Welcome Coach Miller

[Uspshoosier 44,981]

http://m.espn.com/general/cast?id=2689788&src=desktop

Good stuff. Archie interview around 17 min mark

 

For app users u might have to web view to see the link

It's courtside podcast when Katz and Greenberg

 

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http://www.wdrb.com/story/35008270/bozich-for-archie-miller-iu-the-road-to-the-top-goes-through-indiana


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I wasn't sure who it was on JMV today but apparently Archie has already told some people that our days of playing sub 300 KenPom teams out of conference are over. Has anyone else heard this?


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,823]

Dane Fife‏ @CoachDaneFife  

Welcome @Archie_Miller to the B1G. As an alum, welcome to Indiana Basketball. Go Green Go B1G.

[JSHoosier 19,811]

No oversigning?  Music to my ears.

He'll be putting in a lot of hours trying to undo all the crap Crean taught these players.

[Uspshoosier 44,981]

I wasn't sure who it was on JMV today but apparently Archie has already told some people that our days of playing sub 300 KenPom teams out of conference are over. Has anyone else heard this?  

 

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Rabjohns said the impression he got from talking to him was that those days would be over. He was the one on JMV

 

 

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2 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

No oversigning?  Music to my ears.

He'll be putting in a lot of hours trying to undo all the crap Crean taught these players.

There are going to be a lot of things Miller does that any normal coach would do, and after watching Crean for 9 years, we're probably going to think it's new and intriguing.

 

I wonder if we're still going to have players graduating in 3 years. This was something Crean really pushed, and although it was supposed to show they were great students, it always kind of rubbed me the wrong way, like he was rushing them through so he could have more scholarships to throw around.

[JSHoosier 19,811]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

There are going to be a lot of things Miller does that any normal coach would do, and after watching Crean for 9 years, we're probably going to think it's new and intriguing.

 

I wonder if we're still going to have players graduating in 3 years. This was something Crean really pushed, and although it was supposed to show they were great students, it always kind of rubbed me the wrong way, like he was rushing them through so he could have more scholarships to throw around.

I hope he writes "defense" on the board and ask the team what it means.  Half of them won't have the slightest clue or will fall asleep instantly.

And for the love of all that is good, stop Bryant's friggin' crying.

[Dalton26 16,892]

34 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

http://www.wdrb.com/story/35008270/bozich-for-archie-miller-iu-the-road-to-the-top-goes-through-indiana


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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WDRB) – A thousand or so fans drove to Assembly Hall Monday afternoon simply to listen to Archie Miller’s vision for the Indiana University basketball program that Miller now directs.

They came from Indianapolis, Columbus, Martinsville, Terre Haute and Hickory Highs in between. Guys like Phillip Caldwell, who owns a sports bar in Jeffersonville where Hoosier fans gather to watch games. 

The board of trustees were represented. Several professors joined the crowd. Football coach Tom Allen sat in the front row, just down from Miller’s wife, Morgan and daughter, Leah. Current players were one row back.

I expected that. But this was the most intriguing face that I saw:

Kyle Simpson.

Simpson coaches varsity basketball at Southport, a powerful high school program on the South Side of Indianapolis. Simpson is also involved in AAU basketball across the state.

For Miller to succeed at Indiana, he must succeed with people like Simpson and Simpson’s players. That hasn’t always happened at Indiana the last 20 years, not with Gary Harris, Trey Lyles, Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Kyle Guy, Sean May, Josh McRoberts, Tyler Zeller, Trevon Blueitt, Paul Scruggs and others who headed out of state.

Miller does not check the box of the Indiana guy that some wanted as the next IU coach. But Miller made his first wise move toward becoming an Indiana guy Monday by getting a coach like Simpson in Bloomington for Miller’s introduction.

Miller understands the Indiana part of the Indiana job.

You didn’t need a translator to understand the people that Miller was speaking to during his introductory press conference. He was speaking to Indiana kids, Indiana coaches and Indiana fans who want Indiana players performing well at Indiana.

Miller’s recruiting philosophy will begin by chasing every Indiana kid that he believes can play in the Big Ten.  

Miller even had a phrase for the strategy – Inside/Out.

Start with Indiana prospects. Add kids from Big Ten areas. Chase the national guys that you believe you can sign. Fill in the blanks with international players if necessary.

“The inside-out approach means that we have to dedicate ourselves to the high school coaches in the state, and they must feel like they’re being dominated by Indiana University,” Miller said.

“You’re not going to get every player. You understand that.

“But if we want them we should have a great chance of getting them because of the commitment level we’re putting forth 24 hours a day at home … But inside-out is the theme.

“I think if you start with the past, you deal with the current and you work hard at those three levels, I think you can deliver what we want because it’s been done (at IU) before.”

Miller didn’t sprinkle many one-liners into his press conference. He was a serious about defining his vision as his Dayton teams have been about playing defense – and the Flyers have ranked in the Top 41 nationally for three straight years.

Miller made certain to recognize the players and coaches who built the IU tradition. He spoke to James Blackmon, Thomas Bryant, Juwan Morgan and others on the 2017 team, calling them “his guys.”

But Miller hit the point of establishing the Indiana brand and recruiting Indiana kids, getting them to defend and allowing to play an up-tempo game.

I’m not naïve. I understand that commitment level means more than showing up at high school games, AAU events and grass-roots tournaments. Tom Crean, the coach Indiana dismissed less than two weeks ago, did all those things.

Crean signed his share of Indiana kids (Jordan Hulls, Cody Zeller, Yogi Ferrell and more) but he missed on others, including four Top 100 guys in the 2017 class.

Some say his relationship soured with some coaches within the state. Crean told me several times that he and his staff were unwilling to do things other programs were prepared to do.

