WayneFleekHoosier

This in largest part has been what’s so infuriating as a CBB for the past 35 years. Indiana, short of finding another legendary coach or a Painter like Coach was never going to be on level ground. And when we decided that we wouldn’t cheat big enough we still tried getting NBA guys that weren’t as good, and still left early. We either needed to “cheat” which is what I thought we should be doing to whatever level Kansas,Duke,Kentucky were doing or embrace the college model and never reach the top echelon of success. We messed everything up for years. Damaged the brand by not winning. And of course don’t get any credit by trying to follow the rules. Infuriating dynamic. So in my estimation we need a gross overspend to jumpstart the rebuild of culture/winning. Fans in my opinion deserve it so much from the years of inept decision making that virtually tanked the program. And the fans continue to keep it afloat. Lets. Go. Win!

The biggest spenders left hand want a cap, right hand don’t want a cap. The top end spenders will find a way to pay over the cap like the old days to get recruting advantages again. It should eventually balance itself out from ROI. I think this season is very near the cap. Payments have doubled then doubled again in the past 2 off seasons. They won’t double again. They, in my estimation will hold steady where we are at. Seems like 20 Million is top with about 8-12 teams there. 15 is the next bench mark with about 10 teams there. Then 10 with another 10-15 there. About 30-35 teams spending big bucks. Big question is will certain programs find ways to join party in those ranges?

Indiana needs The Splash, part 2. Juice this roster up a level. Come on Carr, ya know you want to.

Yeah we aren’t spending 4+ million on a player when the staff is looking for practice bodies. Would need to go Euro to find a difference maker at this point imo. Who is this years Hannes Steinbach?? And where has he signed already?

14th out of 18th or 17th or whatever in the B1G. I think we were projected in the top 5. Been a bad season for sure. Always curious what a rebuild looks like or if guys would stay. We seem to have some talent that would be nice to retain. I guess either way, probably time for a new direction, sadly, because I wanted him to succeed.

I believe you are correct, but he didn’t need to and his body and game could use the year to improve. Bad decision imo.

I mean, maybe we ran out of money, but I don’t think that’s actually it. I think they want the freshman to be rotational players then fill 11-13 with practice bodies. Well, Rabjohns indicated #11 could be a backup with size then 2 practice players. Problem is, if you want freshman to be rotation players at the highest level you need to hit homeruns. Zero indication in the Manhertz scout says he’ll be ready. Then he’s reclassifying on top of it. Which is why they don’t want to recruit over him. Compounding an error with another error.

Sean Miller just said, educated guess, 7-8 SEC schools topping 20 million. And 20-25 schools overall.

Fair. Timing doesn’t indicate a preferred walkon and bigs very rarely take walk-on spots either. All signs point to a back up big option. I know people hate it, but Rabjohns (who is very friendly with Carr) said 2 of the last 3 we’re going to be practice guys. This fits that. And it’s a terrible idea now just as it was a terrible idea then. Hopefully someone can think things over before final decisions are made.

No doubt him and crazy work by our staff. Go get a man from the Euro leagues. What are they thinking?

And this has been my position all along. As much as the staff did favorably early, their finishing plans leave a ton to be desired. I’ll be absolutely shocked if Manhertz is anywhere close to contributing. Same with Karvala but to a lesser extent. Hawthorne was this for Kentucky more or less last year. Manhertz is producing pedestrian numbers against high school talent. Expecting that to translate against men immediately is foolish on the staff. Too many smart people in the room not to know better. That’s not to mention injury concerns. Anyway, this has been my mantra since the “plans” were laid out to the fanbase.

We’ve got an Ivan Renko situation on our hands. Kinda has the look of the default player on any sports game ever made. It’s no wonder why our amazing sleuths can’t ID him.

I personally think 2 bigs. A 5 and a stretch 4 type. Then a combo guard that can handle some point duties if Burton can’t play the whole season. Sisley, Mustaf, Harris, Karvala, Manhertz, and to an extent Moody cover that wing spot. We don’t really have a traditional 4th guard unless that’s Harris/Moody. That’s not a lot of depth in a key position.

Duke, Louisville, Tennessee, Florida just keep stacking talent on talent. Gonna be another great season to track trends.

Man, that’s a bummer