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Look it’s pretty easy.  Free agency is the normal state of all business.  You are generally free to change jobs at will and do what you want.  That general principle can be restricted by contract.  Collective bargaining is a contract. 
Thus,  absent a contract, you can’t restrict player transfers.  That is where the NCAA ran into trouble.  They had draconian transfer rules.  Now that money comes into play, that affects commerce which literally ups the anti for players.  

Now that money is in play, the playing field is level between the former cheaters and non-cheaters.  It’s not level between the haves and have nots.  Every professional league has guardrails for survival.  College athletics at this point should be no different.  

You need to account for pre and post transfer portal (2021).   Prior to the portal and NIL, it took several years to build a team.  With the transfer rules today, teams can be build much faster.  But you know that. 
Hurley actually won 2 tourney games before he joined Uconn.       

You need to account for pre and post transfer portal (2021).   Prior to the portal and NIL, it took several years to build a team.  With the transfer rules today, teams can be build much faster.  But you know that. 
Hurley actually won 2 tourney games before he joined Uconn.       

That right there is the problem.  Whether the guy is mid-major, high-major or no-major, he should be able to take the job and put IU on a path to success without "getting his feet wet" or "figuring it out."  If you don't know enough on how to compete at the job your taking, then you aren't ready for the job.  Nobody says it's easy, but that's why they get paid the big bucks.  
The thing you need to watch for with the mid-major guys is are they winning due to a "gimmick" and are they willing to adopt a broader approach at the P5 level?  You can win at lower levels being one sided (pack line D, "Havoc," etc.) but get exposed at the higher levels.   

If you're not first, your last.  : }
But I guess it depends on what your goals are.  If they are to be Mid, then a sweet 16 here and there is a good showing. 
However, if your goat is to compete at a championship level, the Sweet 16 becomes the minimum performance.  The best coaches do Sweet 16 or better 48% to 62% of the time.  Knight (IU) & Self (KU) at (48%); Cal (UK), Dean Smith and Roy Williams (NC) all around 55%; The King, Coach K is at 62%.   
There is zero reason IU's goal can't be to compete at a championship level, again.  

Yes, what he did was amazing.  Not many coaches can do it.  But, he's essentially done it at evey level, every school he's been to.  The Cig model is no different than US Hockey under Herb Brooks -- take the talent and put it into a system designed for the betterment of the team.  He starts with the QB position.  And backs him up with a running game and strong defense.  From there, it's about outworking the opponent and executing.  It's process-focused, not results-focused.   I think Dusty has some of the same qualities, that's all.      

Exactly.  Crean will always be a part of IU basketball and should be thanked for walking into a real chitshow.  But he wasn't really fired only for results, as they were actually pretty good looking back.  But there were other issues with the program and where it was headed.   

Yeah, piss poor decision making from the top.  High performing coaches are few, but easy to model.  IU has almost purposely hired the wrong guy because they didn’t want another Bob Knight, bigger than the program guy.   

Yeah, piss poor decision making from the top.  High performing coaches are few, but easy to model.  IU has almost purposely hired the wrong guy because they didn’t want another Bob Knight, bigger than the program guy.   

If you think Woodson was a good coach, I don’t know what to tell you.  

If you think Woodson was a good coach, I don’t know what to tell you.  

If you think Woodson was a good coach, I don’t know what to tell you.  

Dude, JC himself couldn't do squat with the Bulls.  :]  

Dude, JC himself couldn't do squat with the Bulls.  :]  

Dude, JC himself couldn't do squat with the Bulls.  :]  

So #13 will prob be from the Hyper

Because it about more than money.  Coaching matters.  The reason Cig did what he did is because he can flat out coach.  

They got some fresh video:
 

Maybe KathywithaC can come and clear it up.  : ]

Maybe KathywithaC can come and clear it up.  : ]

Maybe KathywithaC can come and clear it up.  : ]

Maybe KathywithaC can come and clear it up.  : ]

Coach DDv doesn’t have the clout to build a top 25 roster.  He has to coach up what he can get and work from there.  Make the tournament and he’ll be headed in the right direction.  

Can we add Billy Donovan finally?