TrueHoosier62

If Mallory is out recruiting wtih Wilson, we have no hope; neither in improving our dismal defense, nor in landing anything more than marginal talent. He simply hasn't gotten the job done and it's time for change.

As bad as our defense played this year, they could tell recruits they're planning on digging up the rotted corpse of Woody Hayes, and most kids would consider that an upgrade over Mallory. Hell, we might even land an extra good linebacker from the state of Ohio!

I think the criteria for selecting a new DC, (assuming for the moment that we'll be seeking one) are the following:   1.) He should be a person of strong character, integrity, ethics, and morals, (ie, let's not sacrifice what our school stands for in the pursuit of excellence, a la, Penn State, Miami, etc.)   2.) He has to come from a program with a long history of good, not necessarily great defenses   3.) The competition he prepared his team for has to have been on par with The Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, etc. I'm not saying that a lesser known conference might not turn out a great DC, and if that's the case, we should move on him. However, I am saying an offense that a DC from Bowling Green might prepare for are wholly different than the far more sophisticated offenses of the larger conferences.   4.) He has to know how to teach and/or coach the game, as well as inspire the troops. Being IU, our talent level isn't right now, (and may never be), on par with Ohio State, Alabama, or any other high profile programs. If we have any hope of at least closing the gap, we'll have to show that we can teach and grow defensive players in house, with whatever talent level we have. Basic teaching/coaching should have had us in the top 85 teams in the nation, not darn near dead last in defense.   5.) It would be good if he had a big time name to help recruiting. However, lacking that, he needs to have good connections in the Southeast, (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, etc.) We're already puling some athletes/players from Georgia and Florida, so it would only augment that which we're already accomplishing, and I think that's a good thing.   6.) He hopefully understands that as much as starting talented players can be beneficial in some respects, throwing Freshmen to the wolves can backfire, (as it certainly did this year) and can be destructive in the long term. One has to wonder if any of the talented Freshman, discouraged by the lack of progress in their game and the team's, will consider transferring?

An even more appropriate way of putting this would be for any of us to ask ourselves, how we'd like it if our son had to read such rubbish? We'd be mad as hell and we'd be hurting for our son, who undoubtedly would be upset too. Most of us here are no longer in that age range, as most of us are now adults with children.

I've been a Christian since November 16th, 1983, so thirty years last week. In that time, I've personally seen God at work in my life, and in the lives of those around me. I've seen things happen that could not have been explained away by human intervention or "chance". And I've seen my faith both ebb and flow through both good times and bad. I don't feel that I'm any different that any other person of faith. Certainly, I'm no better, and can't conceive of a scenario whereby I might think that. Hence, I never judge. Having said that, in my thirty years of following Christ, I've also seen some rather ugly parts of my faith, (I really don't care for the word "religion"). I've seen bigotry, racism, hate, idolotry, materialism and judgementalism. I've seen a constant bombardment by a confluence of the Media, Agnostics, Athiests, and other religions and too often, I've seen our response to be to offer up even more evidence supporting their assertions. I don't profess by any means to be a quality individual and a paragon of Christian virtue, but I wish we'd stop shooting ourselves in the foot, and get back to reflecting the love of Christ to the world.

All I can see is an extremely weak team that can shoot the 3. They've no interior defense, and very little on the perimeter. They're not much of a slashing team, hence the reason for all those threes. We ought to win by 20 or more, and that's if we're shooting cold.