Class of '66 Old Fart

The beauty of this forum is that we can agree to disagree.  I just don't think that Smart's background is what IU needs and I feel the same way about Woodson, Wittman, Chaney...  all of whom were great players.  I just think the experience of college level coaching and recruiting is more important for the long term success of the program.   There aren't a lot of pro coaches who seem to drift back to the college level and have success and a lot of college level coaches who try the NBA seem to drift back to the college level.    But I'm old and cranky and haven't had my daily nap yet.

Keith has zero head college coaching or recruiting experience.  

The defense rests and asks the judge for a directed verdict.  GUILTY as charged and sentenced to go coach somewhere else.

Sadly, he'll be back

This whole thread is for naught based on an exclusive interview Fred Glass gave Mike Miller of the Herald-Times earlier today.   The most important paragraph:  “Tom is definitely not coaching for his job on Saturday,” Glass said. “I’ve always thought that was silly whether it was pro football, where this guy’s gotta win this wild card playoff game or that guy’s gotta win two games in the conference tournament or something to keep his job. I just think that’s silly, whether it’s the NFL, or college football or college basketball. I believe you’ve got to look at the body of work. For Tom and his years here, I think the body of work is pretty darn good and certainly merits his continued leadership of the program.”   So everyone just buckle up for another rough ride next year.

No college coaching / recruiting experience and the NBA is a whole different type of ballgame.  And I would feel the same way about Keith Smart's name being mentioned or Calbert C., even though he has been working as a college assistant coach for Jim Crews at St. Louis.

Unless Fred Glass was blowing smoke up everyone's kiester, CTC is here for at least another year.  He gave Mike Miller of the Herald-Times an exclusive interview today.   I think the following is the most important paragraph:  “Tom is definitely not coaching for his job on Saturday,” Glass said. “I’ve always thought that was silly whether it was pro football, where this guy’s gotta win this wild card playoff game or that guy’s gotta win two games in the conference tournament or something to keep his job. I just think that’s silly, whether it’s the NFL, or college football or college basketball. I believe you’ve got to look at the body of work. For Tom and his years here, I think the body of work is pretty darn good and certainly merits his continued leadership of the program.”

I'd be happy to take him now and roll the dice.  Another couple of years and he's that much closer to being MSU head coach. 

What a genius.  CTC just said Iowa's second chance points made the difference.  Has he been coaching blindfolded all season?  Rebounding has been poor for this team almost every game.

Zeisloft apparently just made a comment in the post-game that "having leadership at this point in the season is crucial".  Hope CTC was paying attention.

I hope he was including the coaching staff in 'everyone'.

And baseball season is underway.

Even worse than tonight's performance is that I don't think it will be much better next year if we can't bring in a legitimate 'big'.  The freshmen will be physically stronger but we painfully learned this year that we can't win by out shooting other teams.  It takes a legitimate presence in the middle and some level of defense which CTC seems incapable of teaching.

Typical CTC season ending swoon.

Excrement!

Firing ain't gonna happen unless some influential alums pony up some big $$.  The buyout is still much too high to cut him loose this year.  If my memory is accurate, the buyout $$ drop fairly significantly after the 2015-2016 season. 

We know we're oversigned for next year, who won't be sitting on the bench next year excluding CTC because of the ungodly buyout in his contract?

I'm seeing a lot of tweets that the booing in Assembly Hall is getting louder.

36% field goal percentage on our own court.  Lucky to still be in the ball game.

Typical of CTC teams in Feb. & March.

I think it was a suggestion by Penn & Teller.

And you actually expect him to listen?

If we lose tonight, I fear we also lose to MSU and our first game in the B1G tournament and end the season with a massive thud.  We don't have a history of strong season ending finishes under CTC.

I thought we were already oversigned by 2 for next season.  And we don't need another damn wing; we need a BIG MAN!

The way we're shooting free throws tonight maybe we need Norman Dale to check rim height.