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C’mon man. I was lukewarm on the hire and still am but you’ve gotta give the guy a chance.
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It's way too early to give up on him. Coach K was a complete flop when he first got to Duke and people wanted him fired. So let's wait and see how he does once he gets his own recruits on the floor.
I was there. Miller got outcoached. Yes, the players sucked, but Miller didn't adjust to what FW was doing offensively. He stuck to the double teaming, sagging to the lane, "pack line" defense, which is susceptible to hot outside shooting and slow closeouts. FW had a great game plan and the personnel to execute it, executed it flawlessly, and Miller wasn't willing to scrap defending the lane for defending the perimeter.
....with Crean history repeated itself....i believe with Archie his success will translate here in short time. You couldn't have picked two more opposite of coaches....the only thing i am upset is that we should of had him two years ago.
No time. Baby #2 is due around March Madness. After that, I won't have time for mediocre basketball for many years.
Define "back".
The class we have coming in next year (including Race) is a pretty good class, even without Langford. It is a solid foundation and I believe we will hit on some of the bigger fish we are after in the 2019 class. I think we could be border line tournament team next year and that things will improve from there.
To be honest with ourselves, it is the type of class that people were all over Crean for landing. I get that he has been our HC for less than a year, but at least call it what it is, a mediocre class (assuming Langford goes elsewhere).
Right now Rivals has us at #20. That is not taking into account red shirt Thompson. So it is not a slam dunk class but it is still a solid class. And you have to factor in the short amount of time the staff had to put that class together.
No, results are not what we want right now but if Miller was walking into a good situation, he would not be here at all. Crean still would.
So, I'm guessing that we didn't run with the same crowd.
Lol. Probably not. You have a couple years on me....
Ha! Different schools, same class. Why did I always assume you were old?
(Or are you old, and that means I am, too?)
Its been known that IU is challenged at defending the arc. It works even more so when you try to match up with FW playing 4 guards. But the stake through the Hoosier heart was FW hitting 17 of 30 3s. pack line or rim line as its sometimes called is good stuff if you have the players to execute playing at an emotional and mental level necessary to make it effective. That's good old team defense. We don't have enough guys giving enough every night to make that happen. Happened against ND, but the sleep walkers showed up against FW. This isn't Archie's team yet. Let him match recruits with effective style of play.
When it comes down to it, a proper team game requires people willing to subvert self to team. Not every athlete is going to do that. We need to see the time when everyone on our squad is willing to do that.
It has a great restaurant called Bakerstreet, Not to far from Goats house. Maybe you can get him to buy.
I want to know more about Fort Wayne, please....
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