Miller’s ability to resolve the issue will be one early indicator to his success and acceptance at Indiana. There are three more Top 100 players in the 2018 class, led by Romeo Langford, the guard from New Albany High School. Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, Louisville and Kentucky have been recruiting Langford for months.

Miller will also have to make up ground with Musa Jallow of Bloomington North and Robert Phinisee of McCutcheon High.

Simpson said that he believed that Miller can navigate the Indiana landscape. Simpson said that he had a good relationship with Miller and that he had heard good things about the work Miller did during his six seasons at the University of Dayton.

Simpson and Miller have exchanged texts since Miller was announced as the new Indiana coach Saturday. They discussed the challenging task of building relationships with high school coaches and players across the state.

Simpson shared his thoughts – and followed up by attending Miller’s introduction.

There’s a reason that Inside/Out strategy sounds familiar. When Bob Knight started his push toward three national titles, 11 Big Ten titles and a Hall of Fame career at IU in 1971, he focused his recruiting on three states – Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.

Recruiting at Dayton is different than recruiting at Indiana. But Miller has experience pursuing the kind of 5-star guys that any coach needs to win in the Big Ten. He did it while assisting his brother Sean rebuild Arizona basketball and by helping Thad Matta chase Big Ten titles and Final Fours at Ohio State.

“I remember being in (Assembly Hall) and feeling the power of this building,” Miller said. “I left saying,  ‘I wonder what it’s like in there when they’re really good. I’ve always come back to that.”

Now Archie Miller has come back to that to stay.

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[Hoosier Guy 7,518]

Dalton, that article gives me such excitement! I really think Archie is gonna kill it at IU. All hail Archie!

 

 

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[HoosierFan1994 4,690]

Had the pleasure of going to the press conference today. I am getting more and more excited about the hire. He really does seem like a no B.S kind of guy, opposite of Crean.(Seth Greenberg actually said this morning Indiana hired Tom Crean again.) Really looking forward to a better non-conference slate (UK and Zona??) and locking the in-state recruits. I certainly think he can do it. It will be interesting to see who stays for next year. Archie said in one interview he was very impressed with the talent on this team. With what Archie did at Dayton I really think this team could have lived up to its potential with him. 

[Indy 133]

Man, what a day!

1. Got to listen to the PC

2. Heard about CAM's plans to recruit Indiana using "Inside/Out"

3. Am optimistic Indiana will actually be known for defense again!

....and the capper to the evening ....

Watched two Purdue students absolutely embarrass themselves on ESPN's Bracket Genius show.  The two Qs they missed:        1) Who was the voice of Darth Vader, and the kicker, 2) What important document starts out with the words "We the People"?  

[KingPG21 6,582]

1 minute ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Had the pleasure of going to the press conference today. I am getting more and more excited about the hire. He really does seem like a no B.S kind of guy, opposite of Crean.(Seth Greenberg actually said this morning Indiana hired Tom Crean again.) Really looking forward to a better non-conference slate (UK and Zona??) and locking the in-state recruits. I certainly think he can do it. It will be interesting to see who stays for next year. Archie said in one interview he was very impressed with the talent on this team. With what Archie did at Dayton I really think this team could have lived up to its potential with him. 

Greenburg is an idiot. Always has been, sucks at coaching (congrats on competing with Crean on trying to schedule the worst non-con schedule possible then crying when you don't make the tourney), and now he sucks at commentating on the game. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,690]

1 minute ago, KingPG21 said:

Greenburg is an idiot. Always has been, sucks at coaching (congrats on competing with Crean on trying to schedule the worst non-con schedule possible then crying when you don't make the tourney), and now he sucks at commentating on the game. 

Now that I think about it, his teams were ALWAYS on the bubble. I just cannot believe how off the national media is about the hire. Heard Gotlieb ramble on Dan Patrick about how he was told it was Alford. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,823]

From Osterman in the Star:  Those “basketball people” were signing off. Former IU guard and current trustee Quinn Buckner called Miller “OKP” — “our kinda people.” Glass felt the same.   IMO that quote from Buckner speaks volumes.

I just now was able to watch the presser.  I didn't need any ice either, but I bought every single block he had.  I am really encouraged and excited for the future of IU basketball.

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Just now, HoosierFan1994 said:

Now that I think about it, his teams were ALWAYS on the bubble. I just cannot believe how off the national media is about the hire. Heard Gotlieb ramble on Dan Patrick about how he was told it was Alford. 

Yeah, year in and year out. And every year we always heard about how soft a non-con schedule Va Tech had with Greenburg. 

But yeah, don't get the national media's take on IU basketball. They seemed to dislike the firing of Crean, and now they aren't too high on Miller. Whatever, its cool, we'll sit back and laugh when Archie works out

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Me too. Balls deep.

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Well so much for keeping his daughter out of the spotlight as I talked about earlier. I hope for Archie's sake he is just proud of her and is trying to get her exposure. If he did not and he never meant for this picture to go so viral I feel bad for him. It goes back to being a coaches kid and affecting your family in every way as I discussed earlier.

Also I am a bit confused to her age. This article states Leah was born in 04 making her 12 or 13:

http://heavy.com/news/2014/03/who-is-dayton-coach-wife-morgan-miller/

This article today says she is 11:

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/03/archie-miller-earned-his-way-to-iu

I have never been great at math but obviously those 2 numbers can't add up and one of the articles is wrong but who knows which one. Also correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a hotel room in the Union?

 

Now to the real important stuff I loved the shots Archie through across the bow (albeit unintentionally) at Crean by talking about having a tough non-conference schedule, playing defense and not over signing by offering anyone and everyone a scholarship. Obviously these were the 3 things fans hated about Crean so it is really nice to here Archie feels the opposite on each one!

I cannot wait for Archie to get started and am excited for the future of IU basketball!