Walking Boot of Doom

Not sure why people think IU has an abnormal amount of injuries. Juwan Morgan and JBJ both has pre-existing injuries from high school that reoccurred (fairly normal for high level athletes) and then there was OG's injury, which was just highly unfortunate. Am I missing some massive number of freak, uncommon injuries? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

As one of the former guys arguing to give Crean more time: 1) I was wrong, but 2) We may not have won another B1G Title if we had fired him before last season. Sooo... who knows. And who cares. We're all onboard the same train now. :) Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

An excuse made for weak leaders Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Gracias. Didn't realize it had logged me out. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Imagine the implosion when we lose to him in the Sweet Sixteen lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Certainly. Minus the 90's [emoji6] Hard to separate the man from the coach, when the man caught as many headlines as the coach it seems. Most interesting aspect of this to me is the timing. We may have a new coach in place by then. Not a huge fan of the man, but I'm a big fan of mending broken relationships. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

It'll mean a lot of sitting, quiet fans, and an atmosphere that is not conducive to success for a CTC coached team. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Thanks. Lol at him coming to Btown without going near IU. Did this with his book signing a few years back. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Great coach and strategist. Disciplined? Hardly. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Can't read this in mobile and the more options web view is blocked now for some reason... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I can't believe you can keep it under 10 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

DSR was definitely who I was thinking of. My bad md Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Not completely. My expectation is that he understands, being the AD, that the donors have much greater expectations for the head basketball coach and are not willing to take as many risks. Also, the decision making procreas associated with hiring the coach for a historically bad football team with very low expectations and little ability to attract top coaching talent doesn't seem very comparable to our basketball situation. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

For as much time as we spend discussing how important our basketball program is, I don't agree that his decisions for our baseball and football programs, which were in much different situations, are good indicators of how he'll approach the basketball hire. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Please explain how his track record aligns with hiring a coach with zero D1 head coaching experience Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

... because of a hypothetical situation that has zero factual basis? Take it easy, Recker Jr. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Plus Crean versus SEC coaches... I'd take Crean against a lot of them. And Calipari would be forced to play him [emoji854] Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Maybe im remembering incorrectly, because I would expect you to know that better than myself, but that what I recall seeing on this board. Agreed though, it seemed weird when I heard it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yeah I've still heard multiple times on this board that Blueitt wasn't coming after Yogi committed here. Didn't want to play behind Yogi in college after playing behind him in high school or something. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yeah except our resident recruiting gurus have stated many, many times that Blueitt was NOT coming to IU to play second fiddle to Yogi, again. So, did Crean miss on Blueitt, or pick the better player? Personally, I pick Yogi. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Missouri is a decimated program with zero momentum. That's the kind of program that would look at what Crean did for IU and salivate. Consistency is his issue, but he definitely brings hype and attention and some real solid highs to a program. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Hope this is accurate. This is a very strong short list. I'd be happy with any of them, even Fife, although that hire would make me incredibly nervous. Actually, that list is in order of confidence in their ability to come in a bring IU back to a modern day blue blood, with Archie and Fife being 50% and 20% confidence, respectively. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The program is actually in no need of "work". It's primed and ready to roll. I think people are failing to realize that the program is teed up for a great coach. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Good catch Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Go put a SOLD sign in the front lawn, and a fake Florida license plate on the car in the driveway, and watch Hoosier Nation collectively explode. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app