Trish Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, OldBuddy67 said: Unfortunately I believe you Chris. Archie is not the answer and never will be. If anyone thinks we are better next year they are crazy. My question is this: As you are connected at IU does he have a good relationship with his peers? Dolson? Archie seems arrogant, standoff-ish. Is perception reality? If true all things mentioned can't do him many favors with his peers and Dolson. Maybe he knows whose *ss to kiss. Curious to hear your thoughts. Call me crazy as the leader of the Archie bandwagon, but I think there is a chance.. a chance to be better next year. Assuming nature take it's course and our players develop, TJD returns, and we add Parker and Joey / Luke.. I mean.. on paper... and don't forget.. Al can return for another year... yeah it's all wishful thinking but... HoosierDYT, mamasa and ALASKA HOOSIER 3
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Treesh said: Call me crazy as the leader of the Archie bandwagon, but I think there is a chance.. a chance to be better next year. Assuming nature take it's course and our players develop, TJD returns, and we add Parker and Joey / Luke.. I mean.. on paper... and don't forget.. Al can return for another year... yeah it's all wishful thinking but... But do we really want Al to return? No. He just eats up minutes for guys like Leal who can be better. bigrod and Bowhunter 2
Popular Post Chris007 Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: But do we really want Al to return? No. He just eats up minutes for guys like Leal who can be better. There is no reason in this world that Al needs to come back for another year OldBuddy67, Loaded Chicken Sandwich, 323SGrant and 8 others 11
Hoosierfan2017 Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: But do we really want Al to return? No. He just eats up minutes for guys like Leal who can be better. Yeah I agree. Nothing against him, he’s been a decent player, but he’s had his time and doesn’t fill a position of need. Loaded Chicken Sandwich 1
coonhounds Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Call me crazy as the leader of the Archie bandwagon, but I think there is a chance.. a chance to be better next year. Assuming nature take it's course and our players develop, TJD returns, and we add Parker and Joey / Luke.. I mean.. on paper... and don't forget.. Al can return for another year... yeah it's all wishful thinking but... I fully believe if tjd returns we are definitely better next year and anyone who says otherwise is crazy imo. How much better and will we have a future after with recruiting being down? That the big question. We need to be better but also need to land some impact players to have a future with archie imo Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Chris007 1
mamasa Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, Treesh said: Call me crazy as the leader of the Archie bandwagon, but I think there is a chance.. a chance to be better next year. Assuming nature take it's course and our players develop, TJD returns, and we add Parker and Joey / Luke.. I mean.. on paper... and don't forget.. Al can return for another year... yeah it's all wishful thinking but... And, I'm still really intrigued by what Chris007 mentioned about Brooks and Henry having been discussed. Not getting hopes up, and certainly not implying that he made it seem likely, but..... Trish and Chris007 2
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said: Yeah I agree. Nothing against him, he’s been a decent player, but he’s had his time and doesn’t fill a position of need. If he were still a 40% 3pt shooter and we had an offense that got shooters open and he was just a compliment to the offense and not a big part of it... He'd be better. He really is a bench player on a B1G title contender. At best. What other Big Ten school would he start for? Nebraska?
