COMPLAIN HERE!

[HoosierHoopster 6,811]

1 hour ago, rcs29 said:

Something is missing here. And it's not the 1,400 variations of the exact same 2 posts. Well, I guess it kind of is.

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Bro, it's 1,403, learn to count

[HH later banned for personal attack....]

[OliviaPope40 6,445]

The whole flagrant 1 and flagrant 2 calls I mean what even constitutes a flagrant if refs are going to toss people for things that don't even constitute a flagrant 2. 

[DChoosier 7,857]

I can’t stand the constant intentional, but not called intentional, fouling at the end of tight games.  If a defender fouls before the ball is inbounded or if the foul is on the other side of the half court line (ie any foul 47+ feet away), in the last two minutes, the offense should get 2 free throws and the ball. 
Should maybe even look at making 2 plus the ball outside of something like 25-30 feet from the basket.

[Hovadipo 55,089]

20 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

No lane violation call after the offensive player's shoes have taken root.

Your post reminded me...this is incredible.

[cybergates 423]

12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Your post reminded me...this is incredible.

I happened to be watching the game at this point. Actually called a double lane violation and had a jump ball at center court.

[HoosierHoopster 6,811]

Kind of minor gripes on college bball, but

1) the possession arrow is silly -- no reason they can't do jump balls 

2) NBA and women's bball have quarters but men's bball insists on halves. Why do we need 2 halves in men's bball, just match what the NBA and women's bball do and go to quarters.

Kind of an interesting factoid -- men's bball DID switch to quarters in 1951, but then switched back in 1954 -- the idea is that longer halves mean less stoppages of play and more scoring -- but come on, anyone believe college ball isn't riddled with stoppages, and hello, NBA scoring in quarters vs. college scoring in halves??

And, uh, follow the money, here's a quote:

 

• The only other real consequence of halves vs. quarters falls on media timeouts that directly translates to overall revenue for an organization.

When playing two halves basketball is able to have four TV timeouts, with quarters it is reduced to three TV timeouts.  While this doesn’t affect the rules of the game directly, we all know that revenue and dollar signs are a driving force behind many decisions in professional and college sports.

https://gmtm.com/articles/why-college-basketball-games-have-2-halves-ncaa-cbb

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

Nothing really new here but it's the same issues that have been repeatedly brought up and talked about on btb as well as by the national media.  Our flaws aren't exactly a national secret.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/january-jeopardy-mike-woodson-facing-major-midseason-challenge-for-third-straight-year/

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,612]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Because people weren’t following the board rules in it.

And then everybody started quoting offending posts.

And then I didn’t feel like going through four pages of the thread to hide every new offending post.

My only complaint is that it was shut off with 2221 post LOL. Just needed one more.

[Bankshot 528]

As a taxpayer and Indiana Alum, I'd like to know how and why we think hiring two straight athletic directors with no previous experience as division 1 (or even D2) ADs is wise, good management, good stewardship, or defensible when other, more qualified candidates were available.

And, in my opinion, this kind of thinking/failure is a root cause issue for IU's now multi-decade athletic mis-management problems, and plays a direct part in our problems and failures when ADs routinely make or are involved in multi-million dollar decisions that spend or waste at least some public funds.

IU has a long standing history of making blunder after blunder in the hiring and firing portion of athletics.

I would also like to know exactly how we ended up hiring Mike Woodson in this last hiring approach. (Note: I like Woodson, he's a beloved former player and IU legend. I just don't understand at all how we ended up hiring him out ofwhat should have been a pursuit to find the best possible candidate. I.e., another in a long string of terrible hiring mistakes , IMO.)

IMO, if you want to know why IU is still lost and struggling after so long, it's because we have made many, many terrible hiring/firing decisions...bad AD hires, bad coach hires, keeping coaches too long, and possibly a few bad president hires too. (Many of these mistakes were made by inexperienced or unqualified people who themselves should never have been hired).

