Maynard

I just voice searched "Indiana Basketball Coach" on Google and it said, "Dane Fife is the head basketball coach at Indiana University." I then searched "Dane Fife" and it told me he was an assistant coach at Indiana. Is this true, was Fife hired and did he appoint himself as his own assistant coach? (Insert Dwight Schrute gif)

Surveys show that 98% of male athletes strongly prefer male coaches. Female athletes prefer male coaches too, but by a very slim margin. Becky may know basketball, but that's not enough.

I don't understand those who are preaching tempo and wanting guys like Oats because of their offensive style. Alabama was in or near the top 10 in tempo, but they only scored a few ppg more than Michigan. Would anyone be disappointed with a Michigan style offense? They ranked 259th in temp this year. Guess who ranked 206th, a full 53 spots ahead of them? That's right, Archie Miller's Hoosiers. They felt so much slower because they were so inefficient. RMK's teams were near the top of the B1G in scoring because of efficiency, not tempo. Efficiency is what matters.

I have been working a lot over the last few months trying to deal with inventory issues in China. Today I tried a new tactic. It turns out that the factory managers in Behai have no information on Brad Stevens or the Indiana coaching vacancy. However, they stammered around a lot when I asked the question, so they might be trying to misdirect. I will keep you all posted.

Does anyone know the exact date RMK signed his contract with IU in 1971? Could this happen exactly 50 years to the date after IU landed the greatest basketball coach ever?

I was referring to things in the public sphere, not fishing for extra insider information.

I certainly don't keep stats on the accuracy of insider information. I am also not trying to offend anyone. We are all Hoosier fans!

I said that it was the most compelling piece of evidence, not the only piece. I don't keep tabs on success rates of insider tips in this forum. People really respect you. I certainly take that into consideration, and I am not accusing you of saying anything that you don't believe to be true. I know several guys who work in the NFL, they are very connected, but information that they get is still often wrong, or significantly premature. To your further credit both you and IUwins have stated that things could change. I respect that. I heard that the Ravens were signing Colin Kaepernick from the guy who was putting the name on the back of the jersey. It doesn’t get much more certain than that. Then his GF made a tweet and the Ravens backed out. The full story didn't come out for months. In your opinion, outside of your personal source, what is the most compelling corroborating evidence for Stevens to IU?

Am I the only one not buying the certainty all of this Brad Stevens talk? Sure, if I squint really hard and look for "Brad Crumbs" I can concoct a scenario where it is plausible. I just find it much more likely that this is a replay of Billy Donovan all over again. The most compelling piece of "evidence" so far is Brad's presser before the Jazz game. He seemed like someone really considering what it would be like to come home. The timing seems right from an outsider's perspective. I don't find it unreasonable that Stevens would consider IU. I just think that the excitement is way overblown for the evidence presented. In other words, quit getting me excited that this might happen, my kids keep asking me why my eyes are watering!

I know this is off topic, but I was casually scrolling through change.org and found this petition. I was deeply moved by it, and so I signed it. I know it is a few years old, but it is such an important issue. Please consider signing it too. I have no ulterior motives... https://www.change.org/p/boston-celtics-fire-danny-ainge-and-brad-stevens

Edwards for 3!

My kids really wanted to make movies. With all the extra quarantine time I ran out of excuses. Naturally I guided them to a productive use of their time and talents! I thought some of you might enjoy this. The Shot Radio call version The Shot tv version

Added bonus: Tonight at dinner the conversation, led by the kids, was about how Steve Alford and Keith Smart beat the "orange guys."

I don't really care about Romeo Langford's decision. He's a teenage kid (and seems to be a great one) who is making a decision about what to do during the next 10 months of his life. Whatever he decides won't truly make my life better or worse. I won't become any more or any less of an IU fan. My pay won't change. My family's health is not in the balance. My faith life will not be shaken. And yet, here I am checking this thread a dozen or so times each day. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

At this point I am 75% sure that there is a 100% chance that Romeo doesn't decide to not pick a school without an annoying bird mascot or a coach who once played* in the NBA before beginning his career as the ambassador for the underground organization Basketball With Borders. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

72-84 Purdue Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

IU 72 Cats 66 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

IU 87-63 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

76-69 ND Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

Indiana 78 Michigan 68 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

Seton Hall 73 IU 58

My brother is a member of this board and he thought I should share the renovation I am doing on my kid's bedroom floor. Finishing up the poly tomorrow. It probably would have had Thomas the Train on it if IU had not made a coaching change! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

Thanks all. It definitely looks better in the pictures than in person, but I am still pleased with how it turned out. More importantly he (2 years old) can't wait to get in there and start shooting. I did everything on a 2:5 scale, so he has the advantage of being 7'2". Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

I think that there are some reasons to be positive. Having Knight pretty much ruined our fan base. He is the greatest college coach ever, and because of his character flaws there was never a shot at a smooth transition. Now many of us are left with expectations that no one could meet. If Miller can hold kids accountable for their mistakes on the floor, instill a tough defense and emphasize decision making on offense he will do fine. He is not what glass advertised, but he deserves a fair chance. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BtownBanners mobile app

Someone asked me to run some of today's great coaches (not calling Alford great, just relevant) through the coaching metric and compare them to Archie. Here is what I got. I did not include tournament success, which greatly helped Izzo and Williams, but hurt all the others. I excluded it because of the vast differences in the tournament selection process from the late 60's until today. The number of teams have doubled, automatic and at large bids have greatly changed in ratio as well. Izzo 78 Roy williams 77.06 Bennett 66.86 Archie 65.59 Keady 65.02 Alford 63.69 Calipari 62.6 Knight 58.88 Coach K 51.98 Self 50.01 Pitino 49.83 One pattern that emerged clearly is that seasons after a job change were always much weaker. Self and Pitino changed jobs twice.