They Fired Tom Allen!

[Alford Bailey 12,356]

12 minutes ago, TTT said:

If T.A. continues as head coach how many significant IU players go to transfer portal??? And musical chairs begin…for lack of talent trade-ins.  
 

I guess some may stay rather than set out a year due to second transfer.  (Sadly, some players may have lost their love for the game and feel like just quitting after just getting pummeled every weekend after putting in all the time and effort).

IU has significant football players?  The new guy gonna have a big job in front of him either way to be competitive.

[Banksyrules 4,576]

Listen I understood the contract being offered. IU with a bad history of playing football finds itself in national conversation during covid. Because we were so bad you have to take chances to secure a good coach before he gets snagged somewhere else.  I get that.  

HOWEVER. It didn't work out and quite frankly I would rather employ a genius "student manger" than keep going with a coach that has lost his team and the fans.  Everything is dependent on how well the basketball  team does these next two years before fire the AD for malpractice. Just fire the guy as a sign of acknowledgment that it was a failed experiment. Not that hard.  

If they don't fire him, I honestly don't know how they're going to regain the trust of Alumni boosters that they're at least trying to put the best product on the field.   

[Hoosier987 1,071]

I mentioned this in the game thread:

Allen should donate his salary to DeBoer and Penix. Clearly their talent and coaching overshadowed his inability to run a program.

[cbp4iu 1,401]

If Tom returns how many wins does IU have next year.

[WhiteyMcSpeed 102]

At this point, not firing Tom Allen could cost the athletic program more than firing him. If we wait another year the program will be an even bigger rebuild and will be less attractive. Also, we need a national search which means no Carey promotion or Fuente promotion.

Edited October 14, 2023 by WhiteyMcSpeed

[TTT 909]

Is Phil Dickens still coaching from Christmas past?

[Hoosier987 1,071]

Just now, cbp4iu said:

If Tom returns how many wins does IU have next year.

I don’t see how he doesn’t return. Unfortunately his buyout is astronomical. I think it drops to a more reasonable level in Dec ‘24.

 

[TTT 909]

1 minute ago, cbp4iu said:

If Tom returns how many wins does IU have next year.

Is Indiana State on the schedule?

[LIHoosier 25,922]

5 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

If Tom returns how many wins does IU have next year.

The Uof6 game got cancelled, is Bloomington North or South's JV team available?

[TTT 909]

Big winners in the IU football mess

Tom Allen the biggest winner given unqualified.

Womack great stair stepper

DeBeor great staircase 

Penix great for him 

(miscellaneous winners are all those who got to work in a field they like and were paid well)

 

[Hoosier987 1,071]

Mitchell Paige bringing up some good points on his tweets. Clearly not happy…and how could you.

[AZ Hoosier 6,574]

24 minutes ago, TTT said:

Is Indiana State on the schedule?

Let's hope Akron is not.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,623]

[TTT 909]

As usual just a total program talent disparity.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 727]

At this point, I just know he's gone sooner or later; it's up to Indiana to decide if he's worth one more year of this nonsense.

My concern is that Indiana will cheap out on the next hire, as always.

[TTT 909]

Listening to DeBoer on short interview is a difference of night and day compared to T.A.

DeBoer class, confident and POISED.

[Hoosierfan2017 20,935]

27 minutes ago, TTT said:

Listening to DeBoer on short interview is a difference of night and day compared to T.A.

DeBoer class, confident and POISED.

You mean Tom frantically pacing the sidelines, frothing at the mouth, and celebrating like a cheerleader doesn’t project poise? 

[MemphisHoosier 2,056]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

You mean Tom frantically pacing the sidelines, frothing at the mouth, and celebrating like a cheerleader doesn’t project poise? 

And how could we forget his love of kicking trash cans on the field?!

[coonhounds 8,794]

Swear this dude is tom crean 2.0. Act like a clown on the side line and when things go bad start throwing people under the bus.

 

Which if true means we may be 2 head coaching hires away from a decent one!

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[TTT 909]

IU sold out when after that game where the players interrupted post game tv interview happily telling everyone how great of coach T.A. is/was. A win/s in a starved program makes for undisciplined craziness sometimes.

 T.A. Owes them.