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[MonteMarcaccini 127]

58 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

An "undisclosed" Butler player and his family had a lake cottage across the street from us.  Talking on day, He and his dad told us that Crean was heavily recruiting him.  They said that when he told Crean he was attending Butler, Crean called him every name in the book.  Dad said that his son basically had to hold the phone away from him and just hang up.

Not surprising.  How is Kellen doing these days?

[Sobchak_Security 47]

2 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

How could you possibly believe something like that? 

It is true.  Crean believed that actually helped with game preparation in that you can never plan on things going a certain way and you had to be flexible.  

[Dave from Dayton 3,732]

22 minutes ago, str8baller said:

I think he just bought into the whole “you have to be an inflammatory ****** talking head to succeed in the media” thing. He was a decent enough coach and actually not a bad color guy when on tv.  
 

Not sure if that makes him a bad person anymore than Screamn A or Skip bayless, but I don’t pay attention to any of them. I’ve always hated musicals and solo performative art. It’s a shame he is associated with IU. IU should do what they can to distance themselves from him. 
 

Speaking of coaching searches, who would want to coach here with that guy lording over your performance everyday on the radio? 

Dan D is a decent color guy on TV. He does know basketball.  

Not sure about the decent coach thing.  I have always been an IU fan.  And Dan was more than a decent player at IU.  He also was a hard working and dedicated assistant for years with RMK.

What started me to wonder about Dan was his stint at BGSU in Ohio.  Both my daughters graduated from BGSU.  Followed Dan's coaching there.

Dan did okay with BGSU at first.  Never could recruit top drawer talent.  Understandable for BGSU, though.  Did well enough to get and accept an offer at West Virginia.  That went belly up when he found out immediately and declined the job because of their NCAA violations.

After that, BGSU wins took a dive for years and he was cut loose.  He absolutely over-supervised his players.  It was not fun to be with Dan as coach.  His recruiting dropped off because of that and other things.

The good news about Dan is that he was a clean basketball coach as far as compliance with the NCAA rules.  IU was lucky to have him hired into Sampson's staff immediately before that blew up.  Dan had nothing to do with recruiting.  He tried to right the ship in only Dan's way.  Controversial...yes.  But he was doing the best he could do with the given circumstances at IU at the time.  A complete disaster.  But not one of Dan's making.  He did make it...ahem...clean by sweeping everyone out.

It was hell for everyone.  Including Dan.

He and RMK had a falling out.  Both hard headed individuals.  I thought, in certain instances that Dan was right about a lot of things.  But his...persona is grating.  

Glad that he never became HC at IU.  But looking back at it...   No.  Still glad.

[OGIUAndy 846]

7 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

There was no way they were going to fire a minority alum after 3 years, who had gone to the NCAA tournament twice, after having given Archie 4 years with no tournament.  Would have setup the school for a racial discrimination lawsuit most likely.  

Him not getting fired had nothing to do with race, sorry. This is what happens when you hire an IU legend with backing of certain BoT members and donors. He went to the tournament twice before as well. I think we all agree it was not going to work out. The biggest mistake was hiring him in the first place without any college experience. We also paid him a lot of money considering he didn't have any other legitimate HC opportunities or competition for his services. 

[Rico 3,380]

58 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I think the entire fanbase is so over this season that we just don’t care anymore. 

I look at it this way.  Woodson is exiting.  Now that we got that out of the way I want to see some modicum of success from this squad.  Beating the Boilers by 30 would make me feel oh so good.

[Sobchak_Security 47]

Just now, OGIUAndy said:

Him not getting fired had nothing to do with race, sorry. This is what happens when you hire an IU legend with backing by the BoT and donors. He went to the tournament twice before as well. I think we all agree it was not going to work out. The biggest mistake was hire him in the first place without any college experience. We also paid him a lot of money considering he didn't have any other legitimate HC opportunities. 

