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https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/10/6/mens-swimming-and-diving-indiana-swimming-and-diving-opens-season-with-three-wins.aspx

Mike Santa? I don't remember a player by that name.

IU wins the first meets of the season. The men beat Kentucky 171-115. The women beat Kentucky 162-138 and demolished Indiana State 253-47.

More about Paegle's meet. https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/2021/10/05/bloomingtons-kristina-paegle-medals-world-cup-swim-meet/5998471001/

Kristina Paegle is an IU recruit from Bloomington South. https://swimswam.com/americans-hit-world-junior-record-in-mixed-4x50-medley-relay-in-berlin/

You can't really worry about the bad times too much since it's a pre-season intramural meet without taper, especially for the younger swimmers. On the flip side, you can also look at the promise shown by the good times. At least, that's how I look at it. Like Josh Matheny had a bad meet. Big deal, he'll be fine by the end of the season and will likely earn NCAA points. He's just a few months away from having finished 5th in the 100 breast at the Olympic trials. Fantoni and Burns both swam well, which is expected.

https://swimswam.com/gabriel-fantoni-opens-indiana-season-with-20-point-50-fly-back-flat-starts/

I had similar uncharitable thoughts when I first saw this news.

2021 recruiting: The men have the #4 ranked recruiting class, including Josh Matheny who is an absolute stud. https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2021-mens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-1-4/ The women have the #13 ranked recruiting class. https://swimswam.com/ranking-the-2021-womens-ncaa-recruiting-classes-13-16/

The targeting rule may get changed in the offseason. I personally don't think they should completely do away with ejections but instead have multiple levels of seriousness with the most egregious penalty resulting in ejection, similar to flagrant fouls in basketball. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10013519-report-ncaa-may-reconsider-ejecting-players-for-committing-targeting-penalties

I was thinking the same thing. There coaching staff turnover has hurt.

With that many turnovers maybe a magnet with the same polarity as the ball...

That's how I look at it, too. Overall, a weaker non-conference schedule than many years since the top teams aren't as strong but more balanced since the weakest teams aren't as weak. I think it's a good schedule for a team that hasn't been to the NCAA in years since it's a chance to get wins while also allowing for the adjustment process that will be needed considering the roster turnover and a new coaching staff including a head coach who has not coached a college game before. By the end of the season the SOS will be fine from conference play.

The publicly given reason was that due to COVID he was unable to visit the school before deciding. Since he's been there, he's found that it's not a good fit.

I'm the same age as you and Graham was my favorite player. Those early '90s teams are my favorite IU teams, although the 92-93 team is probably my favorite of them. They were so good before Henderson's injury. I vaguely recall the run in '87. I don't remember any specifics, more just that I watched the tournament games and remember the excitement around the run.

Johnson's numbers have been All-B1G caliber and borderline 1st team. And that was in the ACC so it's not as though he did it against weak competition. He definitely should've been in the top 25.

COVID

I predict that each team will play 20 conference games instead of 18 this season. :) IU will finish above 0.500 in conference

So more than my google search for the that position's salary turned up but still not a ton of money. It doesn't seem odd to me that someone who makes $77k/year would sell a bunch of school branded clothes he thinks he won't need anymore. And I also wouldn't say that someone making that salary is definitely not hurting for cash as the original poster I responded to said. Especially if a move to another city/state seemed imminent.

He was Director of Basketball Operations. Unless IU was paying way more than other schools, it looks like he was making $40k-60k per year. Even at those levels it's not so much that a few extra bucks wouldn't hurt. He certainly wasn't getting rich on that salary. Just because the head coach makes millions and the assistant coaches make hundreds of thousands doesn't mean everyone that works in the program gets that kind of money.

Wow, that's awesome.

That was one guy I was really confused that IU didn't seem to be recruiting hard, if at all. I really wanted him at IU. Oh well, done is done and Guy earned a national championship with his choice.

I read he's being more assertive/aggressive and just playing with more confidence.

Unless they changed the rule, they're allowed to play in 30% of the season and must happen in the first 1/2 of the season. So with a 30 game schedule, they can play 9 of the first 15 games before getting a season ending injury. But that may have changed.

I believe it only counts as 1 game towards the schedule limit but there are multiple games played.