TOM CREAN FIRED

[Uwe Robb 1,072]

3 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Even if IU won the NCAAT every year, what kind of an idiot would fork over $100,000/yr for a college athletic program?

I am assuming the kind of idiot with $100,000 to burn.

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

Tax writeoff, duh!

[Uwe Robb 1,072]

6 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Even if IU won the NCAAT every year, what kind of an idiot would fork over $100,000/yr for a college athletic program?

I give at the Hoosier Loyalty level every year which is probably way too much for a guy that has been on the Season ticket waiting list since 2003.

#Non-Alumni problems

[Toothdr 66]

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27 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

I'll still believe Crean is gone when it's announced, because I have no faith in Glass.

Talk about feeling conflicted, I want Crean gone but I have no faith in Glass to hire a top coach.

This was a question I was going to pose - even if he DOES fire Crean, how much confidence do you have that he'll hire one of the top coaches?

Now, I don't follow college football closely, but he's had a couple of opportunities with the football team and hasn't come close to that home run hire.  This may be because it's just no feasible with our history/tradition of suckage, but that shouldn't be the case in basketball.  For the record, I'm very nervous now about what caliber of coach FG might hire.

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Very insightful...

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

My uncle works for Tom Spiece directly and even though the dude is going bankrupt he still donates a lot. He said that he had a meeting scheduled with him today but that he called and cancelled and said IU business as his reason. Sounds like a booster meeting is going down.

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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Tax writeoff, duh!

I have a feeling that in your small Alaskan village you're the taxman, sheriff, bartender, and Sunday school teacher.


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2 minutes ago, Toothdr said:

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Toothdr is so flabbergasted that Crean is still our coach that it's left him speechless.

[Uwe Robb 1,072]

 

[Hovadipo 56,818]

I have a feeling that in your small Alaskan village you're the taxman, sheriff, bartender, and Sunday school teacher.


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He also owns, operates, and is employed at the town broth.......never mind.

[NCHoosier 388]

For those interested, here is the Varsity Club link: http://iuhoosiers.com/sports/2015/4/1/priority-points.aspx

25k+ annually seems to be considered a top booster.  I'm sure there are many out there giving 6 figures though.

[Chris Nieman 669]

3 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

My uncle works for Tom Spiece directly and even though the dude is going bankrupt he still donates a lot. He said that he had a meeting scheduled with him today but that he called and cancelled and said IU business as his reason. Sounds like a booster meeting is going down.

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Spiece field house is amazing. Played a lot of great pick up ball there. The old store on coliseum was my go to place for kicks as a kid. 

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

 

He also owns, operates, and is employed at the town broth.......never mind.

 

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[Magnanimous 4,628]

14 minutes ago, ALASKA HOOSIER said:

Tax writeoff, duh!

 

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Spiece field house is amazing. Played a lot of great pick up ball there. The old store on coliseum was my go to place for kicks as a kid. 

You are absolutely right. Spiece Fieldhouse was the reason I fell in love w basketball. Tom always gave my uncle tickets to any event there. He still gives the select few employees through his stores a lot even while bankrupt. My uncle became a season ticket holder directly from Tom. He is a stand up guy. I hated his stores closing though. He always had cool memorabilia. He probably knows whats going on and I have been blowing my uncle up for days now but Tom isnt gonna say anything to anyone. He is one of the few RMK loyalist that gave Crean a real shot. Sounds like he is on board with him leaving though. I know he used to donate a few hundred thousand a year until his stores closed. Nor sure what all he has out there still or in the Indy area.

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[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,277]

can you believe we have over 1/2 million views to this thread! LOL

[Hoosier Guy 7,560]

Yeah if there is truly a booster meeting tonight, I'm pretty sure Crean is gone. Boosters aren't gonna have a meeting with Glass if everything was gonna stay the same

[Aaron 4,302]

13 minutes ago, Uwe Robb said:

I give at the Hoosier Loyalty level every year which is probably way too much for a guy that has been on the Season ticket waiting list since 2003.

#Non-Alumni problems

You can't have been on the waiting list since 03 unless you declined tickets. Everyone was offered tickets in 08-09 on waiting list and the waiting list was exhausted at that point. I as well as family bought in 2010-2011 with no waiting list. It returned in 12-13 when IU was number 1 and has remained with at least a small no. of people on it since.