KzooHoosier82

This is the dumbest, laziest team ever assembled.

My takeaway from last night is simply this. I don’t mind getting beat, but I really dislike the team I root so hard for to consistently beat themselves. That’s what IU and Tom Allen are at this point. We still only recruit in the bottom third of the conference which leads to lack of depth. We play kids before they are physically ready because they are the more talented player, which leads to injury. To make things worse, our coaching staff acts way in over their heads, as if the real HC got tossed by the refs and the football equivalent to Shooter from Hoosiers is tasked with leading the team. Allen has a TON of work to do in the offseason (Hiring a solid OC and recruiting large OL/DL holes on the roster) to keep this program at present even and even more work next year to grow it to a relevant level. Hopefully he has a network of solid coaches he can rely on to help him through his clock management and in game adjustment/awareness issues. Time will tell and I’m certainly rooting for him that he will.

Henderhorse?

4 down territory. Time to sack up

Defense looked gassed on the last drive. This isn’t going to end well. Shame on the coaching staff for not having the hands team in.

In case anyone was wondering, Ramsey’s dad also coaches in Ohio

Every week I get reminded why the Ramsey’s got their names.

Whop is frustrated he’s not been more involved but now isn’t the time. Their punter is garbage. Just take the fair catch and run the clock down. I get he wants to make plays but don’t force it on special teams

Would be a huge stop for our defense if we can get them off the field on this 3rd down.

Stuff like this I tend to wonder if the kid said something on the sidelines to piss off the HC.

Kid hit a kick. Good job, doesn’t make him better than Campbell. I wouldn’t expect Justus to miss them all. Good for him though, it’s nice to see him hit one after the last 7 quarters he’s had

Freshman QB off the couch on 3rd and long and we send no pressure. This team is good in spite of this coaching staff. They make all the wrong calls

We have a better kicker in Campbell on ice while Allen plays the blind loyalty card for literally no reason. Justus needs a long off season to get his sh*t together or ride the pine.

This can’t keep happening. Allen needs to be held accountable for this crap. There’s no excuse for it

ND took that away. We just didn’t handle the ball well and didn’t look for open outside shots. You can’t just decide to go in the paint if they are giving you the rest court. When Franklin and Green hit shots they were scrambling. A good offense is balanced. A unbalanced offense (like ours) gets exposed

Justin, Al and Rob are my picks for the press conference. First question “could you have been hotter garbage today”....supplemental question “are you shaving points?”

Al Durham still in this game is baffling. Arman Franklin is the future

That’s what garbage point guard play gets you. It’s not because Archie isn’t drawing it up, they just aren’t executing. If Rob and Al don’t wake the ef up we’re in trouble

I’ve never understood why fans like him and networks hire him. There aren’t enough drugs on the planet to make him tolerable. It’s clear all his colleagues can’t stand him either. Utter nonsense and rambling for two hours

I’m not excited that our guys have to learn and implement another new system. We really need some continuity in that position

I think people overreacted in regards to the OT win. We played bad and still gutted it out. Nebraska isn’t “bad” they just have zero depth so if one of their guys has a bad night or gets in foul trouble it’s basically game over for them. If neither of those two things happen they are going to take it to you which Purdue found out first hand. If you think beating Nebraska in OT is embarrassing ask UNC how they feel right now after booting one to Wofford at home.

Agreed, and on top of that there’s no way (at least at this point) would he be considered a lottery pick. I think at best he’s a early 2nd rounder. People get too caught up in how good they think a player is and forget all the top prospects NBA GMs will want ahead of the player in question. TJDs current game won’t translate at the next level at his size so he’ll need to develop his shooting and perimeter defense before he’ll ever be a 1st rounder. All that said, doesn’t mean he’ll stay but I think leaving will prove to be a mistake

We also won’t always play like we did tonight, night in and night out. I get everyone’s frustration, hell Archie told reporters just how frustrated he is. We’ll take a day or two off, rest up and get back to work. We played like crap, got away with a win and hopefully will bring it next weekend in Indy (I say this knowing all to well what a house of horrors Bankers Life has been)

Fair enough but he needs talent to distribute to as well. We need both those guys to play well to be successful. Right now their backups aren’t playing well enough and Al’s basketball IQ isn’t where you want it to be for a floor general.

Phin also coughed up the ball twice late in regulation that led to points. If Smith is replaceable, I don’t know by whom because it sure as hell doesn’t involve anyone we have on our bench. Both of those guys are important if we want to have sustained success. Our guards need to play better on ball defense and hit shots pure and simple. Not sure why Smith is taking heat for tonight