Scooter D

Any chance that the FIFA Laws get fully implemented for college soccer? Maybe this would help with development for the USMNT and US youth soccer as a whole?

Can we stop the charade already and finally admit that IU is a futbol school.

Good game, but why is Crean giving the credit to the PG? He picked up his dribble 25 feet out and made the pass that the defense gave him. It was not the pass that won the game but the drive to the bucket from 20 feet out.

IPAs tend not to be the model of a balanced beer vs say a German or Czech Pils or any other lager for that matter. Not really sure what you were trying to describe, but nonetheless, I will steer clear of that one.

Was in Minny back in 2016 for work...would suggest Butcher and the Boar. Outstanding food and cocktails.

I am just glad that the Groce episode is over and we can move on.

Thank you! Started down this path a few pages back. Glad to see that I am not the only one who thinks this.

To be honest, what it comes down to, is that knowing that Donovan was interested 2 years ago in combination with FG's press conference and his list of things that he wanted in the next coach really led me to believe that we were going to get Donovan. Perhaps my expectations were too high. I have nothing against AM, other than I am a little concerned about his age and the fact that while he was successful at Dayton, he does not have experience as a HC in a major conference, so it is tough to know how he will do on the big stage of the Big 10. Now, I know that the response that I get back will be "...but we hired Knight when he was young and a relative unknown." Yes, I get it, but I think the days of having a coach at one place for 20+years is past and we want results sooner rather than later. I am not talking instant gratification here, but by year three, IU needs to be completing for a Final Four. From all of the press conferences and interviews that I have listened to, he is saying all of the right things. Love the fact that he is the son of a coach, he played college ball and has a certain "blue-collar" attitude/work ethic. Sounds like he will mold these young men into upstanding representatives of the university of which we, as alumni and fans, can be proud of. Love the fact that he is defense oriented, but still wants to run, when it is there and that he wants to own the state. I was not looking for the hire to be "an IU guy" but by all accounts AM fills that. That is my nutshell.

Surely it involved Nick Papagiorgio.

Evidently they were both assistants at OSU together, which in my mind makes Groce being an assistant under CAM a very difficult position.

I suppose enough money can motivate anyone.

In my mind the only way that he takes an assistant job is if he is under someone like Roy, Coach K, Izzo or maybe even Self. Not sure if you have ever had to work for a peer that maybe got promoted ahead you or is having more success than you, but it is tough.

Agreed that it might be...but considering that he was just at Illinois (don't see a lot of HCs making moves within the same conference, unless you are going from AC to HC) and they were both Assistant Coaches at OSU at the same time, it just seems hard for me to believe that he would make a move like that...but maybe I am wrong.

A step back like that is a desperate move (as it is with most jobs/professions)...I doubt that Groce is that desperate.

Yes...I understand that he got fired...I would think that a HC job at a smaller school, as he did have some success at Ohio, would make more sense. Also, I think that it would be difficult for him, since they were both assistants at OSU, to work under a friend.

You are talking about the Theo Epstein that helped lead the Red Sox to two WS titles, right? While evidently, I am one of the delusional and am still a bit disappointed by the hire, let's keep some perspective here...hiring Donovan (2 NC, 4 FF, 6 SEC regular season titles and 4 SEC tournament titles) would have been a fair comparison to Epstein. Miller...is much more of an unknown...yes he has has some success in the A10, which is a great conference (I used to have season tickets at Temple when they were still an A10 school), but we don't know what he is capable of doing on the big stage.

Wait...are we talking about the same John Groce that just got fired from Illinois? If so, I understand it, he is from Muncie and Taylor Univ, but he has been a HC for almost 10 years now...what makes you think that he would be willing to take a step back?

Any trademark infringement here? Just something to think about (from a non-attorney).

Why do I fall into the Kansas trap every year?

So...we have to give this guy 2, 3, 4, or 5 years to see the payoff with this hire (per Rabjohns)? Great. This is where we are at as a basketball school.

In this case, i think that their silence would say more.

It is great that he is going to make it a priority, but did he make it a priority while at Dayton? Does he have those established ties to Indiana HS coaches? If not, I would not expect he can come into the state and expect to dominate in-state recruiting. Although i guess that we have to assume that Glass vetted him with the HS coaches, right?

It could count...do you know names of who he scored while there?

But can he recruit Indiana? Does/did he have Indiana kids at Dayton?

At least our SOS might go up since we should be able to get Arizona on the schedule.