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I’m not going to pretend to know anything about Mike Roberts as a coach or recruiter. Based on that my opinion on the matter is probably worthless but on the surface I am underwhelmed. He may be the best thing since sliced bread but I just do not see it. I do know that there HAD to be better options out there because I have read from people in the know that we have the money to throw at assistants. Who knows what ultimately led to the hiring. Hoping he is better than Schilling at the very least..

Hadn’t seen his name listed until now and I don’t know much about him. I’ll take your word for it though

Honestly based on the criteria listed, none of the guys being mentioned do anything for me. Lewis is pretty meh and I don’t think he would move the needle at all in recruiting. I want no part of anyone that was on Crean’s staff. That just turns me off for some reason. I did see someone mention Tony Barbee and that would be a good hire IMO. We need recruiting more than anything else if you ask me. The better talent you get, the more teams figure it out. Better talent usually equates to better development as well.

If you notice he gives out info usually after Rabjohns does. I think he parrots him but says it in a different way

And people still want Luke Brown to have an offer when Goode is better and has B10 offers. Baffles me tbh

Yeah, this guy is next for me on the list of prospects we have a shot with. Watching his tape, he has all the tools to be a difference maker. Reminds me of Mikal Bridges from Villanova

From reading around I actually get the vibe our best chance is for Davis among all 3. Love is almost a certainty to UNC and Diarra likes Georgia/St. Johns ahead of us

I think we should also put most of our eggs in the RJ Davis basket. If we get a visit, you never know. This kid can shoot/score.

Really happy with this pickup! I see BIG championships when Leal and Galloway are Juniors/Seniors

Decision coming on Friday according to twitter Evan Daniels also put in a crystal ball for IU this morning

Based on percentages and his hurt wrist in high school I think Trey can is more than capable of shooting 35+% from three and that’s really all he needs to be able to do. The other facets of his game are too good.

Pumped for this! I was down on him a while back, but he really stepped up his game this summer. Really happy he is in the fold!

Boooo buzzkill

Reading the tea leaves other places, seems like something could be happening very soon here. I’m guessing this weekend.

Just why? Stay. Off. Twitter. People. It’s not hard at all. All you’re doing is making the fans look like assholes, as well as yourself in the process.

Was fun while it lasted

People have hinted around that he was definitely fired. I’ve also read that Archie is more than willing to take his time with the hire so he gets the right guy. Apparently this is the last real important recruiting weekend for a while so he doesn’t feel the need to rush it for that purpose.

Looks like South Carolina wasn’t there. Shaping up to be us or Miami?

Lander and Kaufman would be a grand slam. Anyone else is just gravy

As much as I love IU, Stanford would be extremely hard to pass up. I doubt Leal ever gets to the NBA so I’m sure he is weighing that heavily.

Meh semi-pro and player development at Northwestern aren’t great. Northwestern took a huge step back last year. Assistant at Loyola is fine and all but there are much more qualified personnel out there. Take away the fact that he played at IU and look at his resume. You still want him here?

How so?

Why this obsession with a former IU player? Many are not qualified to do what some of you want. If you want recruiting, who has the pedigree of all the former IU players mentioned to bring in top 50 guys? Many kids nowadays will point to Romeo over guys like Guyton, Jeffries, etc. as former IU players they know. If you say they know the state, that may be true, but we’ve had zero issue recruiting our own state. As far as player development, which former IU player has any sort of pedigree developing players and getting the maximum out of them? I think some IU fans have this disillusioned belief that former IU players coming back will somehow magically turn our program around, even when they don’t have the pedigree. Give me a guy that has out of state connections that is an ace recruiter, or someone that has a history of developing players. We don’t need a former IU player and it’s likely we will not go that route.

I like it but we need a PG desperately. Switch out Leal for RJ Davis and it’s a home run

I’m fine with this. We need an offensive minded coach badly. Interested to see who Archie brings in, especially this late in the game.