I was thinking two as well but the one he hit his head on the floor was a bad one, no need to apologize. I am sure you have some great fan tales to tell ! Welcome aboard!
Guys who won’t be here next season
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Romeo averaged 17 a game. I don't care who you are, that's tough for anybody in this league, for a freshman no less. Romeo wasn't overrated as a player, this fan base unfairly put F4 expectations when Romeo committed. Outside Juwan and Romeo, that team simply wasn't very good. They were extremely young and inexperienced.
Put Romeo on this years team, and IU is competing for a B10 title. He's everything this team doesn't have, a bucket getter.
VanPastorMan
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Romeo would’ve played more years at IU. But his Dad was ready for a payday.
I really hope that isn't true. If Brunk is done, TJD heads to G league, and Race heads back home....we'll be the smallest team in big ten history next year. Too much sky-is-falling speculation right now. Seems like that Iowa road win was years ago now.
This entire thread is full of dumb posts. It started with a dumb post and continued with dumb baseless speculation and whining. All dumb.
VanPastorMan
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The instant transfer is going to be a double edged sword.
I expect us to lose a lot of players but will always be able to find a transfer replacement so....the size worry doesn't bother me in the least.
I have absolutely zero inside info, just reacting to Race's interview with Fisch. Straight out said that he misses the twin cities and hasn't seen his family in months with Covid....which is more pressure if you are homesick.
Remember this is his 4th season away from home and its not like we're going to be national championship favorites next year I'm guessing.
The problem with Damezi was slow release, he needed like a minute to square up and then there was the weird hitch too that seems common to a lot of our team
I wouldn't care to guess what it is, but I'm 50 and have broken ribs twice in the last couple years doing home maintenance shit. Seems like he just doesn't care. When he arrived I thought he'd be Chauncey Billups 2.0, but not. There is something off
No, not a mistake, The mistake was we needed 2 or 3 of him to push him and not treat him like a diva
There was a lot of hype with Romeo. I don't know all the driving factors for that. Maybe his family, media, Bailey scoring record, or what not. All I know is only played a couple seasons ago, and yet I barely remember him on the court. I have a better memory of Tom Pritchard on a put back dunk than I do of Romeo. Probably a good guy, just played on a forgettable team.
Just curious , do you have ribs in your head?
No, and that's not what I said at all and I think they'll leave on their own. It's bad and probably unfixable by any coach or any small talent infusion. I do think they'll burn it down, it's their way.
Call me crazy, I don’t think the roster is that bad. Trayce and Race are fine and assuming both come back, it’s one of the better front courts in the B10. Throw in Dumcomb and potentially Brunk return, there isn’t any concern.
Franklin is a budding star in this league and you saw a quick glimpse in a 5-6 game stretch before turning his ankle. Clearly hasn’t been the same since.
Biggest issue by far is our two upperclassmen guards. Neither Al or Rob have played with any kind of confidence. It’s killed the offense all year. No telling how good Stewart will be, but he’ll at least hunt his shot, something Al not Rob do. I’ve been Lander’s biggest critic all year, but he’s shown some promise the last few games and you can just tell he has a talent ceiling that far exceeds Phinisee. A full offseason in the weight room SHOULD have him ready to contribute in a big way next year.
A starting 5 of Lander/Stewart/Franklin/Race/TJD next year is more than fine and one that isn’t devoid of talent. Your constant on-the-ledge mentality really clouds your judgement.
Very well could, but will believe it when I see it. Family doesn’t need money which is a driving force in many of these decisions, but if he’s content with going the G-League route to try and earn a roster spot more power to him. Not many, if any 5’s in the NBA without a jump shot and /or off hand. Wouldn’t be shocked in the least to see him back and guessing he ultimately is.
No, I’m telling you that he is going pro regardless of projected draft position. It’s a fact.
You've resorted to arguing with yourself?
Because I know people who are in his inner circle. Want proof of that? Go back to the week before TJD committed and see who was saying TJD would be committing within a week while the IU insiders were saying it would stretch into the following year.
