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2 hours ago, iu eyedoc said:

 

Interesting statement. After reading, I was expecting to see a lot of flexing and taunting stares in his HL video, but he seemed strangely reserved. Definitely something IU doesn't have at the PG position, but with RF and likely KL returning, adding a 3rd PG would put someone out of some serious minutes.

Just a thought, but this is a highlight video, so yes I would expect to see a little more cockiness so to speak after some of these plays. However when the problems with the refs occur, I am betting it is during struggle time.  That is when most players start to complain and have ref issues, or even with other players. Things not going your way are usually the better indicator of a players psyche, so to speak.

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8 minutes ago, Hippopotamo said:

Caleb Love has no reason to transfer. He’s either going to the draft or he’s staying at UNC. 

I imagine you’re right. I was told when he was a Soph  if/when he got a UNC offer that the rest of the process would be purely academic. 

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2 hours ago, iu eyedoc said:

 

Interesting statement. After reading, I was expecting to see a lot of flexing and taunting stares in his HL video, but he seemed strangely reserved. Definitely something IU doesn't have at the PG position, but with RF and likely KL returning, adding a 3rd PG would put someone out of some serious minutes.

Capel: “Nothing I’ve said has stopped Johnson from yapping and it has cost us.”

Also Capel:  starts Johnson every gave and doesn’t pull him.

 

 

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After reading all that on Johnson... pass. 

Disagree, I think Johnson is the best guard in the portal and I think Woody is a good enough players coach to get him to buy in. Also have no issue with players getting a technical every now and then, love to see some fire.


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Just now, Bobman1 said:


Disagree, I think Johnson is the best guard in the portal and I think Woody is a good enough players coach to get him to buy in. Also have no issue with players getting a technical every now and then, love to see some fire.


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Agreed, you have a talk with him about this being his last chance, then if he acts up you sit him. But still go after him if he fits what we want. 

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4 minutes ago, Bobman1 said:


Disagree, I think Johnson is the best guard in the portal and I think Woody is a good enough players coach to get him to buy in. Also have no issue with players getting a technical every now and then, love to see some fire.


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If your coach has to say something like that in a post game interview? Pass. 

I coach, I get it. Fire is different then being a punk. Yapping at the other teams bench enough to get a tech? Pass. 

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3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

If your coach has to say something like that in a post game interview? Pass. 

I coach, I get it. Fire is different then being a punk. Yapping at the other teams bench enough to get a tech? Pass. 

I would give a standing ovation if one of our players got a technical for chirping at the other team’s bench next year. IU basketball needs a total culture change. Our players are too nice. They’re too polite. We need some dogs who aren’t afraid to taunt a little bit and talk their talk.   

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14 minutes ago, btownqb said:

If your coach has to say something like that in a post game interview? Pass. 

I coach, I get it. Fire is different then being a punk. Yapping at the other teams bench enough to get a tech? Pass. 

I take it you weren't a Will Sheehey fan? Different strokes I guess. I miss our guys having that kind of fire. Sure you might get burned here and there, but it's better than the alternative.

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4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I would give a standing ovation if one of our players got a technical for chirping at the other team’s bench next year. IU basketball needs a total culture change. Our players are too nice. They’re too polite. We need some dogs who aren’t afraid to taunt a little bit and talk their talk.   

Sure. There is about a 1000 different ways to be "dog" and not be a punk to the extent that your coach has to call you out in a post game press conference. Taunting is for the weak. Duke doesn't taunt, Gonzaga doesn't taunt, Nova doesn't taunt. They just shut up a play. The rest is just weak a** s***. All the stuff you mentioned is fluff, it isn't what a program is built on. 

Now... there's always a line and I don't expect ANY of our kids to back down, but to be called out in a post game interview.. for one it's ungodly embarrassing or should be for Johnson and for two you can see how bad his behavior must have been. 

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Just now, FightFor6 said:

I take it you weren't a Will Sheehey fan? Different strokes I guess. I miss our guys having that kind of fire. Sure you might get burned here and there, but it's better than the alternative.

I loved Will Sheehey. I don't ever remember Crean having to comment on his behavior after a game? 

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I for sure want some guards with some more attitude, just not this one. I don't even have a problem with yapping (at times) I get that it happens and there are different ways people play ball. No issue with that. I still can't get over Capel having to say that though. 

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Just now, btownqb said:

I loved Will Sheehey. I don't ever remember Crean having to comment on his behavior after a game? 

I hear you, but I wouldn't necessarily shut the door on a talented kid that plays with passion because of an off-the-cuff comment from a coach that hasn't coached a winning team in 6 years. He was still playing 30mpg and had a 30% usage rate (1st in ACC). Capels actions don't match his words in this instance.

Woody needs to do some vetting here to be fair, but more evidence points to Johnson being a big positive to this team than the opposite.

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