Golfman25

Back in the Bulls heyday that's exactly what they did. Phil Jackson was good at managing players' egos and such. Tex Winter had a triple PhD in the triangle offense.

Whatever. Cheerleaders, and all the "IU is boring " BS has nothing to do with winning basketball games. It's a sideshow.

I'm going to double down on the comments regarding the administration and the facilities. It's all a bullchit smokescreen. Freaking Butler plays in the oldest arena on the planet. Cameron Indoor is a large "gym." Maybe the new "lounge" is the problem -- if they aren't in class, studying, or taking a dump, they should be practicing their god awful free throws. Not lounging. Oh and I am sure it's some freaking cheerleader in a turtleneck which is a turnoff. As was said, the administration, facilities, etc. have nothing to do with: over helping on D leaving 3 point shooters wide open; no functional offensive system, inability to hit free throws, no shooters (which have actually regressed); no accountability for piss poor play; stupid substitutions, lack of adjustments, and on and on. Players like to win. They like to play for winning programs. The rest is all fluff. You're not going from not making the tournament to the final 4 in a year or two. You need a plan. It starts with making the tournament every year. Once you do that, you can look to compete for Big Ten Championships. Once you regularly compete in the Big 10, you're looking to go sweet 16, elite 8 -- and if things work out Final 4s. To do it, you're not going to get a bunch of 5* recruits year 1 or 2. You'll need to do it with lesser talented kids -- which means you better be able to coach your a$$ off. Archie (or any coach) needs to self evaluate and figure out what they are good at. Then higher out your weaknesses. After last year, he should have gotten a shooting coach. He did not. That's a BIG problem. Maybe we should send him a copy of this: https://www.championshipproductions.com/cgi-bin/champ/p/Basketball/Archie-Millers-Shooting-Program_BD-05173.html?crm=r-1

Should have asked for more time to practice free throws.

The litany re Bob Knight just shows that the game changes. Rule changes bring more competition and parity. For the most part, Bobby adapted. If Henderson doesn't blow out his knee, we probably have a better showing in 1992. The 2002 appearance was essentially a Knight team. The problem with Archie is he doesn't adapt. Offense sucks, so make a frigging change. The failure to adapt kills mos coaches careers. Archie needs to adapt now. If he doesn't he should be gone. They need to get a new AD now. No reason to wait on Glass to clean out his office. Things need to change and he's a lame duck. If firing Archie is the first thing the new guy does then so be it. Who's next. At this point almost anyone would be an upgrade.

And ends up beating a ranked Memphis on the road. We're cursed.

If you need your fill, crean is on cbs.

He could still fire the guy.

I don't know. It's embarrassing to play for this chit show.

Can somebody please go to the Hyper and find a kid that can shoot. This is fikg embarrassing

Just listen to miller in time out. Have 30 some points and he's talking about defense. Guys a cluster f right now. Sorry. New ad has to make a change.

Most of the them fail. The ones that succeed adapt to power five play. Crean didn't adapt to the defensive requirements. Archie hasn't adapted to the offensive requirements.

That's the problem with these "mid major" guys. They can win based on one side of the ball. When you get to the big time you need a complete team -- offense and defense. Unfortunately, Archie hasn't adjusted offensively. That's bad coaching. The good coaches always adapt. I'm afraid this could be a cluster F for a while.

Any of us on this board could have coached a win tonight. It's freaking basketball not astrophysics. :)

Devonte is the Tasmanian devil.

Nobody righ now. Needs to be able to shoot and hit threes against power five type teams. Extend the floor a little bit. Otherwise he just stuffs up the middle.

Yeah give Wisconsin some credit. As bad as we played, wis couldn't miss a shot for a stretch. They'll get crushed in few hours by Ohio state in the football championship.

I am so happy for Justin. I was hard on him last year. He's a completely different player this year.

Green is going to give me a heart attack this year.

I think we may be tired. Time to suck it up and finish

You mean the one where he got kicked in the chest.

Wow. Tough defense supplemented by good offense. Future so bright I got to wear shades.

Oh boy. Isn't this great.

When did Justin Smith transfer? And who's the new guy. Very positive start, but a long way to go. If they stay active on offense and hit the outside shot, they should be ok. Lots of upside with this team. And I like how we didn't just throw some scholarships away because we had them. Bodes well for the future.

That's like being the tallest midget. We need good shooters really bad.