Archie. Miller. Fired.

[Hillsdale87]

On the morning of the day he was fired, someone on Twitter (forget who it was, might have been someone with ITH), said "all signs point to a return." Yeah, there was quite a bit of panic in the days leading up to it. Things seem pretty quiet now, in comparison. 

I think that was Rabjohns


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[jonz44]

51 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I remember seeing Crean at Barnes and Noble a few times. He was usually in the sports section looking for a how-to guide on beating a 2-3 zone. 
 

That is seriously cold blooded... but pretty damn funny as well! 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Purely out of curiosity, I checked the btb history books.  The Fire Tom Crean thread started in January 2014,  On March 16, 2017, the day Crean was fired, it had reached 1,038 pages.

Boys and girls we're at a paltry 45 pages so we've got our work cut out for us so let's get posting!  

[IU - Kaulie]

54 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Crean may be loved working here, but most who worked with him would have driven him to the airport to get him out of town. His son Riley played several sports so that is why you saw him out more than Archie. I don't believe Archie's daughter plays sports. His wife doesn't announce who she is, like Crean's wife did everywhere she went too. 

I have to disagree a little bit with this take.  I ran into Crean and his wife several times on campus, Target, Church, North games, and a couple other places.  My only interaction was nothing more than hello but the family always seemed nice and approachable to those that I saw them talking too.  They loved IU and Bloomington and Crean fought like hell to keep his job.  For whatever shortcomings he has as a coach he earned my respect.  Archie acts like this is just a pit stop.  I don’t sense that he could care less that he’s coaching at IU or any other P5 school.  

[Josh]

5 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Purely out of curiosity, I checked the btb history books.  The Fire Tom Crean thread started in January 2014,  On March 16, 2017, the day Crean was fired, it had reached 1,038 pages.

Boys and girls we're at a paltry 45 pages so we've got our work cut out for us so let's get posting!  

 

[Josh]

6 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Purely out of curiosity, I checked the btb history books.  The Fire Tom Crean thread started in January 2014,  On March 16, 2017, the day Crean was fired, it had reached 1,038 pages.

Boys and girls we're at a paltry 45 pages so we've got our work cut out for us so let's get posting!  

 

[Josh]

7 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Purely out of curiosity, I checked the btb history books.  The Fire Tom Crean thread started in January 2014,  On March 16, 2017, the day Crean was fired, it had reached 1,038 pages.

Boys and girls we're at a paltry 45 pages so we've got our work cut out for us so let's get posting!  

 

[JSHoosier]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I remember seeing Crean at Barnes and Noble a few times. He was usually in the sports section looking for a how-to guide on beating a 2-3 zone. 
 

He needed to read a few more apparently.

[Josh]

15 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Purely out of curiosity, I checked the btb history books.  The Fire Tom Crean thread started in January 2014,  On March 16, 2017, the day Crean was fired, it had reached 1,038 pages.

Boys and girls we're at a paltry 45 pages so we've got our work cut out for us so let's get posting!  

Wait...there have certainly been threads trying to get him fired for years but the mods changed their names and made them go away.  If we combine those to this one, are we close?

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

He was super nice to me, only yelled at me at practice a time or two. Just the OCD personality was a lot to handle. He meant well. 

I have OCD (with the meds to document and papers to prove it, LOL) and I think that the number of undiagnosed basketball coaches with OCD is probably startling.  It's a gift and a curse.

[Ryno6284]

1 hour ago, brumdog45 said:

I have OCD (with the meds to document and papers to prove it, LOL) and I think that the number of undiagnosed basketball coaches with OCD is probably startling.  It's a gift and a curse.

I think OCD is a prerequisite for being a college coach!

[RaceToTheTop]

10 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

That doesn't actually help. Teams now really just don't care if we shoot 3s. Why would they? Even if we had shooters, our offense doesn't have the movement to get guys open. They're open because the defenses allow it. 

Cool.....so let's not recruit shooters.

[Ryno6284]

3 hours ago, IUrocker said:

Thanks...with it being quiet now, like u mentioned, do you think that makes it lean one way or another or it probably just doesn’t mean anything? 

Maybe it got quiet because Archie and the Admin have reached an agreement to mutually part ways?!

[Bowhunter]

Maybe it got quiet because Archie and the Admin have reached an agreement to mutually part ways?!

It sounds good but I truly believe that Dolson isn’t going to bother Archie while still actively coaching this team. We are getting ready for the Big Ten tournament. I think Archie will be given the chance to run the table before they sit him down for the talk.

 

I think we lose in the first or second game personally.

 

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[Ryno6284]

4 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

It sounds good but I truly believe that Dolson isn’t going to bother Archie while still actively coaching this team. We are getting ready for the Big Ten tournament. I think Archie will be given the chance to run the table before they sit him down for the talk.

 

I think we lose in the first or second game personally.

 

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Not unless Dolson already made up his mind, and Archie wants out.  Who knows what goes on behind the scenes,  I'm just throwing $hit on the wall and seeing what sticks!

[Ryno6284]

Archie complained about shooting in Lucas oil stadium....  Watch us shoot lights out and win the damn thing!!!!!   That would be...........................................AWESOME! 

 I would take one more year of Archie just to make it to the dance this year!

[Ryno6284]

Sorry, thought I was in the B1G tourney thread!  oops

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

46 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

Cool.....so let's not recruit shooters.

Literally no point if Archie has one more season. 

[cappymo14]

Cool.....so let's not recruit shooters.

I don’t want to speak for him here, but I don’t believe that’s what he’s getting at Brum. Each of you will have to decide for yourselves as to one question. Are the open looks generated by the offensive system? Or, is it because the opponent scouting report reads quite literally, “This is the shot we want them to take”? Myself, I 100% believe it is the latter. If I understand correctly, Loaded is saying IU can and should recruit all the pure shooters it wants, but under this offense, it won’t be an effective fix. There is nothing I have seen that proves this offense can generate looks for shooters who would be in that scouting report as “Dont let this guy get an open look”.

 

 

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[cappymo14]

“Just go stand in the corner and wait”, hasn’t produced the type of open looks I think Archies offense was hoping for.


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