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[Hoosier_roots 138]

Anyway....Archie our next coach? That would be very disappointing. Of all the candidates, and after all the lofty talk at the presser last week, Glass is going to hire Archie?? I'm not sure about that.

Agreed. Only two guys check all the boxes for almost every Hoosier fan and Glass knows who they are. The big question is, did Freddie pull the trigger on Crean with a new coach in the bag or not.


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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Archie better than Crean..... Barely.

Not impressed.


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Mmm incredibly unproven. He's done very impressive work at an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference. I'm not wow'd, but certainly happier with him than a proven underachiever (sup, Alford! How about that loss to UK?)

[Adillac 953]

Have to say, UCLA looked totally done and disinterested with 8min to play last night. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,907]

Mmm incredibly unproven. He's done very impressive work at an irrelevant school in an irrelevant conference. I'm not wow'd, but certainly happier with him than a proven underachiever (sup, Alford! How about that loss to UK?)

Lol. You are a piece of work. UK hit tons of shots. Every big shot. It was a good win. They were 1-1. (But yeah, Alford is why they lost last night).

Have a good day, sir.


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[tyappleg 2,963]

While Archie wouldn't be my first choice... I would be okay with it.

He has potential to be to be a great hire... but if they had the option of Bennett or Archie... Bennett should be the choice considering how critical this hire is.


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[Trish 11,500]

Have to say, UCLA looked totally done and disinterested with 8min to play last night. 

Sounds familiar


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1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Lol. You are a piece of work. UK hit tons of shots. Every big shot. It was a good win. They were 1-1. (But yeah, Alford is why they lost last night).

Have a good day, sir.


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*A beautiful piece of work

Bad defense usually results in the other team hitting a lot of shots. Not rocket science. We watched it for 9 years with Crean. Alford's team = Alford's fault. Same standard we've held our coach to.

[normandale97 203]

FYI...one of Mike White's assistants at Florida is an IU guy.


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[doyle1984 58]

All these flights from Bloomington to OKC, Charlottesville, Dayton. How great would it be if this was Indiana and the search firm doing this to throw everyone off course as they take a flight out of Indianapolis to Boston to reach an agreement with Stevens...I know it's not happening but I have heard every other conspiracy theory figured I would create my own


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[johnsoniu 6,239]

9 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Archie better than Crean..... Barely.

Not impressed.


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Archie is better than Crean, we can disagree as to what degree.

But Archie, at 38, is a student of the game. In 12 years he'll be exponentially better than Crean. The only question is how quickly he navigates that learning curve. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,907]

*A beautiful piece of work
Bad defense usually results in the other team hitting a lot of shots. Not rocket science. We watched it for 9 years with Crean. Alford's team = Alford's fault. Same standard we've held our coach to.

You were the biggest Crean supporter for years. Year after year. How am I supposed to trust your assessment of a good or great coach.


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[JSHoosier 19,796]

The only flight I saw to Dayton from Bloomington is registered to Gold Casters.

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

If Billy D is the hire this whole was he in Bloomington or not will make an awesome 30 for 30 one day lol

[Tom White 1,435]

Not a sexy hire. If we hire him, I think that's a bad sign of what everyone thinks of our program.




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But which do you want? Sexy or Successful? A possible flash in the pan, this year's hot name, or a long term proven solution?

[IndianaSconnie90 101]

For those suggesting a mid-major coach, there's really only 1 question glass needs to consider. Is he willing to allow the basketball program to be the guinea pig for a coach from a mid-major college? Because that's what it would be, nobody knows what a coach from somewhere like a Dayton is going to do with a program who plays big boy teams every year

[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

The only flight I saw to Dayton from Bloomington is registered to Gold Casters.

That's the fine jewelry company right ??


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[Stuhoo 79,493]

The only flight I saw to Dayton from Bloomington is registered to Gold Casters.

Gold Casters sounds like a stripper plane.
Maybe we're hiring Pitino.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,907]

Tony Bennett over Archie all day every day for me.

 

The only hires in itself that make us elite in stature, are Stevens,Donovan, and maybe Sean Miller.

 

Everyone else will need to prove themselves. I think Tony Bennett has the best chance of that. My biggest worry with him is our recruiting won't be on the level to compete with Duke, Kansas, UK.

 

 

 

 

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[Maynard 561]

Surprised Alford is not on the bottom of the list.

He benefited from his SOS, and his win% is solid. I agree. I think he and Sean Miller are mostly a product of the talent they have brought in, but I guess that's part of coaching too. I'd prefer a lesser recruiter who overachieves to a great recruiter who underacheives.

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4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

You were the biggest Crean supporter for years. Year after year. How am I supposed to trust your assessment of a good or great coach.


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You don't have to. Alford keeps proving his mediocrity for me, and Archie looks a heckuva lot better than either of them.

Also, supported Crean, no doubt. Always hated his defenses and the turnovers, but did think he deserved all the time he received. This year the relationship clearly ran it's course, and moving on to the next thing (regardless of whether the best guy was available or not) was the right decision.