IUHoosierJoe

I wonder how many of these crybabies have called Scott Dolson about scheduling a home-and-home with us. I’m betting it’s none.

The second half of the Nebraska game. 7-8, 91 yards, 2 TDs. 16.4 yards per attempt. Some fantastic throws, and the one incompletion was a drop.

Honestly, if we played both at home, I think we’d beat Oregon and Penn State this year.

I would argue that Dolson is most qualified on that list, perhaps by far. No, he hasn’t been an AD for a long time, but he’s worked in the IU athletic departments for decades, has seen many coaches come and go, and has certainly learned a lot as to why some coaches have succeeded and others have failed. And I think he used that knowledge to make an incredible football hire, something numerous other IU athletic directors have not been able to do. Would you agree with that?

If there isn’t sufficient support, do you believe Dolson could, or would even try, to win a similar battle?

Why will you be shocked if he is retained after the season? Is there a groundswell to replace him when the season is over?

Has anybody noticed this thread is in the basketball forum yet? lol

We certainly have a world full of keyboard experts, lol.

Indiana 88, Sam Houston St 74

Last I heard, it was a pretty significant hamstring injury. I'm not one to bang on coaches or staffs on message boards, but we see way too much of this, in my opinion. Probably time to take a long, hard look at Clif.

Yeah. I know. But NET ratings are very close to Pom Ratings minus the pre season and prior season ratings. NET Ratings also have a result based factor, but that is less than 10% of the total rating. That’s why they are very similar after Ken Pom removes the pre season and prior seasons from his calculation.

Yeah, I can second that. In short, those people think they should get whatever they want for the money they give, and if they don’t get it, the money stops immediately.

There’s more to it than that. Check their NET ranking when it comes out Monday.

There’s still a lot of previous season data included right now. They’d be around 175 without that.

Indiana 70, Providence 66

Gonzaga 85, Indiana 68

I wonder if he has ties to North Carolina. If not, I’d hold out for a B1G or SEC job if I were him.

I posted earlier that the buyout for him to leave seemed disappointing, but then I did some research and found it’s actually well above average. Looked at contracts for guys like Ryan Day, Lance Leipold, Mike Elko, and Luke Fickell, and those guys all only have to pay like 5 or 6 million to leave. So we probably got a good deal given the market.

Correct. That part is pretty disappointing.

Indiana 75, Louisville 72

Yes, the loss on Saturday was disappointing. But looking back…one year ago today we were on this board waiting to see if a coach would be fired and wondering if we could ever be somewhat competitive in football. Today the whole nation is discussing what seed we should be in the playoff. Truly amazing.

Because SMU was a national power back in the 1980s, so they have to be better than IU now.

Indiana 54, Purdue 13

You'd think (hope) he would have learned something. Guess not.

Since the discussion turned to Crean, I’ll share this here. This came directly, a while back, from someone who served as one of Crean’s assistant coaches. He said Crean was as good as anybody with X’s and O’s, particularly offensively. He was also as good as anybody at taking a player out of a game, giving him feedback on what he needed to change or do better, and putting him back in the game and seeing the results of that feedback. He said Crean’s biggest weakness was organizational skills, both long-term and short-term. That showed up in recruiting, and in the daily operation of the program. For example, there would be mornings where nobody would even know what time practice was that day. The assistants would have to text Crean for the time, and then text the players. So players often couldn’t even plan their day because they didn’t know what time practice was.