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[go iu bb 8,817]

17 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

 

Billy D ready to return to college?

I doubt the work is less though. Whether the coaches think so or not remains to be seen. The successful college coaches put in crazy hours.

[hper50 1,645]

1 hour ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

So are we out of the running on Turgeon or what?

Since we have time for a Rick Majerus story:

My dad was a student at Ball State when Majerus was the coach there. He and his buddies would run into Majerus all the time at Tony's Locker Room (local bar). Majerus would call them by name, tell stories, and often foot their bill.

The best part: every time Rick went to Tony's, he would order not one, not two, but three orders of full-sized nachos. All for himself. And would absolutely demolish them.

Rest peacefully, you lovable glutton.

[str8baller 7,189]

14 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

 

I’ve thought about this. It seems NBA coaches have a nice break from after the draft until the start of camp. Whereas college coaches were historically always recruiting. It was a grind.  
 

Woody had the money to successfully retain players and even land a 5 star almost every year. He just stinks at actual coaching.  
 

IU, like always, had awful timing. I think in a couple years this will become obvious. It’s up to Dolson to sell it now. But it should be the crux of the pitch to guys like Stevens, Donovan, Bennett, etc… Essentially, you get all the good things about coaching college—including the money—but we’ll give you a solid month off in July where you don’t have to do jack. The recruiting coordinator or whatever can take control because you’ve already set your team through the portal. 
 

With IU’s luck we’ll get some schlub and this will become obvious next year and UNC or somebody will nail it.

[Alistair Smash 582]

2 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Since we have time for a Rick Majerus story:

My dad was a student at Ball State when Majerus was the coach there. He and his buddies would run into Majerus all the time at Tony's Locker Room (local bar). Majerus would call them by name, tell stories, and often foot their bill.

The best part, every time Rick went to Tony's, he would order not one,  not two, but three orders of full-sized nachos. All for himself. And would absolutely demolish them.

Rest peacefully, you lovable glutton.

It’s always the third order that gets you. He was a fun character. 

[hper50 1,645]

Does anyone have any insight as to why TJ O's 2021 UNLV was such a clunker of a season? Everything looks great... records, improvement in efficiency ratings over time, etc.... other than that year 

[Demo 22,625]

13 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Since we have time for a Rick Majerus story:

My dad was a student at Ball State when Majerus was the coach there. He and his buddies would run into Majerus all the time at Tony's Locker Room (local bar). Majerus would call them by name, tell stories, and often foot their bill.

The best part: every time Rick went to Tony's, he would order not one, not two, but three orders of full-sized nachos. All for himself. And would absolutely demolish them.

Rest peacefully, you lovable glutton.

Putting aside the whole basketball savant part, dude was the best guy I’ve ever met in the game. 

[OGIUAndy 1,012]

13 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Billy D ready to return to college?

I doubt the work is less though. Whether the coaches think so or not remains to be seen. The successful college coaches put in crazy hours. 

Recruiting. I think the theory here is you wouldn't have to recruit "as much" with NIL because you'll have an offer on the table that is either acceptable or not and move on if not. So you don't have to keep recruiting certain guys as much? This notion that the NBA is much easier is a bit odd to me. The travel and the length of the season is pretty difficult. Seems to be a lot more older coaches in college than then NBA. With some success, job security is a lot better than the NBA. NBA coaches regularly get fired after one season. 

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14 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

I've never been to Lennie's before first time going.

Oh my! You're in for a treat!  Everything on the menu is good and pairs well with my favorite BBC brew Quarrymen Pale Ale. Brick pizza oven turns out great pizzas (thin or original crust), flatbreads and strombollis (really calzones). 

Since the 10th Street location days I've regularly ordered a thin crust, pesto sauce, hot italian sausage, button mushrooms, artichoke hearts and spinach pizza or same ingredients in a strom.

I know, take it to the culinary board.   ENJOY!

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2 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

Recruiting. I think the theory here is you wouldn't have to recruit "as much" with NIL because you'll have an offer on the table that is either acceptable or not and move on if not. So you don't have to keep recruiting certain guys as much? This notion that the NBA is much easier is a bit odd to me. The travel and the length of the season is pretty difficult. Seems to be a lot more older coaches in than then NBA. 

Recruiting is such a grind, especially in season.  Coaches will fly in from a road game and then drive to go watch recruits at multiple schools play games the next day, all while working to keep the current team on track.  

[Motley's 599]

The Buzz is getting louder 

[BA47591 721]

6 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Does anyone have any insight as to why TJ O's 2021 UNLV was such a clunker of a season? Everything looks great... records, improvement in efficiency ratings over time, etc.... other than that year 

UNLV is a bad gig. 

[Chris007 60,787]

1 minute ago, Motley's said:

The Buzz is getting louder 

Grant or Gates?

[Kentuckysucks 4,331]

https://x.com/Bball_War3/status/1897760665374519518?t=4PvYa4JF2QPaVv9zjhUalQ&s=19

[BehindTheBench 1,555]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

https://x.com/Bball_War3/status/1897760665374519518?t=4PvYa4JF2QPaVv9zjhUalQ&s=19

But, but, but, someone on BTB said that Stevens was 0%. Consider me shocked!

[Silat Player 1,816]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Grant or Gates?

 

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12 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Does anyone have any insight as to why TJ O's 2021 UNLV was such a clunker of a season? Everything looks great... records, improvement in efficiency ratings over time, etc.... other than that year 

Think some of it is the jump in level of play, think some of it is that UNLV hasn't put a lot of resources toward their program; so an interesting mix. It is the one hiccup he's had, so worth noting. 

[hper50 1,645]

5 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

UNLV is a bad gig. 

Totally get that - just wondering why the steep decline from the prior year

[IU Prof 2,180]

6 minutes ago, Motley's said:

The Buzz is getting louder 

 

[Stuhoo 88,034]

7 minutes ago, hper50 said:

Totally get that - just wondering why the steep decline from the prior year

Entirely possible that he was a young coach that needed to learn from the adversity of having a group of players that just didn't connect.