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That y’all could debate which legitimately interesting FOOTBALL game to attend really does speak to the rabbit hole IU sports has gone down. Just can’t stop shaking my head over this being the state of things.

Yeah, I love Beilein. The man’s as good as it gets. But if you’re hiring him, you’re doing so with a succession plan already in place. So let’s just get this out of the way right now: John Beilein plus Jordan Hulls. Tell me Hulls after sitting next to Beilein for 5 years wouldn’t be ready to roll.

Love watching Utah St play. Great pace and movement without recklessness. So cohesive. Sone power conference AD that hooks up Craig Smith is gonna look like a genius. Love that guy.

If you want Cronin, you’re a hiring cycle late. He’s laid the groundwork for that program to really take off. Leaving now would be pretty nuts.

Yes he would. Terrific coach. I’m curious if he would have been willing to actually pull the trigger with Michigan had that offer come. The dude makes a couple of mil a year coaching in his hometown and for a school at which he is beloved and where the expectations are....manageable. He might well be willing to leave, but it might be tough.

I wouldn’t for 2 reasons: 1) Mark Morefield 2) Hanner Perea It wouldn’t bother me as much if Drew had fired Morefield or at least publicly condemned the guy. He did neither. I don’t believe he was even suspended during Baylor’s “investigation.” He coached the year and left on his own. When you then factor in that he has been assumed to be dirty by pretty much everyone for years, though in fairness he’s been smart enough not to be caught, the guy just doesn’t do it for me. I mean, he got Mark Vital into Baylor, a really good academic school, after Vital graduated from Prime Prep, which lost it’s academic accreditation and folded. I think the crap he used to get for being a poor bench Coach was unfair. But, there’s just way too much smoke for my, admittedly, old man tastes.

Textbook definition of a sh**show. But if they brought in a guy who can provide some energy, even if it’s not a rockstar hire, and you combine it with the whole free agency angle this year, that guy has a chance to create, if not a really good product, at least an interesting one. And right now I’d be happy as hell with interesting.

No doubt true. And can you imagine , just from the standpoint of optics, this team running on the floor for the 1st game of a new season and the Coach being booed? It’s just become unimaginable to me that that can be allowed to happen. It would be unfair to everyone involved. Miller’s not a bad guy and his conduct hasn’t embarrassed the school. But it’s just untenable now.

I’ve been convinced all along that Chris is right and 10 mil is prohibitive and that there’s no practical way to cut CAM loose. But after losing those games, and they’re gonna, this team is done, I just can’t come up with any argument at all, even a weak one, that Dolson can sit in front of the press and the fan base and make without flushing his credibility in year 1. He has to find the money and he has to do it. Just has to.

There is definitely a Euro cultural element at play here. European games are a non-stop bitchfest.

Sometimes ya got fight over the screen. Sometimes ya do.

What a cheap call on Hunter. That is so bad.

That’s a clever little illegal screen UM just ran on Lander. It’s blatant, but will never get called.

Go back and watch Al after he takes the handoff from Hunter. He literally walks twice.

2 things here: 1) So many people only define “their voices being heard” as “follow my suggestion.” I’m confident Glass heard them. The problem is they didn’t, and still don’t, have a legit candidate. So, as far as I’m concerned, they can take a seat. 2) You and me both on CTA. Have always believed if you’re hiring a guy no one else would hire, you’re the one who’s usually wrong. Happy as hell to be wrong on that one.

That offensive board before Al’s 2nd 3 might have been the best rebound of Trayce’s career. That was incredible.

I pushed back pretty hard, but in no way personally, on some things he tweeted during the Aminu Mohammed recruitment. Mentioned that I thought some of his scouting reports were pretty far off on some stuff. You’d have thought I’d tried to nail his mother. He is....a touch soft.

Have heard far, far worse ideas than this one. Nored’s gonna be a great coach somewhere at some point. But, and maybe I’m wrong, Scott Dolson does not strike me as a guy who works without a net. And make no mistake, a hire like that would be working without a net.

I love Garza. Just a great college player. He’ll play a long time in the League. But, no, no, no. When Sabonis was 22 he was probably 1 of the 8 or 10 best players on the planet. If he’d come to the League at 21 instead of 30 with his knees already going he may have been a top 5 big in the history of the game. He might have been anyway. 7’3”, the most skilled big up to Jokic, 1 of the greatest passers ever, a legit basketball genius, and he could defend. One of my all-time favorite players. Garza is to Sabonis what Bojan Bogdanovic is to Bird.

Not just a crystal ball, a crystal ball from a dude with 100% accuracy rate.

Sure, it’s slim and none with slim having long ago left town. But I will say this about it: I remembered that Stevens had signed an extension recently, but I didn’t realize it was “only” 6yrs/22mil. So, it’s really not a money thing.

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/celtics-fans-want-brad-stevens-fired-after-latest-meltdown-01ez3fvjxhgt/amp?__twitter_impression=true Always fun to throw another log on the fire that is complete dead end magical thinking.

The sheer foul totals don’t reflect it, but OSU has gotten a reallllly good whistle.

Yeah, it’s not like you can just flip a mentality switch from scorer to facilitator. Speaks volumes about the character and work ethic of that kid. And you know the team feeds off of that kind of guy,

Really good. And the Smith kid for Michigan is such a good PG. He just doesn't put the ball in bad places, ever. Really understands his guys. IU would be 3-4 games better with that kid.