I am not a fan of always changing coaches & want Archie to succeed. But I am not convinced that you can run his defense with players who dominate our league. Teams with multiple 6-11 & 7 footers who are 250-285lbs.
There are big kids all over this conference who are dominating, & we never even sniffed at most of them. Is it because they are not fast enough to run his offense & defense? Look at the Rivals pages of big men all over this conference; very few have offers from IU.
To me, the question is - Can Archie's systems handle the size & physicality of the Big 10? Is it always going to be a big man problem with this system when we go up against Purdue, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, and etc.. all with more size and physicality? I think that Michigan is really going to show us how far behind the 8 ball we really are.
If he can't succeed with his stuff, then it is not going to get better unless the whole conference starts recruiting 6-9 & 220 centers as their ceiling. I doubt that is going to happen.
There are big kids all over this conference who are dominating, & we never even sniffed at most of them. Is it because they are not fast enough to run his offense & defense? Look at the Rivals pages of big men all over this conference; very few have offers from IU.
To me, the question is - Can Archie's systems handle the size & physicality of the Big 10? Is it always going to be a big man problem with this system when we go up against Purdue, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, and etc.. all with more size and physicality? I think that Michigan is really going to show us how far behind the 8 ball we really are.
If he can't succeed with his stuff, then it is not going to get better unless the whole conference starts recruiting 6-9 & 220 centers as their ceiling. I doubt that is going to happen.