Stuhoo Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 You asked for it? You got it. This is not the thread to discuss coaching candidates—we’ve already got that one. This thread is to discuss whether, why, when and how to: Fire. Archie. Miller. Discuss: woodenshoemanHoosierfan, Defenserocks28, lillurk and 2 others 5 Quote
Trish Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 April 2022! Save your money Boosters! Let IU football be the star again with with women’s basketball. Edit: Archie isn’t going to be here much longer, there will be a mutual agreement to part ways or he’ll be fired. If we’re going to actually fire him a candidate better be in the works. Don’t just fire him tonight or Sunday. Start working the phones, Scott! Quote
Parakeet Jones Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 As quickly as possible after you have his replacement lined up. JaybobHoosier, Bobman1, NOLA Hoosier and 1 other 4 Quote
Popular Post Josh Posted February 25, 2021 Popular Post Posted February 25, 2021 You guys are so negative. Can we rename this the negativity thread? Bowhunter, Class of '66 Old Fart, thebigweave and 6 others 3 1 5 Quote
Popular Post Banksyrules Posted February 25, 2021 Popular Post Posted February 25, 2021 The year where the entire NCAA tourney will be held in Indiana and IU is not in. With this embarrassment alone he needs to be fired. Defenserocks28, JaybobHoosier, Ryno6284 and 6 others 9 Quote
Popular Post VO5 Posted February 25, 2021 Popular Post Posted February 25, 2021 About to be the only coach in 4 years at IU without a winning BIG record. Hasn’t won against Purdue in 4 years. Won’t make the tourney in 4 years. Does anything else really need to be said? It’s over, and everyone knows it JaybobHoosier, ElectricBoogaloo, mjhoosier and 12 others 14 1 Quote
Parakeet Jones Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Just now, VO5 said: About to be the only coach in 4 years at IU without a winning BIG record. Hasn’t won against Purdue in 4 years. Won’t make the tourney in 4 years. Does anything else really need to be said? It’s over, and everyone knows it Does that qualify as check plus or double check plus? Eagle’s Rug, thebigweave, tortex28 and 1 other 3 1 Quote
NOLA Hoosier Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Banksyrules said: The year where the entire NCAA tourney will be held in Indiana and IU is not in. With this embarrassment alone he needs to be fired. He’s gone. Realistically, there’s just no way he will ever live down the tournament played in AH for the first time in 40 years and not be in it. JaybobHoosier, Capt. Crimson, Eagle’s Rug and 3 others 6 Quote
Popular Post TheWatShot Posted February 25, 2021 Popular Post Posted February 25, 2021 1) Have Scott Dolson call him into his office. 2) Tell he's fired. 3) Consult BtownBanners for ideas on next coach. WI Hoosier, JaybobHoosier, MikeRoberts and 5 others 5 3 Quote
kreigh8 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Maybe he’ll do us all a favor and resign. Could save us millions. Dream big Indiana8585 and Defenserocks28 2 Quote
ElectricBoogaloo Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Didn’t watch - no need to. JaybobHoosier 1 Quote
Josh Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Fire him. Fire the **** out of him. Fire him now. Fire him yesterday! I'm so ******* ready to fire him. Quote
Hoosierfan2017 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Whether: Yes When: Tonight How: Telegraph Why: Because we’re in year 4 and I see no improvement over year 1. Defense is supposed to be our strength, but we’ve been a bad defensive team. We consistently go on huge scoring droughts. Recruiting has grinder to a halt. We have the worst class in the Big 10 coming in next year. We play an ugly and boring style of basketball. The NCAA tournament is going to be played in Indiana this year. NCAA tournament games will be played at Assembly Hall this year. And we’re probably going to miss the tournament altogether. The only thing one can point to to argue against firing him is the buyout. And, well, it’s not my money so I don’t care about that. Stuhoo, HoosierRobbie, 94Hoosier and 4 others 3 2 2 Quote
Bowhunter Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Buy him out if we have a stud hire ready to step in.Don’t do it to hire the wrong guy again because we need a coach .Never quit a job unless you have a better one lined up. We should approach it the same way. Money should not be an excuse for a big hire.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Eagle’s Rug 1 Quote
