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9 minutes ago, TrueHoosier62 said:

Greatest coach ever at IU. He's everything Tom Crean isn't and everything our program needs in a newer model. A great, disciplined leader, coach, teacher, and strategist. Someone who brings in young men of character and integrity with steely determination, focus, intelligence and grit. An evening listening to Bob Knight's take on any subject is a night well spent.

If he could only manage to hold himself to the same standard...

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Greatest coach ever at IU. He's everything Tom Crean isn't and everything our program needs in a newer model. A great, disciplined leader, coach, teacher, and strategist. Someone who brings in young men of character and integrity with steely determination, focus, intelligence and grit. An evening listening to Bob Knight's take on any subject is a night well spent.


Great coach and strategist. Disciplined? Hardly.


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34 minutes ago, Walking Boot of Doom said:


Great coach and strategist. Disciplined? Hardly.


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I'm not referring to his personal traits, but to his approach to the game. He and his teams were very disciplined in their system, play and mental approach to the game of basketball.

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4 minutes ago, TrueHoosier62 said:

I'd take an incandescent Bobby Knight over an incompetent Tom Crean. Any. Day. Of. The. Week.

 

Okay (and true). Without any conceivable question for on-court performance.

Even better news: Going forward, great results with horrible temperament, or weird with weak results are not our only choices!

 

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Okay (and true). Without any conceivable question for on-court performance.

Even better news: Going forward, great results with horrible temperament, or weird with weak results are not our only choices!

 


Let's hope not.


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I'm not referring to his personal traits, but to his approach to the game. He and his teams were very disciplined in their system, play and mental approach to the game of basketball.


Certainly. Minus the 90's [emoji6]

Hard to separate the man from the coach, when the man caught as many headlines as the coach it seems.

Most interesting aspect of this to me is the timing. We may have a new coach in place by then. Not a huge fan of the man, but I'm a big fan of mending broken relationships.


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Shockingly he has always been complimentary. That is why I assumed he quit watching college basketball. I can't imagine Crean's brand would be his cup of tea.


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Check out The General's book, "The Power of Negative Thinking." It is the complete opposite of how Crean goes about being a leader/coach/mentor.

Knight and day difference.

"I once told a kid to stop doing the sign of the church before every free throw. Not because I was offended, but because he was so bad it probably offended the church."


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Check out The General's book, "The Power of Negative Thinking." It is the complete opposite of how Crean goes about being a leader/coach/mentor.

Knight and day difference.

"I once told a kid to stop doing the sign of the church before every free throw. Not because I was offended, but because he was so bad it probably offended the church."


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It's a good book. I can't imagine many modern coaches live up to RMK standards with what he says. The game has changed. By game I mean AAU, one and done. Which by what I said always turns into this drawn out discussion that leads down a rabbit hole that leads to the next RMK discussion. I do feel better knowing UCLA still holds on to the dream of John Wooden. I don't feel as bad knowing that.


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I see this as maybe a softening of his never to IU stance or just maybe that after we oust Crean; this is a sign from above that we will return to greatness. Wishful thinking probably and it won't make or break any of us, but I envision one day where he does come back. We can rename something for him, and I could see all of his players also returning for a very special day. The curse will end some day; just ask a Red Sox or Cubs fan.

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