Stan and Troy suspended for failed drug tests..

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

Stan should just be gone. Period. End of story.

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

4 games

 

Two exhibition games. Two cupcakes. No teeth in this punishment. Robinson needs to go. Williams needs to sit for a LONG time. Crean needs to go.

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

You guys think this is bad? Say goodbye to, potentially our current 2015 recruits, and any chance at top recruits in 2016 and 2017, unless we sign some miracle head coach literally tomorrow.

 

Exactly. What recruits parents can look at Crean and the cluster***k that is Indiana basketball as possibly think that this is the place for their kid?

 

Turn out the lights, the party's over.

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

I think Yogi needs to spend some significant time on the pine, too.

[RoadToZion 373]

Exactly. What recruits parents can look at Crean and the cluster***k that is Indiana basketball as possibly think that this is the place for their kid?

 

Turn out the lights, the party's over.

Lighten up you nut. I guess you shouldn't watch any IU basketball this year because despite what you think, Crean won't be gone, and Stan and Troy will still be playing. Go support another team.

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

Zimmerman's stepmother was tweeting about IU's program falling apart soon after the news came out. Parents are watching and top recruits will not be coming here until we make a complete turn around. That means getting rid of Crean and the bad apples on this team.

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

Lighten up you nut. I guess you shouldn't watch any IU basketball this year because despite what you think, Crean won't be gone, and Stan and Troy will still be playing. Go support another team.

 

The Hoosiers are my team. I don’t want to support another team. But if you think what’s going on in Bloomington is ok, then this is not your team.

 

These guys are an embarrassment, and sitting them for 2 exhibition games and 2 cupcakes is not a punishment that fits the crime.

 

I realize that what I want to happen will never happen. But that doesn’t mean that what is happening is right or good by any stretch.

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

Zimmerman's stepmother was tweeting about IU's program falling apart soon after the news came out. Parents are watching and top recruits will not be coming here until we make a complete turn around. That means getting rid of Crean and the bad apples on this team.

 

 I could not agree more. Crean has effectively neutered himself as a recruiter.

[RoadToZion 373]

The Hoosiers are my team. I don’t want to support another team. But if you think what’s going on in Bloomington is ok, then this is not your team.

 

These guys are an embarrassment, and sitting them for 2 exhibition games and 2 cupcakes is not a punishment that fits the crime.

 

I realize that what I want to happen will never happen. But that doesn’t mean that what is happening is right or good by any stretch.

I never said what was going on is OK.

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

I agree with Hoosier in AZ. His words may sound harsh but he is speaking the truth.

 

Being in denial about the s***storm that is our current program is not going to get us out of this mess.

[CampHoosier 3,697]

Good morning everyone

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

It's an awesome day in Btown.

[Rookie33 932]

Stan should just be gone. Period. End of story.

+ 1 and, in all honesty, I don't think our team would suffer that much without him.  Also, his current haircut is simply ridiculous and needs to go.

[Rookie33 932]

 I could not agree more. Crean has effectively neutered himself as a recruiter.

Apparently not as Morgan and O.G. -- just last night -- reiterated their commitments to IU.  Morgan's comments, in particular, were promising.  He seems to get what it's all about here...

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

Apparently not as Morgan and O.G. -- just last night -- reiterated their commitments to IU.  Morgan's comments, in particular, were promising.  He seems to get what it's all about here...

 

I hope those commitments hold. But I am more concerned about the others "on the table". Time will tell, but as a parent, I’d certainly have doubts about letting my son go to that mess. 

 

Let’s see if Crean can sort it all out, but I really have doubts about that. And it really, honestly pains me to even type those words.

 

This is my school, and my program.

 

IU '77

[CampHoosier 3,697]

It's an awesome day in Btown.

 

Just an FYI, the site is going to require everyone have a profile image. I would check on the post they made that shows you how to do it.

[CampHoosier 3,697]

It's an awesome day in Btown.

 

Here is a link to the thread: https://btownbanners.com/topic/6274-attention-newbies-veterans/

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,375]

I think the wheels behind the scenes are or will be turning. I am not going to fret over it, as I HOPE we take care of business and make the necessary changes when the TIME is right.

I am in the crowd that believes Crean won't coach at IU next season. I think the people who matter think the same, it's just a matter of how to handle it publicly.

If we WIN big this season the decision is harder, but still needs to happen.

I just HOPE, since we have a year to think about it, that we make the BEST and most seamless choice!

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

I think the wheels behind the scenes are or will be turning. I am not going to fret over it, as I HOPE we take care of business and make the necessary changes when the TIME is right.

I am in the crowd that believes Crean won't coach at IU next season. I think the people who matter think the same, it's just a matter of how to handle it publicly.

If we WIN big this season the decision is harder, but still needs to happen.

I just HOPE, since we have a year to think about it, that we make the BEST and most seamless choice!

I find it funny that there were zero issues of this kind for 6 years and now we have had (way too many) a few in 8 months and it's not something that we can recover from? That the 6 years were the anomaly, but the 8 months is the way it is and will be going forward? I think people (of all ages) are too quick to want changes rather than improvements.

[AZ Hoosier 7,175]

First of all, I realize that I am new here - and I found this site quite by coincidence. Though the timing of my arrival coincides with the latest meltdown in the basketball program, I am by no means here just to bash the program. 

 

I graduated from IUB in 1977, so I was on campus through the undefeated seasons of '75 and '76. I realize that those were special times, and times that we will probably never see again. But I am absolutely heartbroken about the state of IU basketball since the late 90s. There have been bright spots, for sure - the 2002 drive to the championship game and the Zeller/Oladipo/Jordy seasons. But there seems to be more dark periods too.

 

I want so badly for Crean and IU to succeed. But I just don’t see that happening. Maybe it’s just the way things are now, but these kids just don’t impress me as people of character. And Crean seems to be able to recruit, but in all honestly, is one of the worst bench/game coaches in the game. I am not sure he’s the guy to lead the team, and he certainly has lost my confidence as our coach.

 

Sampson managed to make IU the laughing stock of college basketball during his not nearly brief enough stint in Bloomington. And the current mess has all the markings of a repeat performance.

 

I want so badly to wake up and realize that this was just a horrible nightmare. But I know that won’t happen.

 

I guess what I am saying is this: If I came on strong and upset/offended anyone, I apologize. I assure you that my passion is real, and my heart so badly wants IU to be THE basketball school again.