Southside Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Let me know if sigs are needed for the petition... MemphisHoosier and MikeRoberts 2 Quote
Trish Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Irish YJ said: Let me know if sigs are needed for the petition... We could use $10.35 million dollars. thebigweave and MikeRoberts 2 Quote
Popular Post Magnanimous Posted February 25, 2021 Popular Post Posted February 25, 2021 It’s a shame it’s come to this but it’s time. I’ll be the first to admit that I was wrong on this one. I didn’t see him as a slam dunk hire, but he was a notable up and comer, and if we didn’t get him another big program would’ve taken a chance on him within a year or two. We weren’t stupid for hiring him, but we sure as hell will be if we keep him while the program swirls the drain. It’s a shame too, because I really wanted this to work and liked what I saw the first year under him. That 2017 Duke game showed what I thought was a glimpse of things to come. Not just in playing style but in energy and discipline. But after four years with literally no progress, we need to make a change. This team has been ranked a total of five weeks in four seasons. We know what we have at this point. Thinking back to what we were looking for post-Crean, Archie did check a lot of those boxes, at least initially. Keep talent at home, emphasize defense, limit turnovers, move the ball in the half court, know how to break a zone. We were doing all of those things in year one, but they’re nowhere to be seen in year four. Going back to the Duke game again, his offense was creating a lot of good looks, and I kept telling myself watching bad shooters miss good shots “just wait until he gets some shooters on the team.” It never came. The offense is pitiful and the lack of shooting and offensive cohesion is comically bad. The good looks his offense got in year one are now nonexistent. In perspective, I don’t really know how well Archie ever adjusted to IU being his home and Bloomington being his community, and to a lesser extent Indiana being his state. This never felt like we were watching “Archie Miller’s Hoosiers” but more so Archie Miller is coaching Indiana tonight. His family is absent from the sidelines, and he isn’t a vocal member of the community the way Knight, Crean or Hep were, or how Tom Allen is now. If you’re not going to dive head first into a job like this then it’s not a surprise your tenure plateaus this early. I really don’t know where this program goes from here. I mean, you keep trying until you find a coach that works, but we’re entering a leveling-off phase for this program that is getting tougher and tougher to reverse course from. When Crean took over in 2008, which still doesn’t feel that long ago for some reason, we were six years removed from a championship game appearance. That’s now almost 20 years ago. There is very little that is enticing about this program right now. It isn’t cool, it really isn’t a national brand anymore, and we have to rely on plastering five stars on our players’ ***** to remind everyone what once was. Kids aren’t growing up dreaming of playing for Indiana, and I’m not even sure how much our student body cares either (including in-staters). Having no fans this season was very revealing in being able to honestly assess what this program now is. Like many here, I’ve found myself indifferent to when our next game is or who we’re playing. It’s honestly a waste of time to make any real investment to this team. I don’t know who the right replacement would be, but we need to get this right....for once... mamasa, ebridges24, Uspshoosier and 14 others 16 1 Quote
Indiana8585 Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Why: Because Archie is the first coach since Everett Dean in 30-31,31-32,32-33,33-34 to not have a winning conference record in 4 straight seasons. Pretty amazing when you put into perspective how bad he’s truly been as coach almost a century since we were this bad. Edited February 25, 2021 by Indiana8585 MikeRoberts, HoosierHoopster and lillurk 1 1 1 Quote
MikeRoberts Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 I don’t think an argument needs to be made at this point, the horse is dead and rotting the sooner the better, likely should be the day after we lose our first game of the bigten tourney JaybobHoosier and Indiana8585 2 Quote
Southside Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, Treesh said: We could use $10.35 million dollars. How about they give me a 5 year / 20M dollar deal, and I'll donate 10.35 of it! Boom, done MikeRoberts and ALASKA HOOSIER 2 Quote
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