Loaded Chicken Sandwich

If it wasn’t blood clots then I’m not sure what it could have been. But I’m not a doctor. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Can we sandwiches not live in harmony? Lol. Be judged by the flavor and not by the contents of the sandwich. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

For some it is only about recruiting. And by that I mean, you only have to recruit Indiana kids and you can go 15-15 every year. I’ve had people on Twitter tell me that graduating kids and getting those 4 year kids is more important than winning. The next freshmen class coming in isn’t going to be setting the world on fire to begin with. It’ll likely take each of them at least a year to get going considering their talent level. But it is a weird mindset from so many fans that things are automatically better and that IU will start competing at the national level in the Top 10 because some Indiana kids are committing. The 2020 class was weak in Indiana as is. Leal is the likely Mr. Basketball and is ranked 99th in the 247Sports composite. That doesn’t mean he won’t be a good college player, Hulls was ranked 139th so. But Indiana wasn’t good just because it got Hulls. That team became what it was because of a Top 10 recruit and Indiana Mr. Basketball named Cody Zeller. Many think rankings don’t matter, but the majority of the time, they are correct. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

People only think it is getting better because Indiana kids are committing. The wins don’t seem to matter as long as it’s Indiana kids playing. It’s an odd concept. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Outside of men’s basketball and football, the rest isn’t actually important to fans and boosters. Those are just sports that if they are good, you go “yay.” Men’s soccer is the best program at IU. Do people watch? Nope. Women’s basketball has started to become relatively decent. Do people watch it? Nope. There is a reason tickets to those games are $5. It took a 6 win season in men’s basketball to get a $5 seat... in the BALCONY. Which means, Glass’ success with hinder 100% on men’s basketball and football. Mainly men’s basketball where it has greatly struggled and not seen any signs of becoming not just a B1G powerhouse, but a national powerhouse. In football he hired a coach without even searching for a better one, which there were plenty. So his technical job might be about keeping every sport winning, but to keep his job, it will be 100% about men’s basketball and football winning. And if men’s basketball is winning, and I mean actually winning and competing with Duke, Kentucky, UNC and Kansas and becomes a top 10-15 team every single year under Archie or the next guy, then Glass’ job will be safe even if every other sports is complete garbage. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

1. IU goes 20-16(9-11). Win 1 game in the B1G tourney and 2 games in the NIT(which I included in the record. 17-14 beforehand). 2. I would like to see a starting 5 of Phinisee, Franklin, Smith, TJD, Brunk. 3. TJD averages 14.0 ppg. Green 13 ppg. Phinisee 10 ppg. Durham and Smith 7 ppg. 4. Franklin starts half the season and plays about 18 minutes a game as a spot up shooter and spacer and ends up being the hustle guy this team needs. 5. Team struggles again offensively as Archie continues to run an offense based on lazy pick and rolls rather than ball and player movement. Defense gets better but can’t overcome the offenses let downs. Archie’s seat gets hotter than this take will be. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

It was the same thing last season. Probably the same the year before. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

They just have to be better in the Big Ten period. But the program doesn’t have the talent, skill or speed. You watch our defense compared to others and you can see how slow our players are to react. Opponents are given so many yards before anyone is near them. Allen is supposed to be a defensive expert yet the same problems still exist. Throw it deep and you have IU beat, DB’s still don’t turn their heads, defensive line is weak, linebackers and DE’s are slow and DB’s are even slow.

I think a school like Boise State or UCF are good examples of schools who are fine being spring boards for coaches. And it is working great for them. At the rate this programs continues to go after 150 years or whatever it is, about time to join the MAC.

There are plenty of problems with the two money makers at the moment and I wouldn’t say it is all on Glass but that he does have to take some responsibility for it because of his position.

He’s a talented kid. And a fully healthy and engaged Hunter is going to help a team that is going to struggle offensively. But if the blood clot rumors were true, it will have to be closely monitored for the rest of his playing career. Chris Bosh was older, but yet it is still something that can end your career like it did his. And that’s definitely not something I want to see for him.

I just want the kid to play. He looked like an aggressive offensive player at Hoosier Hysteria last year which was a good sign. But after being out a year and maybe longer from legitimate gameplay, I won’t put large expectations on his return outside of a few points per game until he gets his feet wet. It may not be until his second season playing that he finally flourishes.