Crimson and Cream

Braden Smith isn't going to be a happy camper when he's getting smothered by our Taint.

Here's the first part of my initial response: "He shot 43% from 3 with 3 attempts a game his last year at Drake, what do you mean "he hasn't made a ton of shots"?? The form looks good and he's proven he can do it an entire season. If he was hurt last season I'd say that's a valid excuse for a dip in the numbers." Let's get back to the basketball discussion.

Again, you're failing to acknowledge the entire first half of that post which was statistically disproving your argument. The second half wasn't even "rah rah fandom", it was stating how silly it is to compare a previous coaching staff/player to a completely different coaching staff/player. At this point it seems you're just intentionally trying to keep the subject away from any basketball discussion. It's there if you'd like to shift this back in that direction.

All you did was quote someone else saying the same thing I did. I still haven't seen your response. I'm giving you a chance to "talk basketball" here but you seem to only have an interest in letting everyone know how angry you are. Which of course you've done plenty of in this thread.

This thread is 458 pages of a whine fest and I pop in with "let's give this staff a chance" and it's a lot of emotion? Wow. If you want to just discuss basketball, why did you ignore the first half of my post that was discussing basketball and only quote the second half?

He shot 43% from 3 with 3 attempts a game his last year at Drake, what do you mean "he hasn't made a ton of shots"?? The form looks good and he's proven he can do it an entire season. If he was hurt last season I'd say that's a valid excuse for a dip in the numbers. The kid's a Hoosier, let's give him and the new coaching staff a shot here instead of tearing them down due to a previous coaching staff/players disappointments.

The portal is like free agency in any pro sport. To get the top talent you have to "overpay". Ideally eventually we'll be adding more talent to the program via HS recruiting, but with no returning players (Goode pending) there's a lot of spots to fill and we'll have to dig into the portal to acquire some "win now" talent.

Speaking of which, has anyone woken up Armond to let him know his services are no longer needed?

4/5 chance he lands in the Big Ten. Will Brad come through in the clutch?

I would say $5 mil should do it, anything less and I would be disappointed. Thank you in advance.

We also have an incoming 4 star recruit and the coaches son who's a top portal guy.

I wouldn't want Booker as anything other than a 13th man

Jonathan Powell had a visit with OSU today. I'd be surprised if he's not a Buckeye rejoining Cupps.

If only Ballo had another year of eligibility...

This university needs to get a restraining order against Dakich