Feathery

I think the total mismanagement of the program and the lack of succession planning are key to this drought. Why is Derek Elston the only person on staff? Why didn’t Crean have more IU guys on his staff? To me Duke is the model. You take care of and treat your past with respect. Their bench is lined with former players. We have Elston as a player development coach. Where is Fife? Where is Lewis? To me you pay them enough to leave their gigs and be assistants here. Until IU can take care of their own, they will be a middling program imo. Edit: In summary it’s a cultural issue not a fan desire issue.

Yep, the roster still needs work. Which seems to be happening via recruiting. It just takes time. This team is still a NCAA tournament team. That was my expectations going in and it looks achievable.

I asked Archie on his radio show last season what the difference would be from year 1 to year 2. His response was we are going from a veteran group to a young group. I wondered bc we had a veteran group last year and he was in year 1 of implementing his system. We are now much younger and they all have to learn the system fresh. They get a help by the returning guys, but you will see freshmen mistakes throughout the year. Overall, we aren’t losing to IPFW this year. We lost a tough road game at Duke and a tip from winning @Arkansas. That’s pretty good considering the number of new faces and the team is still learning.

You realize this is very similar to Butler, Wisconsin, and Virginia for the last decade plus. They all beat good teams consistently.

I think the president absolutely should be held accountable for sports and academics. As president, he is over all areas at the university: academics, growth, sports, facilities, research, etc. He doesn’t get a pass for sports and he definitely shouldn’t get a pass for a academic standing slide. Lets be honest, sports is the lense that the average person sees your university. People see football and basketball on their TVs weekly. It’s a huge part of marketing the university. There is a reason you see applicantion spikes at universities after you play for national titles. Easier to get donations when sports are doing well. McRobbie, as President, should absolutely be responsible. If you are going to rake money from sports to pay for academics, where is the results? I see a decrease in standing, while taking funds from sports.

Except academic standing is falling. Mitch Daniels>>>>>>>>>McRobbie. It’s not even close.

Can’t be compartment syndrome. That’s a serious issue that would rapidly be diagnosed and fixed. I used to work with a guy that had blood flow issues to one leg that caused him problems. One leg was skinnier than the other, though he was a chiseled dude. Caused him some pain. I’m wondering if it’s similar to that.

This is short sighted in my opinion. Indiana basketball talent is the life blood of the program. When you don’t focus inside out, then you alienate yourself from a tremendous talent pool. IU is not Duke, UK, Kansas, or UNC. IU isn’t going into NYC, NJ, or California and plucking 5* talent. IU is going to get the best talent in state and when we have a Romeo Langford come through the high school ranks, there is a tremendous amount of loyalty and cache built up with the grassroots programs across the state, that those coaches will then help guide our elite players to IU. While football and basketball are different, this would be similar to Ohio State or Texas not taking 4* kid from their own back yard. IU sits in the middle of one of the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country, it would be crazy to ignore that advantage. This doesn’t mean we don’t take a run at players elsewhere in the country. The foundation should always be homegrown players. So I you miss on an elite out of state player, then you still have a team that will compete with the top 1/4 of the conference.

I didn’t take it the same way that you did. He literally went through every player on the roster. Nothing more, nothing less.

Michigan fans see this as a blow to Sparty. Evidently, Sparty thought they were in the lead and were making him the focal point of their recruiting.

Sounds like Tim Langford is a smart man. I don’t even care if he took a paycheck from his nonprofit. It’s legal, not against the NCAA rules, so to me it’s ethical. Bravo to the Langford family. Maybe slick Rick should have just let Adidas do their thing. Instead he had to get escorts and go beyond what’s allowed.

I heard he is a combo of Lebron James, Jordan, and Magic.....only better.

This. We have Romeo for 1 season. Surround him with the best you can get and make a run.

Happy Romeo Langford Day everybody!!

I was confident in the Zeller and Gordon recruitments. I’m even more confident/relaxed about Romeo.

Yep. I feel good about it too. No angst from my way.

Sorry, but I’ll wait for Tonto to speak on this before I get on board.

who is doing the work? Or are they still in the bidding phase?

If Juwan does leave, then I think Smith slides into the PF position.

If we start to land the kids we are expecting over the next few weeks, then Archie and company will have a couple five star kids to show recruits we will have a stellar roster.

Yep. I think the winning staff has already been notified. Has he signed, dunno. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s already official but not made public.

Absolutely agree here. I want to see a roster of 4-5 star players that are all multiple year guys. If you get the occasional 1 and done bc they are from in state, then great. Sprinkle in some grad transfers or 3 star program guys.

Penny Hardaway is their new coach. I believe he had a AAU team before he became Memphis coach. He will be k own by these kids, plus he had a good career, too bad he had all those injuries.

Haha. I’ve just got taste.

I’m from the Bay Area but my family is all from the Midwest. So I grew up watching Bay Area professional teams, IU basketball, Michigan football. But hate all you want.