TOM CREAN FIRED

[Uwe Robb]

Agree with everything Dakich is saying minus the fact that he says Crean should stay.

[Trish]

4 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

Just saw there is a fire tom crean group bring formed when students return from spring break. Saw on twitter. It may be to late for them but I am not surprised one bit by this if it actually is true.

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Can confirm there are multiple houses with Fire Tom Crean posters/signs on houses in Bloomington. 

[ap2345]

Just now, Uwe Robb said:

Agree with everything Dakich is saying minus the fact that he says Crean should stay.

Yeah he's not wrong about all the other stuff.

[recker222000]

I hope we hear something before friday. I am heading to mexico and will have spotty internet. Pull the trigger fred.

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[HooHooHoo22]

Things are starting to roll. TODAY. I think Tom Crean is gone. Yesterday I didn't lol tomorrow I'll probably think he's staying


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[mdn82]

Any idea how much it cost us to travel for last night? Between travel expenses and missed revenue I'd guess that we easily lost $300-400k. It's not a lot in the grand scheme of things but it would probably pay for half the yearly budget of one of the less expensive sports. Maybe I'm off on my numbers but a dollar spent on travel is more than what should've been spent. 

Travel for team is probably around $50k plus with hotel, bus, and food. Plus whatever we missed out on for a game.


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[Hovadipo]

He talks about how important money is, but then he turns around and pays for the team to travel to Atlanta instead of making money off them playing at home... Things are getting really bizarre in Hoosier Land. 

The NIT actually kicks a little money to the road teams and takes a decent chunk of the home team's revenue I think. I read that somewhere.

[mdiu28]

Just now, mdn82 said:

Travel for team is probably around $50k plus with hotel, bus, and food. Plus whatever we missed out on for a game.


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Any business person can see how incompetent of a decision this was by Fred Glass. Instead of making money he chose to spend thousands while achieving the one thing he sought to avoid - embarrassment.  Safe to say his decision backfired. 

[piratehoosier]

We once had a coach named Knight

He knew how to cuss and to fight

Bob threw the chair

Getting booted, he didn't care

Now all we have left is a coach with bad hair

 

[Aaron]

I for one am as anti Alford as it gets and would be my last choice among available candidates. With that said if it's Alford or Crean I choose Alford. Anyone else or Alford I choose the other person (besides Sampson of course). 

Keeping Crean is literally the only way I will probably not renew my season tickets (I have standard season tickets and make no donations so I have no power to influence) although I would still watch and buy a few games cheap from secondary market.  

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[Magnanimous]

5 minutes ago, mdiu28 said:

Any business person can see how incompetent of a decision this was by Fred Glass. Instead of making money he chose to spend thousands while achieving the one thing he sought to avoid - embarrassment.  Safe to say his decision backfired. 

How about the Flutie Effect and the IU higher-ups (McRobbie) not pushing for athletics to be an integral part of the student experience.

"Winning the national championship results in an average 7%-8% increase in applications. In order to achieve the same results by decreasing tuition or increasing financial aid, the Popes found you'd need anywhere from a 2%-24% adjustment."

[Uwe Robb]

Hate to say it, but definitely agree with Dakich saying Myles Brand had a huge sack.

 

If Glass had half the Sack Brand did Crean might not have made it to the BTT.

[ap2345]

I'll be honest Indiana could hire Stevens, Donovan, Bennett, Miller, Miller, Marshall, Collins, Alford, Few, Holtmann, White, Vogel, Fife, Keats, Nored and others I'm just ready to get rid of Crean. 

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Hate to say it, but definitely agree with Dakich saying Myles Brand had a huge sack.

 

If Glass had half the Sack Brand did Crean might not have made it to the BTT.

Saying crean needs to stay and brand had a huge sack on the same podcast is the best troll job ever. Going to piss off every single Indiana fan imaginable with that.

 

 

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[ap2345]

I personally am starting to think that if we don't get Stevens, Donovan, Bennett or either Miller I do want Alford as the coach. Indiana has tried to go away from hiring Indiana guys and it hasn't worked.

[Aaron]

10 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

How about the Flutie Effect and the IU higher-ups (McRobbie) not pushing for athletics to be an integral part of the student experience.

"Winning the national championship results in an average 7%-8% increase in applications. In order to achieve the same results by decreasing tuition or increasing financial aid, the Popes found you'd need anywhere from a 2%-24% adjustment."

McRobbie can be pushed out as well for not caring about athletics enough. I know for a fact former president Bobby Fong at Butler was either pushed out or resigned because he wanted to de-emphasize athletics even after Butler's run to the championship games. Needless to say that didn't go well and Fong left to take a job at a small D3 school with no athletics. My point is when your IU, athletics will never be devalued when push comes to shove no matter who the president is as Butler showed us a few years ago. Now how good the teams will be I have no Idea but 0% chance athletics is de-emphasized.    

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[sirhoosierlot]

13 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

 

The NIT actually kicks a little money to the road teams and takes a decent chunk of the home team's revenue I think. I read that somewhere.

 

We were still technically the home team last night though right? 

[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

How about the Flutie Effect and the IU higher-ups (McRobbie) not pushing for athletics to be an integral part of the student experience.

"Winning the national championship results in an average 7%-8% increase in applications. In order to achieve the same results by decreasing tuition or increasing financial aid, the Popes found you'd need anywhere from a 2%-24% adjustment."

It doesn't make any sense to me. He can't use the "we're an academic school so that's what we're focused on, athletics come second" reason because plenty of fine academic schools also have great athletics. Athletics are the best marketing tool a school has. Duke is a great institution but the average guy walking down the street knows about it because of its basketball program. Without it, they're just another school. 

[Aaron]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

It doesn't make any sense to me. He can't use the "we're an academic school so that's what we're focused on, athletics come second" reason because plenty of fine academic schools also have great athletics. Athletics are the best marketing tool a school has. Duke is a great institution but the average guy walking down the street knows about it because of its basketball program. Without it, they're just another school. 

As I said read what I wrote about Butler on the previous page and you will see their is 0% of IU deemphasizing athletics.

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