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Ask any college coach. His name will come up

You can't know the character of every kid. You realize how difficult that is? I'd say he's done an AMAZING job of bringing in good people. If you disagree with that... And you call me blinded?

I can't even begin to show you or anyone how wrong you are about how coaching at this level works. You can blame every little thing on him, no matter if it's his doing or not. But that is so incredibly dumb... It makes no sense to do that. You think everyone coming into college is a finished product? He doesn't take finished products. He takes guys that he is going to coach. It takes time to do that. Maybe it doesn't suit your fan needs but you'll just have to enjoy it. Go polish some teeth, or maybe read up on other programs/coaches. This stuff happens. Everywhere

Lol greatness? You mean when Thomas grew up watching the Mike Davis era? I can tell you 100% he isn't coming here if Crean is gone. It is all about how he is going to be used. Here he gets a chance to develop skills. Not all programs are doing that... Crean is the best player development guy in America. That can be argued, but he's in the conversation.

You have zero idea what has been done to take care of the problems in the program. There are maybe 3 coaches who are more known for running a ship tighter than Crean. Partially why he was hired and identified as such a great fit here.

Who would you put in?

I'm speaking in general, what is likely the case. Why else would he be interested in IU other than the coaching staff? There's no other reason.

Coaching a team isn't a linear process. You guys think it's all so simple.

Did you watch his teams at Marquette? Or our team the last few years? Any jackoff can see that this teams defensive problems have zero to do with who the coach is. He has nothing to do with guys that don't have the pride to stay in front of someone.

It takes a different amount of time for everyone to "get it." Just look at Duke's struggles on that end. Their defense was pretty damn good a couple years ago. He suddenly forgot how to coach defense? That makes sense to you guys? It will get better as the team gets older. It's all about communication and positioning. Young guys don't talk. And there sure as hell isn't any defensive positioning being taught to these guys at some of the schools they go to and definitely not in summer ball.

You can meet a lot of people since Indiana is the hub for college basketball.

Maybe because not every kid wants to come to Indiana. There are about 100 other places and they all know all of them. It's not anyone's dream to play here outside of a very small percentage of kids.

If you think he can't coach defense, try attending a practice sometime.

I'm talking about what is said privately. People in basketball know that the abuse he takes is ridiculous.

You already know the future. Crean is a mediocre coach, despite everyone in college basketball saying the exact opposite! It's so rich.

You don't have to know someone's intentions. There's isn't ANY kid today who makes their decision without the coaching staff being THE factor.

No jokes allowed? Alright

Thon won't be eligible. Plus we all know he was laughing at Crean's adjustments yesterday. Doubling over at some of the substitutions. UOOB play calls? Thon saw IUs and knew he was headed for Lexington. Bryant clearly only visited because of Chuck Martin. He can't wait to come be IUs man in the middle and lead us to a title! (He wants to come here so he can go to the NBA, not any other superficial reason...)

I can't see a scenario where Bryant would come here no matter the coach. He's interested in us because Crean coached Cody Zeller, not because IU is a historic program.

Apologizes. It's hard being the punching bag around here. Lol

Anyone who actually boos, towards the coach or players, is a sad person. What does it accomplish besides nothing? There's only one way to make an impact. Don't go. Acting like an idiot just exposes you.

Unreal. The ironies of Saturday..playing Izzo, Bryant visiting, 75 seniors, the Syracuse penalties, who wrote this script? Worst possible timing for a visit.

Rawle Alkins, Bruce Brown, DeRon Davis, and Joey Brunk. That's my IU fan fantasy list for 2016.

Also why Indiana is so dangerous in the NCAA. If you can avoid long droughts, you have a great chance to advance... The defense is what it is; takes time. The offense must be in gear.

Just need one more to get in. The bubble is that bad. From there, it's anyone's guess. We are about due for a decent draw.