bigrod

So, I've gone from fully believing Archie was going to be the answer, to hoping he could put together a decent team, to realizing he just doesn't have it. For a while I thought he was too stubborn to change anything, but now I think he is just not capable. He seems to be the only one who still thinks he has a system that can beat anyone, any place, with whatever time to prepare. How long can you continue to beat that square peg into the round hole before you realize it will not fit? I'm guessing at least 4 years. But seriously, what good coach is out there who is willing to take over this program? I know many keep acting like we can just throw money around and get whoever we want, but I just don't see that happening. I want to believe that the next one will finally be the right coach, but nothing I have seen makes me think we won't whiff yet again.

Minn: 68 IU: 56

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And Michigan actually built the on their lead. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I’ve been trying to figure out if Arch is too stubborn to make any changes, or just incapable. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

And yet, rarely sees the bench. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Not the way we play it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Obviously didn't study Tom's Indiana career that well. Wait until he tells him he's in the second rebuild.

The dreaded vote of confidence. aka: beginning of the end.

Seems any positive change we see with this team is short lived, but I think they play a little more inspired in this one. Hopefully, Iowa's defense helps a little too. Be nice to see a Fran meltdown as well. IU 80 Iowa 74

I get his hands were somewhat tied. I also get that the players and CAM were at a new stage of their relationships. We expect that CAM should have known exactly what would happen 3 years down the road. I'm sure he thought everyone was starting with a clean slate and he could get the players to buy in to his methods. I also agree that he could have, and probably should have done things better. Hindsight is always 20/20. Look how many people were optimistic that Green was going to be our go-to 15 ppg scorer this year. Many were optimistic about his senior year, but it just didn't work out that way. It's just so frustrating that we are in this spot yet again. I get that CAM is going to be here next year. I still hope he is able to turn things around, but I have to say, I haven't seen any outward signs that its going to happen. If we know anything about him it is that he is very resistant to change. I think you will always be somewhat limited with that mindset. He really needs to have some serious reflection in the off-season and make correct decisions about the parts of his system he scraps, and what he is going to stick with, but improve.

The Iowa game is critical, in my opinion. Does this team show any more mental fortitude than we have seen so far? If not, there's no way we win any of our road games, and winning the home games will not be a given. I think we are where many of us worried we were going when we still had a good record, but were playing uninspired basketball. Even if this team comes out and plays well against Iowa, there is nothing we have seen so far that shows us it will be sustained for long. Unless this team comes out and shows us a side we haven't seen yet, I think we are looking at 2-4, with very little confidence going into the BTT.

I commented earlier this year that Hunter wanted to come to IU but we didn't offer him. I was told he wasn't any good. But, he almost outscored all of our guards combined.

Yeah, there's always been a very small part of me that wanted Crean to have to stick around one more year to deal with that mess he left.

Chris, what is the mood like behind the scenes? Anything you can comfortably talk about?

Probably true, but maybe he's just self-aware.

I totally agree. I'm just saying you end up having to play the other guards.

I think you have to look at it in context. It was Army. He made them a tough team to play with pretty limited talent.

But then, you're going to have to go with Al. Who gives the guards a rest?

I agree. I'm just not sure what changes.

Exactly. Purdue does not have more talent than us. They just have more heart and a coach who makes adjustments to his philosophy to compliment his players. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

As a person who has been a fan since the early ‘80’s, I thought Crean’s last few years were the least optimistic I had ever felt. This is worse. At least with Crean you’d get a good season every 3 years or so. We just struggled to put up 60 points against an unranked rival at home. A game we had a week to prepare for. A game where Bob Knight came back to Assembly Hall. This team had nothing. Absolutely nothing. For their biggest rival. At home. Never thought I would see the day. I hear all the excuses. It’s the administration. It’s the facilities. It’s the bad Crean players. But this team plays with no emotion since Miller has been here. This team rarely rises to the occasion. This team doesn’t even seem to want to be on the floor half the time. I’m not sure how the administration is doing that. They really seem like they couldn’t care less. I guess practice is what is important, because it sure isn’t games. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Exactly. You either have a set and do it your way and do the job you were hired to do and dare them to fire you for it, or you role over and get fired anyway. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Only reason I suffered through the whole half is because I was at the gym on a treadmill, so I was doing something halfway productive. I remember them showing Knight leaving and the first thought that went through my head was, even he doesn’t want to watch this crap. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Given all that happened today, if you call yourself a Hoosier and you can’t get up for this game, you need to be excused. I’m tired of the excuses. That was pathetic. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners