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[Hoosierfan2017]

5 minutes ago, Rookie33 said:

The state of our athletic department is pretty solid actually - football, baseball, soccer, swimming, golf and women’s hoops. The only outlier is IUBB. So one could posit Glass did okay. Archie the bed. He checked all the boxes. He’s not up to the job. Time to move on - suits all parties.


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Basketball is the only program that really matters at IU, and it’s worse now than it has ever been. Even a good football team isn’t going to be enough as long as the basketball program stinks.

[Hoosier Guy]

Just now, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Absolutely zero justification, which is why it’ll be so infuriating when they do. The sole reason to bring him back is the money. If he is back we know that IU simply didn’t want to spend the money. Every IU fan will know that that’s why he is back. Good luck telling the fans “hey we didn’t want to spend the money to give you a good product, but you should still buy it anyway.” 
 

I already didn’t watch most of the games this season. That would continue next season if the worst comes to fruition

[Trish]

I remember when we were the #1 seed! 
 

Then a 2-3 Zone beat us. 

[TheWatShot]

Quoting myself from a different thread to serve as a reminder:

If you don't remember what it was like when we went through this four years ago, expect the vibe to constantly shift back and forth, sometimes even within a single day. Fun times to be an IU fan!

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, Rookie33 said:

The state of our athletic department is pretty solid actually - football, baseball, soccer, swimming, golf and women’s hoops. The only outlier is IUBB. So one could posit Glass did okay. Archie the bed. He checked all the boxes. He’s not up to the job. Time to move on - suits all parties.


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It's Indiana, basketball is the most visible program, and it's been mismanaged bad.

[theriverpilot]

It's Indiana, basketball is the most visible program, and it's been mismanaged bad.

Indiana basketball is the brand. Love Tom Allen and what he’s done for the football program but IU but basketball is the image


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[colonel06]

It’s very disappointing not to see the IU logo on the TV drawing show(s)!

 

 

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[HoosierTrav]

33 minutes ago, hoosierpap said:

Gettin' some vibes that aren't gonna make this place a blast

I promised myself that I was going to base my level of interest based off of how the university handles this situation. If they decide to keep Archie, they would be signaling to us that they don’t care to have success. If they don’t care enough to have success, I wouldn’t waste my valuable time and energy rooting for them and certainly wouldn’t be spending any of my money so that it could make it’s way into the hands of the university. That may sound dramatic and juvenile but honestly it’s where I’m at. I’m tapped. They bring him back, I’m done for good and I’m certain many more will feel the same way. It would be an absolutely catastrophic decision for the program. I won’t be around to see or hear the blowback but I already feel bad for the players and the student body. They are getting a raw deal. 

[Trish]

I wonder what Archie and Scott are doing during the selection show..

[Chris007]

15 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Dolson is a worse AD than Fred Glass and I didn’t think that that was possible. I wish there was a way to get the entire fanbase to boycott and make them play in front of an empty Assembly Hall. IU doesn’t deserve anyone’s time or money. 
 

Oh well, a half empty Assembly Hall gets the same point across. A whole lot of people’s winter calendars just cleared up. 

If he does come back it’s not because Dolson didn’t try. The trustees have not been behind this. I still think Archie won’t coach another game at IU

[Parakeet Jones]

1 minute ago, Treesh said:

I wonder what Archie and Scott are doing during the selection show..

Updating resumes?

[Trish]

2 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said:

Updating resumes?

I think Archie is having everyone over for a nice Sunday evening meal! They are reflecting on a great year!

[NashvilleHoosier]

3 minutes ago, Treesh said:

I wonder what Archie and Scott are doing during the selection show..

What does the team as a whole do? Do they get together at all to watch this knowing their name isn’t gonna be called? Is it still interesting b/c it’s college basketball? 

[Hoosier Guy]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

If he does come back it’s not because Dolson didn’t try. The trustees have not been behind this. I still think Archie won’t coach another game at IU

I’ll believe he’s back when I see it. I still can’t see him coming back. It makes no sense

[Hoosierfan2017]

10 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

Indiana basketball is the brand. Love Tom Allen and what he’s done for the football program but IU but basketball is the image


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Football is like an added bonus for me. I love football and would love to have a consistently good program. But I still need the basketball program to be great. It’s like Ohio State football. OSU having a great basketball program is a great added bonus for the fans. But they would still be pissed despite that if their football program stunk.  

[Feathery]

7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

If he does come back it’s not because Dolson didn’t try. The trustees have not been behind this. I still think Archie won’t coach another game at IU

If Dolson tried and trustees blocked it, then Archie should know his time is drawing near. He should get out before he is fired next off season. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

28 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

If he does come back it’s not because Dolson didn’t try. The trustees have not been behind this. I still think Archie won’t coach another game at IU

Sucks that IU handcuffs its ADs from being able to do their job. It’s like the position is just there to raise money from donors while the big decisions get made by someone else. In any event, Dolson will be the guy carrying the stink on him because he’s the public face of the department. 

[MikeRoberts]

1 minute ago, Hoosier Guy said:

I’ll believe he’s back when I see it. I still can’t see him coming back. It makes no sense

Zero winning seasons in the bigten and collectively over the 4 year period I believe we are 10th out of 14

IU should fire him even if he offered to coach for free

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

What does the team as a whole do? Do they get together at all to watch this knowing their name isn’t gonna be called? Is it still interesting b/c it’s college basketball? 

We always see the videos of teams going nuts when their name is called. I've always kind of wanted to see one for a team that wasn't chosen. 

[lillurk]

10 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

If he does come back it’s not because Dolson didn’t try. The trustees have not been behind this. I still think Archie won’t coach another game at IU

Would you guess he takes a fresh start, or you think there’s a big fish that can’t be caught until late spring?