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[HoosierHoopster]

Just now, bigrod said:

Great to see, but these are the final hours of his career. Not sure the "lambasting" up to this point wasn't somewhat warranted.

He definitely struggled early, but I've always been big on development -- he could shoot, instead -- who was coaching and who did he put on the floor / wing?  Bad lineup decisions, didn't develop the right guys, all was pretty obvious at the time.

[HoosierHoopster]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

FWIW ... The Spastic Twits would be an outstanding name for a punk rock band.

I was once in a band called the Opiates...

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

He definitely struggled early, but I've always been big on development -- he could shoot, instead -- who was coaching and who did he put on the floor / wing?  Bad lineup decisions, didn't develop the right guys, all was pretty obvious at the time.

I will concede that, while he looked completely uninspired under Archie, it's possible that Woody could have developed him into a plus player.

He's been much better under Sean Miller and had an excellent game today, but he's still only 11% from three on the season and he still fouls a lot (about five per 40 min).

[HoosierHoopster]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

I will concede that, while he looked completely uninspired under Archie, it's possible that Woody could have developed him into a plus player.

Archie had Justin Smith "on the wing." I mean, good God that was just flat out stupid

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Archie had Justin Smith "on the wing." I mean, good God that was just flat out stupid

Archie was a stoopidhead. AND a twit.

He was not, however, spastic.

[TheWatShot]

I'm seeing more 3 point shooters get fouled this year than I can ever remember. I'm not sure if it's become a recent point of emphasis for officials, if defenders are just needlessly trying to block shots they can't block, or if shooters are just becoming better actors. 

[RaceToTheTop]

23 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Archie had Justin Smith "on the wing." I mean, good God that was just flat out stupid

FWIW, it sounds like Smith would have transferred if he was playing the 4 at IU. That’s not a defense because that should not have been the deciding factor, but Smith seemed to embrace the 4 at Arkansas.  Probably speaks to the lack of trust that players had in Miller.

[HoosierAloha]

Is Iowa State going to arrive from the hotel anytime soon? Do they know their game started?

[HinnyHoosier]

Look out, Cyclones on a 4-0 run!!!


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[RaceToTheTop]

31 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I was once in a band called the Opiates...

IMO, the best name for a band would be a family band of “Too Many Johnsons”.  ….or “Two Mini Johnson’s”.

[johnsoniu]

5 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

IMO, the best name for a band would be a family band of “Too Many Johnsons”.  ….or “Two Mini Johnson’s”.

Wait. What?

 :)

[go iu bb]

49 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Funny how many lambasted Hunter. Great to see him showing up well, he always had it in him.

And I got called out for saying so -- Lol

IIRC, you liked him as a shooter. He's improved this year by pretty much abandoning that aspect of his game.

[TheWatShot]

Guy takes a hard fall, so let's go to the monitor and start looking for stuff that's not there. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Archie had Justin Smith "on the wing." I mean, good God that was just flat out stupid

Forgot all about him

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[TheWatShot]

And just like that, a routine boxout turns into a flagrant 1 "because he could have hurt him." And all the refs get a pat on the back from the broadcast booth. 

[HoosierHoopster]

19 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

FWIW, it sounds like Smith would have transferred if he was playing the 4 at IU. That’s not a defense because that should not have been the deciding factor, but Smith seemed to embrace the 4 at Arkansas.  Probably speaks to the lack of trust that players had in Miller.

Yep that's what I remember, CAM cow-towed to him

[HoosierHoopster]

5 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Forgot all about him

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Easily forgettable :)

[HoosierHoopster]

8 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

IIRC, you liked him as a shooter. He's improved this year by pretty much abandoning that aspect of his game.

I did -- but also as a scorer on the wing (which Smith most definitely never was). 

Fwiw, in today's game, in which he led all scorers, he went 8-11, 8-8 FT's, with 5 boards, a block and a steal. He could have been developed at IU.

[HoosierHoopster]

50 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Archie was a stoopidhead. AND a twit.

He was not, however, spastic.

What is the polar opposite of spastic? Comatose?

[tomallenfan1]

These late afternoon games have been snoozers compared to yesterday. Hopefully the evening games are better. I’ll take a 16/1 upset.