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[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,922]

Just now, ap2345 said:

So people noticed that BehindTheBench's name had BTB for initials. Has anyone on here noticed that IsaacTors name says Is a acTor?

Well... then he's definitely an idiot.... it should be Isanactor, if that were the case. Sorry, grammar matters. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,922]

7 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

If you actually watch the X's and O's are good. The problem is they have limited money. It's gotten a little better in the last year but still isn't great. Only 3 of their 5 starters are big east caliber because they can't afford anyone. They do have a good HS class coming in though. 

44-47 is tough to defend 

[BehindTheBench 163]

5 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

I may be the dense one here but I’m reading that guys message to you as a troll still.

Not even close to accurate 

[Artie86 2,710]

6 minutes ago, KyleBMac22 said:

Keep them good vibes coming today

....I don't enjoy looking at that. lol

[ap2345 9,841]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

44-47 is tough to defend 

It's actually not if you pay attention.

[ap2345 9,841]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

That's a stupid comment. 

It's not. They are in close games a lot. The X's and O's are good. They don't have the talent for the conference. NIL matters these days. Shoot they lost Posh to Dayton because they couldn't afford him.

[IU Prof 1,411]

14 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

If you actually watch the X's and O's are good. The problem is they have limited money. It's gotten a little better in the last year but still isn't great. Only 3 of their 5 starters are big east caliber because they can't afford anyone. They do have a good HS class coming in though. 

I don't necessarily disagree, but I'd feel a lot better about him if he'd been able to succeed despite being under manned. I'm tired of coaches who can only win when they have superior talent.

[ap2345 9,841]

1 minute ago, IU Prof said:

I don't necessarily disagree, but I'd feel a lot better about him if he'd been able to succeed despite being under manned. I'm tired of coaches who can only win when they have superior talent.

Oh I'm not talking about him for the IU job. He's retiring in a year or 2 lol 

[Chris007 52,770]

10 minutes ago, Juwan Moye said:

I may be the dense one here but I’m reading that guys message to you as a troll still.

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

[Stuhoo 84,928]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

This!

If new posters are trolls, well; people are skeptical anyway.

But if they’re gracious like this new poster and may have information? We should absolutely welcome them.

[Demo 21,526]

Just now, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

Dude, the one I’ll never forget is you posting the Clif Marshall hire. I remember thinking who in God’s name is that? I will always be predisposed to buying your information on the strength of that immortal call alone.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,922]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

Sweet Jesus we thought that was some sort of "move" for us, wow, it was not lol 

Ed Schilling. Big bust 

[Mr. Hoosier Pride 978]

7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

Wait.....I was told you're never right about your insider information.....

[8bucks 6,907]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

I may not have the right poster but I was on another site mostly during the Billy Donovan "hire" and am pretty sure you had a post on here that said you saw a bunch of black SUVs pull up and guys with briefcases got out and were in AH.  Was that you?  If so, any idea who they were or was it a joke I took for reals by mistake.  Either way, I think that was when i switched over here full time.  

[Juwan Moye 643]

8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

Yeah, you’ve earned some grace and you rarely are as specific as these people are trying to be.

“Fox sports March 2nd 3pm” 

“10 days”

etc.

And I get people wanting to welcome people, being polite etc, but from my vantage point these types of posters are actively aiming to discredit people on here by spouting nonsense. Maybe I’ve been an internet user for too long.

As long as people like yourself don’t stop engaging because asshats attack you and try to discredit you then all good.

[Jet812 105]

48 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Better than Woodson, but he is doing nothing at Butler, currently. 

I know an acquaintance of Thad’s, & Thad has admitted he doesn’t have the energy he used to coach with, I wondered to myself if that means just physical fatigue or that their passion for coaching has diminished, which is a danger for someone that has left coaching voluntarily because they wanted, let’s say, an executive position or something.  

[go iu bb 7,469]

13 hours ago, steubenhoosier said:

Sounds like a CYA to me 

Not really. They take on the burden of doing a lot of the work that AD doesn't have time for. Like @Hovadipo said, they do background checks, PR, logistics. They're a middleman which serves as a point of contact for the agents of interested coaches to go to and they'll reach out to the agents of coaches IU is interested in to gauge interest. They might add a few suggestions based on the school's criteria, but their main purpose it to shoulder the burden of all the leg work that the AD can't do or doesn't want to do.

They have the added benefit of when IU reaches a deal with someone, they can say "this was the first guy we went after" with it technically not being a lie.

[EasyEJay 49]

9 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

He might be. If he is that’s ok too. I’ve taken many shots on here I’ll survive. When I first came here saying with my first post that Ed Schilling was going to be named an assistant several people welcomed me. Of course Ed told me he was going to be named the next day. But I have no problem with people coming sharing what they heard.

Man I was on my honeymoon in 2016 when the news broke IU hired Archie I was so pissed (Obviously I bought the Billy Donovan rumors hook, line, and sinker) . Called Archie the mid-major flavor of the month. LOL 

We left on on a cruise the next day didn't have internet till we got to the resort in Mexico, saw Archie hired Flint and Schilling. Apparently spent the rest of my trip drunkenly lecturing poor innocent people at the swim up open bar how BACK IU basketball was according to my wife. LOL  

[ap2345 9,841]

Why does it seem like @BehindTheBench's timeline sounds a lot like what @JerryYeagley23 put out a couple weeks ago?

 

Also I wouldn't assume that he's a troll just because he's new

[cleeter 2,618]

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