DChoosier

Thanks for passing along the article. Aside from "doing it all", for the team, Morgan sounds like a great kid.

In 24 years we have made it past the Sweet Sixteen (ie Elite 8 or better) ONE time. ONE time in 24 years...... You can call some of the seasons rebuilds or whatever but, when you consider the success we had in the past, the last 24 years have been very mediocre. (ie longer than the entire lifetime of the current students). I do not like it but can see why the student excitement level might have dimmed from what I experienced when I went to IU in the "good ol days" of IU hoops.

Thats the issue. We do not have any consistent guards (although Robert has been getting better) With 4 or 5 minutes to go we could have put the game to bed and Green made mistake after mistake....Terrible bounce pass to McSwain, forcing shots etc. Shoring up the backcourt next year by getting both RP and Romeo would be huge.

If, if ,if ...reminds me of every year of IU football.

Kept it under 30!!!! Hope Morgan is ok but I am thinking we will see the dreaded boot.

The A-Rod novelty act makes it even harder to watch.

We have a stretch 4 from Texas on the bench.

This just went from bad to worse. Hopefully Morgans injury is not serious but he seemed to be in a lot of pain.

Green would be really good if he was half as good as he thinks he is.

Archie dislikes him so much that he played him more minutes than everyone except Morgan :(

This year he was also walking in the dreaded "boot".

Thanks for the read. I enjoyed it but to be honest a lot of the article is typical "coach-speak". I'm not qualified to be a coach but would probably have said 90% of what he said because protecting the borders, getting the right kind of kid, the fit is important, etc., etc., is basically interviewing 101. I do not mean this to be a negative comment but rather an acknowledgment that a lot of what CAM said was just basic comments that 95% of coaches make.

I do not see many "on the ledge comments" but rather statements along the lines that the season so far is disappointing. Do you have a different take? Do you think the season has exceeded expectations? I do not see how that could be possible but maybe you do think everything has been great so far.

Aside from the won-lost predictions there were a lot of comments about improved fundamentals, good defense, half time adjustments, etc but now the narrative seems to be "what do you expect from these rotten kids". i hope CAM works out, and it is too early to judge, but he certainly does not seem to have the team fully behind him. As I have said before the lack of consistent effort is among the most disturbing things going on. This is not a "CAM was a mistake" post but it does seem appropriate to at least say if the season so far has been a pleasant surprise or a bit of a disappointment. Right now I would have to go with disappointment....and not just because of the W-L record.

How many times did Dakich properly deride Crean and his teams for lack of ball movement, failure to feed the post, lack of "help defense", careless turnovers etc. I find it very hard to believe that Dakich truly thinks Crean should have been retained.

I am not a Crean defender, and am glad he is gone, but I do not really think this team would look any worse at this point if he was still the coach. You are right about no size, depth etc but we have lost to a decimated Wiscy team, ISU and IUPUIFW. It it hard to use a talent excuse against those teams. The lack of effort has really been a disappointment. Folks can disagree but I think a coach should at least bring out effort.

I agree. It's not all on Miller but he should not get a complete pass.

The defense (lack of) on Happs last two buckets was numbingly bad. Dakich was right that the IU guys seem to be sleep walking and when they show the bench Smith and Green have "I wonder where I will play next year" looks on their faces.

I think it depends on the kids and their confidence in their talant. the question for a player is......Do I think I want to risk not getting any playing time in this unbelievable football centric environment in front of 100k fans until the end of the game or do I want to be sure I get playing time but in front of 8k at the end of the game and hope to get to the toilet bowl?

For me the most punchable used to be 1) UK, 2) Duke The clear number one now is UNC. It is criminal that they won the NCAA last year even though they had a million infractions. The NCAA is a joke.

Moore sighting

Who has a better chance of getting in... Moore or Priller in a boot?

Moore must not be showing anything in practice.

Must have chugged 5 hour Energy drinks at the half. Finally woke up. The inconsistent level of intensity is frustrating.

No defense of Crean, and I am glad he is gone, but I do not think the record would be any worse with him at the helm.