HoosierTrav

  OLD HEAD

I did not realize this until just now, when looking at our schedule:  This is our final opportunity for a quality non conference win. Notre Dame has lost some gimmes and aren't what many expected them to be. If we lose this game tonight and finish in the middle of the pack in the B1G, we could very easily be on the outside of the bubble looking in. That is CRAZY.

    There were so many rumors floating around last season. It really made it hard for me to believe any of it.

That's the problem with having literally one guy on our big board that is a can't miss legend. We miss on Stevens and we are rolling the dice. No matter who we bring in. I agree with you on not wanting marginally better results than what Crean's produced. I'd be MUCH more comfortable in having Sean Miller than Tom Crean but anyone other than Stevens scares the crap out of me.

And even the fact that his coaching prowess is debatable is an upgrade over Crean. The verdict is in on Crean.

  Agreed

  Say Wade didn't have his issues in high school....Would he have chosen to play for Tom Crean and Marquette, with other top dogs wanting him? And no he couldn't be double or triple teamed...You dont double and triple team guys who can beat you with the pass. He WAS a once in a generation type player in that he was NBA All Star ready at both ends of the floor. He dominated the NBA finals and won a championship and Finals MVP in his 3rd year in the NBA. He carried that Marquette team on his back offensively and defensively. It definitely wasn't some masterful job by Coach Crean. It was basically the equivalent of Mike Brown getting the Cleveland Cavs to the Eastern Finals. Sure, it goes on his resume, but it was 100% due to having Lebron James beat the Pistons by himself. That is how dominant Wade was during that tournament run. Sometimes one player is THE reason why a team achieves high levels of success. Believe it or not, its the truth.   I'm not saying Sean Miller is the guy I or the rest of Hoosier Nation wants but I think you're being a bit stubborn in admitting the fact that he's a clear upgrade over what we have now.  You keep going back to his success in the tournament. He has had consistent success in my eyes. He's made 3 elite 8's at Zona and 1 at Xavier. That means he is putting his teams in position to win one game and be in a final four. If it weren't for running into a legendary B1G coach and 2 eventual lotto picks (Wisconsin), in consecutive years, he'd have likely made 2 FF's. I'll welcome that kind of tournament success over what we've experienced under Tom Crean any day of the week.  And dont belittle recruiting the West coast and winning the PAC 12. Very fertile grounds out there for players and a lot of championship team reside there. Its an accomplishment.    Miller is a significant upgrade. Admit it already.

  He's made 4 elite 8's, including the last 2 seasons. Both times running into the Wisconsin Badgers. That's not making a final four but that's knocking on the darn door much more than our coach has. You keep knocking and eventual you find yourself on the other side. He's also never had a once in a generation type player like Dwayne Wade to carry him there with triple doubles. Miller is a far better coach all across the board and less than 1% of anyone who watches college basketball closely, would argue against that. Sean Miller IMO is a guy who is just getting warmed up.

  She's definitely the biggest puzzle piece.

He brings consistency and an opportunity for a final four. Clear upgrade over our current situation. Not even close IMO.

He was asked in an interview in April whether he hated recruiting and he said that he loved recruiting. He said they tried to cast a small net and focus on guys that they knew would fit their system and culture.

That and I believe in the law of attraction. Think and act as though you already have something you want and it will manifest itself. So I keep telling myself I KNOW he's going to be our next coach and eventually this will happen.

That and I believe in the law of attraction. Think and act as though you already have something you want and it will manifest itself. So I keep telling myself I KNOW he's going to be our next coach and eventually this will happen.

Either way this season is going to get very ugly very fast. Like I said before, id prefer the boo birds just expressed their anger by staying home. It's one of the worst ways to market ourselves to the possible future candidates to replace Tom Crean. Those who think it won't affect us, in a major way, aren't thinking straight.

He is Bob Knight without all of the negative traits. Tons of patience and is a media darling.

If he was one of those quite types that wanted to coach at a small school, don't you think he would have not left the small school for the Boston Celtics

Your tugging on the ole heart strings tonight. Keep that ish up bruh.

Isn't that boiler'd-ing down?

I love it when you talk like that. Say "dormant volcano waiting to erupt" for me one more time.

Jordan Crawford played well with his XXXXXXXXXL T-shirt as well.

I'll always take Morehead. Hoosiers 87 MS 69

Yikes Dukies 92 Hoosiers 75

IU 82 AS 72

I agree. I see him, at bare minimum getting the Bryant Mcintosh's, Joey Brunk's, Kyle Guy's, Zach Gunn's of the state and make final fours. Land the Scruggs, Wilkes, and Trey Lyles types and we hang banners.

Mine as well. I'm sure PayPal will have to break that payment up into separate installments.