That is proof of what? I love the so called insiders . He may well leave but you stated thats a fact and some post from 2 years ago is proving something? Whatever makes you feel important.
It’s a fact. It was decided last year. Feel free not to believe it though. Continue day dreaming about TJD on next year’s team.
There’s no sense in arguing with somebody that knows somebody in the “inner circle”. Anonymous message board tip 101.
He should come back. But I doubt he does. I believe you.
Heard the exact same certainty about Cody going pro after his first year. Wrong. Heard it many other times about other players too. Also wrong. We don’t know. That’s a fact.
He's projected late 2nd round to undrafted. It's up to him if that's good enough..
I think about this 2 ways. On one hand Romeo was a necessary recruitment for a new coach trying to build a program. On the other hand, he left a huge hole that has not been filled and in the meantime players like him (ex. Ayo) have developed into excellent pro prospects while helping their team win. A third way to look at it is that Romeo himself has not benefited in his basketball career by leaving at that time. He may have benefited financially, it is hard to say, but there is no way he wouldn't be putting up 20 plus and helping the Hoosiers immensely while still being a high draft orospect, had he simply stayed one or two more years.
Never thought I’d say this in a million years but.....I believe Archie may just be worse than Crean.
How is that possible? Here I was thinking that Crean was bottom of the barrel. There’s actually worse.
Crean‘s program had a pulse. Archie won’t come within 5 spots of claiming a regular season championship, let alone do it twice.
You left out the one factor that neutralizes all of what you just typed: Archie
I cheer for Crean, Davis, and even Sampson when I watch their teams play. Really no ill will towards these guys(yes I know what Sampson did, but he was trying to win).
Archie Miller makes me hate basketball. Watching this man do the same non-winning shit every season is irritating. He actually believes his shit works. It doesn’t. We aren’t playing St Bonaventure or Rhode Island. We can’t win with 6”6 post players. We can’t win playing 1990s offense. We can’t win playing strictly 1 style of defense. The man just refuses to change. And he had the Audacity of tearing into Jeff Rabjohns for asking a question about hedging. “Well what do you know about hedging Jeff?” “Come to practice and we’ll teach you all you need to know about hedging.” It wasn’t even in good humor. It was an a-hole attitude. Knight did the same thing. But he earned that right. And Knight has X and O ground to stand on.
This joker wants to dog someone for apparently not being a “basketball expert?”
Who the F thinks Archie is a “basketball expert.” Give JR Holmes a similar roster and a month to prepare and he beats Archie. Plain and simple. The man is a disgrace to Indiana basketball. Period. Tom Crean is as mediocre as they come but at least he gave a **** and turned over every stone to get us better. **** Archie. I will put candles in a Cake the day this weasel gets canned. I’m done. Rant over.
Archie Miller makes me hate basketball. Watching this man do the same non-winning shit every season is irritating. He actually believes his shit works. It doesn’t. We aren’t playing St Bonaventure or Rhode Island. We can’t win with 6”6 post players. We can’t win playing 1990s offense. We can’t win playing strictly 1 style of defense. The man just refuses to change. And he had the Audacity of tearing into Jeff Rabjohns for asking a question about hedging. “Well what do you know about hedging Jeff?” “Come to practice and we’ll teach you all you need to know about hedging.” It wasn’t even in good humor. It was an a-hole attitude. Knight did the same thing. But he earned that right. And Knight has X and O ground to stand on.
This joker wants to dog someone for apparently not being a “basketball expert?”
Who the F thinks Archie is a “basketball expert.” Give JR Holmes a similar roster and a month to prepare and he beats Archie. Plain and simple. The man is a disgrace to Indiana basketball. Period. Tom Crean is as mediocre as they come but at least he gave a **** and turned over every stone to get us better. **** Archie. I will put candles in a Cake the day this weasel gets canned. I’m done. Rant over.
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