Golfman25

Things that are overplayed: 1) The IU fans are the problem 2) Getting rid of a coach “too soon” is the problem 3) Cheerleader uniforms 4) All we need is NIL money

Why does “top 10 nil” get us there? Didn’t Woodson have top NIL and got us nowhere? You need more than rent a players.

Look, yes it takes time. And I am willing to give the guy time. HOWEVER, there are signs that Devries is in over his head. I have said it a 100 times — the model is down the hall. Cig brought most of his staff and a core group of players and worked from there. Devries started with nothing, took time to hire assistants, thus botching the portal. Why, why, why? WTF is that? Aren’t assistants and transition discussed at the interview? How the hell can that happen? Ok fine, strike one. So he ends up with a team of portal scraps. Problem is he runs them out there like a rec team — shooting stupid long threes from the logo early in the shot clock. There is nothing coordinated on offense — and once again we go minutes without scoring. At what point do you adjust, try something else? Strike two. we are just waiting for that last strike.

Why didn’t he bring a few WVA players, like most coaches do?

Dude we just got pantsed by a crap Iowa team at home.

Now there is a troll if I ever heard one. :)

Anyone remember why Devries didn’t bring any WVA players. That’s the key to many of these coaching moves — they have a core of their guys to start

You have to have a system to put the players in. If you listen to Cig he always talks “we” but he is including his years going back to Indiana PA. They do this, they do that. He has a system. Each position is taught and refined a particular set of skills. They coach the chit out of them. Then they prepare and adjust. Devries doesn’t appear to have that. No system. So a bunch of paid to players look completely disjointed. What is frustrating is he has the model sitting down the hall. Just copy it.

Yeah great players make good coaches. But how are we going to attract great players? Has to be more than money.

Rec league baby. :)

Kicking our a$$ at home.

I hope I am wrong, but I am not seeing it. Doesn’t seem that he’s coaching to the talent he has. Team does the best when it’s moving and screening. But that is very intermittent. Continues to allow the chuck and duck. Crap like that isn’t going to get it done.

Screw that. Play hard, don’t stink and the fans will be behind you. Chit Daniel Moore is still a “legend.” :)

This absolutely a must win. The loss at Minn hurt. But got win these “easy” home games. Otherwise not enough Ws on the schedule, unless we get some we aren’t supposed to win.

Lack of coaching/accountability?

This is the superbowl of the bad.

Weight is an advantage, but technique can neutralize it. We have the best technique in college football at all positions.

Strong hands. Better than a lot of pros you see on Sunday, that's for sure.

Prices went up. Low $3000s last few days, today low $4000s.

Yeah, kind of works both ways for me. I get too excited and risk getting tossed. On the other hand, late in the game when we are up multiple scores, and I am on the edge of my seat, the bartender will come over and "Hey, don't be so nervous, they go this." :)

We actually have a small group of IU people in our area. Met one guy who drives around in an IU Jeep who graduated a year before us, and whose kids went to high school with ours. Another friend put four kids thru IU, so they are fans. We usually hit a local bar to watch. Problem is they are closed on Mondays. So we are trying a mexican joint across the street.

Simply a distraction as the excitement builds for Monday. :)

Yeah, that's why they get paid the big bucks. But rulling them out to do the same chit, different day isn't going to work. Have you honestly seen anything, adjustments, something, that turns us into a bubble team? Not just the math, but real, tangible game activity. With 10 min left in the 2nd half we were tied at 53. We lost by 21, having only scored 7 points in the final 10 min. That is rec league bad.

If this season continues the way it's looking, we'll be in worse shape. Good players don't want to play for losing programs. Look at football -- a few wins and everyone wants in. Between now and end of season CDDv needs to prove he has a plan -- something he can sell to portal kids. Add the right pieces and multiply the results.

I ain't getting paid $4.5 million. First, go to the hypr and find a feaking big. :) I would prohibit those stupid long threes early in the shot clock -- it's a freaking turnover. Run a chit ton more action, screens, movement, etc. Maybe do some Princeton offense stuff, designed for weaker teams. Maybe try to fast break a little more. Something, anything, than what we are doing. May not be any better. May get run out of the gym. But It's something different and it ain't "chuck and duck." We may still suck, but it won't be for lack of trying.