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I'm OK with the uniform color/style as an alternate option. Don't care for the "Bloomington" though. If we wanna do something different, why not "Hoosiers" on the front?

I maybe completely wrong on this but with the addition of a true 7' post player, I don't see TJD playing the 5 as much anymore. Durr's career definitely doesn't jump out of the stat sheets but he was a starter against some tough competition. With all of the comments from the new staff and TJD, Woody wants to help TJD get to the next level. IMO, if TJD wants any sort of career in the NBA, it is not going to be a the 5. I could see TJD at the 4 more this season with Durr at the 5 and Logan backing Durr up, if he is ready or TJD/Race moving to the 5 when Durr is off the floor. Again, I don't know if Durr is ready to start or not, just fitting pieces of the puzzle together. And I too hope to never see a "small" ball at center again.

It's fun for us to speculate about where guys will play and what their role will be. I really think that CMW is going to push players out of their comfort zone and expand what they do. I expect to see a lot of growth take place as the year goes on. After a summer and fall of work, Durr may surprise us. He may also allow TJD to spend more time out of the paint to show off his expanded game. AND, if CMW has anything to say about it, TJD will have an expanded game.

Oh god no I want the days of IU playing 6’6 centers gone. Brings back the horrors of Crean putting Stan Robinson on AJ Hammons

Wait.....is TJD saying that this is the final piece to the puzzle (last infinity stone) or is this about Thanos snapping away half of our roster still and starting fresh?  WHY SO CRYPTIC

It appears his perspective is the opportunity to play for a historical basketball program with a big fanbase and an intense game feel.  Also, he likes Woodson and knows that Woodson will be interested in his success post basketball.  This all sounds great.  Probably knows role is diminished, but who knows, play great and increase role.  

He won in that movie!

It’s not that serious lol

It's just a shame Woodson can't recruit, lol.

Also don't underestimate the impact on practice. This past year with Brunk being out, TJD was probably being defended by Geronimo much of the time in practice - that was a noticeable benefit to Geronimo who played very well against much bigger players considering the size differential, but was a noticeable detriment to TJD's ability to finish around the rim. Need TJD and even guards being comfortable navigating around post players with legit size - Durr will be perfect for that.

This move is totally strategic for spot minutes against big boys in the B1G (see what I did there).. We absolutely cannot afford for TJD or RT racking up fouls and trying to guard some of the legit 7 footers in this league. Is he going to average near a double-double as he has at USF? No. But my thinking is that is not why he was picked up. This is a great pickup at least for that, and if the kid can show some flashes of high level offensive rebounds/put backs, even better. At worst, he can foul the piss out of whatever 7+ ogre purdue puts out this season.

That may be true after a bit but initially most of this board felt we had the best staff in college Bball. I certainly like this staff but I think we tend to get too excited as fans and forget we were just as excited about the guys we now think we’re the opposite 

Problem is when CMW says: 
"My first job is to sit down with each one of them and talk about staying in Hoosier Nation. You know, that's what's important. And if I got to plead and beg a little bit to keep them here, I'm going to do that."
Then you have 13 guys sign up to go to war with you.
Essential leaving a man behind is not a good look or where I want the program to be.
You could make a bit of a justification for a program changing talent, but Brooks is not that.
I take these 13 and expect improvement, next year through normal attrition (early NBA/ PT transfers) there will be more space made available and the following yr there is 4 open spots
 

I would assume that if Keion Brooks does enter the portal, the odds-on favorite to land him has to be Grand Canyon University because they have Schilling on staff, right?  I hear the connection to the family is air tight...

Thx

Pass on Brooks. Just isn’t really what we need. He also hasn’t lived up to his ranking out of hs. I’d rock with Geronimo as I think he’s going to end up better than Brooks anyway.

I'm not saying that someone won't choose to go somewhere else to find more playing time. What I was saying is that CMW can't recommend that to a kid who wants to be here and establish the kind of culture he said he would have. Wanting a family atmosphere and developing trust are not compatible with encouraging kids to leave. We can't have it both ways.

hey y’all,
just wanted to come on and give my thoughts on the newest addition to the IUBB family; Miller “Lite” Kopp.
from what i heard at my brunch with Coach Woodson this morning, the kid shoots it like fu*king Wally Szczerbiak..
we were in dire need of snipers, and Morning Wood delivered.. barrels off to him.
 
as for Miller Lite, i’m predicting he comes in and wets that hoe at an 87% clip; and if he doesn’t, i’m gonna’ give his sister the Ricky Special. 

- Barrel Rick, 2021
 
 

Nah.  Swap that with Jerome Hunter.  Writing is on the wall.

It's hard to say a number of wins because we don't know the schedule.  I would expect a top 5 conference finish, NO BLOWOUT LOSSES, and an invite to the NCAA tournament 

You want fries with that as well?   lol
Any 5 of those would be incredible achievements after what we've endured far too long.

Top 6 in the Big Ten
10-14 conference wins
20+ wins overall
4-8 seed in the NCAA Tourney
TJD B1G POY
TJD Karl Malone Award winner

I expect us to win.
A lot.
The rest will take care of itself.

Tangibles:
Better shooting across the board (can it actually get worse?)
Top half finish in conference and defend the Hall.
Back in the dadgum NCAA Tournament.
Beat. Effing. Purdoo.
 
Intangibles: 
Team chemistry. Bringing some more obvious #LEO over to the basketball side of things.
Be dawgs - compete every play. Make it obvious this team hates losing. Not the indifferent body language we've seen the last few years.
Floor leadership. Picking each other up.

A few things I hope to see
- Playing with passion and intensity and a sense of urgency
- Hitting open shots
- Fluid offense
- Not losing to Rutgers 3 times in one season.