Trish Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: But do we really want Al to return? No. He just eats up minutes for guys like Leal who can be better. I can agree with this. Al doesn't have a future in the NBA, maybe oversea's he could play. But we could maybe use the depth since we're only bringing in Parker and Luke. Unless another transfer / recruit is in the works? Leal / Kristian / Trey / Jordan all need the playing time for sure.. but Al supplies good defense and the occasional 3 here and there. Bone head decisions yes but depth wouldn't be a bad thing for Archie's run at the tourney next year. With our injury history.. hell we might need him.lol Cookie 1
bigrod Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Chris007 said: Exactly if other departments here at IU have to give the athletic department money to get buy, then no way we can afford a buyout. Also, remember we have a new president coming in this summer. So unless a booster wants to step up and pay the whole buyout, then nothing is changing I figured this as well. In fact I told several people that we need to get used to mediocrity until his contract is up. The only thing that makes me wonder is that next year he would only have a year left on his contract. That makes recruiting even harder than it seems it has been for him lately. Who wants to play for a coach on the hot seat with a year left on his contract? Chris007 1
Chris007 Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, bigrod said: I figured this as well. In fact I told several people that we need to get used to mediocrity until his contract is up. The only thing that makes me wonder is that next year he would only have a year left on his contract. That makes recruiting even harder than it seems it has been for him lately. Who wants to play for a coach on the hot seat with a year left on his contract? Now that's a good question and a little higher than my pay grade to answer. mamasa, bigrod and lillurk 1 2
Trish Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, bigrod said: I figured this as well. In fact I told several people that we need to get used to mediocrity until his contract is up. The only thing that makes me wonder is that next year he would only have a year left on his contract. That makes recruiting even harder than it seems it has been for him lately. Who wants to play for a coach on the hot seat with a year left on his contract? It's without a doubt a factor, Archie know's he's coaching for his next contract at this point. This year isn't over but we're probably not going to the final four this year. Next year he'll have to earn his next contract EARLY in the season. A top 10 ranking and top of the conference might do it for him by late January. Not saying that's happening at all, but he'll have a chance to earn a new contract next season. This season maybe if we make it to the final four LOL bigrod 1
woodenshoemanHoosierfan Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Feathery, HoosierDYT and mamasa 3
Popular Post Class of '66 Old Fart Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Posted January 27, 2021 If TJD comes back / if Joey stays another year / if Armaan takes another step up / if the freshmen take an Armaan step forward / if Parker is a 3- point shooter / if we land a grad transfer / if no one transfers out / if, if and more ifs. Way too many ifs for this Old Fart to believe next season will be appreciably better. My rose colored bifocals have become a dull gray. taco corp, Loaded Chicken Sandwich, HoosierAloha and 11 others 14
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Treesh said: Exactly. Arch is here to stay! Until maybe next year if he can't pull it together lol. Nonetheless, if we do get a new coach, can we please bring back the old uniforms? These updated jerseys are terrible. Bring back the old school look! The old school look needs to stay in the past.
RatpigHoosier Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Excuse my ignorance if there is an obvious answer that I have missed but who is “Luke” that has been referred to a few times? Am I having a brain fart or have me made headway with a recruit?Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners
Str8Hoosiers Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 47 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: If TJD comes back / if Joey stays another year / if Armaan takes another step up / if the freshmen take an Armaan step forward / if Parker is a 3- point shooter / if we land a grad transfer / if no one transfers out / if, if and more ifs. Way too many ifs for this Old Fart to believe next season will be appreciably better. My rose colored bifocals have become a dull gray. I get your point... but the other side is.... IF we fire Archie we will be better.... that to me is just as big an If as any of the others mentioned. woodenshoemanHoosierfan, OldBuddy67, HoosierAloha and 1 other 3 1
mamasa Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, RatpigHoosier said: Excuse my ignorance if there is an obvious answer that I have missed but who is “Luke” that has been referred to a few times? Am I having a brain fart or have me made headway with a recruit? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners I was reading it as Logan Duncomb, but could be wrong (it's happened before lol)
JSHoosier Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: The old school look needs to stay in the past. The current ones needed to stay on the drawing board. Jeff_Boy_Ardee and HoosierAloha 2
Bowhunter Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Call me crazy as the leader of the Archie bandwagon, but I think there is a chance.. a chance to be better next year. Assuming nature take it's course and our players develop, TJD returns, and we add Parker and Joey / Luke.. I mean.. on paper... and don't forget.. Al can return for another year... yeah it's all wishful thinking but... Al would be a role player off the bench on most teams in the Big 10. He would be the odd man out next year out of the guards and wings we have. I know he plays hard , he just is what he is.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app
TheWatShot Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 I've asked this multiple times and never get an answer: is the buyout paid up front or incrementally? If it's a month at a time like Crean's, with his next job's salary deducted, I'm not sure what the big deal is. And I hope nobody seriously thinks Brooks or Henry would come here. We never get recruiting breaks like that.
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