MikeRoberts

I’m going to get eaten alive for this but, they aren’t. They might get minutes at the 1 or 2 but if Phinisee goes down, we’re looking at a backup combo guard running the team. We all saw what happens when you don’t have a true pg running the team and it’s not good. We should always have 2 true point guards on the team, otherwise the entire season rests on the health of 1 guy And to address your post directly, yes, whether it’s a freshmen, juco or grad transfer, I don’t care, it’s a must to have another pg on the team that can play real minutes if Phinisee cannot go for any reason Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yes, I love the 3 we have but a pg and big were the obvious needs in this class. I hope we fill those Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yes, one could make an argument that Indiana fans are the best in all of college basketball. Our on-court product is lagging everyone else at the top yet we support and spend as much as anyone. We have been the only thing keeping this thing afloat the past 20 years Edit: fans + BigTen network contract as evidenced by 4 BigTen schools being in the top 10 Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Chris, how did it go for real? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Imagine a scenario where Archie goes on the radio and refers to him as fat dan, bald dan, ugly dan... it’s honest, no bs but it’s immature and disrespectful and there is no reason for an adult to talk to or about a peer in such a manner but dan isn’t above that. Maybe you are at the IU practices or in the homes when these kids are getting recruited but if not, how do you know what you stated about the coaches above? Other than hearing that from fat dan, I’m not sure how you would even come to those determinations Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

No, Dan has been critical of Archie from day one and is so immature as to publicly call him Little Archie and go through every staff member making fun of them. He might stop talking **** if we start wining consistently but he won’t have access to the team as people don’t forget Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

And then when we land a recruit in 2 months “well this tweet aged well” Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Normally I would stand up for someone and say “come on, it was a mistake, let it die” but he is a dbag Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I just don’t think he says anything... it’s all cryptic and lacking substance. Always has outs and ways to take credit for something later. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

What info is he getting? He never says anything of substance. 007 said Penix would be a starter, named Roberts as a candidate etc. what did SS actually say that aged well? Not shooting the messenger, just asking Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Went for it... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I think you got that but I was just joking:) Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Your posting in the “fire fred glass” thread... what types of things did you expect to read on here? Stop whining about whiners in a thread designed to whine Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That is pretty funny and a pretty slick way for fans to give feedback. I don’t think his team receiving those would know how to approach him about it. Glass “have we gotten any calls or texts since we put up the signs” Team “well, as a matter of fact we have, 10,000 texts, but they are all accusing you of being the knucklehead” Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I don’t think signs are going to change anything and they are delusional if they think so. How much time and money was wasted on this would probably blow all of our minds Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Man, I think people are way overstating Brunks on court capabilities. He might be a great locker room guy and leader, not sure but I’ve seen him play a bunch and he is a role player at best. If he is starting or playing the lion’s share of minutes at the 5 we are in trouble. People are underestimating Davis and just how good he can be when healthy. He has the chance to be all-BigTen this year if he is healthy the whole season Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

We have spies at the airport but can’t get into the gym to see if he is going through all the same drills as his teammates? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

It comes down to this for me. Glass and McRobbie woke up on 3rd and thought they hit a triple. They walked into a hundred years worth of basketball equity and no matter what, would take a long time to unravel. They have done their fair share to do just that but there is so much of it, particularly within the older generations the erosion isn’t being felt so hard yet. These past 25 years of crapdom is going to hit us in the next 25 years. I said it before but they are cashing checks they didn’t earn. The fandom they inherited is from previous administrations and it will not be that way for future ones. The damages will be felt in the years to come Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Sports and basketball in particular are the window to the rest of the world. You say Indiana university to someone abroad and they say “basketball” “Bobby Knight”. It keeps people like me that didn’t go there spending time and money. Its just hard to watch someone turn there back on what was one of the coolest things the state of Indiana had. I’ve said this before but if I was born 20 years later I don’t know that I ever would have become the fan I am and would have never tuned into games, traveled around the country to attend games, bought all the gear etc. the a hole is cashing checks he didn’t earn Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Sorry for the delay guys, they asked me to send them an in-game action photo from my IU days for the press release. I’ve been googling and reaching out to former teammates for days Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

There were plenty of people that saw the glaring issues with him in year 2 and 3, let alone in the many years thereafter. Oldfriend for one got a lot of flack for calling out Creans inadequacies early on but ended up being spot on all along. The calls for his job were deafening at several points in his tenure. Given he handed over a program in serious rebuild mode after a decade at the helm should tell you everything. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Funny that you think it’s him:) how many other 6’9”, 40 year old white guys wearing ungc packpack going from Charlotte to Indiana do you think there are? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

I faxed it in a few minutes ago:) Now I don’t know what to do with this screen name, I feel like Michael Bolton from Office Space In all seriousness, you nailed it a while back identifying him as a legit candidate when nobody else was talking about him - nice work Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I’m inspired by your optimism here, I truly am because I recall very early on you (paraphrasing) alerting everting that Crean wasn’t the right guy and that he was over his skis. So why now are we defending Glass for keeping him around so long and allowing the program to be in such bad shape where the [cupboards were pretty damned bare]? If you could see it so early on, why did it take so long for him to act? In regards to the program, it’s really hard for us to go anywhere but up, we have missed the tourney more often than making it over the past 10 years and missed it the last 3. Yes there are things to be excited about but there always have been. There hasn’t been a season I can recall where I wasn’t excited about some incoming players or some returning players but the results on the court have been consistently underwhelming both under Crean and Archie. I’m not at all suggesting he isn’t the right guy but as you even said “jury is out on miller”. So far Glass held on to Crean way too long allowing him to bring the program back into a serious rebuild mode and hired a coach that is going into his 3rd season where the jury is still out - that’s not a great track record. In regards to football, how does Iowa and Michigan State put together successful seasons and we can’t? How do we not compete with Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State at least in our better years and their down years at a minimum? 25 years ago if someone said Ohio State and Michigan could be better basketball programs than Indiana people would have laughed but it happened over time. Those football schools found a way to not just compete in basketball but win big and outpace traditional basketball schools. It can happen for IU football but it will take commitment, resources and time. There is no reason IU cannot be a consistent 7-8 win team each year. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

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