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2 hours ago, go iu bb said:

I don't know, hence my question about how long it takes to get players ready to play in the system. But looking at Drake and saying not long doesn't prove it one way or another. Looking at their roster, they have a bunch of seniors. It might not take long since good coaches tend to be good teachers, after all, or it might take a year or two.

Probably no one on this board knows the answer, which is fine. Why would anyone here have paid too much attention to him at the D2 level?

It took him until his 3rd year at NW Missouri State to win 20+ games, same as Hurley at URI and UConn. 

He continued getting better at that level and built some very good teams which he retained the cores of. 

This group he took with him may have been the best core he ever put together.

Stirtz is a nice piece. If he can retain some of the guys on this roster and get some transfers from the programs with coaches people pine for over him - who also happen to praise him and have strong relationships with (McCasland at TTU, Williams at A&M, Smart at Marquette)... you can see him having a serviceable roster in Y1. Still plenty of valid question marks/obvious risks. We'll see how quickly kids learn his system and if he's able to retain them / use the portal effectively. 

I'm comfortable with the risks personally. Excited to see what he can do with our NIL and HS recruiting. 

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5 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

The donors are only willing to pony up the big dollars for the one guy they know IU can't get.

Only one that I know of was only putting his money up for BS. The rest would all save money with this hire though. One of the donors could cover this contract 

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So I guess the UK job is no longer attractive since they got turned down by top coaches and settled for Pope who.had never won a tournament game.
That's why I am admitting that I don't understand the current college basketball landscape. I'm admitting it's a trend that I don't understand. But I do believe what I said as far as what it communicates to me as a fan and the program I follow.
Posted
2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think I’ve had more fun getting everyone fired up than the tweet itself. 

….ahhhh, I get it, this is your version of “RTZ’s” post yesterday… lol

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26 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

I'd give Cig another season before you crown him.  We played 2 good teams all season and got torched both times.  He was also able to bring a bunch of his JM guys with him.  Just reminds me of Tom Allen's covid year where we didn't beat a single team that finished in the top 25 and he got a near $40M buyout for it then the wheels came off.  Many of us called it at the time.  Expect a lot of 7-5 finishes from Cig which is certainly fine.

Two “good” teams?  It’s pretty tough playing national champ and runner-up on the road.  We were in year one of our new coach and they had 3-5x more NIL than IU.  Those games got away from us, but it’s pretty understandable.  OSU was smashing everyone.

Our margins of victory was pretty darn good too vs the bad and mediocre teams.

Agree seven win type seasons are good.  Hopefully we can do even better.  Just becoming a midpack team in the conference would be amazing.

Posted
7 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I understand what you’re trying to say but that’s not it. I still have several friends who can’t talk to me about the hiring process. If it was McCollum for the last week they would have been saying it. Jerry would be here posting. 

Heck yes. All I need to hear. Let’s go!

Posted
2 minutes ago, BtownBallers said:

Coaching by committee 

You took the post right out of my mouth! lol 

….on top of that you have a true Indiana born and raised player like Goode helping coach and direct the team! 

Posted
1 minute ago, IU05 said:

Heck yes. All I need to hear. Let’s go!

Direct from the Mothership…

Owe…We want the funk…give up the funk…Ow…We need the funk…we gotta have that funk.

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