“Team over self”
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Do you really think names on the uniform would have made a difference?
Or did taking the names off the uniforms make the team play better?
https://indiana.rivals.com/news/ind...ers-disagree-with-removing-names-from-jerseys
Yep, this is rehashing an old story. But it’s February.....
https://indiana.rivals.com/news/ind...ers-disagree-with-removing-names-from-jerseys
Yep, this is rehashing an old story. But it’s February.....
This fanbase’s obsession with names on the back of uniforms is mind numbingly stupid.
In this troubled, materialistic, and self-absorbed (bordering on the pathological) culture, thankfully the state's flagship university's athletic program has taken one small and symbolic step away from self-absorption and toward thinking about the group.
It is about the name on the front of the jersey.
Thank you Mr. Glass!
It is about the name on the front of the jersey.
Thank you Mr. Glass!
Nah, stupid would be something like posters who have predicted every year for the past 20 years that the new season would be the breakthrough season. Buy it’s their opinion and that is what this board is supposed to be about.
Other than the continuing absence of names on the back of jerseys, what do you predict for the new season?
I am going with 5-7 or 6-6 for the forth year in a row. I am happy that the Hoosiers can play football with the big boys and don’t play any more cupcakes. Anything more will be icing on the cake.
Speaking for otters and judging is equally idiotic. Wanting names on back can be a debate whether you think so or not.
Everyone on here can recognize that your a shill for FG. Why don't you slither back to the to the premium board, after all you said you weren't going to post on the free board anymore.
Much easier to know the 8-10 hoops players without names on their backs vs the 40-50 guys, wearing helmets, who play in a football game. As anonymous as IU football is in general, common sense would say let the fans identify the individual players by having names on the back. But Fred and common sense are words not often used in the same sentence. This "small, symbolic step of playing for the name on front" is just plain dumb.
I agree with this. I like the names on the jerseys to help me identify who a player is. I do not have most of the numbers memorized. I doubt the majority of the fans in attendance do as well.
Your response is wonderfully self-indicting.
It's not about you, your convenience or mine! It's not about the fan base's ease of identifying players.
It is about the student-athletes being engaged in an organized activity beyond their narrow self-interest, which--while uncommon at this age level--is developmentally appropriate.
"It's not about me; it's about we."
Mr. Glass, thank you for having our athletes play for the name on the front!
As an aside, even with names on the jersey a roster is often indispensable whether watching in the stadium or on television.
It's not about you, your convenience or mine! It's not about the fan base's ease of identifying players.
It is about the student-athletes being engaged in an organized activity beyond their narrow self-interest, which--while uncommon at this age level--is developmentally appropriate.
"It's not about me; it's about we."
Mr. Glass, thank you for having our athletes play for the name on the front!
As an aside, even with names on the jersey a roster is often indispensable whether watching in the stadium or on television.
He said it so well;
“I want them playing for the name on the front, and accountable for the name on he back!”
That was HEP! I’m for that!
I had forgotten about Coach Hep’s quote about accountability. I don’t want to put words in your mouth but are you implying that Hep had his head up his ass regarding names on jerseys?
Yes, there should be an exception for football. Fred does some stupid things, mostly out of arrogance, I think. This is one.
it may seem a nit picky thing to feel is important.
that said, in bball it would be more of an ego thing, whereas in football there is a very credible logistical reason to want the names, for anyone who doesn't memorize all the players' numbers other than the QB and maybe a few more.
