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Clock management, use of TO's and the onside kick.....These are all on CTA and all proved costly. He really had a game to forget. 

To be completely caught off guard and surprised as a team at an onside kick when you are up in the 4th quarter....it shouldn't have been that shocking. Team wasn't ready at all. 

To be completely caught off guard and surprised as a team at an onside kick when you are up in the 4th quarter....it shouldn't have been that shocking. Team wasn't ready at all. 

To be completely caught off guard and surprised as a team at an onside kick when you are up in the 4th quarter....it shouldn't have been that shocking. Team wasn't ready at all. 

Who ices their own kicker? Who call a timeout while your RB is running it in for a TD? Who mismanages the clock at the end of the half costing a play to the end zone? Who doesnt have the hands team on the field up 6? what else am I missing?

Archie needs to fill the briefcase for Mike Smith. He is exactly what we need.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28167956/college-basketball-transfer-rankings-2020-21-2021-22

^This!^

Archie needs to fill the briefcase for Mike Smith. He is exactly what we need.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28167956/college-basketball-transfer-rankings-2020-21-2021-22

Top 15 teams have shooters....we still won't unless guys really improve more than they did this last off-season. It's not out of the question at all but there is certainly doubt just based on the development thus far. 

Yet I keep coming on here and see folks making excuses about how Archie needs time. I'm all for having some patience but there isn't one person on this board that can confidently say this team is making the tourney this year and no one can also confidently say next year will be any better. It would be particularly hard to see improvement if TJD leaves, which is becoming more and more of a probability. Player development just hasn't been there and the lack of impact recruits also has been an issue (yet to recruit a true shooter). No way you can continue to back Archie if he goes four years without a tourney appearance. Just can't happen. We'll see if Option B comes true this year but man the BIG looks like its going to be a gauntlet. Only way i see it is if the guards improve a lot - I'm talking Phinny being a factor again and a consistent Green. Seems like stretch. 
 

BIG teams holding tough. These games are crapshoots but it's nice to see a good showing against the almighty SEC

BIG teams holding tough. These games are crapshoots but it's nice to see a good showing against the almighty SEC

From the Hoosier Hysterics podcast with Brian Snow, he basically says the Athletic administration/ Fred Glass are so unbelievably clueless on what it takes to win at an elite level and how to build a sustainable culture so that you can hire a coach and not be in the rebuilding phase. Says that’s why Holtmann and Mack are successful, because their ADs set up a program to win from day one. And that’s why every time we hire a coach it’s a 3 to 4 year rebuild. From the pod, Indiana would do things to shoot them selves in the foot with buy games, locker rooms, meals, etc. they didn’t even have a practice schedule under crean. It sounds like it’s comical how poor the basketball program was ran both under Crean and Fred Glass.

I’m not necessarily in the boat that McRobbie is the biggest issue. I always thought it was Fred Glass. With his retirement it opens up the door for some real change. Then when McRobbie retires after next year the door is blown open. One theory I have is that Fred Glass retired this year rather than next so that McRobbie could choose his successor, I.e. Dolson so that he could keep everything status quo.


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I've been most impressed with Brunk and TJD. Unfortunately, our guards outside of Phinese don't get these guys the ball enough. Green makes stupid entry passes and the rest of the guards aren't looking inside enough.
TJD - Stud who doesn't get ball enough. Should be getting a touch every time down. 
Brunk - Has looked the part so far. It's too bad we can't clone a few more Brunks on this team. 
Durham - Should be coming off bench. Improved shooting but seems better suited as a role player
Phinese - Injuries look to have zapped him this year. Still best passer and ball handler. 
Smith - Much better basketball IQ this year but doesn't seem to be in the flow of the offense. We also don't try to involve him similar to TJD
Franklin - Lots of potential but lots of shooting woes to work on 
Green - Good for a few games and bad for a few. Completely unreliable and shouldn't have the ball in his hands as much as he does
Race - Looks serviceable at times but also looks unsure of himself at other times. 
Damezi/Hunter - Damezi plays good defense but is non-existent offensively. Hunter seems to have potential but looks and plays like a freshman at the moment. 
What we lack: Shooters shooters and shooters, another reliable ball handler, gritty tough guard/small forward that plays with tenacity of Brunk
 

