IUHoosierJoe

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.

It would be. But they'd have to bleep a lot more of it out than they did for Allen's, lol.

Jim Coyle picked IU. lol

I think so. He de-committed as soon as he got the Georgia offer, I believe. Seems like that is what he was waiting for.

After his “commitment,” Pat should ask him what schools he is visiting next week.

Why I ultimately thought he wouldn’t leave IU: Regarding IU’s unprecedented success, “I own it. My name’s on it.” When he’s done here, he will be talked about in the same breath as RMK.

I’m convinced that Joey Galloway is on this show just to make Booger McFarland look intelligent.

Indiana 93, UNC Greensboro 56

Gotchya. So based on one more game, you decided that the 2 losses were upsets, and the Stanford game wasn't an upset. Well, I hope you're right and you won't need to change your mind again, lol.

Thursday at 9:23 AM in the IUWBB - News and Notes thread you literally posted "This season definitely has the potential to accumulate many 25 to 40 point losses." Are you not aware that I can go back and look at your posts?

We’re three days removed from you posting that this season could see several 25-40 point losses, a few people posting that Moren hasn’t recruited worth a damn given all the program’s success, and one person posting that Moren couldn’t coach and should be replaced. So I’d say it was a major upset.

Ohio St 32, Indiana 26

No inside info....but the timing of the decommit and recommit MAY indicate that while he wanted to come to IU, he was concerned about Cig and the staff going somewhere else after this season. And maybe when he found out differently, he jumped back on board.

Maryland’s coach: “We beat ourselves tonight.”

Indiana 69, South Carolina 67

Have I missed an inside joke here, or is this an actual, serious post. If so, it’s hard to imagine a more stunningly horrible take.

That is correct.

Yeah. The Big Ten is a really tough volleyball conference, but I would agree with that assessment.