Not saying it did, but, if you don’t think Woodson would have had a great case for discrimination with what was laid out…..agree to disagree

[coonhounds 9,893]

There was no way they were going to fire a minority alum after 3 years, who had gone to the NCAA tournament twice, after having given Archie 4 years with no tournament.  Would have setup the school for a racial discrimination lawsuit most likely.  

Racial discrimination! What the heck? He beyond deserved to be fired. 2 tournaments isn't shouldn't be good enough at iu! The writing was on the wall. He deserved to be fired on performance. He deserved to be fired for causing a rift with the fans. He was old. Time was on Archie side not woodsons that was probably biggest reason Archie got a year 4. That and a steady upward trend with good recruits! Woodson only star recruit backed out after the announcement he was returning. That should have changed things imo

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[sweetpain 562]

Hey guys can we cut back on the CTC hate please

This may help.

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[RaceToTheTop 27,837]

10 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Bennett can recruit the state.Won a title with an Indiana Guy.

I'm not your Guy, Buddy.

[Hoosierfan2017 22,871]

14 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

There was no way they were going to fire a minority alum after 3 years, who had gone to the NCAA tournament twice, after having given Archie 4 years with no tournament.  Would have setup the school for a racial discrimination lawsuit most likely.  

Lol no. 

[Home Jersey 11,649]

6 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Not saying it did, but, if you don’t think Woodson would have had a great case for discrimination with what was laid out…..agree to disagree

You handle any/many racial discrimination cases before? 

[Hoosierfan2017 22,871]

7 minutes ago, Sobchak_Security said:

Not saying it did, but, if you don’t think Woodson would have had a great case for discrimination with what was laid out…..agree to disagree

He would have had absolutely zero case for discrimination… 

[HoosierTrav 8,030]

The Kentucky search last season was an eye opener for me. 
 

Whether any of us want to admit it or not, the Kentucky job is a better job than Indiana. Was it back when Davis was hired? Probably not…. Today, it’s not even close, if you ask anyone not wearing crimson colored glasses.
 

Each day that passes. The way we start with such high ambitions (Brad Stevens) to have those hopes dashed. 
 

I anticipate this hire to go very much like Kentucky’s. Zero chance Drew is actually interested in Indiana while not having been interested in Kentucky. Im sorry. I just can’t bring myself to buy that story. 
 

May would be a home run but I’m not nearly as convinced as others that he will want to make the move after 1 year in Ann Arbor. 
 

We’d be wise to hire McCollum. 

[HinnyHoosier 5,560]

With the whole race conversation that's about to happen over Woodson:

If we really want to waste our energy on it, that can happen in his own iconic designated 2000+ page thread.

 

[go iu bb 7,423]

8 minutes ago, sweetpain said:

This may help.

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That cat looks offended. We need to stop offending the cat.

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Just now, HinnyHoosier said:

I think with the whole race conversation that's about to happen over Woodson:

If we really want to waste our energy on it, that can happen in his own iconic designated 2000+ page thread.

 

Please merciful God no.

[RaceToTheTop 27,837]

1 minute ago, go iu bb said:

That cat looks offended. We need to stop offending the cat.

Crean:

"Cat, you remind me of Dwyane Wade".

[HinnyHoosier 5,560]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

Please merciful God no.

I'm just trying to proactively direct them out of this thread because it will be a debate whether we want it to or not, not that it's been stirred.

[OldBuddy67 301]

49 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

Hey guys can we cut back on the CTC hate please

Fair enough but let's clarify the rumor: Did you really clog the toilet at Kyrie Irving's house?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,004]

56 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Tamar Bates at 22 yrs old more mature than Dan Dakich at 62.

LOL

The timing of the tweets are odd. Dakich made the original tweet on February 4th of 2024. At that time, Tamar Bates hadn't won an SEC game. That tweet was made right after Mizzou had lost to Vanderbilt and was 0-9 in the SEC(Mizzou was 0-18 in conference play). Bates first SEC game was January 6th, 2024. Finally got an SEC win January 27th, 2025. He and Mizzou were 0-20 going into that game. The most recent tweet made after beating Alabama. I just see zero reason to dig back a year for the post from Dakich.