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LazOffTheBench

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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from southsidehoosier in Tuesday Night National Game   
    Great thread, guys. I can hear RMK talking.
     
    I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from southsidehoosier in Tuesday Night National Game   
    Great thread, guys. I can hear RMK talking.
     
    I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from southsidehoosier in Tuesday Night National Game   
    Great thread, guys. I can hear RMK talking.
     
    I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from southsidehoosier in Tuesday Night National Game   
    Great thread, guys. I can hear RMK talking.
     
    I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to chitown hoosier in Indiana @ Nebraska - Post-game thread - 1/2   
    I think Miles is quickly becoming my most disliked big ten coach. Winning these 2 road games was a must and they did just that.
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to Bryan Medema in Tuesday Night National Game   
    "Timmy-"
    "My name is Tom!"
    "You shut your mouth when you talk to me. Drink your diet Pepsi, watch, and learn."
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to HoosierCoop in Tuesday Night National Game   
    Could be a huge momentum lift in the season if he did show up.
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to JSHoosier in Tuesday Night National Game   
    "It's diet Coke and I went to the Final Four with Dwayne Wade, I think I know what I'm doing."
    "I went undefeated and I don't care what you're name is, Jim."
    "IT'S TOM!"
    "Jim, John, Tom.  Whatever."
    "Jim and John are my brothers-in-law.  You know, the Harbaughs?"
    "I still don't care."
     
    /bad call
    /clapping
    "WHY THE F*** ARE YOU CLAPPING  ABOUT THAT?!?!"
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to Bryan Medema in Tuesday Night National Game   
    "Hey Tom- can I call you Tommy? I'm going to call you Tommy- why don't you find a seat on the bench; I got this."
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from HoosierAloha in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Dear Fred Glass,
     
    Tom Crean is a great guy who tries really, really hard.
     
    Please fire him so he can be a great guy who tries really, really hard somewhere else.
     
    Sincerely yours,
     
    LazOffTheBench
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    LazOffTheBench got a reaction from Geometry Hoosier in Analysis: IU-Rutgers ... Well, that was interesting   
    We had a basketball game yesterday? I didn't even know.
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to Old Friend in Dakich: Blackmon couldn't guard a chair   
    There are 50+ former IU players who feel betrayed and who are bitter about what's happened down there.  There is a long story behind all of this; and I don't know that I've got every detail right; but I promise this is pretty close, and the Pitino point I'll make is absolutely 100% fact, though I doubt many know about it.
     
    Many don't know the story, so here it is...   When Knight was fired and replaced with Davis, many former IU guys thought after that season, IU should have done a search and included a few of them.  At the time, Alford was the name flying around, but Woodson was mentioned, Wittman was mentioned, and I think others were suggested.  Smart, maybe....don't remember.  Alford was never contacted, and I have heard multiple times he and Wittman both contacted IU, but were not called back.
     
    Then, when Davis quit, again, they felt like an IU guy should be considered or at least be given an opportunity.  At that time, the overwhelming name was Wittman, and many of the old players contacted IU on his behalf including many on the 1976 team.  You may have heard Kitchell's dis-pleasure at the time, but he in particular was very vocal.   Another guy IU could have had at the time was Rick Pitino, who absolutely knew what he was asking for, and he'd have been okay with most of the former players because he would have had several IU guys involved.  His best friend was and is very active on the IU Foundation, and Pitino pro-actively called IU telling them he wanted our job.  Indiana instead says no thanks, and hires Sampson because he's a minority.  That's what happened.  Adam Herbert wants to keep the NAACP off his back and show the world Davis' forced resignation was not racial; but in reality, he never should have been the permanent coach in the first place.  Since he was, Herbert (who is an abject moron) felt he had to make a statement.
     
    Sampson gets hired, and you all know the mess that happened with Benson, etc. Dakich was as upset as anyone both times because he too felt Indiana should have kept things in the family, but was upset - as many players were - because the administration kept making decision after decision NOT to.  But...Sampson comes calling when the sparks start to fly.  Needs stability on his staff, and Dakich swallows the sword.  Takes a job on Sampson's staff.   
     
    Sampson's situation explodes, Dakich is there to break the fall and takes over a complete mess of a program, which he begins to clean up because he knows it needs to be done...and most importantly, understands WHY.   What was going on is not okay at Indiana, and he knew it.  Goes to work on hitting the reset button, even though he knows it'll cost IU games and probably a season.   Gets rid of bad apples (guys smoking pot in the locker room, not going to class, etc) like Armon Bassett, etc..  Turns everything over so the cupboard is bare, and Indiana can start over.  Only he's not given a chance at the job.  No "IU guy" is granted as much as a phone call, let alone an interview.   So he's upset...as are many former players, and they have every right to be.  Hell, I'M upset.  And I understand without question of any issue at all.  I agree with all of them.
     
    You all can make this solely about Dakich, but it's not.  It's not about his being the right fit or not.  It's about how things have been handled, and how the program's been handled and dealt with since Knight was fired.  These guys all built the program all of us want back.  They feel like they should have some voice in how the program moves forward, and it can be argued whether or not they deserve it; but the way they've all been treated is flat disrespectful in their eyes, and I agree with them 100%.  
     
    The fact is, Indiana's decision to hire Mike Davis was a bad one, and IU has never recovered.  They've continued to make bad decisions, and the Sampson hire was the straw that broke the camel's back.  More and more former IU players came out against it and many said they'd never return...including Benson and Scott May, who was also unhappy with the way his son Sean was or was not recruited by Indiana.  The players are very upset at past and current administrations; and even Crean's hiring and devoiding his bench of IU guys was not well received, until he hired Calbert Cheaney.  He has since reached out to most all of the former players, but the reality is most still see the off court crap and lack of discipline, along with the lack of local recruiting focus and kids coming here who have no clue where they are; and they're still upset.  And I don't blame them.  I know a few personally, and they feel the same way Dakich does.  Dakich just has a radio show and is on TV a lot.  Brian Evans is not.  Michael Lewis is not.  Tom Abernathy is not.  Etc.  
     
    This is not about Dakich being the coach or not being the coach.  His coaching record is 159-144 and he has zero post season victories.  He's smarter than that.  He knows his resume does not qualify him.   But he DOES understand Indiana Basketball and the culture it used to promote.  He DOES care about getting that back.  This is about an administration making conscious decisions to go away from their roots and away from their culture.  The more it fails and the more time that passes; the more they (and I, and many others) get upset because it's embarrassing.   Indiana is a special, unique place.  Dakich beliieves it, I believe it, and I know lots of others believe it.   Then you have the group that thinks he's pissed simply because he didn't get the IU head coach's job.  Most are likely younger and don't really know the whole story.  This ain't about Dan Dakich.  It ain't that simple;that's not why he's upset, and it's a lot deeper than that. 
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to WayneFleekHoosier in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Beachem grew up 3 doors down from me. Used to play against him in the driveway. Nice hard working family.
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to Uwe Robb in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    Hopefully he just misses the state of Indiana so much he can't stand it.
    :biggrin:  :biggrin:  :biggrin:
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    LazOffTheBench reacted to Feathery in TOM CREAN FIRED   
    If IU loses nobody should be pissed, just another loss closer to Crean being gone. If IU wins, then everyone is happy. Win win.
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