ITH - D.J. White, Don Fischer to be Inducted into IU Athletics Hall of Fame

[rikki-tikka-tava]

D.J. White, Don Fischer to be inducted into IU Athletics Hall of Fame

IU Athletics announced its 39th Hall of Fame class on Tuesday afternoon and it includes former IU basketball standout D.J. White and longtime voice of the Hoosiers, Don Fischer.

www.insidethehall.com

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Fish is just now getting in? I had no idea he wasn’t.

Should we read anything in to this?

Also, congrats to him and DJ. Both well-deserved.

 

[rikki-tikka-tava]

Fish is just now getting in? I had no idea he wasn’t.

Should we read anything in to this?

That they're honoring him by inducting him before he's even retired?

 

[DCDAVID]

Congrats to DJ. I always felt a bit bad for him in regards to the timespan he was at IU. Went through the Davis upheavel followed by being on the Sampson team that blew up.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

That they're honoring him by inducting him before he's even retired?

I was thinking more that his retirement is imminent. They could’ve done it decades ago.

 

[rikki-tikka-tava]

I was thinking more that his retirement is imminent. They could’ve done it decades ago.

But typically an entry into a Hall of Fame doesn't happen until after one is done 'running' so to speak.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

But typically an entry into a Hall of Fame doesn't happen until after one is done 'running' so to speak.

Which is kinda what I’m getting at. I wonder if this is foreshadowing Fish’s retirement. The timing seems a bit strange.

He could’ve been inducted at least 25+ years ago. But they didn’t - because he was still active. They could’ve waited until after he’d retired, too.

Fish is around 75. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was at least contemplating it.

 

[rikki-tikka-tava]

Which is kinda what I’m getting at. I wonder if this is foreshadowing Fish’s retirement. The timing seems a bit strange.

He could’ve been inducted at least 25+ years ago. But they didn’t - because he was still active. They could’ve waited until after he’d retired, too.

Fish is around 75. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was at least contemplating it.

Thought I read that this was to be his last year. Maybe not.

 

[GR8IUFAN]

Which is kinda what I’m getting at. I wonder if this is foreshadowing Fish’s retirement. The timing seems a bit strange.

He could’ve been inducted at least 25+ years ago. But they didn’t - because he was still active. They could’ve waited until after he’d retired, too.

Fish is around 75. It wouldn’t be surprising if he was at least contemplating it.

Can't even think about that. Been listening to him for nearly the entire 50 years he has been at IU.
I have not listened to a TV announcer of IU games in a long long time.