Tjd, Brunk and Jerome is your starting frontcourt but I’m sure pretty boy Justene will still start I really hate that guy
Archie Talks Open Scholarships Next Year
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So, you are saying that Bozich is more inside that Fish? Truly, truly stupid.
that really doesn't answer my question. Phin, Franklin, Leal, Galloway- none of these guys are replacing Smith's numbers. Race has spurts of good play, but isn't the scorer and hasn't been able to stay healthy through an entire season. He's shown no willingness to attempt an outside shot and isn't a slasher either. So, very limited to garbage points under the basket.
TJD and Brunk are already on the court with Smith.
Like it or not, Smith' departure- of which there is zero evidence of any risk- just this stupid thread- would leave a hole next yr.
On the other hand I would be shocked if Anderson returns. Just don't see any playing time in his future at IU.
CAM cannot afford to pull another Fitzer this summer...if he has 1-2 open schollys he has to bring in someone who can really contribute.
You can tell yourself that if that makes you feel better. If they are on our team and playing for our Coach, they are his players. If he didn't want them, or they didn't want to be here, that would have been worked out by now. You can't build a team atmosphere treating guys differently. And while I don't think the views of this board are actually reflected to the team, if they were, that would lead to chemistry problems like we seem to be having. It'd be like telling an adopted kid, "you're not mine because someone else is your Mom/Dad". Once you commit, they're yours. When he chose to keep them for more than that first year and they agreed to stay, they became fully his players, imho.
I'd also be surprised if Smith isn't back, but if he wanted to leave I also wouldn't sweat it. Obviously we need to fill that spot, but we're already proving (again) that we're not that good having to play him and if he chose to bail, well, that would tell me his attitude was part of the problem to begin with. I'd rather make do with guys who want to be part of the team, than to hold on to a guy just because he produces sometimes.
well yeah, never want players there, who don't want to be there.
I don't know enough about Smith to know if he's one of the 'bad apples' or if he's just a kid born with freakish athletic skills but without competitive fire.
I would think (hope) that if he were a disgruntled team member, he would see his playing time drop substantially ( ala Green, who still gets minutes but no longer starts and sits late in the game during key moments). But Smith continues to start. If CAM thought Smith was leaving, don't you think he'd give more of those minutes to Race? Or Hunter?
None of this really points to things getting any better for the team next year.
You say dumb things all the time and that's one of them.
Archie may have already been informed by one of the players of the player's intent to transfer after the season ends. Smith is graduating early, and DA has barely played the past 5 games.
If so, is that something Archie should be sharing with the media with eight games left in the season? It seems like a mistake for him to talk about it. I guess the other way to look at it is that he is not concerned with losing players that don’t want to be there. Either way, I don’t agree with it.
You’re dumb and people are tired of listening to your stupidity.
Thanks Smith is still terrible why he’s allowed to shoot 3s is unreal as well
Yeah because he shoots as well as all the guards on the team. You act like this team shoots 40% from behind the arc. Do you watch the games or just post after you see the final score.
If you can not make a high % of 3pt shots, then you should not be shooting them.
But Archie continued to recruit to keep them signed. They are as much Archie's as they are Crean's
He sucks ive seen 3 years of his lazy lolly gagging he makes Kareem Abdul Jabaar look like Usan Bolt
Yea what’s worse is “Creans recruits” according to you play more minutes than Archie’s now that’s pathetic
So Smith will be our 2nd best player in that case. Either way we shouldn’t be wanting Smith to leave unless you’re rooting for losses.
You're starting to sound a lot like the emotionally overwrought BRCB from early in the football season. How many times would you have fired Tom Allen in the last three years ? Why not relax and let the season play out.
The NBA doesn’t care if you’re “ready”. If they see potential, they’ll get you ready. Much better development programs in the nba than in college.
Nah.....I know a good train wreck when I see one.
I was at the bowl. Disappointed but better than anything we had before. I feel like Allen and staff are “all in.” Cannot fault the effort there.
This basketball staff on the other hand?
They raised the white flag four games ago.
Since you think the fellas have finished up their season, what do you think tomorrow night is going to be like?
Ugly. Double digit loss. Fans show up out of curiosity to see if changes were made. They are disappointed to find out it’s status quo.
Guessing the score is probably not as challenging as guessing how many empty seats there will be.
Well, football starts in less than seven months. So we’ve got that going for us.
In addition to Smith being our 2nd leading scorer and 3rd leading rebounder, he is our best defensive player. Yet so many are convinced that IU would be better without him...
Really then why did Morgan return, so he could work on his three point shooting. You can’t be an inside threat only in the NBA at 6’9”.
I'd be wasting my breath. The guy didn't have to take them. He could have urged them to decommit and gone elsewhere but AA group needs this as an excuse.
He (and every other prospect) has a better chance improving their shot in the NBA than in college.
