Dave from Dayton

Hit all. Long time poster from Rivals and more recently HSN. IU? I'm Fine and Air Ball here. Adding my one cent opinion. With no inside info I have been an IU fan since the late 60's. Evansville Bosse '69, Indiana Business/Finance 1977 (undefeated!), UW=Madison Civil/Environ. Engineering '82...Dayton since. Worked in Aviation for 2 decades. All I have to say about flight tracking is that those almost never track the right people. One never knows who is negotiating and where they meet. If Dolson and Stevens really do meet it will be for the press conference. I am more interested in the other sources... By the way: Welcome to Indiana University - Bloomington...Head Coach Brad Stevens! Just had to get that off of my chest. Not that I know anything. Having watched Archie Miller here in Dayton...and having gone to a number of UD games, I am floored that he didn't have some success at Indiana. Oh well. IU had to pull the plug. Go IU!

My wife and I, sitting at home, both were not happy with this substitution.  I yelled "Noooo!"    I believe that booing one's own coach or players is in bad taste and bad form.  But, sometimes it may be appropriate.  Ghandi reminded us that nonviolent opposition to authority may be an appropriate response at times.  It may be perceived as in bad taste by many. The subs are fully sentient.  They realize that the booing is in context.  It is about Crean's subbing all the way down the bench.  The crowd perceived it as being an inappropriate substitution.  Some may question the crowd's or fans' right to boo their own team/players/coach.  However, it is the fans' opinion voiced in the boos.  They are entitled to their opinions.Yes, the individual players may feel bad.  Well, some of the crowd and fans felt bad, too.  I felt bad that Crean, on the surface, appeared to substitute incorrectly.  No, I'm not the coach.  But, there is a history here.  Why does Crean not institute a decent half court offense?  Why does Crean play run and gun type ball preconference knowing that in conference the defenses will dictate that a decent half court offense is part of the weaponry that a team will need?  I support the team.  I support Coach Crean.  I yearn for Crean to do well.  By booing his action specifically in measured doses...actually supports IU.  And yes, it seems in bad form.  But, in this case, I support the boos.