TOM CREAN FIRED

[BlueDevil 8,686]

Fisch on DD right now and instantly goes to the injuries excuse


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[Hoosier Guy 7,529]

33 minutes ago, IUclassof09' said:

Haha oh I know, he had a thread up now or did recently talking about how bad OU was doing this year and other teams that have either won a NC or at least have made the FF in the past 5 years. Only difference is he and others don't seem to realize is that those coaches have all made it further than Crean in the past five years. Another example was Kevin Ollie and how uconn is struggling so bad but then he fails to mention he won a NC two or maybe three years ago. 

HTD has a screw loose lol. That guy would literally jump off a bridge for Tom Crean. Frankly, they can both jump for all I care

[Hovadipo 55,811]

Fisch on DD right now and instantly goes to the injuries excuse


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Tough for him to really go against the grain. I'd LOVE to hear what he really thinks. From the sounds of things, it has snuck out on radio broadcasts a few times through frustration.


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[Stuhoo 80,463]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Why is everyone so mad? We won last night, right?


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Oooh...Hova needs to order the chicken salad on untoasted rye with potato salad, and tea!

 

 

[Beachfront Property 619]

A question on Crean's buyout - According to tomcreanbuyout.com Crean's buyout drops from $4 million to $1 million on July 1. The national championship game ends on April 3. Can we wait 3 months to fire Crean in order to save $3 million? How could this work?

[Stuhoo 80,463]

7 minutes ago, Beachfront Property said:

A question on Crean's buyout - According to tomcreanbuyout.com Crean's buyout drops from $4 million to $1 million on July 1. The national championship game ends on April 3. Can we wait 3 months to fire Crean in order to save $3 million? How could this work?

 

Easy-peasy:

With a mutually agreed upon parting of the ways in April for $1.2 million.

Edit: Or, as others have noted, with a $200,000 "relocation allowance" as incentive to leave a little early, even if he makes up the salary somewhere else. Bottom line; CTC's agent can make it work easily.

 

 

[Brass Cannon 24,634]

Just now, Beachfront Property said:

A question on Crean's buyout - According to tomcreanbuyout.com Crean's buyout drops from $4 million to $1 million on July 1. The national championship game ends on April 3. Can we wait 3 months to fire Crean in order to save $3 million? How could this work?

The way it's structured we won't have to pay him anything 

[Beachfront Property 619]

2 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

The way it's structured we won't have to pay him anything 

Really? Sorry if this has already been discussed. Can you explain? That is great news.

[JSHoosier 20,086]

Just now, Beachfront Property said:

Really? Sorry if this has already been discussed. Can you explain? That is great news.

His buyout his paid out over a period of time and anything he makes at his new job is deducted.  So if it comes out to, hypothetically, to 1.5 million/year and he gets a new gig paying 1.5 then IU owes him nothing.

[JSHoosier 20,086]

9 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

HTD has a screw loose lol. That guy would literally jump off a bridge for Tom Crean. Frankly, they can both jump for all I care

The screw isn't loose, it fell out and got lost a while back.

[Lebowski 2,610]

While watching the @NW game last night I heard the student section chant, 'Just like football.'  That pretty much says it all.

[CR3AMnCR1MS0N 1,867]

1 month and 1 day. The amount of time which elapsed between games in which Thomas Bryant shot 10 or more field goals.

Now, I know Thomas has disappointed this season, but goodness, if you can't get him the ball to shoot, there's no opportunity for him to play well.

[Hoosier Guy 7,529]

42 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

The screw isn't loose, it fell out and got lost a while back.

I think he takes opiates

[TheWatShot 13,897]

21 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

While watching the @NW game last night I heard the student section chant, 'Just like football.'  That pretty much says it all.

Their women's basketball team beat us, too. 

[recker222000 1,010]

Wow that is truly pathetic, any other big time program would've sent him packing years ago. 

We obviously not a big time program anymore our admins eyes.


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[Hoosierfan2017 21,231]

Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else get annoyed when people say "we're missing 3 starters" as an excuse? Crean has used 3 guard lineups most of his time at IU and OG and Hartman both play the "4" in Crean's offense. Chances are they wouldn't both be starting if they were both healthy. OG hadn't even really been starting before he tore his ACL. Just look at how Crean used Morgan and OG this season to get an idea. There were very few games where Crean went with a 2 guard starting lineup and started both of them. 

[Old Friend 8,389]

15 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else get annoyed when people say "we're missing 3 starters" as an excuse? Crean has used 3 guard lineups most of his time at IU and OG and Hartman both play the "4" in Crean's offense. Chances are they wouldn't both be starting if they were both healthy. OG hadn't even really been starting before he tore his ACL. Just look at how Crean used Morgan and OG this season to get an idea. There were very few games where Crean went with a 2 guard starting lineup and started both of them. 

What annoys me is Crean always has some excuse and always hangs on by them or by doing just enough.  At some point, the eyeball test has to be applicable; and someone has to see the clown show going on in Bloomington.    We are so far removed from what I know as Indiana Basketball, it makes me very sad.

[Stuhoo 80,463]

3 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

What annoys me is Crean always has some excuse and always hangs on by them or by doing just enough.  At some point, the eyeball test has to be applicable; and someone has to see the clown show going on in Bloomington.    We are so far removed from what I know as Indiana Basketball, it makes me very sad.

 

It is always (often?) darkest before the dawn. 'Course, for me, Sampson was waaay darker times. But this is plenty gloomy enough.

 

[TheWatShot 13,897]

1 hour ago, BlueDevil2aHoosier said:

Fisch on DD right now and instantly goes to the injuries excuse


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I really feel bad for him, because I can't think of anything more frustrating than being in an opposing arena when your team is getting killed, having to hear opposing fans wildly cheering and having a grand old time, and having literally no escape from it except the final buzzer. We can always turn off a game or skip it altogether, but he's stuck there. And he's had to do this for years. 

 

 

Awhile back (early in Crean's tenure or maybe even before it) I thought I saw that he was chastised for being "negative" during his broadcasts, or at the very least implying that he didn't like what he was seeing, and was told to knock it off because it wasn't what people wanted to hear. So now he harps on things like injuries and whatever excuses Crean comes up with. 

 

I could totally see him talking about how the injuries have hurt this team and how things will get better and Crean just needs more time, then during a commercial break, taking off his headset, throwing it on the table and saying "when are we finally going to fire this clown?" 

[hsrtxp 1,400]

I really feel bad for him, because I can't think of anything more frustrating than being in an opposing arena when your team is getting killed, having to hear opposing fans wildly cheering and having a grand old time, and having literally no escape from it except the final buzzer. We can always turn off a game or skip it altogether, but he's stuck there. And he's had to do this for years. 

 

 

Awhile back (early in Crean's tenure or maybe even before it) I thought I saw that he was chastised for being "negative" during his broadcasts, or at the very least implying that he didn't like what he was seeing, and was told to knock it off because it wasn't what people wanted to hear. So now he harps on things like injuries and whatever excuses Crean comes up with. 

 

I could totally see him talking about how the injuries have hurt this team and how things will get better and Crean just needs more time, then during a commercial break, taking off his headset, throwing it on the table and saying "when are we finally going to fire this clown?" 

When and if Fisch ever retires he could write one hell of a book.


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