TOM CREAN FIRED

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,078]

9 hours ago, Chris Nieman said:

Can I just say I've only been a member of this forum for a few days but I like it a ton more than peegs. There's a reason I haven't posted there since 2012. Thank you guys for being cool. Sincerely. I swear every time I posted there I felt like i got a very shitty response. Like I wasn't a part of the peegs squad. Even though I'd been a member and poster since the websites inception. For god sakes I was going there back when my parents had AOL. Regardless, thank you everyone for being welcoming. 

Welcome aboard Chris but I have to be honest with you.  This forum didn't become cool until it got some of us old farts on board!   

[Chris Nieman 669]

2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Welcome aboard Chris but I have to be honest with you.  This forum didn't become cool until it got some of us old farts on board!   

Thank you! Old farts are most definitely some of my favorite people. They're usually the only people outside of active duty that I can relate to because their "give a f**k" meter is broken just like all of ours. Haha

[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

Our ball movement was a little better then usually last night but most of our 3's were wide open because Iowa just decided not to play defense. I remember the out of bounds play where JBJ was WIDE OPEN in the corner after making 2 or 3 consecutive shots before that. They kind of just started falling apart around that time


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[cljones1979 740]

7 hours ago, recker222000 said:

The janitor remains quiet. If iu beats Wisconsin I am definitely getting nervous.

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If Fred glass let's a win or two sway his decision then he needs fired too!! 

[GloryDays 5,913]

Our ball movement was a little better then usually last night but most of our 3's were wide open because Iowa just decided not to play defense. I remember the out of bounds play where JBJ was WIDE OPEN in the corner after making 2 or 3 consecutive shots before that. They kind of just started falling apart around that time


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Iowa sure didnt play with much energy.Whats so disappointing to me about our squad is they did this game but cant sustain it.Just as likely we come out looking like fresh steaming turds next.

[Trish 11,506]

Folks, relax.

 

Crean is without a doubt gone, you can tell by his demeanor. Hell, you can tell by Fred declining to comment about Crean's future.

A win vs Iowa is worthless, Iowa is trash. I'd only be impressed/worried if we won the tournament, which we know won't happen.  

[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

Folks, relax.

 

Crean is without a doubt gone, you can tell by his demeanor. Hell, you can tell by Fred declining to comment about Crean's future.

A win vs Iowa is worthless, Iowa is trash. I'd only be impressed/worried if we won the tournament, which we know won't happen.  

I hope you're right man, I wish a presser would come out saying Crean is gone but will be able to coach the rest of the season.


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[Capt. Crimson 3,415]

Would anyone like to entertain the idea that Crean felt our heads were getting too big at the start of the season?

So from there he's been throwing games all season...

But with the Iowa game last night he's turning up the gas. Turning up the claps. Turning up his energy. 

Win the B1G tourney. Sneak into the big dance. 

On to banner #6 (or #7 if you're Dakich). 

[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

Any news on the Missouri boards worth talking about guys ???


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[bigrod 2,848]

Does anyone find it odd that right when crean was announced gone by sources that the boys look like a top 25 team? Pressure off? Possibly wanted crean gone? Or as crean would say they just getting healthy? The reason they shot so well last night imo was ball movement and hustle and improved intensity on defense. Weird to me

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Honestly, I don't find this odd at all. This is Tom Crean. This is his MO. He can rally his teams to play their best when they are the underdog and it looks like they can't win (Kansas and UNC). Unfortunately, he can't be the Alpha Dog. He can't motivate on games they are supposed to win or expected to win, like this season.

With the possible exception of Cody and Victor's last season, every year they were expected to do well, they have not. Remember how good everyone said they were going to be the year Vonleh played? They were terrible, but better than this year when they were ranked as high as 3.

So now that no one expects anything from them, Crean is able to motivate. I've said several times, he doesn't know how to handle success. I don't know if he gets a big head and thinks he's as smart as he has the national media thinking he is, or what.

How in the heck did these guys play as well as they did last night without OG??? I thought that was the reason the season tanked! Isn't that what all the experts said?


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[Dalton26 16,892]

Tom Crean could win a NC this year and I'd still be leading the charge to have him fired. I know there's no way he'd do it again because he's not a good coach.

[nerdvana 362]

12 minutes ago, Treesh said:

Folks, relax.

 

Crean is without a doubt gone, you can tell by his demeanor. Hell, you can tell by Fred declining to comment about Crean's future.

A win vs Iowa is worthless, Iowa is trash. I'd only be impressed/worried if we won the tournament, which we know won't happen.  

While I'm not as confident as you are, I do think that Wisconsin handles IU in it's usual fashion tonight and refreshes everybody's memories on why TC needs to go.

[Hutch89 2,939]

7 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

Would anyone like to entertain the idea that Crean felt our heads were getting too big at the start of the season?

So from there he's been throwing games all season...

But with the Iowa game last night he's turning up the gas. Turning up the claps. Turning up his energy. 

Win the B1G tourney. Sneak into the big dance. 

On to banner #6 (or #7 if you're Dakich). 

claps up to 11... haha.

Such a promising start to the tourny with a beatdown like that. 

 

btw, love your profile pic hahah

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Damn some of you guys have let one person repeating over and over that "Fred Glass loves Crean and needs any excuse to extend him" blind you from logic.

Also, if Crean won a National Championship, I'm sorry, but I'm back on board. I don't like his style, I don't like the turnovers, and his demeanor is annoying. But damn I'd be in full support of the coach who brought home Banner #6.

History says that isn't gonna happen, so don't worry folks. We are not a sound enough team defensively to make any kind of tournament run. Unfortunately, that is most likely also true of the BTT, and our season ends today. Then we all have to go back to our regularly scheduled lives till November.


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[bigrod 2,848]

While I'm not as confident as you are, I do think that Wisconsin handles IU in it's usual fashion tonight and refreshes everybody's memories on why TC needs to go.

My expectations as well. We've won two in a row against two bad teams. Doesn't mean much has changed.


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[IUHAHN81 2,176]

Guys, my son is a teenager and has witnessed 2 wins against Wisconsin.   Cough, cough....I don't care how poor Wisconsin has been playing, they have creans #.

[Whoozhers 3,652]

"A well placed source" = Deep Throat
Conspiracies, conspiracies.......


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[bigrod 2,848]

I remember a long period of time when I had never seen Wisconsin beat IU.


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[RobPoff 172]

Guys, my son is a teenager and has witnessed 2 wins against Wisconsin.   Cough, cough....I don't care how poor Wisconsin has been playing, they have creans #.

The haters will say it was all Bo Ryan.

I was talking to my neighbor who is a Michigan State guy. He was trying to tell me that Crean was a great coach and that we've won more B1G titles recently than MSU. I showed him our wins and losses this year and he still wouldn't give up his argument. I asked him if he'd be willing to trade coaches if Crean was so great, then he balked. Weird, eh?


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[mark1981 1,340]

The haters will say it was all Bo Ryan.

I was talking to my neighbor who is a Michigan State guy. He was trying to tell me that Crean was a great coach and that we've won more B1G titles recently than MSU. I showed him our wins and losses this year and he still wouldn't give up his argument. I asked him if he'd be willing to trade coaches if Crean was so great, then he balked. Weird, eh?


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Of course. The competition loves him.

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