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Who is making all the uniform decisions. I never want anyone to lose their job, but that person should be swapped for someone stylish who is willing to take risks

Thank you! I feel the adidas contact is a result of Fred Glass making a decision on what’s best for Fred Glass in the short term and not the long term direction of the athletic department, but that’s just my opinion! It appears Dolsen has been doing a great job so far!

For Reference: Article on Adidas not selling gear fans are trying to buy: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2022/03/column-indiana-fans-want-to-feel-part-of-teams-adidas-stopping-them-apparel-womens-basketball Information around the Adidas Contract: https://indianahq.com/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-ius-contract-with-adidas/ It should be noted that IU is set to renew next year and Adidas has the right to match any offer, had we been gung ho I would assume we would have already announced an extension? So this would be positive news for Nike fans. I've heard a rumor that Woody isn't happy with Adidas, and given his ties to worldwide wes, and with Cig coming from a Nike school there appears to be some momentum. Back in the day I was saying that if we have to stay with Adidas, we should have been a Yeezy Branded school like Michigan is with Jordan, but then Kayne went Crazy lol

I’ll answer this the best I can. Fred Glass signed the last Adidas deal through his buddy and fellow IU alum who is a VP at Adidas. At the time it provided us with the most up front cash and presumably more $ than Nike. At the time it was one of the largest, because at this point a lot of schools were dropping adidas like third period French and Adidas wanted to keep their remaining premier schools (Michigan dropped the contract and moved to Jordan and we should have done the same IMO) Although it was the most up front cash, fans speculate that it was a short term gain for a long term loss for two reasons 1 : poor apparel sales directly related to Adidas not selling anything the fan base would like to buy - see the daily student article blasting adidas for doing team issue only apparel that the fan base can’t buy. I believe IU gets a royalty for everything sold. And so even if IU got less money up front from Nike, they could get more money from the royalty portion. If you Don’t believe me, go to any Nike schools website and there’s pages on pages of apparel whereas the adidas schools are limited… also Iu isn’t even a tier 1 adidas school (at least in football). So an adidas school like Washington gets these new technology football jerseys etc, and IU gets their bottom tier technology from years ago, which makes it look like a jersey from Walmart. (Also IMO our basketball uniforms don’t fit, they come untucked a lot and kids are rolling their shorts up 1-2) 2. Brands play an important role in recruiting and it’s speculated that Adidas hasn’t helped us get top basketball talent. If you don’t believe me, go to any high school or youth basketball pick up game, it will be 90% Nike gear, and maybe 10% Steph curry/under armour, and maybe 1% Adidas - meaning people are voting with their wallets and Adidas is not what kids want to wear It has been pointed out by fans who went to the Kansas game that there are serious issues with adidas at IU and our apparel in general, which have given rise to the success of companies like homefield (not a bad thing)

Super excited for the future for both Basketball and Football. Think we're in good spots, still gaps, but progress! Been a pessimist for years. It seems like everything Glass did is becoming undone, in a good way?

Anyone know if moving away from Adidas is up next?

I saw a Ted talk that you need 2 qualities: 1. Desire to be the best 2. Growth Mindset that you can always improve

Is Dolsen a good, great, or bad AD? Anyone have insider knowledge know or care to provide context? Want to set my expectations for this hire to this answer

That is an upgrade from our 3 wins this year.

Is this normal for University Presidents to have this much say? Genuinely curious if this is standard or IU has some disfunction where Scott Dolsen can't get his guy

Would it be wrong to think that he could have a Deon Sanders impact to IU? Call me crazy, but I'm all for it

Wanted to open source some ideas for IU athletics. Just as Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the Catholic Church’s door I figured we could come up with 95 changes we’d like to see. I’ll kick off the list: 1. Football a priority 2. improved Football only facility 3.

I’m confused because he was a biggest 3 point threat

Just got back home from watching the game in person…. Our issue isn’t shooters, our issue is that we have no strategy on offense so we don’t know where we’re getting shots and how to get open looks. Our offense is dump it inside to reneau or ware and pray.. If we do shoot a 3 it’s out of impulse not design and those usually miss… Also we don’t have anyone like newton #2 for UConn on our team… I would argue that we are not close to how the game is supposed to be played in 2023… From top to bottom there is so much wrong with IU basketball. As a program as a whole, not just X’s and O’s… can someone with insider knowledge let us know if it can be turned around?

Is Ware our best player? Yes Is Reneau a threat from deep, great passer, or a driving threat? No Does Reneau occupy the lane preventing Ware from being more effective? Yes Does MM struggle with offensive identity when Reneau is in the lane? Yes I love Reneau but I feel like we’d be better with him out of the game as Ware has more space, wing players have more space to drive, etc. i’m praying this isn’t the case but seems like we only have 1-2 pieces and not a cohesive team / unit. Could be coaching/ could be talent ideal line up cupps xj Galloway -> these 3 subbed by our other guards MM -> reneau Ware -> sparks