Crean Speaks

[iubhounds]

I tuned in too late to the ESPN Studio game analysis when they were showing highlights of the day games. Tom Crean was one of three studio announcers. By the time I heard the word Indiana from another room and got to the tv ... all I heard him say "their conditioning was poor" ... How can that be from spending all summer posting videos on social media of them working out in deep sand and lifting weights ????

I know ... I am just stirring the pot a little.

 

[Vern Pain]

I tuned in too late to the ESPN Studio game analysis when they were showing highlights of the day games. Tom Crean was one of three studio announcers. By the time I heard the word Indiana from another room and got to the tv ... all I heard him say "their conditioning was poor" ... How can that be from spending all summer posting videos on social media of them working out in deep sand and lifting weights ????

I know ... I am just stirring the pot a little.

Crean would fix it with Hot Yoga.

 

[RRgo]

If he were coach, still. We wouldn’t play defense but offense would be fire. Especially with the talent

 

[Vern Pain]

If he were coach, still. We wouldn’t play defense but offense would be fire. Especially with the talent

He wouldn't be able to get the players. Recruiting had died. Everyone knew he was a carnival barker.

 

[iubhounds]

He wouldn't be able to get the players. Recruiting had died. Everyone knew he was a carnival barker.

He is now where he should be ... in a tv studio.

 

[RRgo]

If he had NIL.. He could get the talent. The offense was amazing: Players would come to be show cased.

 

[UTFO]

I tuned in too late to the ESPN Studio game analysis when they were showing highlights of the day games. Tom Crean was one of three studio announcers. By the time I heard the word Indiana from another room and got to the tv ... all I heard him say "their conditioning was poor" ... How can that be from spending all summer posting videos on social media of them working out in deep sand and lifting weights ????

I know ... I am just stirring the pot a little.

my opinion of crean notwithstanding, he isn't wrong. we weren't quick or strong.

but yesterday was a mental collapse more than anything. guards looked scared. offense plodded about. D was slow to recover too often. no leadership.

that's how a guy gets a board laying on his back - playing a very unaggressive team.

 

[Vern Pain]

If he had NIL.. He could get the talent. The offense was amazing: Players would come to be show cased.

He still got talent for a couple years at Georgia until he didn't.

 

[Hoosier Clarion]

Crean always has been a talking head just as the TV turds are.

 

[Hoosiers47614]

Will never understand the disrespect and lack of appreciation this fanbase has for Crean after he brought the program back to a respectable level from the ashes Sampson left behind.

 

[aajohn2000]

If he had NIL.. He could get the talent. The offense was amazing: Players would come to be show cased.

If I coached against Crean, I would play zone. It seemed to be effective vs his teams.

 

[GeorgeStrait IU]

Will never understand the disrespect and lack of appreciation this fanbase has for Crean after he brought the program back to a respectable level from the ashes Sampson left behind.

I'm sure we all respected him for rhat and appreciated him for it. Calling him a used car saleman coach etc is just the truth. Thin skin isnt good to have for someone as the head coach at Indiana U

 

[BA47591]

Pearl will be our next coach, unless he wins the natty.

 

[Hatchets7times]

I'm not jumping up and down for him...And he had to go.
But....Two Big Ten Championships..
Archie didn't.. And Woodson won't sniff that..

 

[Brockettman]

Will never understand the disrespect and lack of appreciation this fanbase has for Crean after he brought the program back to a respectable level from the ashes Sampson left behind.

I agree . He took our program from the garbage heep back to respectability. Was he he great coach , no, but at least we were a very competitive team . He was definitely an offensive minded coach . What I could never figure out was why he didn’t hire an assistant who was a defensive guy , and turn the defense over to him . If he would have done that we could have been a very successful team.

 

[bsmitty08]

I tuned in too late to the ESPN Studio game analysis when they were showing highlights of the day games. Tom Crean was one of three studio announcers. By the time I heard the word Indiana from another room and got to the tv ... all I heard him say "their conditioning was poor" ... How can that be from spending all summer posting videos on social media of them working out in deep sand and lifting weights ????

I know ... I am just stirring the pot a little.

Not sure it’s conditioning or not but Ballo, MR and MM are not very fleet of foot. That’s for sure

 

[frikkenfrakken]

Tommy just mentioned how Uconn, among other problems, isn't getting deflections. Lol.

I thought of all you negative Nellies and smiled. Simpler times...

 

[iubhounds]

Tommy just mentioned how Uconn, among other problems, isn't getting deflections. Lol.

I thought of all you negative Nellies and smiled. Simpler times...

How in the hell did we forget to discuss "deflection stats" .... you gotta have 'em 😂

 

[Hoosier Clarion]

Will never understand the disrespect and lack of appreciation this fanbase has for Crean after he brought the program back to a respectable level from the ashes Sampson left behind.

He brought it out of disaster and then squandered it all. He was 8 miles wide and 1/16" thick.

 

[h20pls]

I have never really understood a word Crean says. "Fast hands" and "power feet"...WTF

 

[wi_hoosier]

I have never really understood a word Crean says. "Fast hands" and "power feet"...WTF

I mean honestly, I get both. quick hands for steal, blocks, etc. Power feet meaning being able to hold your position and not get banged out of your defensive spot.

 

[RunninRichie]

I tuned in too late to the ESPN Studio game analysis when they were showing highlights of the day games. Tom Crean was one of three studio announcers. By the time I heard the word Indiana from another room and got to the tv ... all I heard him say "their conditioning was poor" ... How can that be from spending all summer posting videos on social media of them working out in deep sand and lifting weights ????

I know ... I am just stirring the pot a little.

Bring back COACH Tom Crean!

 

[h20pls]

I mean honestly, I get both. quick hands for steal, blocks, etc. Power feet meaning being able to hold your position and not get banged out of your defensive spot.

Well I'm an older guy. So I would've talked about stance and positioning...but that my be the way the kids talk ball today.

Do they still teach blocking out?

 

[VanPastorMan]

I agree . He took our program from the garbage heep back to respectability. Was he he great coach , no, but at least we were a very competitive team . He was definitely an offensive minded coach . What I could never figure out was why he didn’t hire an assistant who was a defensive guy , and turn the defense over to him . If he would have done that we could have been a very successful team.

He
Won two B1G Championships while here.