Are we in store for a Archie style losing streak?
- Thread starter Al Bino
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Getting Lurch was like hitting the lottery. Yeah, they have another center coming in. But the chances of getting anything close to Lurch from another low ranked center is highly unlikely.
I don't think anybody is arguing that they will be top 5 in the country next year. I think it is questioning whether they drop back to Top 25 or top 75.
Frankly, losing Edey is obviously huge, but losing Jones is going to be equally detrimental. Purdue is significantly better at ball handling and beating the press this year and that has mostly been due to Jones being the secondary ball handler.
Edey still has his Covid exception year- I only see him leaving if Purdue makes a Final Four
Maybe they were things that needed to be known and said. Remember Fife worked for a very winning Izzo. I don't like Izzo but he's gotten it done at MSU while robbing Indiana of some good talent that IU let get away.
Thad was there until the Butler opp happened. That was the deal from the beginning as his intention is to become the AD.
The "blue blood" label only exists and existed at IU because of RMK. None of his negatives can take that reality away. Since his departure....the blue has been steadily fading. Not much left of it.
While I would not condone an assistant badmouthing his own program just because he doesn't like the coach or his politics or his energy level or whatever, I can see that the culture shock of working for a high-strung guy like Izzo for so many years and then experiencing Woodson's apparently much more stoic demeanor would maybe be something he had difficulty with.
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Yep. You know how it is. It’s according to who you believe. His deal has been spun in different ways.
Yeah sure but doing deals and talking out your a$$ will get you fired. I don’t know what he was trying to accomplish by doing those things. You see where it got him. Don’t care what he did with Izzo. I know what the hints from East Lansing was from fans. They weren’t upset when he left. Dane made his bed. If you choose sides you don’t choose rabby and DD.
It’s kinda funny we are a blue blood in every metric (fans, history, revenue/budget/NIL, facilities) except our wins/results the last 25 years have been way, way off the other blue bloods. It’s an impressive achievement to underachieve so consistently.
It could happen, if the team checks out. I don't think they have, or will. Unless a miracle happens, we won't make the tournament, but I think we'll find a few more Ws.
Probably go 2-7, lose early in the tournament, lose on the road in NIT.
I’m not sure some people grasp how bad we are and how bad next year looks.
Exactly the kind of players to go after. I'd cap it (with exceptions) at #30. Anyone ranked higher better commit to 2 yrs or else they are just a distraction.
If I could post a picture it details it. It’s been discussed and freaking discussed. If you haven’t seen it or heard it by now I don’t know what more I can tell you. Basically the idiot was told to do his job. Warned many times on multiple issues. He didn’t and got fired for cause. If you don’t think it’s true then why didn’t he get hired by anyone? Even Mich. St wasn’t overly upset with him leaving.
You could be right, I thought they ditched auto bids, which favors bigger schools like us.
I looked that up a couple weeks ago. Seems like approximately 40% of last year’s teams were automatic bids…mostly conference champions who didn’t win their conference tournament.
