Class of '66 Old Fart

Another day has past and the silence is deafening.  End of season closeout meetings with the players surely have finished and the silence is deafening.  No word from Bryant or Maker and the silence is deafening.  No word whatsoever from the AD and the silence is deafening.   For god's sake will someone speak up, the silence is deafening and driving us all crazy.

Too much airplane expense flying all over the US to repeatedly watch recruits we'll never get.  There are more than enough quality basketball players in IN and the surrounding states.    Small towns like to say 'Shop Local' and I think that's what we should be doing more of in our recruiting. 

Correct.

Graham just recently resigned his high school coaching position.  He was quoted as saying his wife and children had been living out east for the past year where she had taken a job and it was simply not a good family situation with him remaining in Indpls.

APRIL FOOL!

Could it also imply that Yogi is returning as well?  Can't help but think they haven't been talking things over together.

If that is indeed true - I'm just skeptical of FB comments in general - that suggests to me that CTC is not going anywhere.

There well could be a conscious decision to never let either the head basketball or football coach achieve godlike status (RMK) to the point that the coach runs the athletic department and not the other way around.   Thus, a level somewhere just above mediocre may be the desired level for both IU basketball and football.   Make the NCAA just often enough; make a minor bowl periodically; don't be the league doormat and after awhile the fan base will be giddy and accept those lowly expectations.

and learn to play defense.

Fascinating reading but I think we'd all be well-served to wait several more days to have a much better idea of just what we'll have to work with next season.   IMO this year's entire roster is in flux not to mention the head coaching position and clarity on the latter issue is the first domino.   If CTC leaves, there will definitely be transfers and the probability that the 2 Missouri recruits decommit.  Also you can also likely eliminate Maker and/or Bryant as incoming freshmen for next season.  Do Yogi, Troy or JBJ attempt to go pro?  Will Devin Davis ever be able to play basketball again at the level he showed before the accident?  We're oversigned by 2 so we know that 2 have to go.  I'm not interested in speculating on names just pointing out that the uncertainty surrounding next season is at an unbelievable high.   Announcements will come sooner rather than later and within the week, I think we'll have much more concrete information at hand to talk about the off-season and speculate on next year.  But then again, I'm just old and cranky. 

Breaking news.  This just in.  Fred Glass has announced that CTC will remain as head coach of IU for 3 more years at which time Jim Boeheim will become IU's head coach.   :laugh:     Hoosier nation, be careful what you wish for.

It's just my opinion that if there's to be a change the deal has already been struck and there won't be a wait until July because of the need to get a new coach on board and on the recruiting trail.  To wait will put IU in much the same position the IU Women's team was put in when Miller was terminated.

Disappointed?  Of course.  Surprised?  Not in the least.  This team all too frequently this season demonstrated its weaknesses, i.e.., poor defense; over reliance on the 3 point shot; lack of strong presence in the middle....   Yes, we made the NCAA tournament.  Whoopee!   One and done.  Yippee ki yi ya!    Although this year's record was slightly better, the product on the court was minimally better.  Will we have a better product next year?  I have no idea but sometime within the next 5 days we may have a clearer picture.  Typically coaching announcements and player transfer announcements come very shortly after the final game of the season.  Stay tuned to this channel for further breaking news.

Syracuse already has announced 2 players leaving its program so there's now a scholy available for Bryant.

Part of the problem is because we play such shoddy defense and  don't know how to get in front of the opponent and use our hands instead of moving our feet on defense.

If there's to be a change I expect we'll know within 72 hours.   These types of decisions are usually announced very shortly after the season ends.  Same applies to potential player transfers.

Is he or isn't he going to be our coach next year?  I have no idea but one thing seems odd to me.  Did I not read that CBS has been granted behind the scenes access to our program for however long we last in the tournament?  If that's correct, would the AD and the head coach be agreeable to such a thing if the head coach was leaving?   And maybe the whole access thing was just a dream from one of my afternoon naps we old and cranky people take.

I believe this is what's referred to as payback for that "fine" 10th anniversary dinner you served her of beans and a microwaved sandwich so you could watch the MD game.  :shout:

He had the cajones to stand up to RMK.

Well of course.  Didn't you know Coach K was faster than a speeding bullet; more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap.....  oh you get the point by now.

Many of the seed numbers don't seem to make a lot of sense.  Makes you wonder just what the committee put the most weight on in making its selections.

Why stop there?

All the fingernail biting; teeth gnashing and drinking these last couple of days and we weren't even close to being bounced.  Hard to fathom but the basketball gods certainly smiled on IU.  Now the team needs to prove it was a well-deserved selection and WIN!

WOW

I hate the fact that we have to pin our hopes for next season on landing TB because it doesn't seem like CTC has any other big man who has any interest in IU.  Is there a Plan B?  If not, then it's hard to see 2015-2016 being markedly different from 2014-2015.  And if we should be fortunate and land TB, can we vaccinate him against homesickness?