TOM CREAN FIRED

[IUHAHN81 2,965]

1 minute ago, theriverpilot said:

Whew, you thought that Maryland fan was bad the other night? Wait and see how loud the IU faithful will be next year if Crean is retained


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And those fans should be directing their comments towards glass in that case.  U can't blame crean for wanting to stick around and make 3 mil.  I would.  It's glass that is obviously the REAL problem if Crean is back.

[hoosierpap 14,300]

3 minutes ago, Candy Stripes said:

I rarely post, but am so upset at the prospect of our retaining Coach Crean as our head coach that I just fired off a respectful, yet very honest email to Fred Glass. I would encourage all of you to do the

Mr. Glass, I felt compelled to write now that the season is over and decisions need to be made with regards to the future of the Men's basketball program, more specifically Coach Crean's future as our head coach.

I have been a fan since the glory years of the mid-70s and graduated from the university in '92. Hard to say this as I consider myself a true fan, but was unable to watch a good number of games this year due to a growing apathy that I truly believe is running rampant in our fan base. The inability to sustain success coupled with the repeated issues of poor defense and way too many turnovers have me very concerned with the direction of our program.

Coach Crean seems like a really good person who graduates players and has their genuine best interests at heart. With that said, he is paid over $3M per year to do all of this and yet provide a winning brand of basketball, one that the fans can take great pride in. This is not happening in my opinion.

At this point in time, you are the steward in terms of the future direction of this program. I'm not sure you can feel it from your vantage point, but this fan base is ready to implode. I live in Fort Wayne and have never seen such indifference to the Hoosiers in my life. There is zero confidence that Coach Crean will ever be anything more than what he has shown during his 9 years here. He will have a few good years mixed with very average to poor years. This new generation of IU fans will know nothing but mediocrity. Unfortunately, we can no longer be viewed as a blue blood program and that is a shame based on our history, facilities, and once proud fan base.

It is sad for me to see schools such as NC State and Illinois take lack of sustained success more serious than we do. How is that possible?

The school will not suffer dramatically from the loss of my support moving forward, i.e a few games a year, merchandise, and lots of cable viewership, but I still wanted to be heard. This is unfortunately it for me barring a change in leadership.

Thanks for reading.

 

You do know he didn't read that, right?

[recker222000 1,010]

I'm still holding out hope he's gone. If not, like most of you, my enthusiasm for IU is gone

This may be my last day on this board of he is back. I can longer support this trash and iu won't ever be elite again anyway if he is back.And all these so called insiders are worthless. One day they say he is 100% gone. The next day they say he is coming back. Good lord.

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[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

Just now, hoosierpap said:

You do know he didn't read that, right?

Yup. Just a waste of time.

[Candy Stripes 123]

Yep, I do. Still felt like I needed to say it.

[recker222000 1,010]

And those fans should be directing their comments towards glass in that case.  U can't blame crean for wanting to stick around and make 3 mil.  I would.  It's glass that is obviously the REAL problem if Crean is back.

I 've always tbought Fred was an idiot but I really thought he would actually be dumb enough to bring him back. If so he is the most incompetent AD in the whole country and a flat out liar.

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[Candy Stripes 123]

Hoping volume of email carries weight, even if most of the content is not read

[Aaron 4,380]

Why is everyone using quotes Glass said about Crean 2 yrs ago to determine if he will be back next yr? I have not heard him say anything about Crean in last few days or even this year. As a matter of fact he specifically declined interviews to the media right now and said nothing recently.

[brandct 630]

Just now, Candy Stripes said:

Hoping volume of email carries weight, even if most of the content is not read

emails have been sent in mass before this year

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Remember guys, what is common sense on a message board is MUCH different than common sense amongst Indiana fans everywhere. We are the more vocal fans. Silent majority isn't coming to message boards. Also, I would prefer another year of Crean to Alford so...




