Golfman25

Oh please. We have a mid major roster at best.

What strengths? TJD with his left hand?

No it wasn’t. We have inferior talent.

Is that on Woodson? Can’t make the horse drink.

Brad Jesus Stevens ain’t coming. It’s Woody or bust. We just don’t have the horses right now. Even Woodson said in a recent presser they where struggling with the ball screen offense.

Prove him wrong. :)

Need to go back to a make more than they take free throw philosophy. This game would have been over.

Right, let's not call it a "punch." It was some sort of girliman slap. But rather than fire, suspend, etc. treat them like the babies that they are. Just put the two the them at center court, shirts off, and wiffle ball bats in hand. They can take turns smacking each other with plastic bats (no head shots) and all the money goes to charity. What a way to start off the Big 10 Tourney.

Baloney. Time to be a man and congratulate your opponent. Boxers literally beat the crap out of each other, and usually give a handshake at the end.

You owe me a keyboard. Now that's funny, right there. :)

Maybe that’s just him. I’ll date myself, but years ago people thought Fred Couples didn’t have what it takes cause he just kinda looked bored on the golf course. Then he went on a tear, won the masters and was the number one ranked golfer in the world. I would trust the coaches who spend the most time with the kid and get to know the kid to determine his work ethic and attitude.

Why not. They broke a rule. They got punished and sat out a game. Why does there have to be any more punishment than that? At some point it’s water over the damn and time to move on. I get it. You don’t think Parker plays hard. How do you know? Maybe that’s all he’s got.

We have to get to the point where you don’t even need a curfew rule. Players who take the game with the seriousness it requires.

The sad part is Northwestern is only “winnable.” I remember the days when it was automatic.

Come on. There are people here who want us to give players bags of cash.

Why because we lost to two ranked teams? What team in our position has played as many ranked opponents?

Right. WTF is effort? How do you know? It’s subjective.

Maybe it’s reflection of the flawed players.

Frankly, the only one that mattered was XJ. And maybe Stewart. The rest we could have just loaded up some dudes from the Hyper honestly.

So a few thoughts. Brad "Jesus Christ" Stevens isn't going to be coaching IU, ever. Dude apparently had his chance and he choses to no longer coach. And nobody was really interested in trying the mid major flavor of the year, again (failed twice). And we wheren't getting a power five lateral transfer, Beard, et. al. -- why would they come. So Dolson's move was to blend the old with the new -- get someone with roots from when IU was a blue blood, who wanted to institute an "NBA style" offense and play strong defense. It's still a work in progress, but I think it was a good move under the circumstances. And just maybe Mike Woodson is coaching is arse off with the band of misfit toys. Best thing that can happen to the program is TJD get drafted. Woodson can then tell every recruit -- "I did that." Archie Miller set this program back a decade. At least Crean had some flashes with some good years. Can still make the tourney. 3 winnable games in the next five. Plus a mini run in the Big Tourney will help. Season's not over by any means. Plus a week to get healthy -- Phin???? Players need to find their balls and finish strong. We don't have a killer on this team. They guy that looks you in the eye while he cuts your guts out. Need to overhaul the roster. I hate losing to Wisconsin.

If any of those players where men, they would have risen to the occasion and played their hearts out the rest of the way. X kinda had a good game at Michigan State. But that's about it. They have been crapping their pants ever since.

Small minded.

That’s just stupid.

How do you know? Coaches bounce things off each other all the time.

Yeah. Stevens has as many championship banners as I do.