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Could be. If so, Crean seems to have a history of getting stuck with guys who he feels have to play but who are not good for the team.

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Starting to think Chris Holtman is looking like a strong candidate. They have a strong recruiting class coming in (he can recruit). He is building his own strong team, BS sort of left a weak team entering a tough conference. Holtman took over after the other coach flamed out and has recruited, prepared and coached this group of guys and is having good results. Not there yet but one to watch.

I've noticed that when we turn it over other teams just drive straight to the bucket. They know we do not play transition D at all and a turnover often leads to a layup on the other end. Couple that with a lot of unforced TOs and you have a bad mix. Sadly no one is immune. Rob, OG, Bryant, JBj - our best players, are all careless

We will probably end up in the top four of the conference and the pressure will drop off. Despite how weak the conference is. If we continue to have more wins like this and Ft Wayne then I think they will negotiate an early exit

He was who I thought he was and I let him off the hook.

Sadly before the year I put the pitchforks away. Thinking Crean had turned the corner. Seems every time I am convinced he has to go we beat some folks and as soon as I think we are in a good spot, Ft Wane and Nebraska things happen

Did you really think he sounded definitive? Pretty sure he said he said he was not planning on any changes but also did not rule it out. Read this earlier and tend to agree. At the end of the year if he can find a better candidate there is a good chance they make a change. http://www.1070thefan.com/blogs/brunos-blog/what-did-irsays-words-really-mean

I am curious why you think that. I would estimate his return to be somewhere around 25% myself.

To be fair though, what do you expect him to say at this point. He probably still has some chance, even if that chance is very small, to be back next year.

Agree. This is a key year. Length of contract will start to be another hurdle for recruiting. Last year for many was the year we were supposed to be better than sweet sixteen or he had to go. Then we started off so poorly, Blackman gets hurt and suddenly they turn it around and we all put our pitchforks away. Now this year, again we have a good team capable of beating anyone but will we advance far enough to justify another 5+ years and an extension? Will FG have the guts to make a change if we get to a top 3 BT finish and a sweet sixteen? Soon FG will have to make this decision.

He had a ton of drives that led to 0 points. He must have been told to drive because he did it a lot. Too many empty possessions and his drives were part of that. There were a lot of culprits though and Josh and the decision for him to be a key offensive guy was questionable.

That guy many on here thought would be fired this year has UCLA playing very well.

Luck has some role in this for sure but with a little bit better pass protection and a little better coaching (no TEs blocking Clowney) then I think Luck shines again. Those that just bash him seem to be taking their que from Dakich. Dakich makes some good points but he also is blind to placing any blame with Grigson which dilutes his perspective

The HC has to set that culture and fear though. Makes no sense that renegade trainers would do this on their own. An earlier article mentioned that the trainers were a little fearful to go to the coaches with the info on hurt players so perhaps Wilson set the tone by chewing them out which caused them to push guys harder. Regardless though the memo from Glass to Wilson said Wilson had to make sure he and his staff were not doing the prior bad things. He was responsible for his staff

Kickers really don't need experience playing football, if they can kick. The Aussie football probably helped get him physically ready enough.

True but the question is, will he get a job as good as this one. IU not by any means a football power but this job is better than a coordinator job or a HC at a lower level. So perhaps he gave up a smaller amount by betting on himself - the payout on that bet is not likely going to be better than where he was. Even when Mike Davis left he got more $. Coaches don't usually leave like this, they take the firing $ and then go and get another job. So if he comes out flat by doing this the "bet on himself" I have to believe he still would have preferred to stay at IU

I don't think many of us like the firing either. But after reading the star and ESPN articles combined with Wilson leaving so much money behind, instead of being upset with Glass the target of the frustration may be Wilson himself. Glass showed he was willing to keep Wilson around based on the extension last year. It really appears as if Wilson gave him no choice.

I think that is a great question. Perhaps not an obvious firable offense but why then would Wilson leave so much money on the table?

In the ESPN article that was previously linked. "The trainers would hate to go up and tell him about injured players because Wilson would [curse] them," said the player, who requested anonymity. "Then he'd go into the training room and tell the players, 'No, you're going to [expletive] practice,' and, of course, the players would go practice."

Not yet for me.

Anyone else having technical issues?

Man watching your kids have good games trump everything. Hope you get to see a lot more this year.

The articles in the Star and on ESPN today paint a little clearer picture. The star got access to a lot of information pretty quickly. it seemed as if FG had some new comments as well but it is possible those were just worked in based on the presser.

FG seems to be a pretty patient AD based on how he has let Crean and Wilson build their programs. Neither had quick turnarounds and Creans seat seemed on fire a couple of years back but FG kept with him. So to let Wilson go after getting to another bowl, clearly Wilson had to have given him plenty of reasons.