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Yes all the good IU gear isn’t Adidas… I was mad about the selection so I even had custom quarter zips made. Don’t have a website but have sold 10+ of them, even to a prominent podcaster, just by them seeing me wearing it and wanting one. Also I am a Nike shareholder so @Ngw7183 thank you for your service. I only buy from Nike.

How you do anything is how you do everything…. If IU cuts this many corners with its apparel, why wouldn’t it cut just as many corners with every other aspect of the program? We cut corners when hiring our coach, we cut corners going to the tournament in NYC this year (no cheerleaders, etc), the Brand of Indiana Basketball is to cut corners Can anyone Prove me wrong here?

Quite literally yes…… https://www.idsnews.com/article/2022/03/column-indiana-fans-want-to-feel-part-of-teams-adidas-stopping-them-apparel-womens-basketball

Is there anyone in the chat that can name one thing that Indiana Basketball does at a championship level?

Would love to hear an opinion for Adidas in this scenario

That’s literally the point you’re making for me and anyone else who wants Nike… go to a Nike school’s website and there’s 7+ pages of option…. Go to Indiana and there’s barely anything for sale…. if it doesn’t matter…. then why isn’t adidas just pushing as much content as possible? At one point adidas didn’t sell any Leo gear or Quarterzips. why do you think Homefield even exists? It’s because Adidas didn’t have any exciting product, so they stepped in. But for further Example: let’s say Nike pays IU $3m up front but gets 20% of IU merch sales and they sell $10M of Nike gear Adidas pays $4M up front and we get 20% of $5m of Adidas sales Which option would you take and why?

Ya, I saw some tweets about Nike and IU and how Nike was so far off that IU wouldn't be able to accept it in this round of negotiations. I imagine IU announces they stay with adidas and announce additional fan options so fans feel like we;ve won something. In reality its giving us crumbs.

We suck so Nike doesn't want us, and we can't get better recuits because we don't have Nike.... Does Adidas know they are outbidding themselves every contract? Seems like we fleeced them. (or the fact that the last deal was negotiated with an IU grad that is a VP at Adidas in Portland) P.S. apologies in advance for my rants. I'm just sick of our team looking dumpy and feeling outdated on every aspect.

I've always had the idea that we do a students only game at the hyper, we build stands around a court in the center and play one game, only students... That place would be rocking, and provide a breathe of fresh air to a stale program. Texas had a student's only game a few years ago with Beard in the Volleyball arena. And my second Idea, was to keep assembly, but remove the balcony's and expand the seating behind the baskets.

I get the sarcasm, but we live in a vibrational world where frequencies are everything..... I imagine if you're 17 and come to IU on a visit, the vibes are bizarre. Uniforms add to the bad vibes, as does the practice facility, as does the morale of the Old IU guard's unwillingness to change. People trust their gut, and If I was 17 and a top prospect my guy would probably tell me to stay away if I had other options. The Vibes of IUBB need refreshed and refreshed badly. NIKE could be the catalyst, but most likely its some 50yr old guy designing the jerseys who say "eh, good enough", you can't have that and also expect to win a championship.

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF UNIFORMS AT IU????? Its not an adidas issue. Its an Indiana Issue. For 4 years under Archie, our tops didn't match our bottoms. the FIT (or the CUT) our straps the part around the shoulders made it look boxy and like we're wearing sleeveless shirts. The bottoms were too long and players were rolling up the shorts 2-3X. If you want to build a championship team, you'd take one look and say "WOW half of our games are spent retucking in our jerseys.......THAT PROBABLY IS A DISTRACTION OR THAT ITS INHIBITING OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM AT PEAK.... we should fix this.... But NO. we look like a middle schooler in 2004 who's turning emo with deep V. Why can't we even try a Cream jersey with spaghetti straps, Crimson and cream piping, Script Indiana, and an old IU trident on the shorts... WHY CAN'T WE EVEN TRY... WHY can't we do a collaboration with Aime Leon Dore, or KidSuper, or Yeezy while it was still available. WHY DO WE NOT WANT TO SELL THESE JERSEYS TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY??????? ALSO WHY DO WE HAVE 5 Stars on our butt? THIS PERSON NEEDS TO BE FIRED TO THE MOON.

