bigrod

Blackberry to burner...

We all had to know this could be a drawn out process.

Given the history, that is just a hilarious picture!

I wonder how much job productivity has decreased this week in Indiana.

Never gets old :D

I'm BigRod. I only weigh 150 lbs, and my name is not Rod. You figure out the rest...

My guess is if Dolson is willing to wait, he will have assurances. If not, he has to move to plan B.

Is that what you're telling us?

Right... he has no interest until he does. What do they think he will say? "Yes, but don't tell anyone."

Only thing he needed was socks and sandals.

You've got me thinking now, Chris...

Texted my wife to tell her Archie was out. Her response: So now he gets 10 mil for sucking, right?

You can, but Planet Fitness frowns on it. I wasn't bothering anyone...

I think if Stevens wanted to come, and that's a huge IF, IU happily waits until whenever he's ready. EDIT: ...and drives everyone on this board absolutely bonkers!

Sooo... it's just Monday.

Hopefully that's just indigestion.

Maybe he's bummed it didn't happen a year sooner?

Nothing against him, except his age. It took a while for him to get rolling at Michigan. We (nor he) have that kind of time.

I really would be shocked if it were Beilein. Unpleasantly shocked.

Makes sense... I wondered about that after I sent that.

Let's hope so. As anxious as we all are, getting the right guy trumps all of that. If his office was cleaned out, wouldn't news be leaking out (possibly from players. etc.)?

Mmmm... meat candy!

C'mon, what are you worried about? They'll make the right hire just like they have the last 4 times.

Don’t you need a winning record for the NIT?

I was all about getting rid of Mike Davis at the time, but it’s tough to look at the success he had and not be envious of that now. We just had much higher expectations at the time. He was a really good recruiter, but not so great on the development. Bracey Wright and Marshall Strickland were really good players, but didn’t improve a lot under Davis. Hindsight being what it is, you have to wonder what might have happened if we would have given him time to mature as a coach. Although, he didn’t last long at UAB. Sampson was definitely a case of the administration’s holier than though attitude. They wanted it both ways. In truth, it was the administration that killed IU basketball, not Sampson. They decided to give us the death penalty for text messages when the NCAA probably would have slapped us on the wrist. Let’s face it, they removed that rule a year or two later. That’s how important it was. The things that Sampson allowed behind the scenes were much worse than text messages. The guy was a really good coach though. The best we’ve had since Knight. I guess what I’m trying to say is, wow, how much more dysfunctional can we get? Seems like we can’t go anywhere but up from here, but that’s how I’ve felt since Sampson got removed. If there’s a way to screw it up, I’m pretty sure the administration will find it.