IUWBB @ Butler - Wednesday, 11.13.24 @ 7:00

[TTT 895]

4 minutes ago, IUskim said:

It almost seems all mental. If the ladies just break that wall they will be okay. 

IU Ladies are not ok.

[Claxdj01 14]

15 minutes ago, TTT said:

IU Ladies are not ok.

You’re correct. I’ve watched and enjoyed this team for years and have bought season tickets but I’d be lying if I didn’t think the squad they had with Berger Holmes gulbe cardano Hillary should have done much more. The year they had Holmes and Berger with Scalia who came off the bench and got beat in the 2nd round at home by Miami. Last year they did battle but still could never handle a press. Moren made the program relevant but can’t recruit or don’t give those she does bring in the chances to play and grow. We’ve moved past her, it’s time to go the route of the football program and bring in a coach. Watching this team this year it just shows me that we’ve left a lot on the table the past years because there isn’t any coaching 

Edited November 14 by Claxdj01
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[mickey one 46]

With the woefully uninspired performance of the regulars (Meister 1 of 8 from the field with 2 rebounds), why not give Currie-Jelks (all-OVC) and Kadlecova (Czech national team) a shot? There seems to be something very rigid sometimes in CTM--if you're in the top 10 nationally, that's one thing; if you're getting beaten by Butler by 10, that's another.

I saw tape of Stanford taking out UC-Davis. Stanford-IU could get ugly fast. I hope it's competitive, but I don't know . . . . 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,943]

https://www.assemblycall.com/p/womens-basketball-is-at-crossroads

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2024/11/13/indiana-womens-basketball-loss-butler-what-we-learned-game-observations-teri-moren/76106824007/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-womens-basketball-suffers-another-staggering-loss-at-butler/

[HoosierHoopster 6,811]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

https://www.assemblycall.com/p/womens-basketball-is-at-crossroads

 

Worth the read. It's absolutely absurd to be knee-jerk asserting the Women's program should be considering a change. A decade of rapid growth and turning IU into one of the contending programs from rock bottom, we lose Mak and the team struggles early in one season and people start calling for a coaching change? Ridiculous. Moren is an exceptional coach and program builder, patience is most definitely an important trait. The comparison to IU baseball and the couple of transition years after Schwarber is solid.

Moren took over at IU in 2014 and went 15-16. From 2015 to date every season at least 20 W's, the last 4 a reg season championship, 4 NCAA tourneys including 2 SW16's and an EE, and people talk coaching change?? It's her first transition year in 10 years. Get a grip.

[TTT 895]

1 hour ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Worth the read. It's absolutely absurd to be knee-jerk asserting the Women's program should be considering a change. A decade of rapid growth and turning IU into one of the contending programs from rock bottom, we lose Mak and the team struggles early in one season and people start calling for a coaching change? Ridiculous. Moren is an exceptional coach and program builder, patience is most definitely an important trait. The comparison to IU baseball and the couple of transition years after Schwarber is solid.

Moren took over at IU in 2014 and went 15-16. From 2015 to date every season at least 20 W's, the last 4 a reg season championship, 4 NCAA tourneys including 2 SW16's and an EE, and people talk coaching change?? It's her first transition year in 10 years. Get a grip.

Not even in the same hemisphere of calling for coaching change.  Plus the incoming recruits are fine with those on the team.  However,  some near future star power needed to bend back around for success sustainability.

[IUHoosierJoe 1,086]

14 hours ago, Claxdj01 said:

You’re correct. I’ve watched and enjoyed this team for years and have bought season tickets but I’d be lying if I didn’t think the squad they had with Berger Holmes gulbe cardano Hillary should have done much more. The year they had Holmes and Berger with Scalia who came off the bench and got beat in the 2nd round at home by Miami. Last year they did battle but still could never handle a press. Moren made the program relevant but can’t recruit or don’t give those she does bring in the chances to play and grow. We’ve moved past her, it’s time to go the route of the football program and bring in a coach. Watching this team this year it just shows me that we’ve left a lot on the table the past years because there isn’t any coaching 

Have I missed an inside joke here, or is this an actual, serious post.  If so, it’s hard to imagine a more stunningly horrible take.

[LamarCheeks 18,065]

14 hours ago, Claxdj01 said:

You’re correct. I’ve watched and enjoyed this team for years and have bought season tickets but I’d be lying if I didn’t think the squad they had with Berger Holmes gulbe cardano Hillary should have done much more. The year they had Holmes and Berger with Scalia who came off the bench and got beat in the 2nd round at home by Miami. Last year they did battle but still could never handle a press. Moren made the program relevant but can’t recruit or don’t give those she does bring in the chances to play and grow. We’ve moved past her, it’s time to go the route of the football program and bring in a coach. Watching this team this year it just shows me that we’ve left a lot on the table the past years because there isn’t any coaching 

[mickey one 46]

Calling for a change in coaches at this point is ridiculous. More worrisome, though, are the recruiting failures. Places like Maryland, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Southern Cal (i.e. our rivals) and now Kentucky, are bringing in all kinds of of talent. UConn poaches Indiana talent at will. We even missed on Reagan Beers (why wouldn't she look at IU?). If it were not for Parrish and Scalia transferring to IU, and CMM taking a 5th year, we would really be in the wilderness now (if we aren't already).

Punching above your weight is one thing. Seriously competing to get in the Final Four or win a National Championship, sadly, takes high powered recruiting. It depends on the program's aspirations.