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It's a bad thing if we're obligated to play in the Crown Tournament as one of the automatic bids.

I don't have much doubt that he can develop players. You don't win at an 80% clip without being able to do that. I think it speaks volumes that that player chose to stick with him rather than move up as well as a bunch of his players following him to Drake. Kind of like the loyalty Cignetti seems to get from his players. We've heard about how efficient his offense is and I guess he gives the players lots of freedom. I would think that the necessarily knowledge and discipline to perform well in an offense like that would take some time to develop. I guess my question/concern is how long does that take? This would likely have an impact on next year but it would also have an effect on recruiting/roster turnover in the future.

If that were the case, who would be the next option? Brownell? I'll take McGollum over him any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Huh, who could have guessed that this would be your kind of response? You're usually so happy, relaxed, and positive.

How long does it typically take players to learn McCollum's system? He wins a lot but he's mostly been at one school so he would've had an established system and probably just typical turnover. This year his team starts a bunch of seniors who followed him from D2. So does anyone here know if he typically plays upperclassmen who have been with him for a while and learned the system or is it a mix that includes underclassmen? At the P5 level, it would be very hard to get a bunch of talented recruits to come in and ride the bench for a year or two if it takes time to learn. Even 3* players.

FWIW, Rabby is saying he (and the people that talk to him) thinks it'll be one of McCollum, Brownell, or McDermott. He says the McCollum noise has been getting louder recently and he hasn't heard much about McDermott the past couple of days.

We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious!

The question is whether or not the automatic bid teams can decline the invitation. NW is not in the running for one of those two automatic bids. If (when?) IU misses the NCAA, they would be one of the automatic bids with the other probably being OSU.

So we can expect a tweet in a couple of days saying McCollum will not be the next IU coach.

"I only made $1.2M plus an academic scholarship to play games for less than 1/2 a year. The fans are unreasonable if they expect results better than middle of the pack in the B1G and wondering whether or not we'll make the tournament for all the money that the team got paid. They got upset when I just wanted to go to the bars the night before a game."

There's an implied "In my opinion" attachment to posts on message boards unless there is something in the post saying otherwise. Boards are easier to read if you keep that in mind. In my opinion.

It's the Monday after Selection Sunday so it makes sense as either a legit date or a wild guess.

I know Craig. That dude can ball!

Good losses. Are we in the SEC now where losses are as good as wins?

Is IU obligated to play in that Crown Tournament if they miss the NCAAT? Or can the administration says that we've had enough for this year?

Oh look, a double digit tournament loss. Shocking.

IF Self were to come to Indiana, yes, it probably would be just a short term deal before he retires. 4-6 years, I'd say so we'd have to go through this again in the not too distant future. However, he would leave the program in a much better position than it is now as well as killing the narrative that IU isn't an attractive school to big name coaches. I would expect the next hire to be a good one, too, or there would also be more room to take a chance on an up-and-coming coach. That said, I see absolutely no way Bill Self leaves Kansas unless he's retiring.

Sampson himself says that he's a better coach now than when he was at IU due to things he learned while in the NBA.

I can't believe this wasn't mentioned yesterday. Rabby with a big scoop: Hiring Shrewsberry is not on the table. Feel free to act shocked.

Are we goin go to Sell Out and get a Reel Big Fish?

That thread already exists although it's been renamed a bit since then.

Just think of what he could do with IU's resources!

The decision on whether or not to hire someone shouldn't be based on a fear that someone else will hire him. The hire should be based on whether or not IU wants to hire him.

He didn't want his son to have to field questions about transferring.