AZ Hoosier

My concern with Matta is his health... has it improved since he stepped down from that Ohio State University? I saw a tweet earlier that said that he could barely walk...

He's the same guy that says Keith Smart "checks all the boxes"... https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/tom-brew-one-indiana-coaching-candidate-checks-all-boxes-keith-smart?

This is pretty much in direct conflict with Glass' direction... improve the facilities, but settle for/relegate IUBB to mediocrity.

Another thing to consider is that 4 months is an eternity in the recruiting world... the chance of any help coming would be close to nil, even with Stevens named as "the guy".

Saw this while surfing the net this morning... Smart would be interesting, but not a grand slam hire... maybe not even a home run. https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/tom-brew-one-indiana-coaching-candidate-checks-all-boxes-keith-smart?

Yep. Tapatalk doesn't do polls...

Fair enough... but my point is that saying that is easy... the proof is in the doing.

Glass said that about every hire... means nothing... kind of like when a politician or a preacher says "in closing..." :D

How's the buyout structured? I know any income from a new job offsets the buyout, dollar for dollar, but assume that the $10M is paid out over time ... how much per year? In other words, how much does Archie need to be paid to completely cancel out the buyout? And what happens to the excess donated funds recovered by the new job offset??

Greene was a bit of a dumpster fire as a player... wouldn't expect anything else from him as a person.

That, sir, is blasphemy. The IU streak can only be broken by another IU team.

Can't decide if the difference is that Dolson is a fool (spending $10M to sent Archie packing) or if he just has the stones that Glass never had... we should know the answer shortly...

That explains the "boiler" part of your screen name.

That makes total sense to me... but "sense" doesn't seem to be the strong suit when it comes to basketball hires...

Sadly, "Indiana guy" is almost certainly Alford... and just so y'all understand, Brad Stevens > "Indiana guy". It's not even close.

I hope so... but we've been hearing that for the past 20+ years... I guess if we keep saying it over and over and over, sooner or later we'll be right...

Apparently that's not enough... "Archie, clean out your office..."

Freddy isn’t there to protect him any more.

I was listening to an IU podcast (Assembly Call) and one of the guest hosts was Galen Clavio from the CrimsonCast… they mention Galen’s YouTube channel that contains video of old Hoosier basketball games, Hoosier football, and some IUBB Senior Night speeches (and a bit of non-IU content) … definitely worth your time to dig through his video library... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyoEBP715uxHe2tYn9GioA/videos

Davis got to the Finals with inferior talent (compared to Crean). Crean had superior talent (2 of top 4 lottery picks) and burned out at the Sweet 16. Davis > Crean

Both the university and athletic department have tried to bury the hatchet for years... but Knight has always rebuffed the attempts at reconciliation by being an @$$. I hate what dementia and Alzheimer's disease do to a person, but all of the hate has been on Knight's side. He has been invited back multiple times for a chance for the university and athletic department to honor him and bestow love/praise/honor on him, but he's carried too large of a grudge to allow that to happen. Glad to see that, for whatever reason, he is showing signs of being willing... but don't attempt to spin this any way except that it's been on him.

Which one?

I am surprised that Sean has lasted as long as he has, but Walton won’t be here I the foreseeable future. Much of that buzz is coming from Walton’s camp to try to make it so. He was abominable in LA with the Lakers. No way the U of A walks into that quagmire.

Rut-roh... getting a bit too close to home with Sean Miller https://solecollector.com/news/2019/03/michael-avenatti-arrested-for-attempting-to-extort-nike-for-20-million-dollars or, it's made up... or it's "business as usual".

Well. THAT was brutal. They don't deserve a slot at the dance... and it would probably just provide IU with another opportunity to embarrass themselves... Hated for J-Mo's career to end that way, but it is what it is.