bigrod

Can you give any general details on what happened?

Didn’t realize Lewis has his own thread. I just posted in another that I could get behind Lewis just as much as Fife.

Just curious, why do we think Fife would be a better head coach than Lewis? I do understand that Fife has been a head coach a while back, but Lewis has also been an assistant under some pretty good coaches. I think I could I could get behind Lewis just as much as Fife.

Actually, you really can’t. People can say and think whatever they want and you can’t change it. Perception is a funny thing. Live your life to the best of your ability and let the chips fall where they may. I can speak to a roomful of people and it’s amazing how many ways the things I’ve said get taken. People are greatly influenced by their own experiences and those don’t change easily. Sorry... I’m jumping off my soapbox now.

The older I get, the less I care about what others think and say. You really can’t control it anyway. It’s very freeing.

So you told them you were 100% sure?

Who knows, maybe everything was decided and Stevens came up with some other demand at the end and we backed out.

It’s possible, although maybe not probable. It did cross my mind that this was all a way to let him finish out the season. Again, not probable, but nothing in this seems to be.

At the end of the day, it’s all speculation based on people who talked to other people. If anyone thought that was rock solid, well, I really don’t know what to tell you. I for one enjoyed the ride. On to the next candidate!

Holtmann hasn’t done well in tournaments overall.

How can he answer that?

Yeah, could be anything. I've decided to stay so get your sh** together.

I look at it this way: As much as I hate to say it, this is the most interest I have had in IU basketball all year. Whether or not this ends up happening, I think we can be pretty sure that "there's a new sheriff in town" and he isn't content with the mediocrity that has been IU basketball for the last several years. Just knowing that brings my interest back. I hope it's Stevens, but if not, I know they are going after the best person they can possibly get. I'm positive we are going to end up in better shape than we have been for quite some time.

I do agree with whomever posted about him coaching the Celtics with a deal done for another team. It doesn't seem like the Celtics would want that.

Yeah... hard to argue with that.

Based on?

Priller told me. Just sayin...

Me too!

Can someone explain Isaiah’s role in this? Never really quite understood that.

I feel like the Indiana fans I know appreciate fundamentally sound, well coached teams. I think most know this won’t be an immediate turnaround, and are willing to let the next coach build his success. Obviously I can’t speak for everyone, but I think most just want to see effort and improvement. Obviously at some point, we want another banner, but no one should be expecting it in the next couple years. Let’s make the tournament first!

I seem to remember a quote from him where he said something to the effect that when he recruited players, he watched what they did during timeouts. He was only interested in recruiting the players who were engaged in what the coach was saying.

The other thing I like about this board is that it is the responsibility of the moderators to tell my boss why I'm not getting anything done. Personal touches like this that really make me appreciate this board.

Can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting a Mod

Blackberry to burner...

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