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TrueHoosier62

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About TrueHoosier62

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  • Birthday 02/02/1962

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    Le Sueur, Minnesota
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    Minnesota Viking football, IU basketball and football, Indiana Pacer Basketball, Chicago Cub baseball. I like to garden, fish, and work in the yard.

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  1. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    Best post I've read in a long time.
  2. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    Exactly. No doubt IU does need 3 point shooters, but just as needed are the guys who can consistently pop one from about 12-15 feet out. I've never seen an IU team so devoid of actual basketball players. We are just chock full of NBA wannabes; athletes who just happen to play basketball.
  3. TrueHoosier62

    Fire Coach Woodson

    Do you suppose Cignetti knows anything about the game of basketball?
  4. TrueHoosier62

    2023-24 IUFB Transfer Portal

    I hope the kids coming over from JMU are up to the challenge of playing in a league like the Big Ten. No disrespect meant, but this ain't the Sun Belt.
  5. TrueHoosier62

    2023-24 IUFB Transfer Portal

    Any guesses as to who the seven transfers are that can't be named until after the bowls are over?
  6. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    I think the dismissal of Bob Knight, 21 years ago, still casts long, divisive shadows over this fan base, and it's a shame. Whomever is anointed the next head coach, better know as much about fixing that schism as they do repairing the basketball program.
  7. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    Seriously? I never heard anything about it.
  8. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    What would anyone think if Larry B was hired to coach IU?
  9. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    And Gladys Knight would give us just as much a chance for another banner.
  10. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    I thought Crean was a good coach, and what he did with the program after the Sampson debacle was nothing short of heroic; but it became apparent after four years that while he could win 20 games/yr, make the tournament and even win a few games there, his teams were flawed, and his inability to make ingame adjustments was a killer. Syracuse was like cryptonite. All four men were good coaches, just poor fits for IU.
  11. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    I wish I could be more optimistic about IU's chances of hitting a home run with this next hire. The Davis hire seemed logical at the time; (senior laden team returning after coach Knight's dismissal, assistant under Knight, continuity, etc), but Davis simply wasn't good enough once Knight's influence, and players graduated. Kelvin Sampson should never have been hired, no matter what his qualifications were. He was a cheat at Oklahoma, we knew it, we still hired him, and he cheated again. Tom Crean was the "Hot" name in coaching, and the media thought we'd hit a home run. He wasn't a Rick Petino caliber coach, (ethics notwithstanding), Roy Williams, Bill Self, or John Calipari, (ethics notwithstanding). He was a mid major coach with a mid major game that was best suited for a mid major school. With respect, Archie Miller was Tom Crean part II. Hot candidate from a mid major school that was perceived to have been a homerun for IU by the media. Like Crean's game, it didn’t carry over to the big leagues. Now it would seem that we've swung and missed out on a top tier coach again, and will end up hiring another coach from a mid major, hoping that four years from now their program will have been good enough for the Big 10. I don't think any of the following coaches would be a Brad Stevens caliber coach, but IU should go for a John Beilein, Thad Motta, or Tony Bennett. Those three have shown they can build a good solid winning program without cheating at a major college level.
  12. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    Agree 110%. IU has plenty of athletes who can hit shots, but no shooters.
  13. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    You betcha.
  14. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    Precisely.
  15. TrueHoosier62

    General Coach Candidate News

    I think perhaps I wasn't as clear as I should have been. Yes, players can develop a shot, but there's a big difference, in my opinion, between someone who can learn to knock down a shot, and someone who is a shooter. Joe Hillman could hit a shot. Rob Phinisee can hit a shot. Calbert Cheney, Steve Alford, Damon Bailey, & even Yogi Ferrell were shooters.
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