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[IUHAHN81 2,965]

It all just boils down to something VERY SIMPLE to me.  Indiana University should be a day one of the season pencil in for the tournament.  On that ALONE, Crean should be gone.  Under NO circumstances should indiana ever miss the tournament.   Job fail....CYA!

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

You do know he didn't read that, right?

Cant blame the guy though. I sent one everyday this last week lol. They were 2 or 3 sentences just to let him know I was thinking about him but point is. Someone sees those and I am sure Glass is fully aware. If he cares enough to even acknowledge the outcry for Crean being fired is the thing. If Crean is back I am fully on fire Fred Glass. Still would want a new coach, but like 41 said I believe cant blame Crean for taking 3 mill and being at a high profile job. His family will be at risk for public embarrassment which to me no money would be worth it and I would skip town. 3 mill does a lot for a family as well so who knows. I think he would be a great analyst and they make good money. I have thought he would venture into that career for a year to take a break.

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[Hoosierfan2017 23,462]

Crean getting 26% of the votes is the real problem. Give fans of Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, etc. our results over the past four years and I think the % who would want the coach back would be very close to 0. Too many fans that are satisfied with mediocrity and being relevant once every now and then. They don't expect excellence in the first place so of course they're not upset when we don't achieve it. 

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

Just now, IUHAHN82 said:

It all just boils down to something VERY SIMPLE to me.  Indiana University should be a day one of the season pencil in for the tournament.  On that ALONE, Crean should be gone.  Under NO circumstances should indiana ever miss the tournament.   Job fail....CYA!

What was our rate before Davis missed back to back? Once every 20 years we would miss it or something? 

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4 minutes ago, IU Hoosier41 said:

Remember guys, what is common sense on a message board is MUCH different than common sense amongst Indiana fans everywhere. We are the more vocal fans. Silent majority isn't coming to message boards. Also, I would prefer another year of Crean to Alford so...




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Online polls mean nothing. For all we know much of the Crean vote was Wisconsin fans hoping for a couple more guaranteed victories next year.

[IUHAHN81 2,965]

I'm being serious when I say this, I don't care who the coach is.  Hall of famer or flat out loser.  It's kindergarten simple.  Miss the tournament and u fail!  

[Feathery 4,005]

7 minutes ago, IU Hoosier41 said:

Remember guys, what is common sense on a message board is MUCH different than common sense amongst Indiana fans everywhere. We are the more vocal fans. Silent majority isn't coming to message boards. Also, I would prefer another year of Crean to Alford so...




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Lets be honest, those poll numbers arent chsnging in a year. So in your scenario you get another year of Crean before Alford. Lol

[hoosierpap 14,300]

1 minute ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

Cant blame the guy though. I sent one everyday this last week lol. They were 2 or 3 sentences just to let him know I was thinking about him but point is. Someone sees those and I am sure Glass is fully aware. If he cares enough to even acknowledge the outcry for Crean being fired is the thing. If Crean is back I am fully on fire Fred Glass. Still would want a new coach, but like 41 said I believe cant blame Crean for taking 3 mill and being at a high profile job. His family will be at risk for public embarrassment which to me no money would be worth it and I would skip town. 3 mill does a lot for a family as well so who knows. I think he would be a great analyst and they make good money. I have thought he would venture into that career for a year to take a break.

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Glass is aware. Not because his public email auto reply tells him so. I cant really speculate on the rest of this post

[Redandyz 151]

I don't see what the benefit would be to waiting until after the NIT, which isn't exactly a prize to begin with.  Make the announcement before and IU is instantly the best job that is known to be open.  Wait and Glass looks like he has lower expectations than Illinois and Missouri.

 

 

Not sure how connected Kent Sterling is, but he just told me on Twitter that Glass is a man of his word and has said he would evaluate after the season ends, and that only way we hear anything before then is if Crean leaves on his own. Pass the Tums, please.

 

 

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[Brass Cannon 25,176]

Just think guys if Crean can Land Waters and Tucker we might make the sweet sixteen if we are lucky.