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Money isn’t the only consideration, that’s small minded….

What % of Duke “people”, including those that put up the money, would you suggest regret paying him that much or if given the chance to do it over would say they wouldn’t do it again? There will be some since they didn’t win a championship, but I’d bet it’s a low number. If they say he was worth it, then he was….

Either of those things could absolutely be true. It’s ok for people to discuss & acknowledge shortcomings, failures, concerns, etc., just as it’s ok to be positive & optimistic. Ships need sails & anchors. It’s also ok for people to sit out the big boy conversations if they’re too fragile to handle some well-founded pessimism, pragmatism or realistic assessments that suggest everything isn’t peachy. I’ll bet my dollars to your dimes that each group is going to be right & wrong, especially when it comes to recruiting. What’s not ok is portraying those people as taking pleasure from IU’s failures or suggesting that’s what they want to happen. That’s just stupid.

Hasn’t been as many staff members to leak stuff either…

The fact that he didn’t cancel the UK visit after being here but cancelled the Auburn visit after visiting UK suggests it’s UK. If we were still the leader, he’d still take the Auburn visit. Hope not, maybe we threw more $ at him or something…

lol. I had a friend that would take home anything that used to say “the worst I ever had was still wonderful”

Just so it doesn’t get late enough that only fat girls are left…

There’s a UK poster on X saying Wilkerson is gonna be a Hoosier, visit to UK didn’t go as planned. Didn’t even mention Auburn, so who knows if he truly has any info…https://x.com/suupchauncey/status/1911761995159715979?s=12

Because you said ANY 7 footer has a low floor & they are specific examples as to how this claim is patently false. If you had said this kid has a low floor, fine, but that’s not what you posted.

Being 7 ft tall doesn’t guarantee anything but having 5 fouls to give, & they may not be good fouls. Your post states that all 7 footers have a low floor. That is not even remotely true. What floor could be lower than not being able to get on the court? Doubling down on a silly claim is low floor for a poster btw…

Bawa Muniru, Peter Jurkin, Tijan Jobe…. To suggest a 7 footer can’t have a low floor is ignoring many examples.

People being scared of your program doesn’t win or lose games, nor does the name on the jersey. Two things matter, coaching & players. We have had enough good players to be better than we have been many times over the past decade. Everything else is just noise & excuses. If DD is a good coach & we get good players, IU can be near the top of the BIG next year. If either of those two isn’t true or doesn’t happen, then likely not. It’s pretty simple.

What specifically about Kenny suggests we’re serious about winning?

& the other half…

Only since you asked, I’ll respond. Yes, “hand wringing” was hyperbole & “being negative for the sake of being negative” was a mischaracterization of my post, which you directly responded to. Not to mention the “go take a walk or read a good book” remark. Most of the board does well to avoid this type of posting, I hope you got what you needed from your commentary.

Objectively false. Having a staff in place > not, & to say otherwise is foolish. It may turn out ok, but it may just as well impact our ability to sign the players we want. I guess you can either sit out ANY discussion or conjecture until the entire staff & team is assembled, or continue to use hyperbole to mischaracterize what people are posting to try & shout them down.

So you don’t think the lack of assistants is of any concern or has any effect on recruiting or the portal, or are just incapable of objectively considering any negative observations of the new staff?

The lack of staff at this point has been more concerning than portal commits. Was hoping our guy would have folks lining up wanting to coach with him, but the timeframe for staff additions appears otherwise. The lack of assistants can’t be a positive for recruiting in the portal for many reasons…

Right. To hell with Dusty May, by all accounts he was asked & didn't want to be here. Yes, Buckner/Woodson/Dolson screwed us over last year, but if Dusty was an IU guy & wanted to be an IU guy he would be now. Much like the Masshole, he prefers to be part of another program, soI wish for nothing good for him since t9 some degree, his success comes at our expense.

I assumed MSU would be competitive NIL budget-wise, not so?

Not if you want to be the gunslinger…

Maybe, but if reports of him wanting to coach again at some point are true, kids will be out of the house, going to one of those schools with great resources while not scorning the Butler folks to take a job in the same state that he would be expected to be the messiah would make sense, but obviously a lot of other factors too. I mainly say this because I’ve been conditioned to expect the worst as an IU fan & seeing him go win championships at another school just seems about right for how things have gone for us…

UNC or Kansas

You just had to show a pic from that game, huh? So depressing, that team was legit, but ‘ol’ Roy had the General’s number….