College Bball Thread

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[WayneFleekHoosier 49,872]

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He gets around


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9 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

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He does. And what’s really funny is his Wikipedia page doesn’t mention the IU years. It has a gap from 2014 to 16. 

[HoosierHoopster 7,682]

8 minutes ago, Demo said:

He does. And what’s really funny is his Wikipedia page doesn’t mention the IU years. It has a gap from 2014 to 16. 

That’s kinda weird

[Hovadipo 59,582]

Pardon the horrendous graphic, but Duke at Arkansas is gonna be a banger.

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24 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Pardon the horrendous graphic, but Duke at Arkansas is gonna be a banger.

Walton is gonna be an absolute zoo.

[Tasmanian Devil 1,823]

38 minutes ago, Demo said:

Walton is gonna be an absolute zoo.

Tennessee/UNC ought to be good as well.

[AZ Hoosier 9,424]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

Walton is gonna be an absolute zoo.

Definitely "must see tv" on multiple levels.

[Hovadipo 59,582]

Very good thread. Retired Miller Kopp continues to be great at Tweetin’.

[Scotty R 2,859]

Watching this right now and the coaches are going to try to get a change in the recruiting calendar. They are saying if it doesn't change then more and more coaches will leave the profession.

 

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2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Watching this right now and the coaches are going to try to get a change in the recruiting calendar. They are saying if it doesn't change then more and more coaches will leave the profession.

 

You can watch this on YouTube which is where I watched it. They were talking how with the portal and your normal recruiting period you have little or no down time to spend with your family.  Wes Miller talked about when UC's new football coach saw Miller in the middle of the summer about why Miller was still in the office Miller told him all he has been doing during the summer and the football coach said the next he is headed to the beach. He thought that football coaches always talked about not having the time for themselves but now it is the basketball coaches.

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49 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

You can watch this on YouTube which is where I watched it. They were talking how with the portal and your normal recruiting period you have little or no down time to spend with your family.  Wes Miller talked about when UC's new football coach saw Miller in the middle of the summer about why Miller was still in the office Miller told him all he has been doing during the summer and the football coach said the next he is headed to the beach. He thought that football coaches always talked about not having the time for themselves but now it is the basketball coaches.

So they have to work hard and all year to make millions of dollars per year? I don't feel sorry for him. 

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9 hours ago, go iu bb said:

So they have to work hard and all year to make millions of dollars per year? I don't feel sorry for him. 

Gotta agree with you there.

Even if he’s only making $200k - how about the people working 6-7 days at jobs physically demanding/exhausting (steel mills, tire factories, etc)? How about single parents that work 2, sometimes 3 jobs just trying to make ends meet?

Listen, he may have a point in that if things don’t change people will leave the profession. So be it - and, if that occurs, market forces will either change the situation or eliminate it.

[Stuhoo 85,638]

Leave the profession? And then do what? (rolls eyes)

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54 minutes ago, Tasmanian Devil said:

Gotta agree with you there.

Even if he’s only making $200k - how about the people working 6-7 days at jobs physically demanding/exhausting (steel mills, tire factories, etc)? How about single parents that work 2, sometimes 3 jobs just trying to make ends meet?

Listen, he may have a point in that if things don’t change people will leave the profession. So be it - and, if that occurs, market forces will either change the situation or eliminate it.

For the money they're getting, there will always be people who know basketball and are willing to put in the work. Good luck to him or other coaches on finding similar income. Especially with less work. 

I don't know what Wes Miller's background is like, but I'm going to guess his family was pretty well off. 

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5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

 

I don't know what Wes Miller's background is like, but I'm going to guess his family was pretty well off. 

Exactly.

Coach Holtz says it best.

 

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1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

For the money they're getting, there will always be people who know basketball and are willing to put in the work. Good luck to him or other coaches on finding similar income. Especially with less work. 

I don't know what Wes Miller's background is like, but I'm going to guess his family was pretty well off. 

They are not just talking about the HC's but the assistants. Also talking about mid to low major coaches as well. Miller said his job was what caused his divorce. To me coaches need to stop thinking about jey have to put all these long hours in to he successful.  There should be a couple of weeks in the summer where everything is a dead period and let everyone go home or go on vacation to relax 

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17 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

They are not just talking about the HC's but the assistants. Also talking about mid to low major coaches as well. Miller said his job was what caused his divorce. To me coaches need to stop thinking about jey have to put all these long hours in to he successful.  There should be a couple of weeks in the summer where everything is a dead period and let everyone go home or go on vacation to relax 

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3 hours ago, Scotty R said:

They are not just talking about the HC's but the assistants. Also talking about mid to low major coaches as well. Miller said his job was what caused his divorce. To me coaches need to stop thinking about jey have to put all these long hours in to he successful.  There should be a couple of weeks in the summer where everything is a dead period and let everyone go home or go on vacation to relax 

I call bullshirt.

Not about whether the profession is a year-round job. It is. That's what most jobs are; at least ones that pay a full salary.

But 'normal' working people; those that don't make $100-$300k per year (as college basketball assistant coaches routinely do), get about three weeks a year off. And I am more than convinced that these 'year-round' college basketball assistant coaches get at least 10-15 vacation days a year. If I take "a few weeks off" all at once in the summer? That means I have a total of about three vacation days left for the other 50 weeks of the year.

No, there will not be any D1 college basketball coaches or assistant basketball coaches who will leave the profession. Because then they would be high school teachers and coaches who work for $60k per year and have to side-hustle side night and weekend jobs to make ends meet. And have to teach daytime high school history classes as a condition of employment. And be 'just another guy''; not someone whose ego gets stroked as a daily occurrence.

So...bullshirt.

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@Stuhoo I'm having trouble reading between the lines of your last post.  Could you re-phrase it in terms I can understand?   lol