CTC on Hanner

[Hwy 1 2,053]

 

“There’s two things. I’m not going to get into a suspension, but as far as his discipline, that is going on daily. And the bottom line is that to get him to a place where he understands what he has here, where he understands the commitment level, not only physically, but mentally, that goes into this. And really, to understand that for him to take the next step as a player, that commitment level, that passion level, that seriousness about this, along with his school work, which he’s done very good with, is the most important things to his future. It’s certainly the most important things to his present.

“But it’s also extremely important to his future and for his career. It’s been ongoing, daily. And it will continue to be to the point where he has an uncle in the United States that flew up here to make sure we were all unified on what we wanted for him. And how we were all unified and how we were going to get it. And I really, really appreciated that on behalf of Hanner’s family because obviously he doesn’t see them and we don’t see them. But they’re there. And they’re just like all of us, they love their son, they love their grandson, they love their nephew, they love their brother as we do.

“The bottom line is we get him, help him to get to a place where he understand what he’s capable of where it’s not so much about what he could have lost, but what you are capable of when you make the right decisions. And I think that’s the discipline … It’s the old Lou Holtz, ‘discipline is not something you do to someone, it’s something you do for someone.’ And I think that’s living proof right now.

“He’s doing all the basketball things that we do, but he’s also doing some extra things. We structure his days around that and that’s staying within the rules we have and timeframes and all that kind of stuff, but we’re maxing all of that out. He’s making progress and it’s not anything where we can see the progress immediately, but I have no doubt that we’re working toward a long term process for him.

“And when I say long term, the suspension and the discipline are two different things. That’s kind of how I break that up.”

 

 

I like this. They aren't just suspending him and saying bad Hanner, they're working with him to get him where he needs to be. Looks like a big positive can come out of this big negative. Best of luck to Hanner and I hope for his sake he learns from this and becomes a better man. 

[mr wing 69]

I definitely agree with everything you said hwy. I believe hanner made a mistake and truly believe that the more of us as fans show him our support the better off he will be. If he was to be suspended instead of giving him help then we will have a bohanon incident and IU does not need a negative incident on our hands. Give young hanner our love and support and all of the help we can and show him the IU family that he is a part of and why he chose the hoosiers over all of the other schools that he could have went to.

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[Hovadipo 61,641]

Agree with both of you. Hanner could come out of this as a completely different player and even better person. The player part of it is the least important, but I think he will come back looking great.


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[colonel06 1,948]

Wouldn't it be great if he came back and played like a man possessed!

[DocLibby 761]

Like I've always said--Hanner is a good kid with great character. He made a stupid mistake but he will learn a lot from this. He is also an example for any athlete on what could happen when poor decisions are made. It's easy to help him because we know he's sorry and not just because he got caught. As you can also see Coach Crean breaks it down into a family gathering to help Hanner. He is all about family. He really cares for the kids both on and off the court. I've seen it time and time again. Love you Hanner. Hang in there.


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[OliviaPope40 7,490]

I agree with Doc and everybody else this is a learning experience for him.


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[Scooter D 928]

It would be nice, but unless during this time of reflection, he found a new set of hands and some coordination, he will return as the same player that he left. That is just reality.

[LockdownD 2,251]

I, like Scooter, would love to see a new and improved Hanner. However, I don't see his deficiencies so much physical as they are mental. A jump in basketball IQ would help him read or identify situations so that he could use his physicality.