Indymike7

You would think that maybe you would look up simple facts before you try to make people believe what you want.  Collin has fouled out of one game this year...one. If you don't get Collin's game, you should be a UK fan.  He does the dirty work and has to guard the others teams best forward.  Collin is always the guy blocking the other team out when someone else gets the rebound. That never shows up in the stats, but people that know basketball see it.  Shows what you know...... Please quit being an IU fan. You are just bringing the board down.

JBJ and Yogi make players around them better.  If they focus on overall offense and not just getting theirs, we will have a great year.  They have the ball in their hands so much that they can dictate the offensive flow of the game.  James had 2 back to back awful possessions in the exhibition forcing shots while guarded while teammates were wide open.  Then he hit a 3 on the next possession and everything was fine.  I wish Crean would jerk his chain when he does that.  Last year during the pre-BIG season, Yogi, JBJ and Troy would dominate lesser opponents on their own instead of playing team ball.  That won't work in the BIG. We have to play 5 on 5 to get the most out of this team. Defense doesn't have to be great because of our scoring ability, but it has to be much better than last year.

Troy is standing on his toes, just about as much as Noah V. did his Freshman year.

Well, maybe if Collin can become a 4 dimensional player, he would be able to set screens for himself.  That would make him better at driving to the basket.  You want 5 guys playing one on one, your line-up works.  You want team ball, put Hartman on the floor.   You fell short and gave no defense response? Disappointing.........

dcoble9, I think I can respond to your Hartman non-sense.  He is not one dimensional on offense, he is the only player constantly setting screens and knows how to pass the ball.  I guess that makes him 3 dimensional!   On defense, sure he is not a great one on one defender, but he constantly denies his guy the ball (so he doesn't have to guard him one on one)  He also blocks out (usually the other teams top rebounder) every available opportunity.   I love it when people just watch the ball, have no clue what's really going on and run somebody down just because of their own ignorance (not).

    It's no wonder you had problems in class. you can't read. I noted several exceptions in my post. I also stated "RECREATIONAL Sports Management" is a joke and NOT Sports Management or Sports Therapy. There is a big difference between them. Gordon is getting his masters in Sports Management and I bet he has a great career. Do you really think telling somebody "I have a bachelors in Recreational Sports Management" is going to impress them? If so, you're not aiming very high. You can go on and put a CYO team together and be their manager. Learn to read PAL!

I wouldn't get too excited over this award/reward. Most of the players getting the bulk of the minutes are majoring in "Recreation Sports Management" (basically, they can be in charge of recess when they graduate). The walk-ons along with a few scholarship players have a bit more complicated majors. Ethrington got his degree early, Fagan made it into med. school, Hartman a business major etc. So most of these kids have to show up for class and everything is good. This makes it much harder for the kids who are taking real classes because they can't spend as much time in the gym. They actually have to study.

    Quit reading the damn thread if you don't want to talk about it. No need to whine about something because it's not what you want to discuss.

[quote name="jurkinonthecourt" post="64583" timestamp="1398908625"] Recent video posted in the other thread made me think about this, but what about Eric Gordon Sr.? [/quote] I had a good 20 minute conversation with Gordon Sr. last year at Hoosier Hysteria. Very humble and knowledgeable guy. He seems like his thing is helping his kids be as good as they can be. His boy has a couple years of high school left and I believe he has a daughter junior high age that is a tennis player. I would be surprised if her were interested in assistant coaching at IU.

Cal has proved to be a great recruiter and smart coach (not a great coach). As much as I hate the slimey basturd, he understands how to let his players succeed without being an x's and o's type coach. Seems like Crean is working to emulate that model with the unscripted no passing drive the ball to the hole offense. I still believe that IU basketball should be disciplined hard nose ball with juniors and seniors leading the way. That will not happen with the program running off players and recruiting guys that will only play one or two years. We need to get back to Indiana basketball.

    Effective against weak defenders, yes. Did you never notice that he had to gather himself everytime he caught a pass in traffic? The only thing he posesses is a great physical advantage. That's why his big games came against bad teams. When he gets to the NBA, he will be shut down easily.

Don't think he will do much besides rebound the ball (and there's a place for that). He's just not good with the ball against anything remotely looking like a defense.

If coach makes them play team ball. No more dirving on multiple defenders and only passing as a last resort. They may not win as much as everybody wants, but at least it will lay the foundation for a good future. Yogi's senior year is when we should be able to make a serious run at the NCAA's.

If you are arrested for underage drinking, you get a free 8 hour stay at the local drunk tank.  Doesn't matter how much you have had.

Happy Happy.....Well, maybe not so happy.  Might be a good time to reflect and figure out what changes need to be made to the IUBB program.  When it comes time to blow out the candles, make a wish to become a better coach and better man instead of wishing for the next big athletic 6'-10" recruit that comes along.

I have tried to find out what policy is and couldn't find anything.  I believe it's up to the coach of each sport.  There is nothing publicly available that spells it out.

Don't know him very well or anything, but anyone who would lie to his players, run this many guys away and not discipline some players for things that have gone on, shows bad character....... I wouldn't say it's personal, but difinitely unethical.

I think that your place in the program's future directly reflects your punishment for breaking the rules.  Should never be that way.  Jeremy lost his focus and got sat down for 3 or 4 games.  Hanner got arrested and only suspended 2.  Someone tell me how that adds up?

I think that's it.  Don't see any others with good reason to transfer.

Why wouldn't Troy be all positive about his relationship with Crean.  He got to start every game no matter how bad he played and never got lit up on the sideline for screwing up.  I remember one game where AE got the riot act from Crean for fouling a 3 point shooter.  Next game, Troy did the exact game and was patted on the rear and just told not to do that.  Great for Troy. Bad for the TEAM!

I posted this stuff when it went down.  Bottom line is that it never went public, nobody got arrested and everything stayed in house.  Couldn't reveal my source at the time because I didn't want to put him in a bad spot.

Maybe he was referring to shooting lights out on some games and not so well in others.  He also had several good games where he tried to take over at the end when the game was still winnable and failed miserably (yesterday with 1:30 left and down 4, Illinois knew he wouldn't look to pass and trapped him with 3 players and just took it away from him....game over).

The only comment I will make is on Hartman.  He only got to play real minutes in 2 games.  He was the sixth man both of those games and played well.  Well enough to be praised by Crean after each game.  Coach even made him go to both press conferences.  After that, never gave him another chance.  Maybe if you don't have a clue Pritch, you shouldn't say anything at all.

I know for a fact that Cody's mom wanted him to stay and graduate. Didn't happen.  You can't expect anyone to turn down a guarenteed 3 year/$10mil to get a degree that might net him a third of that over 30 years.  Cody was a business major and that's just bad business.  Noah in the same boat.  If he stays, it will most likely be a mistake.

Please Please Please get rid of him.  I sure don't want to sit through another season like this again.  At least in the re-building years, we had the future to look forward to.  With Will and probably Noah gone next year, Yogi will probably have to take 50% of the shots and pass the ball even less than he does now.  Might as well put Yogi's name on the back of everybodies jersey.