el drado

Living in the Fort, this is pretty spot on.  I honestly cannot remember a kid from here becoming a high level college player.  There have been a decent amount of high level recruits, but they do not really materialize for some reason.  To be fair, no one gives a sh!t about southern indiana high school players either; Romeo was just a recruiting win.
It all comes to winning for football.  If IU wins, more recruits will turn their heads.  IU just needs to win

Bought 6 tickets over lunch. 

You nailed it.  I was looking thru the box scores last week and noticed the same thing.  The winning is not that X is back so much it is that Leal/Cupps/X are sharing minutes without Gunn.  No offense to Gunn, not trying to crap on him, but the stats are speaking for themselves. 
That is what drives me nuts about this year.  They could have easily been in the tourney, if Coach played the ball-players and not the athletes.

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

If Ohio State pulls that off and we have Woodson on the sidelines next year.  Not a joke, i am done with IU bball. 

I cannot be the only one that has no idea what that means.  Can someone help an old man out?  IU told Kaiser that he would sit the bench for awhile?

I cannot be the only one that has no idea what that means.  Can someone help an old man out?  IU told Kaiser that he would sit the bench for awhile?

The OL was embarrassingly bad last year, but there are some plays the OC can call to compensate.  When the Manning/Colts had subpar OLs they did quick passes, not run up the middle on 90% of first downs or have long drawn out pass plays.
That is why the O was so bad last year....Sheridan was in over his head and Hiller is getting way too long of leash. 

The OL was embarrassingly bad last year, but there are some plays the OC can call to compensate.  When the Manning/Colts had subpar OLs they did quick passes, not run up the middle on 90% of first downs or have long drawn out pass plays.
That is why the O was so bad last year....Sheridan was in over his head and Hiller is getting way too long of leash. 

I get it, i do.  I was rooting for him, as i liked his temperament, but if he is in over his head then changes need to happen. 
IU needs consistency, we haven't had that in decades.  I personally think that Archie had a bigger mess to clean up after crean then people acknowledge (APR, roster issues, talent issues), but if he isn't the guy IU needs to go big or stfu.

never say never....but i have a hard time believing Allen is in their top 5

Wait, wait, wait.....so we want to get commitments from 4* and 5* guys who have the foresight that sitting on the bench for a year is in their best interest and the best interest of a program that is bigger than one individual?
This is my problem with this fanbase, we want it all, we want an older mature team full of 5* talents who are from Indiana and commit on Archie's command.  Those days are unrealistic.  
EDIT** e.g. Damezi, he needs a year or two more....i see a lot of people questioning whether he can play though

I will assume you didn't watch them then....here is what i saw from his teams.
1)  Players were moving the ball on offense, no stagnation
2)  on defense, players were engaged, and had their hands up
It was the type of basketball WE ALL OUR WANTING.  The difference between you and me is that i think Archie has shown what we want when he was at Dayton (elements have been shown at IU too) and can do it at IU.  You think not

If we have 10 guys getting rotation and are engaged in each game that is a good thing.  So some of you want 2 guys at the end of the bench not engaged and thinking about which schools to transfer to the following year?
If a team is playing 11-12 guys a night that tells you 3-4 of them aren't producing.

Wait, wait, wait.....so we want to get commitments from 4* and 5* guys who have the foresight that sitting on the bench for a year is in their best interest and the best interest of a program that is bigger than one individual?
This is my problem with this fanbase, we want it all, we want an older mature team full of 5* talents who are from Indiana and commit on Archie's command.  Those days are unrealistic.  
EDIT** e.g. Damezi, he needs a year or two more....i see a lot of people questioning whether he can play though

I will assume you didn't watch them then....here is what i saw from his teams.
1)  Players were moving the ball on offense, no stagnation
2)  on defense, players were engaged, and had their hands up
It was the type of basketball WE ALL OUR WANTING.  The difference between you and me is that i think Archie has shown what we want when he was at Dayton (elements have been shown at IU too) and can do it at IU.  You think not

If we have 10 guys getting rotation and are engaged in each game that is a good thing.  So some of you want 2 guys at the end of the bench not engaged and thinking about which schools to transfer to the following year?
If a team is playing 11-12 guys a night that tells you 3-4 of them aren't producing.

If we have 10 guys getting rotation and are engaged in each game that is a good thing.  So some of you want 2 guys at the end of the bench not engaged and thinking about which schools to transfer to the following year?
If a team is playing 11-12 guys a night that tells you 3-4 of them aren't producing.