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Another good call from ESPZYN lol

Hope so. I’m spending way too much time refreshing the boards and checking X today.

It is IUBB, I agree the worst move is always a possibility.

Yea you're right. 2ppg should be more like $50K, most of that because he is hopefully a good teammate and locker room leader...

Maybe, you could be right. I'm not in world of people who influence IUBB. But he got his wish in '21, it clearly hasn't worked, I'm not sure how much anyone will listen to him now.

Quinn is out in '25. Not sure he has the power he did. We'll see.

Mendoza was at Mizzou over the weekend per reports.

For sure.

Possibly. If we get a new coach it’s gonna be interesting to see what happens with the roster in the spring.

I’m fine with bball getting a lot of NIL for the new coach. The new coach, Scott, and donors do need some better procedures in place to avoid doing stuff like paying Leal $400K. He’s worth half that and the remaining $200K needs to be saved or go elsewhere (other bball players or FB).

The longer he stays, the more damage he causes. It's such a shame we didn't move on from Woody last year. It was so obvious. Instead, we let him waste $6M in NIL, recruit a mediocre portal class, basically whiff on an entire HS recruiting class, and likely deliver another crappy season that further erodes fan interest and the IUBB brand. If we had hired a new coach, we could be eight months into the road to recovery right now. The $6M could have been better spent and I'd guess our HS recruiting class would be much better. Plus we could be winning right now. It's a shame. IUBB is still very special and it shouldn't be neglected like this. It can be so much more for the players, university, and fans.

Yea. Not fun waiting to see where these two sign. We need 'em, and some OL, and some edge rushers. And we have to keep our key guys until the portal closes in six days. Cig said 80% of the good portal players are signed already. Going to be a huge week!

Ha, this made me laugh. After the big win today it’s the rest of the weekend off for sure.

That’s my understanding. Hopefully we get some commits here soon.

That’s right. Dead period just refers to in person contact. During dead period the portal is still open and recruiting can happen electronically.

Likely has to be this weekend, the dead period (no visits) starts Monday and runs through Jan 5th.

Even IU fans can only take so much.

It's amazing what was accomplished in one year -- from a team that needs 4 OTs to beat Akron to a team that smashes bad teams and consistently beats okay teams. Our ceiling is clearly good teams on the road. Upgrading and developing the talent to be consistently top-15, if we can do it, will take time. There is just no way around it. Fingers crossed we can do that.

This is the latest. Something is in the works, but the scope, cost, and renderings are not complete or announced yet. The $10M cited in the AI article is wrong/made up. That said, I’m looking forward to whatever IU actually does!

I think the source for this is an AI generated article that is not correct. See below. If this were true it would be reported in the IndyStar and HT. Whenever we do suites, etc., it will cost something like $50-100M. AI Article on Memorial Stadium Expansion

Ha. I know after he was fired from the Knicks he interviewed for the Kings HC job, Knicks HC job again, and maybe a few other teams. Without Quinn to put in the fix, no one was going to hire him to be a HC again.

I heard the Pitino stories as well. Another great "what if" in IUBB history. I pray they leave Dolson alone to make this next hire.

Agree!

Yea. When the NBA passes on him as a HC for seven years, and he was interviewing for HC jobs, that's a red flag.

Yea. When Thad left and was not replaced, it was clear the whole story of a new structure with an Associate AD for BBall was all nonsense. It's f'ing insane, F'ING INSANE, we hired someone that we felt needed help in Thad and Dane. If an HC needs that sort of help to learn the college game, that's the wrong guy. And whaddaya know, he was.