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jdailey1981

TOM CREAN FIRED

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Perfect opportunity to hush the doubters. UK. UNC. Those are the types of teams we expect to be. Beat them. Noise quiets.

 

 

I agree, beat those teams and this thread can go ahead and be locked for a month. Would be major wins for his resume and of course for the team.

 

But lose in the first weekend this up-coming weekend.. oh boy...

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As certain as most of you are that Tom Crean's coaching history limits his ability to exceed his current accomplishments, I am equally certain that beating UK, and UNC will quite any of you.

Not a disclaimer, but just calling it how I see it.


Some will still not like him when that happens. Many like me jumped from the support ship a couple years back and would love to be won back.

I don't think Crean is a great coach but if can find a way to get into the tourney every year then I think he may be able to have a few deep runs. Make the deep run this year and find some way to be a regular contender for the BT title and many of us will be good.

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Some will still not like him when that happens. Many like me jumped from the support ship a couple years back and would love to be won back.

I don't think Crean is a great coach but if can find a way to get into the tourney every year then I think he may be able to have a few deep runs. Make the deep run this year and find some way to be a regular contender for the BT title and many of us will be good.

Sure hope you're right  :dancing:

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As certain as most of you are that Tom Crean's coaching history limits his ability to exceed his current accomplishments, I am equally certain that beating UK, and UNC will not quiet any of you. 

 

Not a disclaimer, but just calling it how I see it.

I think it would be a hell of a start though!  I just hope like hell we can get to Saturday!

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The chances of IU beating in succession, Chattanooga, Kentucky, & North Carolina, are such that it stretches the limits of mathematic probabilities. I would love to imagine that scenario, but my imagination isn't that strong.

They're actually well within the limits of mathematical probability. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-march-madness-predictions/#400871279

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They're actually well within the limits of mathematical probability. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-march-madness-predictions/#400871279

Technically, yes. lol

But then, technically, I could enter the race for President and still win the nomination.  :D

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Technically, yes. lol
But then, technically, I could enter the race for President and still win the nomination. :D

If this year is any indication, any jack@$$ could haha

I think we have good chances at making a run, but I agree the road is rough right now. That being said, there are going to be some upsets that open up the road to the Final Four for which ever team can just take care of business. The odds we have to face UK, UNC, etc. is low.

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I want so bad to believe that we can make a final four.....then I realize that we would have to win 4 straight games away from assembly hall against very high level comp in each game....Is it more reasonable to expect this to happen, given Tom Crean's career body of work in post seasons? Or is it more reasonable to expect a loss in one of the 1st 3 games? We all know the answer to this. It's still not going to stop me from being engaged and rooting for IU to make a run. I just cannot let myself have high expectations.  

 

 I'd have much more confidence if we wouldn't have Purdue Person'd our pants in the B1G tourney. I would gladly trade regular season championships for post season accolades. The best programs perform in March. We are not one of these programs until we prove it with something other than regular season championships.  

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Since when do past failures prevent future success?

They don't, however, past failures can be a pretty solid indicator of what the future holds. We can go on a run, but everything about Crean's teams prior to this year tell us it's unlikely to happen. I think everyone is just preparing for the worst because it is what we are used too now, and until we can consistently go deep in the tourney it will be this way. you can't blame really blame fans for that.

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