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17 minutes ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:


Can someone translate “Gla$$ breaks under pressure” for me ?


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I think it was meant as a dig at Fred Glass.  Glass was given a lot of crap for negotiating contracts with both Wilson and Crean then getting rid of each one very soon after.   A lot of people believed that Mr Glass should never have been made the AD.  

Posted
21 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Getting a great Football coach makes him great.  Even if it was by chance.  A great Football program means a great athletics program. 

Someone gets it. His two baseball hires were big time too. Mercer is a top 15 coach in CBB. 

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Just now, btownqb said:

Someone gets it. His two baseball hires were big time too. Mercer is a top 15 coach in CBB. 

he obviously gets a lot of flack for basketball and rightfully so. But man his other hires were spectacular.

Plus the place was a dump when I got there in 2012 and by the time I left in 2016 it was entirely different. He deserves credit for that too (as does Dolson I am sure). 

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1 hour ago, btownqb said:

Well.. Glass left the place in MUCHHHHH better condition than what was given to him. 

I think the thing that gets him a lot of flack was his demeanor and his lawyer speak at all times.

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1 hour ago, btownqb said:

Well.. Glass left the place in MUCHHHHH better condition than what was given to him. 

Not that I am anti-Glass, but the major improvements coincides with increased TV contracts for the Big Ten (including revenue from the BTN). Also the BTN made the non-money sports MUCH more visible. 

Although I was not super-big on the additions at the time, in some convoluted fashion we may actually owe Rutgers some thanks for some of the improvements...

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1 minute ago, Evariste Galois said:

Not that I am anti-Glass, but the major improvements coincides with increased TV contracts for the Big Ten (including revenue from the BTN). Also the BTN made the non-money sports MUCH more visible. 

Although I was not super-big on the additions at the time, in some convoluted fashion we may actually owe Rutgers some thanks for some of the improvements...

Mercer. Allen. Moren. 

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Just now, btownqb said:

Mercer. Allen. Moren. 

He made great hires, no question. I am saying Mercer & Moren may have been easier to sign with more money and more visibility for the programs (and more money for Allen).

I do not live in Indiana and until the BTN, I would never have been able to see I an IU baseball or women's basketball game on TV. Now they are covered from the Mid-Atlantic through the Midwest. That exposure is valuable. 

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When I think of the most discussed names and then put them in a list......

Brad Stevens
Scott Drew
Chris Beard
Nate Oats
Eric Musselman
Thad Matta
John Beilein

I think to myself.......that's a hell of a list. Hard to be real disappointed in any of those choices. I mean some people have issues with each but you're going to have that. I feel a lot better about this search than I did in '17

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I'd be fine with Beard, Oats I want no part of.  Musselman is slightly less 'meh' than Enfield.
What is your issue with Oats? Just not proven it over a period of time or something else? I mean his buyout makes him one of the least likely imo.

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4 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

What is your issue with Oats? Just not proven it over a period of time or something else? I mean his buyout makes him one of the least likely imo.

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Winning the SEC when pUKe is down is the only thing keeping him from being a less accomplished Archie Miller.

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Winning the SEC when pUKe is down is the only thing keeping him from being a less accomplished Archie Miller.
Winning a Power 5 conference championship is a quite large differentiator from never being above .500 in one. I'm not advocating for him but he's already car exceeded Archie imo

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9 minutes ago, Jeff_Boy_Ardee said:

Since it is slow, any thoughts on where Archie will land or should land? I hope he finds success again, I liked the guy, he just didn’t work here.

 

 

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I imagine he’ll take the year off. Collect his checks. 
 

He’ll land a nice job the following season. 

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24 minutes ago, Treesh said:

I imagine he’ll take the year off. Collect his checks. 
 

He’ll land a nice job the following season. 

Might catch on with the CBS/Tru/TBS crew to sit in on a few games as a color guy a la RMK and Clappy ... or not...

Sitting on more than TEN large* can ease the stress of not working...

*yeah, I get it that it's paid out and not a lump sum

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