Thad Matta OUT @ OSU

[Tom White 1,435]

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Not parallel situations. Archie had just been hired and we're in the same conference. 

So, this is like when you can't make a move on a girl who has starting dating a guy you know? Even though you and the other guy don't get along to begin with?

[Hoosierfan2017 21,512]

20 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I literally rolled my eyes so hard I might not be able to drive. 

Theres nothing wrong with contacting a coach and offering him an opportunity 

You should probably get that checked out then.  

[Hoosierfan2017 21,512]

13 minutes ago, Tom White said:

So, this is like when you can't make a move on a girl who has starting dating a guy you know? Even though you and the other guy don't get along to begin with?

You're free to do it if you don't mind looking like a sleazeball. 

[Stuhoo 81,182]

23 minutes ago, Tom White said:

So, this is like when you can't make a move on a girl who has starting dating a guy you know? Even though you and the other guy don't get along to begin with?

 

Well, you can, but you're gonna take heat for doing so. 

Besides, moving on a rival firm's highest paid employee a few months after he's entered a big-time contract with a new company is not analogous to asking a girl for a date. 

 

[Brass Cannon 24,856]

So where was all this condemnation when rumors were swirling we were talking to any number of coaches that had jobs and in most cases still had games to play. 

[TheWatShot 14,067]

44 minutes ago, Tom White said:

So let me get this straight. It was a horrible, inhuman thing for OSU to contact our currently employed coach (Archie), but it was OK for them to contact another currently employed coach (Holtmann)?

Yeah, OK. That makes sense.

By the way, wasn't Archie already employed when IU contacted him?

Personally, I think it's cute they actually thought they could get him.

[FortWayneHoosier 6,193]

So where was all this condemnation when rumors were swirling we were talking to any number of coaches that had jobs and in most cases still had games to play. 

I think it's more because Archie just accepted the IU job....


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[Hovadipo 56,407]

"O-H"
-Gene Smith

"N-O"
-Archie


amirite?

[mdn82 25,510]

So let me get this straight. It was a horrible, inhuman thing for OSU to contact our currently employed coach (Archie), but it was OK for them to contact another currently employed coach (Holtmann)?
Yeah, OK. That makes sense.
By the way, wasn't Archie already employed when IU contacted him?

I feel your sarcasm seething. Let me spell my feelings out so you can feel them seething. I don't give a damn if we were going against them in rowing. My common response would be FOSU. Unfortunately you took a four letter phrase I said and attempted to interpret I meant I gave two boilermakers about them contacting Archie Miller. Over analyze away


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[CrossboneIU22 1,193]

On 6/6/2017 at 2:21 PM, Chris007 said:

There is a 15 million buyout that I'm pretty sure OSU wouldn't want to pay. 

I'm glad it worked out and is over, but apparently that $15 Mill  buyout didn't stop them from calling him to inquire about the job apparently.

[Brass Cannon 24,856]

4 minutes ago, CrossboneIU22 said:

I'm glad it worked out and is over, but apparently that $15 Mill  buyout didn't stop them from calling him to inquire about the job apparently.

I hope that's not the only reason we kept Archie. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,455]

I hope that's not the only reason we kept Archie. 

Nope. "It's Indiana, it's Indiana".


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[WayneFleekHoosier 48,455]

Speaking of Archie, should our Student section be called the "Jugheads"?


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[CottageGrove 563]

52 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Speaking of Archie, should our Student section be called the "Jugheads"?


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I would go with Archie's Bunker. Isn't that where Miller got the nickname?

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,455]

I would go with Archie's Bunker. Isn't that where Miller got the nickname?

That's really good. Can't argue with that.


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,240]

Apparently it was thought he was the successor to Matta before IU hired him.  
It would be no different then if in an alternate universe Brad Stevens had left Bulter to go to Illinois (instead of the NBA) and IU called him that same year.    If IU didn't at least make the call, IU fans would have been up in arms.  OSU probably felt they needed to at least ask before moving on to the next candidate.
I don't blame tOSU.  I would have been peeved at Archie if he left.

This

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[TheWatShot 14,067]

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around having a coach that another Big Ten team wanted. It's been a long time since that was the case.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,892]

16 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around having a coach that another Big Ten team wanted. It's been a long time since that was the case.

Or that any major conference team wanted! 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,455]

Or that any major conference team wanted! 

This, this, and more of this.

Mizzou almost happened legitimately, but others didn't even seem to sniff. Curious to see what stature of a team he ends up with.


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[LamarCheeks 19,096]

You just hope that Archie is as happy to be at IU as we are to have him. I hope that deep down in the back of his mind, he's not thinking, "Damn. I wish I had waited for that Ohio State gig." ... I'm guessing (hoping) he is happy in B-town, though. ... Because many automatically assumed that since he went to N.C. State, he'd want that job when it opened. He didn't. And since he was a Matta assistant, many automatically assumed that he'd want to coach at OSU. And it's possible he didn't want a return there.