Seems like Louisville and Ohio State could have openings after this year. If I'm Dolson, I'm waiting to see how the tournament pans out and if May makes it to the E8 / FF, I'm pulling the trigger immediately. It would be hard to turn down both Ohio State and Lousiville waiting for IU which may never happen.

Let me get this straight. IU fires Bob Knight 3X NC Winner, olympic gold medal etc. Fires Sampson Soon to be 3X FF. Extends then fires Crean, Extends then Fires Allen, Possibly the same with Woodson. How is it that our Administration keeps getting away with this? LOL I'm convinced theres a "Deep State" consisting of "The Old IU Guard", Buckner, Isiah, Gonso, et al. that are calling the shots within our athletic department, and the last 2 AD's are patsy's or puppets that have no power to do anything.

Weird, didn’t we just do that to the football coach? Where’s the accountability?

Isn't queen a Center? I think I saw a stat online that the lineup of Cupps, XJ, Trey, MM, and Reneau, have never actually all played together at the same time. Which is a lineup I've been hoping for all year.

I'm genuinely concerned that even if we started 5 burger boys, the output on the court wouldn't change much.

To add to this: Archie should have never even been considered for the IU role. Full stop. it wasn't that it was a risk and he didn't pan out. Call IU a fishbowl, and because it is, it requires a coach who has an EGO someone who wants the attention on him. Coach K, Cal, Roy, Knight, Beard, Pitino, all with big ego's that love the limelight.... Archie is the antithesis of that. Dusty May has been on podcasts, youtubes, etc and he has a great personality. Would it translate to P5? Based on what I'm seeing, yes, would it translate to a fishbowl? Also based on what I'm seeing, yes.... and the metrics back it up... Shaka's FF run his team was in the 50's in Kenpom, with Brad Stevens first NCG he was 12th. Dusty May's team last year 17th, and this year 26th.... The best team Archie had had prior to Indiana was 39th. Just food for thought

I was looking up Roger Stone today to figure out who he is and this was on his Wiki: He has described his own political modus operandi as "Attack, attack, attack – never defend" and "Admit nothing, deny everything, and launch a counterattack.".... Would love if we went back to this like we did with Knight.

Lol this is what I was saying... Too many hands in the cookie jar that shouldn't have input. And an AD that gets told no and walks away with his tail between his legs. (Granted I love the Cig hire, and I'm sure there's more to the story).

LOL

We might have to throw a Brad Steven’s contract to get literally any caliber coach. I imagine we’d have to pay a premium given the IU dysfunction.

So I guess to answer how did we end up with Woodson: ”old IU guard” props up pushover AD because of perfect timing with no president, then “old IU guard” forces new AD to hire “their guy”.

I believe the last 2 Ads were hired when we didn’t have a sitting president. from what I’ve read on the board, so @Chris007 correct me if I’m wrong… but it sounds like guys like Gonso, Isaiah, Buckner and “blue ribbon” committees over reach and make decisions on who to hire as coach, and who to hire as AD. Meaning there’s too many hands in the cookie jar and decisions are made that benefit these people personally (the non athletic department individuals that somehow have power mentioned above) vs. making decisions based on what’s good for the university. The AD is then essentially a pushover with no real vision. I.e. these individuals prop up a patsy (I think Gonso hired glass), and fans wonder why there is no accountability ever, glass leaves and we hire his assistant, then old IU guard makes the push for Woodson. that’s the theme I’m getting at, is no one in the athletic department is leading the ship

I’m more and more convinced that the last 2 ADs aren’t actually pushovers with no strategic vision, they are simply puppets of some ego driven clueless maniac behind the curtains that is sabotaging everyone