TOM CREAN FIRED

[JSHoosier 19,826]

18 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

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. 

Those programs would've fired Crean by now.

Actually, they never would've hired him but that's beside the point.  The would also fire the AD for mishandling their most visible program the way Glass is.

[LIHoosier 25,834]

3 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Could've been Fred Glass voting time after time after time after time, then going back to spit shining Crean's Sweet 16 ring before voting time after time after time again.

Then apologizing for taking down Crean's ego banner then finding a way to put it back up along with a separate banner for '16.

[JSHoosier 19,826]

Just now, LIHoosier said:

Then apologizing for taking down Crean's ego banner then finding a way to put it back up along with a separate banner for '16.

Maybe hang one for this season too.

He tried really hard, too many injuries

[Aaron 4,265]

Does this freak out have more to do with actual "inside info" (which I don't believe) or the fact that no move has been made yet? Either way people need to chill and see what happens.

[brandct 610]

Just now, Aaron said:

Does this freak out have more to do with actual "inside info" (which I don't believe) or the fact that no move has been made yet? Either way people need to chill and see what happens.

Hickory Hoosier on 24/7 has been a known insider and said to expect him back unless he leaves on his own Glass will not fire him or something along those lines.

[Aaron 4,265]

4 minutes ago, brandct said:

Hickory Hoosier on 24/7 has been a known insider and said to expect him back unless he leaves on his own Glass will not fire him or something along those lines.

Another supposed insider. I trust no one. He may be right but lets see what happens. Social media has turned our world to the point where one posts from a supposed insider causes hundreds a mass freakout. The good and the bad of modern technology and social media are at work.

Edited March 12, 2017 by Aaron

[ClapFaster 26]

9 minutes ago, seihoosier said:

I say we all mail a bag of peanuts to Glass office starting the day it's announced he's returning.  

I say we mail him a bag of feminine hygiene products instead.

[Beachfront Property 619]

Just now, Aaron said:

Another supposed insider. I trust no one. He may be right but lets see what happens.

The only verifiable information we know is that Crean is still recruiting for Indiana. I think this is a bad sign and an indication he has been told he is going to be retained. Is it entirely possible Glass just hasn't fired him yet? Absolutely, but I would maintain the fact that he is still out recruiting is definitely a bad sign.

[schoosier 3,452]

1 minute ago, ClapFaster said:

I say we mail him a bag of feminine hygiene products instead.

I see the old Bobby Knight treatment. Can we kick him out of his office too?

[LIHoosier 25,834]

9 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Maybe hang one for this season too.

He tried really hard, too many injuries

 

[Hoosierfan2017 20,877]

One thing's for sure. If Crean is back next year I won't bother jumping on the tank train again. Glass will have let us know that he doesn't care if Crean puts together bad teams that lose a lot of games. There are enough good games out there to watch to fill my free time. 

[Maynard 561]

I believe that this is all just posturing.  If Glass and Crean have a good relationship, Glass will do everything he can to get Crean the best deal possible.  Keep your eyes on Missouri, it's not over.  A lowball offer is often part of bargaining.  Crean is gone, IU does have feelers out.  This is just the way the game is played.

[jdailey1981 155]

I still point out that Glass' silence is deafening. In 2015, he spoke out in defense of Clappy, but now, silence.

[Aaron 4,265]

3 minutes ago, Beachfront Property said:

The only verifiable information we know is that Crean is still recruiting for Indiana. I think this is a bad sign and an indication he has been told he is going to be retained. Is it entirely possible Glass just hasn't fired him yet? Absolutely, but I would maintain the fact that he is still out recruiting is definitely a bad sign.

Or he's been told nothing so he is working business as usual. Often people fired from jobs conduct business normally till the moment they are fired even if the signs of it happening are likely. I am not saying we know for sure Crean will or won't be back but nothing I've seen so far (still recruiting, message board insiders) to sway me either way based on available evidence. I am still unsure and waiting to see how it plays out.

[Beachfront Property 619]

Just now, jdailey1981 said:

I still point out that Glass' silence is deafening. In 2015, he spoke out in defense of Clappy, but now, silence.

You're exactly right. I am clinging to this fact as well. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,943]

I still point out that Glass' silence is deafening. In 2015, he spoke out in defense of Clappy, but now, silence.

3/25/15.




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[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

The last 15 years of Indiana Basketball......so for over half my life....

 

 

 

• Compiled an overall record of 281-207, and a Big 10 record or 129-131.
• Qualified for eight NCAA Tournaments.
• Qualified for two NITs.
• Failed to qualify for any either the NCAA or NIT five times.
• Never advanced beyond Sweet 16 in NCAA or NIT.
• Played in three Big 10 Tourney semifinals (2001, 2003, 2013).
• Compiled an 8-15 record in the Big 10 Tourney (6-14 over last 14 years).
• Two Big 10 regular season championships.

[Beachfront Property 619]

Just now, Aaron said:

Or he's been told nothing so he is working business as usual. Often people fired from jobs conduct business normally till the moment they are fired even if the signs of it happening are likely. I am not saying we know for sure Crean will or won't be back but nothing I've seen so far (still recruiting, message board insiders) to sway me either way based on available evidence. I am still unsure and waiting to see how it plays out.

I totally agree that is possible. I am just saying the only credible/verifiable information we have is a bad sign. It is definitely possible you are correct (and I hope you are!).

[8bucks 6,347]

3/25/15.

 

 

 

 

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He actually gave him the vote of confidence on 3/5/15. Later he reiterated and outlined the standards

 

"My goals for this program are to perenially contend for and to win multiple Big Ten championships, regularly go deep in the NCAA tournament and win our next national championship," Glass said. "Be elite, if you will. As a lifelong Hoosier and IU basketball fan, alumnus and current AD, nobody wants that more than me."

 

 

[jdailey1981 155]

3/25/15.




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Right, see that was two years ago. The alumni and major boosters have spoken.