Nah, I've come to accept the fact we'll never see the Elite 8 again because too many "fans" are thrilled just for making the Dance.
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Nah, I've come to accept the fact we'll never see the Elite 8 again because too many "fans" are thrilled just for making the Dance.
Said it before, will say it again...if IU signs Suggs, they won't get Langford. I'm alright with signing a good-shooting backup if it paves the way for landing Langford, even if it comes at the expense of Suggs.
Scruggs is a probable 3-4 year guy and Romeo is a one and done. Also in this offense they both would play at the same time..
Why the assumption Romeo leaves after a year? The assumption was that he was going to go to private school in Louisville. The assumption was wrong. The assumption has been that he's going to wind up in a prep school somewhere out east. The assumption is wrong. Not saying that he can't go to the pros after a season in college, but there's been zero said by anybody associated with him that those are his intentions.
And I'm not saying that he and Suggs couldn't physically line up on the court together in a Tom Crean offense. I'm saying that I don't think Langford would want to line up with Suggs on the same team. Suggs talked trash to Langford, threw elbows at Langford, was pretty disrespectful. That's fine, it provoked a response that make Langford treat Suggs like a jayvee player in a scrimmage, just annihilating him. As much as you can ever read anything into Langford's expressions, it just didn't seem like he was a big fan of Suggs. Again, nothing more than gut feelings, I just don't get the impression that Langford would want to play with Suggs.
And I'm not saying that he and Suggs couldn't physically line up on the court together in a Tom Crean offense. I'm saying that I don't think Langford would want to line up with Suggs on the same team. Suggs talked trash to Langford, threw elbows at Langford, was pretty disrespectful. That's fine, it provoked a response that make Langford treat Suggs like a jayvee player in a scrimmage, just annihilating him. As much as you can ever read anything into Langford's expressions, it just didn't seem like he was a big fan of Suggs. Again, nothing more than gut feelings, I just don't get the impression that Langford would want to play with Suggs.
Nam one person that is happy with just making the tournament. Just because people doesn't spend every waking hour complaining and ripping the coach does not mean they are content with just making the tournament.
Guess you didn't read the comments here every time we got our butt kicked in the Sweet 16.
And for lots of kids, their ranking goes up just because a high major is after the kid, whether he deserves it or not.
And it's not just because the kid is a zero star, it's because he's a guard. We don't need guards, we need big kids.
Is he better than Scruggs is the question. We already have one guard committed in Durham. We most likely lead for Scruggs also. We signed Cujo,green and Gelon in 16 class. Do we need cujo, green, gelon, Durham, Scruggs, and also RoJo, newkirk, Blackmon? mcSwain? That's possibly 9 guys that play the 1-3
David Williams went from a zero star unranked to #107 just because he made a verbal commitment to IU
Show some links...no one posted they were satisfied or accepting of just getting into tournament ...or even a sweet sixteen...it was made up by some of you... therefore a myth
last i checked... the fans do not play the games. the dumbest comment ever!!
So what?
Crean chases a bunch of zero/3 stars so he can prove how "smart" he is and his apologists give him a free pass for it.
We have zero rides open for '17, we already have a 3 star guard, the '17 class is absolutely loaded and we have a ton of top kids seriously considering us.
And Crean is still going after zero/3 star guards.
It's a joke.
Sorry, didn't save them. All we got was excuse after excuse after excuse after excuse and anyone that called for Crean's head was called a "non-fan."
Because any one "calling for Creans head" after winning the Big Ten is beyond me. I'm no Crean apologist. If you Want to talk body of work, I'm inclined to agree with you. But he at the very least deserves to coach next year.
I agree with this.
But I would also caution not to expect a lot - despite what we have coming back. Past history doesn't bode well for Crean.
Don't have to save "them" ...they are saved now...just search for "them". But there aren't any...simply a myth
BTW...click on magnifying glass search icon above type in "non fan". You will see 200 results but none of them had "Non Fan" as a combination except for your posts and now this one...
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Before this year when people brought up our dismal Dance record, apologists said, "Hey, at least we made the Sweet 16 a couple years ago."
Hmmmmm searched for "Hey, at least we made the Sweet 16 a couple years ago" and...
it's called logic.
a few fans more than happy with coach
said coach can't get past sweet 16 even with wildly talented teams
a few fans happy with sweet 16s
there you go
When have we had widely talented team. 2013 was a very good team but I wouldn't say they were widely talented except for two players.
Weren't they ranked #1 for a good portion of the season? Minimizing their talent following a disappointing loss seems to be an exercise in rationalization.
To me wildly talented means having talent like UK or Duke of the world with a lot of McDonalds All Americans. yes we were ranked #1 and I thought we were one of the top 5 or 6 teams that year but by no means thought we were a clear cut best team.
Then why minimize IUs talent after it occurred? It's rationalizing the failure to achieve at a high level, correct? It was done after the big ten tournament losses and other ncaa losses, too.
I did not think we should have been ranked #1 to start the season and thought the only reason we were was how e played the previous season against UK in the tournament. If we had lost in the second round to VCU then I would say we would have not been ranked #1 to start that season. I thought we deserved to a 1 seed but I also thought Syracuse was better than a 4 seed and was only a 4 seed because of a bad two week stretch.
I am not subscribing to either side of your notion...but if you are claiming rationalization is occurring then the same can be said for those who say CTC cannot get past the sweet 16...
Crean hasn't been able to get any further and hasn't even come close. How is anyone rationalizing that?
