So you don't have a solution and don't know everything, got it.
Archie.....
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Lol.
Ya I’m sure all these message board solutions is something the athletic department is going to mill over. Yeesh.
IU didn’t fire Sampson. He resigned and really had no choice. He was banned from college basketball for 5 years. Keeping him would have been irrelevant.
I’ve been a fan of Michael Lewis ever since he was at Jasper. But his stock went even higher with me when he defended himself to RMK during a game. Guy’s got onions.
It’s always the answer for people who have nothing to do with the stewardship of what’s in the Brinks truck. To them, there’s no limit to what should be spent. That’s somebody else’s problem.
Your last point about genuine improvement being self evident is a good one. There have been incremental improvements in the analytics, which provides some hope for us stats geeks, but it doesn't change the fact that it's not translating in wins the way it should. I'm even mostly disappointed in most wins because of one concern or another rearing it's head.
As far as recruiting, Archie has gotten a lot of the kids that I really wanted. This year I was all in on Geronimo before I even knew he was an IU target. He looked to me like the kind of late bloomer that Chris Beard would nab and be All Big 12 as a soph. I also loved Galloway and thought he was criminally under rated. Last year he got Trayce and I think Franklin is going to be terrific. Obviously there have been some disappointing misses, but that's mostly guys that are still in high school and wouldn't make a difference yet anyway. Dawson Garcia and Aaron Henry would be nice to have right now, but for the most part recruiting has been fine.
Hunter's lack of development and Brunk's injury put a hurt on the 20-21 ceiling, but it's Al and Rob that are turning the floor into a sink hole. It's one thing for me (as a fan) to be optimistic about those two turning a corner this season, but I don't see them every day in practice. Archie and staff had to know that we were in real trouble this year with those two cats eating up backcourt minutes.
Anyway, it's just one game and trying not to overreact, but I've been preaching patience to myself and that "it's just one game" ever since the inexplicable beat downs from ISU and FW in year 1. At some point they're going to have to string together some on-court evidence that continued patience might be rewarded. I still think they could be good this year, but mostly because the time has passed for sucking. Al is about to graduate as the first 4-year player in IU history to fail to crack the AP Top 10 at any point in their career. Sadly, he's yet to even crack the AP Top 20. At some point it's just unacceptable to keep finding excuses for why IU can't win in basketball.
He's not coming to Bloomington for any offer that could be put together by IU.
First, IU couldn't have kept him even if they wanted to. Second, IU NEVER should have hired him. He was a known cheat when IU hired him. His tenure at IU was when I reached my lowest level of enthusiasm for IU basketball. I watched the games and hardly cared if IU won. I was waiting for the cheating scandal and Sampson, true to his nature, cheated. As much as Davis was over his head and I hated Crean's style of play, the Sampson era was the worst in my life. I've not had as much enthusiasm for IU basketball as I do now since Knight was fired. Knight's era being the golden age of IU basketball.
Iu basketball has turned into just another program. It isn’t even a top program in big ten anymore let alone a national power. It’s sad how far this program fell.
you realize IU self reported Sampson right? If we don’t tell the ncaa he made phone calls nothing would have ever happened. Have a few final fours and prob a championship by now as well.
I’ll never understand why. The product we’re being presented is consistently poor to middling. And it’s not as if we know there’s a big wave of better days on the way.
For me, it was when Crean started showing recruiting momentum. There was a distinct sense that our long nightmare was about to end and we’d once again be relevant and competitive. And, to some extent, we were - not as much as I’d have liked and certainly not in a lasting way. But we had some success...which was quite a welcome relief after the Capobianco era.
But now? I’ve gotten to the point where I’m numb to the losing, the anemic offense, the lack of reliable shooters, the careless guard play, the bricks from the stripe, etc. And I can’t put into words just how much I hate that feeling. And it’s a helpless one, too — because the people in charge seem to have the same bizarre outlook you do.
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I’m glad they did. He was a liar and a cheat. He should never have been hired and what happened should have been anticipated. It was anticipated.
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On this, I’ll agree with you. No way should we have concealed evidence of an infraction from the NCAA.
haven't watched an NBA game beginning to end since Jordan's game 6 vs the Jazz. Not my cup of tea. Unfortunately I'm having trouble watching an IU bball game beginning to end. Life's too short to go through days pissed off.
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