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[Adillac 953]

My wish list in order:

1) Stevens

2) Donovan

3) Alford

4) Marshall

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

If Donovan wants us to wait then you wait. IDC if we miss on a recruit or two. I will gladly take one average to good year then a bunch of good to great years compared to the next guy that can give us good years with potential at great years but besides him there is no definite guy besides maybe Tony Bennett. We will have to wait till most candidates finish the tourney anyways. I am hoping for a first round sweep of OKC. Sorry Thunder fans.

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[sirhoosierlot 2,658]

46 minutes ago, Cheaney40 said:

Where have we heard this line before?? I was neutral until this...No thanks on the Gregg Marshall hire....

Eh, that's not really some arbitrary statement imo.  The name of the game is to put the ball in the cup and they didn't get many. The problem with Crean saying that, is that hitting shots was his only solution to win the game. 

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Playoffs start April 15th and end May 29th. That is a long wait but plenty of time for Billy to get a impact guy or two to add with what we have coming back. With the potential losses in the B1G I would bet Billy gets us a top 4 finish.

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[AKHoosier 6,739]

July is really the bigger recruiting period anyway. A Donovan hire would steal headlines in April, and by the time July rolls around, he could walk into any high school gym in the country and have instant credibility. 

[Bowhunter 2,693]

Marshall's team us tough

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[Shoes_N_Shorts 99]

1 hour ago, 87ashtonhoosier said:

Take the top five coaches that you can come up with then eliminate them. With Glass as AD, there is little chance of a good pick. He is of the belief that we need top ATHLETES, not players that can exhibit some team work, stay out of trouble, etc...,  As we've seen, any decent coach can put together a decent season or two based on athletes, but Until we get back to expecting excellence on AND off the court, things will never return to greatness with any longevity attached to it. 

Better to get a transition coach to change the culture first(I.e. Kieth Smart) and rebuild the right way.

What the what? Because we don't and haven't had good people off the court? Every coach deals with young guys doing young guy things. Every coach also needs ATHLETES to win. The romantic idea of a bunch of scrappy guys who "play as a team" is mostly a fairy tale. This is not a good post. 

[dallas44 177]

Hickory was also the first to then say there was a 99% chance Crean is fired on Thursday by 5 o'clock, and it happened.

THIS


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[hoosierbannerd 1,519]

1Donovan

2 Marshall

 

[Demo 19,649]

1 hour ago, Cheaney40 said:

Where have we heard this line before?? I was neutral until this...No thanks on the Gregg Marshall hire....

Dayton's a really sound defensive team. You're not gonna  get a ton of open shots.  You have to make good looks. That's what he's talking about. 

I don't know how anyone can watch the game I just watched and not think that guy's really good. Think he's pretty well maxed that team's talent out. Very impressed. Wish he was a little younger. Other than that, not sure what there is to criticize.

[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Dayton and WSU should not have had to play first game this year. NCAA knew what they were doing with this game and a potential UK matchup to follow. With that said both these guys showed me that they can coach. I would take either. If Marshall can beat UK I will really start to actually consider him in the top tier. 5 straight years with a tourney win is very impressive.

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[JSHoosier 19,829]

33 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

You really have to appreciate this Wichita State/Dayton game.

Didn't see the weave and heave, both teams gave full effort on defense.  I wish I could watch it again to be honest.

[Miller'sTheMan 1,652]

The one bad thing about hiring Donovan is if we do it the wait is going to suck until after the NBA season to announce it.  It'd be well worth it to watch our rivals freak out though :)

[JSHoosier 19,829]

2 minutes ago, Crean'sTheMan said:

The one bad thing about hiring Donovan is if we do it the wait is going to suck until after the NBA season to announce it.  It'd be well worth it to watch our rivals freak out though :)

IF Donovan were to happen, and I still don't want to get my hopes up, I could actually see it announced before, but him not officially join until after.

If we're in mid-April and have made no coaching announcement it's going to be obvious we're looking NBA.  It wouldn't take long for people to start looking in his direction.  That kind of hire, I'm not sure it could stay on the down low that long.

[HoosierSadaseci 2,258]

39 minutes ago, Yogi's Picnic Basket said:

If Donovan wants us to wait then you wait. IDC if we miss on a recruit or two. I will gladly take one average to good year then a bunch of good to great years compared to the next guy that can give us good years with potential at great years but besides him there is no definite guy besides maybe Tony Bennett. We will have to wait till most candidates finish the tourney anyways. I am hoping for a first round sweep of OKC. Sorry Thunder fans.

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I dont mind waiting a few extra weeks if it means potentially 15 seasons of consistent success.

[HoosierSadaseci 2,258]

9 minutes ago, Crean'sTheMan said:

The one bad thing about hiring Donovan is if we do it the wait is going to suck until after the NBA season to announce it.  It'd be well worth it to watch our rivals freak out though :)

You really should change your name, lol.  Maybe Donovan's the Man.

[Miller'sTheMan 1,652]

8 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

IF Donovan were to happen, and I still don't want to get my hopes up, I could actually see it announced before, but him not officially join until after.

If we're in mid-April and have made no coaching announcement it's going to be obvious we're looking NBA.  It wouldn't take long for people to start looking in his direction.  That kind of hire, I'm not sure it could stay on the down low that long.

I could see it being announced early, but I could also see Donovan not wanting it to be announced until after the Thunder are done to avoid distractions.

[MoyeNeeded 3,073]

Many on the 247 board have been skeptical of him, but he hasn't wavered, and now 0708 and mile are hearing similar things about IU and Donovan, so he may be legit, I hope so.  However, if he's wrong, and we get Marshall or Archie, I'd be okay. 

Mile and Btowninsider were right all along of the firing and timing of it. Mile stated that he first heard of a possible "divorce" between FCTC and IU on Feb 3rd. Btowninsider has been steadfast about the Donovan recruitment and hiring for awhile also. Who knows? We will see.

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[MoyeNeeded 3,073]

Yep, holding out hope that Hickory is hearing Billy Donovan stuff now.

Alot of good info is discussed on the mod forum but is only hinted out to the general forum. Would like some access to that thread!

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[Yogi's Picnic Basket 5,004]

Not referenced to us but wth is Mizzou doing to all of a sudden be the favorites for both Porters, Jeremiah Tilmon who has a CB to Mizzou now and Mark Smith rumors too. 4 top 75 kids by hiring Cuonzo Martin? Hopefully we get some momentum from our new coach too.

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