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IU has not been consistently relevant for 20, no 30 years. Like mutual funds disclaim past history does not predict future performance. Actually, the last 5 consecutive years has proved the best accolade period in those 30 years. A Big Ten Champion, Coach of the Year, #1 ranking, wins over Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina, and multiple NCAA Tournament appearances. Hopefully Glass hires a proven Final Four contender -Brad Stevens or Billy Donovan. Not ex-local players!

IU doesn't need an "IU Guy" it needs the best Brad Stevens.

We know we don't know who will coach IU BB next year. Make Brad Stevens an offer he can't refuse. The enormous branding and marketing from National Championships will pay for itself.

We know for sure we don't know who is coaching IU yet. We don't need an IU GUY! We need a young, cerebral tactician with a proven record of winning. Offer Brad Stevens $5 million + incentives and reap the rewards from national branding and marketing once the National Championships start rolling in.

Thank you Tom and Joni Crean. You always supported the Bloomington community, from Little League to North High School Baseball. You helped pry open the eyes of many, and the ears of some. You are a class act!

What is the fixation with having Indiana players and coaches here? Provincial thinking. Recruit the best like Kentucky and Duke.

Top recruits will be following former IU running back coach to USC- The Tail Back U.

Great historical reference of how not to let emotions and drama ruin a career.

Crean should have the entire starting team coming back next year since Blackmon and Bryant are not NBA ready. He needs to reach the Final Four otherwise the IU Fan base will become turncoats once again.

Brad Stevens is beloved in Boston. Not leaving anytime soon. That my friends would re-shape collegiate basketball recruiting.

An Alford hire anytime in the future is strictly a lateral move for IUBB.

On the contrary, pre-season rankings are metric based. For example, number of returning starters, scoring average, incoming recruits, etc.

Point well taken, offense schemes are poor.

Next year's IUBB team will be a force to be reckoned with.

Injuries matter. This team beat UNC and Kansas with a healthy squad, and no Hartman. Since Blackmon and Bryant are not NBA ready, and for their own good no agent deceives them, IUBB will be favored to win the Big 10 Championship and....

People like coherent, logical arguments not emotional drama. Bring metrics, counterpoints, and your A-game to the thread. So, if you fire Tom Crean after this year tell me again who is coaching next year?

Oh I like good basketball more than you will ever know. Indiana needs more global, forward thinking on sports. The MidWestern way is not any better, morally, or otherwise, on how sports are played or coaches are selected. Thinking to the contrary hurts Indiana's ability to recruit coaches. Hence no IUBB national championships in 30 years.

Really, pay Alford 3 million? Because he is from Indiana? Yikes! He has millions of West Coast Kids and is barely able to convince players to stay in their own backyards at the historic Mecca of college basketball U C L A!

True, Crean has called out some players publicly with more vigor than normal. Probably more of a motivational tactic.

Trying to promote fair and balanced ideas. If you don't like Tom Crean then name your immediate replacement? And his contract value? Eagerly await your response.

Really, mentally assaults players?

Oladipo, Zeller, Yogi, Troy as of late.

A coach who recently won the Big Ten Championship, recruits well, enthusiastically promotes IU, and doesn't assault players.

Collegiate sports generate extraordinary revenue to universities both in public relations and monetary value. Tom Crean has added value to IU since his arrival. Unfortunately, too many Indiana fans' self-esteem is derived only from IU Basketball winning games and participating in March Madness. Hence the unrest and upheaval to fire a good coach. Please remember Bobby Knight was fired by the university for rogue behavior. And for those who say Knight won the "right way" then why did IU let go football coach Kevin Wilson after having the best two consecutive seasons in about 30 years?