TOM CREAN FIRED

[Feathery 4,005]

Curious.... When did he make it public that he wanted to coach college?

He would recruit very well but my concern is that he would run an NBA style offense. As we've seen with Crean and we see with each Calipari coached team, this doesn't work in the college game unless you've got NBA talent across the board. That's just too much pressure to have to recruit at that level every year. I'd take a Brad Stevens/Bo Ryan type of coach with Indiana resources over an NBA guy who hasn't coached successfully at a college program.

He wanted to coach St Johns but they hired Chris Mullen instead.

[Feathery 4,005]

If people want to boo, then do it when they announce the head coach before the game starts. That makes it perfectly clear who is getting the boo. Then cheer the team on the rest of the game. If Crean gets the boo every home game it will make it perfectly clear to the AD/administration that the fans want a change and where the change needs to be made.

[NRT137 316]

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Maybe crean out to focus more on rebounding, because yogi is leading it - a 6 foot point guard

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

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Maybe crean out to focus more on rebounding, because yogi is leading it - a 6 foot point guard

Guards under Crean have typically rebounded well.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,769]

Guards under Crean have typically rebounded well.

because they are the only ones on the court with hands minus Vonleh and Zeller.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

because they are the only ones on the court with hands minus Vonleh and Zeller.

They crash the boards harder than guards in many other programs. Rebounding is something that I think Crean has coached well. Don't know what happened in Maui though.

[BlueDevil 8,655]

Seth Greenburg talked about Tom Crean for about 3 minutes during the Duke game saying that Tom Crean has done a great job at Indiana and it is unfair the heat is receiving. "Mob Mentality."

[JSHoosier 19,743]

Seth Greenburg talked about Tom Crean for about 3 minutes during the Duke game saying that Tom Crean has done a great job at Indiana and it is unfair the heat is receiving. "Mob Mentality."

Greenburg got into Walton's stash apparently.

[JSHoosier 19,743]

Although then again, our opponents in Maui would've said Crean was doing a great job too.  He was the MVP for each of them.

[LIHoosier 25,641]

Seth Greenburg talked about Tom Crean for about 3 minutes during the Duke game saying that Tom Crean has done a great job at Indiana and it is unfair the heat is receiving. "Mob Mentality."

Greenberg's protecting his own turf. If Crean gets the ax and waits a year before getting a new gig, Mr. NIT is getting demoted from the main studio to covering small conference games online.

[Iufan2324 158]

I'm a little late to the party but here's some coaches that I would love to see at IU
Tom thibeaudau
Archie Miller
Dan fife
Steve Alford
Brad Stevens
Tyron Lue
All of these guys would be upgrades on the coaching end. Recruiting I am not so sure.

[Naturalhoosier 15,404]

Steve Alford....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Otherwise, I'm ok w/the list.  ;)   I'd prefer Dane Fife to sit on the Asst Coach bench a little longer, but that's just me.

[Fulkme15 488]

I would love to have Fife or Thibeaudau

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,769]

Fife needs to be a HC at a higher level program first to earn stripes. Jumping from AC to HC at a historical top 10 program makes little sense except alumnus status. He could be our coach after our next coach if he finds HC success.

[MikeRoberts 6,914]

Bad time to throw this name out as he isn't having a great year but Thad Matta would likely come and would be a huge upgrade.

Before you bash, take a look at his accolades, very impressive

[southsidehoosier 4,926]

Bad time to throw this name out as he isn't having a great year but Thad Matta would likely come and would be a huge upgrade.

Before you bash, take a look at his accolades, very impressive

His health issues make me wonder how much longer he'll coach.

[8bucks 6,338]

Fife needs to be a HC at a higher level program first to earn stripes. Jumping from AC to HC at a historical top 10 program makes little sense except alumnus status. He could be our coach after our next coach if he finds HC success.

Dane was a HC for 5 years building IPFW into a division 1 program. His teams at IPFW got better every year but he was definitely learning on the fly.

If he leaves in the next year or so he would probably got to a mid major level team but if holds on for another 3 or so years he may be able to jump s little higher.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,769]

Dane was a HC for 5 years building IPFW into a division 1 program. His teams at IPFW got better every year but he was definitely learning on the fly.

If he leaves in the next year or so he would probably got to a mid major level team but if holds on for another 3 or so years he may be able to jump s little higher.

being from Fort Wayne I followed those IPFW teams. He did fairly well but so have the 2 coaches succeeding him. He needs a mid major coaching job first as you alluded too.

[JSHoosier 19,743]

I'm a little late to the party but here's some coaches that I would love to see at IU
Tom thibeaudau
Archie Miller
Dan fife
Steve Alford
Brad Stevens
Tyron Lue
All of these guys would be upgrades on the coaching end. Recruiting I am not so sure.

Alford?  Not just no, but h-e-double-hockey-sticks no.  He's really not an improvement over Crean as a coach.

 

Fife needs more seasoning, but I really wanted him as an assistant.

 

Miller is intriguing.  I'm not quite sold on him yet, but I liked how his teams played the little bit I've seen of Dayton.

 

Thibodeau is probably staying in the NBA IMO, but yeah he'd be an improvement.

 

Lue doesn't have any head coaching experience at all.

 

Stevens, well that is the dream.  Absolute perfect fit here and calling him an improvement over Crean is like calling the Grand Canyon a slight crack.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,769]

@Janitorinthegym: Another 4 hour day for #iubb ...no rest for the weary #exhausted

Likely doing push-ups, running suicides, and shooting 3's!