cthomas

YIKES!!! I can't imagine anything with more toxic potential at this point.

In an attempt to add some levity to our dire situation, I would like to know some of the funniest or most outrageous things a coach you have played for has done. I know many of you have participated in athletics in high school or college and there must be some great stories. I played a little basketball in high school back in the mid-60's and remember an incident after particularly bad half. We got to the locker room and after about five minutes the coach walked in, threw a Kotex on the floor and walked out without saying a word. Needless to say, we got the message! I don't remember much about my high school basketball days, but that sticks with me even after 50 some years.

For the record, I was around for the entire tenure of Coach Knight. At various times I loved / hated him for a variety of reasons. I was ready for a change before he was fired. I don't care whether he comes back or not, that's entirely his choice. What I want now is a new coach and a team I can enjoy watching.

I don't think there is ever a lead this team can't play their way out of!

We have enough talent on the floor to compete and win against most teams. The question is will they show up and will they compete? I'm mildly interested to see how it plays out tonight.

Classic in a Woody Hayes sort of way. I loved his explanation. I just knew there had to be some good stuff out there. The funny thing is that when you are young you just kinda accept things and don't think about it too much.

I can't think that the locker room is a good place these days.

I just think that if you gave the players we have had the past few years to a coach who can define roles we would have had much greater success. Not everyone on the floor should have the green light to shoot at the first opportunity. The whole "play faster" and "positionless" basketball experiment needs to go. Most of the time our offense / defense resembles something I could watch at most city parks on a summer day.

If that 30 point embarrassment doesn't motivate this team, I don't know what will. At some point personal pride should kick in. I think / hope we win this one. If it goes south tomorrow, then I believe it's truly over.

I hate the drama that has plagued the program the past several years. I hate the style of play on both ends of the court and the regular cycle of hope followed by disappointment. I just want to be able to enjoy IU basketball again.

This looked like a winnable game as it was unfolding, especially after digging out of the early hole. But the same untimely mistakes and boneheaded play sealed the loss. Wisconsin was not good today and we let them off the hook.

Hard to know what to make of this win. Maybe we get right and win some games or maybe we are heading into the gates of hell.

Ouch!!!

Well, I know what I would like to see happen if this season ends the way I think it will. But, three local sports guys on an Indy television station last night said IU's problems are not Crean's fault. They played the injury card and were essentially quite supportive of CTC. So, I have a bad feeling that this is going at least another year.

This probably explains his performance against Michigan. I give him credit for trying to tough it out. On a side note, I don't think it's fair to question a kid's motives without some pretty strong facts.

I'm not sure I can remember a season that started with such promise and now is slowly circling the drain. Injuries to key players just can't be overcome. I never want to see a kid get hurt, ours or anyone else's. Here's hoping, for his sake, that he recovers quickly and goes on to pursue his dreams.

I believe Fred Glass is a smart guy. I also think he is a big picture guy who is charged with keeping the athletic department on a sound financial footing. Acceptable performance to him is probably different than it is to us. We have traditionally been a basketball school in desperate need of a successful football program because of the potential financial impact. I would like a new coach as much as anyone and I think Glass certainly has a short list of people he will call when he thinks the time is right. Given how I believe he views things, I don't think people like us exert much influence on him.

I watch because I expect us to win. When the game starts to go bad, I continue to watch to see how much pain I can endure.

We are less than the sum of the parts!

This horse has been beaten to death but I just don't get these games. Are schools like this the only ones who will come here? Are we afraid that we will lose if we schedule better? As hard as it is to watch us lose to IPFW and Butler, it's worse to watch us beat the crap out of way over-matched teams. I guess the silver lining is that this part of the schedule is just about over and will actually have to start playing every night.

This made my day. Too funny!

Just an unacceptable defensive performance. I can accept an off night shooting, but there is no excuse for lack of defensive effort.

We're going to find out if these guys have a lot of heart or a lot of quit!

This team might lose out. I'm not seeing anything that gives me much hope today!

The wild card for me is that I don't know what is going on behind the scenes. Recruiting seems to be such a dirty business that anything seems possible. Considering Mr Glass's comments on how IU decides who to recruit, I think the standards are pretty rigid. If a grey area offer or an out and out deception is presented to a kid, then they might be swayed to make a decision not in their best interest. IU, I hope, doesn't go down that path. I have been critical of CTC in the past, but I will stand with him all day long in terms of integrity in recruiting and the program.