I've been most impressed with Brunk and TJD. Unfortunately, our guards outside of Phinese don't get these guys the ball enough. Green makes stupid entry passes and the rest of the guards aren't looking inside enough.
TJD - Stud who doesn't get ball enough. Should be getting a touch every time down. 
Brunk - Has looked the part so far. It's too bad we can't clone a few more Brunks on this team. 
Durham - Should be coming off bench. Improved shooting but seems better suited as a role player
Phinese - Injuries look to have zapped him this year. Still best passer and ball handler. 
Smith - Much better basketball IQ this year but doesn't seem to be in the flow of the offense. We also don't try to involve him similar to TJD
Franklin - Lots of potential but lots of shooting woes to work on 
Green - Good for a few games and bad for a few. Completely unreliable and shouldn't have the ball in his hands as much as he does
Race - Looks serviceable at times but also looks unsure of himself at other times. 
Damezi/Hunter - Damezi plays good defense but is non-existent offensively. Hunter seems to have potential but looks and plays like a freshman at the moment. 
What we lack: Shooters shooters and shooters, another reliable ball handler, gritty tough guard/small forward that plays with tenacity of Brunk
 

Because there are now about 500 grad transfers every year. We are bound to get one if we at least try! Heck just think of what a kid like Zeisloft would do for this team. We don't have anyone close to that shooting ability. 

Nope we are very lucky to be 11-2. And the same themes have re-emerged as the last few years. I just don't understand...it was so easy to see this team needed shooting yet Archie hardly addressed it. Its rather troubling going into year 3 that you would be that naive to not address such a glaring need. Archie has flaws as a coach but his biggest weakness which has been talked about widely is the disappointment in recruiting. It just doesn't seem like we have enough capable guys on the floor.  On a top 10 team, most of what we are putting out there hardly would sniff the floor. 
Archie  needs a flat out grad transfer scorer next year if we don't make the tourney this year, otherwise, I don't see how anything will change and there is no way you can go 4 years without a tourney appearance at IU. If we don't make the tourney this year I really think he will need to shake up the staff as well if he wants a 4th year. 

I've been most impressed with Brunk and TJD. Unfortunately, our guards outside of Phinese don't get these guys the ball enough. Green makes stupid entry passes and the rest of the guards aren't looking inside enough.
TJD - Stud who doesn't get ball enough. Should be getting a touch every time down. 
Brunk - Has looked the part so far. It's too bad we can't clone a few more Brunks on this team. 
Durham - Should be coming off bench. Improved shooting but seems better suited as a role player
Phinese - Injuries look to have zapped him this year. Still best passer and ball handler. 
Smith - Much better basketball IQ this year but doesn't seem to be in the flow of the offense. We also don't try to involve him similar to TJD
Franklin - Lots of potential but lots of shooting woes to work on 
Green - Good for a few games and bad for a few. Completely unreliable and shouldn't have the ball in his hands as much as he does
Race - Looks serviceable at times but also looks unsure of himself at other times. 
Damezi/Hunter - Damezi plays good defense but is non-existent offensively. Hunter seems to have potential but looks and plays like a freshman at the moment. 
What we lack: Shooters shooters and shooters, another reliable ball handler, gritty tough guard/small forward that plays with tenacity of Brunk
 

For 3.3 million, i'm sure there weren't many. Upping that to 5+ and you have a whole new ballgame. 

For 3.3 million, i'm sure there weren't many. Upping that to 5+ and you have a whole new ballgame. 

Pretty sure Bama football does just this after every loss and doesn't affect too much on the recruiting front. Then again they hardly ever lose. I remember the Penn St. QB being threatened too by his own fans yet they will likely have a top 10 recruiting class again. This stuff gets overblown. 

Throw everything at Beard from Texas Tech. No way he keeps that job forever he's just waiting on someone to offer more. 

For 3.3 million, i'm sure there weren't many. Upping that to 5+ and you have a whole new ballgame. 

Fanbase isn't the problem. Recruits pick the coach/program these days. Social media has created negativity everywhere with every school and its fans. You get an impact coach in here who can recruit and we will start producing top 10 classes. Problem is we haven't been able to do that consistently at all since the cheater Sampson. 

Pretty sure Bama football does just this after every loss and doesn't affect too much on the recruiting front. Then again they hardly ever lose. I remember the Penn St. QB being threatened too by his own fans yet they will likely have a top 10 recruiting class again. This stuff gets overblown.