have a large NIL but maybe not as big we thought. A lot of schools showed up with big NIL signings who were supposed to have struggled with NIL. Then you have programs like BYU show they may be a big player here too. I think we all saw last year that attracting kids with NIL primarily does not lead to success. DD hopefully will end up being a very good coach but it isn’t like he has had years of success at the P5 level. So when recruits consider us they can see a little bit of his vision in action but not enough to know we will be a top 20 team. So would we rather attract kids who want to play for a winner (we are unproven here), yes, but since we can’t prove that we can only offer hope and money. I kind of like this top midmajor kid approach. Hopefully these kids want to prove themselves and work as if they have that chip on their shoulders. Some schools had instant success. Michigan for example. I think a lot of that is attributed to a good coach sure but also really had kids outperform their portal ranking. Wolf for one. No reason to know we will have this too. Hoping we eithe get a few kids that do exceed their expectations and lead us to a big year or we have a gritty tough team that helps DD show what could be and next year we add more pieces and take another step forward. We all wanted a coach that would grind and work. We may have to do the same as fans and let DD build this. Not panic as he builds even if slowly.

I was thinking along the same lines.