We need PROVEN competence and experience from the president down. If you hire unproven amateurs you're likely to get sub-par results. Successful organization simply do not operate like this.

[IUFAN1976 2,782]

44 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

My only complaint is that it was shut off with 2221 post LOL. Just needed one more.

So 2’s would be wild!  lol 

[Bowhunter 2,693]

My worry is we start losing our Montverde Academy recruiting steam. Without that pipeline Woody would be up $hit creek in a hurry. I’m not ready to say fire him, but I’m concerned about the future of IU basketball if I am to judge this teams current state!

[realTomCrean 1,505]

Sports gripe: Indiana sports at the collegiate and professional levels, as a whole, stink!

[Alford Bailey 12,350]

1 hour ago, Bankshot said:

As a taxpayer and Indiana Alum, I'd like to know how and why we think hiring two straight athletic directors with no previous experience as division 1 (or even D2) ADs is wise, good management, good stewardship, or defensible when other, more qualified candidates were available.

And, in my opinion, this kind of thinking/failure is a root cause issue for IU's now multi-decade athletic mis-management problems, and plays a direct part in our problems and failures when ADs routinely make or are involved in multi-million dollar decisions that spend or waste at least some public funds.

IU has a long standing history of making blunder after blunder in the hiring and firing portion of athletics.

I would also like to know exactly how we ended up hiring Mike Woodson in this last hiring approach. (Note: I like Woodson, he's a beloved former player and IU legend. I just don't understand at all how we ended up hiring him out ofwhat should have been a pursuit to find the best possible candidate. I.e., another in a long string of terrible hiring mistakes , IMO.)

IMO, if you want to know why IU is still lost and struggling after so long, it's because we have made many, many terrible hiring/firing decisions...bad AD hires, bad coach hires, keeping coaches too long, and possibly a few bad president hires too. (Many of these mistakes were made by inexperienced or unqualified people who themselves should never have been hired).

We need PROVEN competence and experience from the president down. If you hire unproven amateurs you're likely to get sub-par results. Successful organization simply do not operate like this.

Very good point.

[Alford Bailey 12,350]

Ohio St has spent $13 million and counting in the portal.

[Bowhunter 2,693]

1 minute ago, Alford Bailey said:

Ohio St has spent $13 million and counting in the portal.

Is that how they lured James Battle in? 

[Scotty R 2,127]

50 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Is that how they lured James Battle in? 

No, that was in football 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,612]

• 

Personally, I could yell about college basketball all day. Basketball in general really. Plenty of changes I'd love to see from IU to the entire college game in general.

As for IU... Lordy does the program need a makeover. Stuck in the past. I get it... "Tradition" and blah blah blah. I've heard and I don't care. Our tradition right now is sucking. And guess what? Will probably continue that way because the peeps in charge don't know what they are doing. They keep trying to appease 65 year olds rather than 16-45 year olds who want to watch and attend IU. We want an exciting brand of basketball, we instead get Woodson. We want great apparel, we instead stick with Adidas. We want new looks, we just continue the same ole same ole. A ton has to change in the program. From jerseys, court, Assembly Hall renovations, shoe deals, media content, coaching, training... It's literally every aspect of the program. Everything needs an overhaul. We have just spent years trying to polish a turd.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,937]

@Loaded Chicken Sandwich I'm having trouble reading between the lines.  What is it you're really trying to say?     lol

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,612]

38 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

@Loaded Chicken Sandwich I'm having trouble reading between the lines.  What is it you're really trying to say?     lol

That IU is amazing and this is the greatest team ever assembled. Woody is the greatest coach ever. Hoosier Hysterics are the greatest embassadors ever. We rock. We are #1. Lol. Am I doing this right?

[Hovadipo 55,089]

5 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

That IU is amazing and this is the greatest team ever assembled. Woody is the greatest coach ever. Hoosier Hysterics are the greatest embassadors ever. We rock. We are #1. Lol. Am I doing this right?

You get a victory cigar!