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To be fair though it has been thr blueblood way for awhile. We are just now catching up.
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(2025) SG - Braylon Mullins
8bucks replied to Barrel Rick's topic in Indiana Basketball Recruiting Forum
When you say “a while” does that mean I’m a few days or months? -
Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
IF the staff has been in contact with “agents” of players before the portal opened as has been suggested then the way the staff prioritizes kids will differ from visit timelines. For example if they think they have a good shot at player X who is still playing and not in the portal yet but would be an instant impact player for us then he would have priority 1. If we bring in a guy today that plays his position but is priority 2 or 3 for that spot I could see the staff’s pitch and NIL allocation being for a backup. This could go wildly wrong for the staff who may think we are getting several priority 1 guys but actually miss on those guys. Then if they try to pivot to the guys lower on the priority may find them committed elsewhere. -
Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Why do you think he was a priority? -
(2024) - SF Bryson Tucker to INDIANA
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Basketball Recruiting Forum
Hoping we can attract a younger 5 who can be here 2 years or more but would be seen as a backup in year 1 and a starter the following year. -
I think he believes the staff have things already in place with guys who are still playing and not in the portal. Perhaps the new and improved portal relationships will be the key here and will deliver. Still have concerns then that we skip all the early kids with hopes that we can get a seat at the portal table only to miss out on them. I would love to be wrong though and obviously do not know who we may be talking to that is still playing. So we really won't know who we get until later. Time will tell..
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(2024) - SF Bryson Tucker to INDIANA
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Basketball Recruiting Forum
Where would we see him playing if we assume we bring in a 5? Where would we see him playing if we do not bring in a 5? -
I would love to see him stay at ISU and show us one more year. Can he continue to recruit and build that program? Can he sustain success? I worry if he goes to another school he may have a little rebuild going on there which may limit his appeal if we go coach shopping next year. If he stays at ISU, continues to be successful, then that would help answer some questions.
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Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Who are these accounts? -
That was why i suggested, hoped, that Dolson got a list of targets from MW so he can track the needed results vs the actual results.
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Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Wait, was Barrel Rick misinforming us yesterday? -
NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Yikes. Makes me concerned about our next search. -
Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I think this is fair. If he still gets up at the crack of dawn to get an individual workout in he is likely to improve. -
Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
Have you seen his stats for this year. -
NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
You just never know until they sign, show up and stay. They can’t sign until their season is over and even if they verbally agree, I am sure they can do that in a nonbinding way. -
Probably because things can change. It is weird now but others have done it. This is the last year of it I believe.
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Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
I mean it is kind of the same thing. A late short cycle recruiting effort very similar to a portal get -
Given his numbers this year he would need to be in the cheap side
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I would have asked for guys he felt they would target. Specific names, and would also want to have kept in touch with them about who they were going after so I had my finger on the pulse, or lack of pulse. If we are missing are guys we are targeting, better to know early than later.
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NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
What is going on with Adam Howard? -
I met him a few times before he was AD and would add that he was very active in making sure events went well. That requires a lot of planning and awareness of how things are going during the event. Seemed to have no ego and seemed to be a great #2 guy. Does that translate into being a great AD, no idea but I think it is safe to assume he has some plan for basketball. Some may not like his plan but I doubt he is just winging it. As a #2 guy he was key in managing a lot of donor relations and helped secure funding for the Assembly Hall renovation. We might not like some donor choices but losing the donors would be far more damaging than keeping a coach 1 more year.
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NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
That is fine. Who are the coaches that have results you would be happy with. I think the list gets small for guys we can get. -
Transfer Portal w IU Interest
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
How do you know he was promised to be the focal point of the offense? It seemed to me that the focal point was generally MR at least early in the year. But wondering this is your perception or if you read that somewhere -
NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
It is tough as we may also need to be patient with the next coach. We expect to get someone in here who will have us a top 20 team every year but we also want to go to final fours. There just are that many of those coaches out there. Would we be happy with a coach like Matt Painter? The last few years sure but what about years 7,8 and 9 where they finished 6th, 7th then 12th in the BT. We would have run him out of town. Shaka is an interesting candidate. He took a little time to turn TX around but seemed to be making progress his last 2 years there finishing 3rd in the Big12. Not great but getting there but when Pearl became available he was jettisoned. Hopefully we get that top 20 every coach but if not, hopefully we can become more patient (easier with a younger coach) and it pays off in the long run. -
NCAA MBB Coaching Carousel
8bucks replied to Class of '66 Old Fart's topic in Indiana Men's Basketball
We going to get a picture of them taking down the chairs at the yum?