TOM CREAN FIRED

[Brass Cannon 24,872]

1 minute ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

BTW heard from a very reliable source who helps with practices at Marion that James Sr and Crean got into it over text tonight. James Sr saw Creans comments and threw his phone against the wall.

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As he should. I'm am 100 percent for a coach being tough on kids but what Crean did was way over the line and to the press to boot. 

Crap like this is why we lost Wilkes

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[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Im gonna go with 80/20 the 80 being true. He is the guy who has gotten my tickets for any Marion games and is very close to the school and somewhat the Blackmon family. Said it is very hard to piss sr off unless your name is james, jalen or vijay.

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[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

So who are we putting in charge of watching the realtor listings in Btown? Lol

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

As he should. I'm am 100 percent for a coach being tough on kids but what Crean did was way over the line and to the press to boot. 

Crap like this is why we lost Wilkes

I completely agree. I just can't see how any coach would expect teenagers to not be immature. It is even worse in the NBA, so good thing Crean hasn't made a bench in the league or a player wouldn't take that. This isn't the first bad year and it isn't the first bad defensive team or turnover team he has had. Difference now is he knows he actually may get fired so he finds yet another excuse.

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[KingPG21 6,587]

1 minute ago, SteelerHoosier said:

So who are we putting in charge of watching the realtor lastings in Btown? Lol

Lol, need to station someone at the airports too to see who is flying in from OKC and Boston too

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

As he should. I'm am 100 percent for a coach being tough on kids but what Crean did was way over the line and to the press to boot. 

Crap like this is why we lost Wilkes

Here is the thing.. if you're tough on your players behind closed doors you rarely need to get on them in a presser. Crean's message (whatever that is) hasn't gotten through. If you're so upset that your upperclassmen backcourt is immature and lacks leadership why give them so many minutes. (JBJ - 25, JN - 31, RoJo - 32) Crean probably doesn't understand that's a great way to get a message across because is basic basketball knowledge.

[AZ Hoosier 7,371]

7 minutes ago, SteelerHoosier said:

So who are we putting in charge of watching the realtor listings in Btown? Lol

Start calling the moving companies... get a truck or two on stand-by.

[AZ Hoosier 7,371]

8 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

 

I completely agree. I just can't see how any coach would expect teenagers to not be immature. It is even worse in the NBA, so good thing Crean hasn't made a bench in the league or a player wouldn't take that. This isn't the first bad year and it isn't the first bad defensive team or turnover team he has had. Difference now is he knows he actually may get fired so he finds yet another excuse.

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I don't care if his job is/was on the line... it's pure bush league theatrics.

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Anyone see Vijay's tweets? He just text me and said look at Vijays page if u need more proof but I just got it and it was sent a bit ago. If so can anyone screen shot it?

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[Uspshoosier 46,073]

Anyone see Vijay's tweets? He just text me and said look at Vijays page if u need more proof but I just got it and it was sent a bit ago. If so can anyone screen shot it?

 

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There are a lot of fake accounts out there just make sure it is real

 

 

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There are a lot of fake accounts out there just make sure it is real

 

 

 

 

 

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The last tweets on his twitter are from last month, he could of deleted it

 

 

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[HoosierRob 1,042]

That would be awesome if we did get Billy d though. Contenders right away.

Probably just wishful thinking though. Tough to walk away from 6 mil a year and Russ Westbrook.

[recker222000 1,010]

Tom cream is a nice guy! That gets so old. He runs a clean program but so did knight and was he a nice guy? Alot of people would say no. You are paid big bucks to win period. Alot of coaches are nice guys but if they don't win than who cares.

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[Brass Cannon 24,872]

5 minutes ago, HoosierRob said:

That would be awesome if we did get Billy d though. Contenders right away.

Probably just wishful thinking though. Tough to walk away from 6 mil a year and Russ Westbrook.

They are 7th in the conference though and really don't look poised to contend in the next 3 years. 

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The last tweets on his twitter are from last month, he could of deleted it

 

 

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Looks that way but he isn't very active on there. Still waiting on a text back as to what it was that he said. I followed Vijay though in case pops cant keep him from doing it again if he did indeed say something. I truly believe he and Crean got into though any parent would do that specially one with the respect that Sr carries and as a pretty good coach himself. After JBJ leaves he is back to UK blue and I am almost positive Jalen is gonna be going there so his opinion probably doesn't hold much merit with Fred Glass. Sr is very well connected with AAU though, not a good bridge to burn for Crean regardless if he is at IU or anywhere else.

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[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Haven't checked actual stats but just saw a tweet that IU only has a winning record against Rutgers and Penn State during Crean era. Please say that isn't true.....please? Cause that makes me wonder why we are even talking about him being fired compared to not being fired.

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[Brass Cannon 24,872]

6 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

Haven't checked actual stats but just saw a tweet that IU only has a winning record against Rutgers and Penn State during Crean era. Please say that isn't true.....please? Cause that makes me wonder why we are even talking about him being fired compared to not being fired.

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I would say that's accurate. Can't think of another team that I think we have a winning record. 

[southsidehoosier 5,048]

Before Michigan I think we were 8-7 in the series under Crean. So I'd believe it.


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[reconmkd 4,416]

7 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

In response to Crean's comments...?

Sadly with the actual time that this was tweeted, it will be taken as a response to the post game. In that case, I fear that we might have just seen the last game with DG getting more than a min or so of playing time, if CTC sees this tweet. I know he was limited due to "injury" the past few games, but it really seemed that DG has been on Crean's "S**t" list for most of the season. Which is really sad, because the times that he has been in games, he seems to be the only guard that has a decent "court" vision and can successfully pass the ball to someone, especially the post,  other than the bench and/or refs. If this is really a response to the post game presser, I really think it is shedding light on what is going on behind the closed doors of IU Basketball. To me there must not be anything happening, besides running sprints, jacking up threes, and practicing the half court 3pt line death weave!

I really believe Crean's comments were out of line, there are plenty of other options when you aren't getting your message across to your team. It starts with pine time!!! But I'm not convinced that he truly understands what that means. Like several have already stated, if your starters are playing like you want, there's the bench, there are plenty of other players that are perfectly capable of 3 shot attempts in a first half! Our freshman guards have shown spurts of being good, but you can't expect them to play consistently with limited minutes and only playing in a game here and maybe a game next week. There is no flow for these kids to settle into to find their rhythm. At several points yesterday, I would have preferred that Green, Jones, and Gelon ran the show with Morgan/McSwain running the wing, and Davis in the post. Yes I said McSwain, at least he was attempting to hustle and motivate the team! Michigan had no answer for Davis, NONE, and he only plays 14 minutes.

I don't really know what Crean's challenge to the team was before the game, but it sure does look like he really pi**ed them off!