Archie. Miller. Fired.

[Hoosierfan2017]

50 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

On a weekend night? Seems like a complete waste and filling both wasn’t an issue “back in my day.”

I was a senior in 2017 and Thursdays and Saturdays were the nights students filled up Sports. I don’t know why, but that’s just what everyone did. It would pretty much be empty every other night. Sports was usually pretty packed after like midnight on Thursdays. Brothers/KOK/Sports/Upstairs would usually all be packed on Thursday nights when I was at IU.  I wouldn’t go out as much on the weekends because drinks were way more expensive. 

[Josh]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I was a senior in 2017 and Thursdays and Saturdays were the nights students filled up Sports. I don’t know why, but that’s just what everyone did. It would pretty much be empty every other night. Sports was usually pretty packed after like midnight on Thursdays. Brothers/KOK/Sports/Upstairs would usually all be packed on Thursday nights when I was at IU.  I wouldn’t go out as much on the weekends because drinks were way more expensive. 

Is Bluebird still a thing?  That place was awesome in the 90's

[Hoosierfan2017]

14 minutes ago, Josh said:

Is Bluebird still a thing?  That place was awesome in the 90's

Yeah it is. That’s one Bloomington bar I’ve never actually gone to. One of the few.. lol

[IUc2016]

Is Bluebird still a thing?  That place was awesome in the 90's

It was always rockin when I was there from 12-16.

Miss the bluebird.


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[zsmithey4]

39 minutes ago, Josh said:

Is Bluebird still a thing?  That place was awesome in the 90's

Yeah at this point it’s a big Wednesday night place because of quarter beers but other than that people just go depending on who’s playing that night

[RaceToTheTop]

This talk of how Bloomington was 'way back when' reminds me that the academic math coach was looking for someone to teach his members simple BASIC and Fortran coding.  He asked our current IT guy and he had no idea about it.

I learned BASIC in high school and Fortran in college.  FML.

[johnsoniu]

This talk of how Bloomington was 'way back when' reminds me that the academic math coach was looking for someone to teach his members simple BASIC and Fortran coding.  He asked our current IT guy and he had no idea about it.
I learned BASIC in high school and Fortran in college.  FML.

My first computer class at IU we were still using IBM punched cards lol


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[kreigh8]

19 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

This talk of how Bloomington was 'way back when' reminds me that the academic math coach was looking for someone to teach his members simple BASIC and Fortran coding.  He asked our current IT guy and he had no idea about it.

I learned BASIC in high school and Fortran in college.  FML.

Most my high school got into was a HTML and a web team class. Got through the prerequisites as quick as I could to join that team.

Now my work days are full of JavaScript

[HoosierFan1994]

2 hours ago, Vauxhall and IU said:

All this talk about low attendance numbers has got me thinking about something. Show of hands: how many folks here were actually AT the notorious Indiana State game?

I was. And I remember going in being SO pumped, thinking this was a new era for IU basketball and that the fanbase was raring to go after the darkness of the Crean years (which in retrospect, LMAO). I genuinely believed that the place was going to be packed and rocking that night.

Instead, I got there and discovered the Hall dotted with empty seats. It might've been marginally better attended than the usual cupcake games but it was still only maybe 70% full, and a huge number of the people who were there were ISU fans.

That, more than the pathetic showing in the game, was what really had me concerned that night. Then, even weirder, after the game my buddy and I went to Trojan Horse and it was like 10pm on a Friday night and Kirkwood was completely empty. I was just like "what's happening to this town?" 

I was there as a birthday gift from my now wife. It was awful. I was even at Archie's presser when he got hired. Everything was bizarre. I was like you-excited. I remember the players walking out of the tunnel and they looked like zombies. 

[Magnanimous]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I was a senior in 2017 and Thursdays and Saturdays were the nights students filled up Sports. I don’t know why, but that’s just what everyone did. It would pretty much be empty every other night. Sports was usually pretty packed after like midnight on Thursdays. Brothers/KOK/Sports/Upstairs would usually all be packed on Thursday nights when I was at IU.  I wouldn’t go out as much on the weekends because drinks were way more expensive. 

I do think the pavilion in the back and the quota for the upstairs hurt Sports. It was always the place to end the night. Like you mentioned, after midnight everyone would head to sports, but it was always good the entire weekend. Outside when the weather was nice was always fun, including the upstairs deck.

 

[lillurk]

Watching major conference tournament semis, I’m struck by how many big wings the best teams play — sometimes even four at a time. By my count Archie recruited four of those, all in his first class except one: Langford, Hunter, Anderson, Geronimo.

I’m simply not sure why you’d try to win with mostly traditional posts and small-to-average height guards.

But then again I don’t think he really utilized those guys well, including Smith, so maybe he hurt his chances at more.

[DLG3]

I’m so impressed with Illinois right now. A little salt in the wound to think about Underwood being hired same time as Archie and I think he’s got a team that will be my pick to win it all.


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[HoosierFan1994]

24 minutes ago, DLG3 said:

I’m so impressed with Illinois right now. A little salt in the wound to think about Underwood being hired same time as Archie and I think he’s got a team that will be my pick to win it all.


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Me too...Michigan worries me with Livers out. This is the deepest the B1G has been since 2013. Lots of teams that I can see making a Final Four run...Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, and yes Purdue.

[NashvilleHoosier]

1 hour ago, zsmithey4 said:

Yeah at this point it’s a big Wednesday night place because of quarter beers but other than that people just go depending on who’s playing that night

Quarter beers?? Inflation is out of control. Wednesday was 15 cent beer night back in my day (00-04). Yogi’s and scotty’s were my spots. I was inconsolable when I found out yogis was closing. Was encouraged when I heard they found a new location and were reopening. Was quite torn when I realized that new location was the scotty’s I loved and didn’t realized closed. Went to Sco-gi’s last time I was in town but it just made me miss both of the originals. 

[RaceToTheTop]

35 minutes ago, DLG3 said:

I’m so impressed with Illinois right now. A little salt in the wound to think about Underwood being hired same time as Archie and I think he’s got a team that will be my pick to win it all.


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Honestly......I'd be shocked to see Illinois win it all.  I they rely so much on Dosunmu and Cockburn and I think the way the Big Ten is called is going to see Cockburn get limited minutes at some point in a major game in the tourney.

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[Chris007]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Is Bluebird still a thing?  That place was awesome in the 90's

Yes we went from bar to bar. Bluebird, to sports, to Mars, to Yogis but that was late 90’s

[Honkyman]

I wouldn't be surprised either if Illinois won it all. They are the most talented team in the conference. And they have pretty good coaching, too. The two coaches in the conference tourney final game were both hired at about the same time as Archie Miller was hired by IU.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I’m so impressed with Illinois right now. A little salt in the wound to think about Underwood being hired same time as Archie and I think he’s got a team that will be my pick to win it all.


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There were a few posters who shot down the idea of Underwood coming to IU if I remember correctly

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I wouldn't be surprised either if Illinois won it all. They are the most talented team in the conference. And they have pretty good coaching, too. The two coaches in the conference tourney final game were both hired at about the same time as Archie Miller was hired by IU.

I hope the **** not. Illinois fans are already getting insufferable over here. Heck, I've seen people I didn't know watched CBB wearing orange.

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[TheWatShot]

Yesterday, before Michigan announced Livers was out, I was thinking that I could see Illinois and Michigan in the Final Four...shades of 1989.