Hello Vandy.. without the intelligence
They’ve had 3 injured starters since 1995?
I think if you attach dollars to wins, would be interesting to see ROI compared by other schools. IUFB has lost more games than any D1 program. Ever. IU is paying top dollar for 18 wins. It would be a very interesting exercise,
It starts by making bad hires. You know an ad normally looks for a coach who had some success at the college level. Not an nba guy who never coached college and was below average in the nba at best.
I would guess Cook is not very happy with his investment at this point. I think they flopped on a number of coaches and Buckner championed Woodson. Dolson had to make it look okay, so he hired Matta.
Very possible. I think though the Archie experience probably pushed them all into an IU guy being a priority after Stevens turned it down. The RMK Assembly Hall return, and how Archie handled it, sealed his fate and probably set the course for an IU guy.
How Archie handled it? They got smoked, but that was because of shitty coaching. The same would happen if Knight returned for a game now.
Well they got their iu guy. The question is how long will it take before they admit it was a mistake?
Fife cursed the program. We won’t win again until Woody switches from CNN to Fox News.
Race is a very average player with players more talented behind him. JHS is certainly an upgrade at point. While injuries have had an impact, I would argue the issues with this team (program) run much deeper than the injuries.
Dolson by all accounts thought he had Stevens. When that flopped Buckner moved in and hired his buddy. If it had to be an IU guy Alford was the only one remotely qualified but Buckner supposedly despises him.
The insider on Btown Banners at the time was convinced we had Stevens and said it was why the donor put up the 10 million. I think the donor was the Phau family he said. I am pretty sure they are not putting up the 10 million if they know IU is hiring Woodson. It is obvious even Dolson knew the Woodson hire would not be populare so he ran out and got Matta and Fife to try and calm people nerves. The only thing Woodson has been good at is gettting the players to stay for another year. But his coaching is just flat out bad.
The game at Minnesota in a few weeks will likely determine who sits in last place us or them.
As a primary ball handler JHS brings scoring.
IU hasn't got a chance winning on the road the rest of the season. Looking at the schedule I can't even see a game in AH they can win. This team may have won its last game on December 23rd against Kennesaw St.
One thing we have come to expect with IU FB and BB is key injuries. The luck of the Hoosiers.
wven if they do come back, it will take 3/4 games for them to be close to normal. This isnt a video game where they come back 100%. Jesus. Only chance I feel is to get them back, 3-4 games left and try win the B1G tourney. But that aint happening. Five games in five days? nope.
If rumors are true they likely will not be back tell mid February when we only have five conference games left. That will be far too late as it will take them several weeks to even get back up to speed. We were not even a dangerous team before they got hurt so yeah it likely will not happen.
Thanks for correcting me, I was under the impression that this was a video game. You seem to be under the impression that players coming back from injury take the cast off in the morning and hit the floor that night.
Isnt this bascially the same conversation we have every year. If we can just make a run or win the BTT tourney we can make the dance. Last year was the only year I can recall we made the semis in a very long time. We are usually one and done.
Vandy had a pretty good run with Stallings. They nudged him out and have suffered with two coaches since. To include their NBA player/coach without college experience.
it was a big swing and miss. We were late on Brad by 8-10 yrs. I'll say it again, that shipped sailed a long time ago. Who knows if it would have worked, but we'll never know now.
Hopefully, you are not one of the posters banging their chest at how deep this team is during the pre-season.
Like those saying we were going to go 12 deep. Race would not be starting because Malik was going to take his spot. Banks would see quality minutes. The same type of talk happens every single year but this year it was more over the top than most years.
I would tend to agree, maybe we should ask Ed Hightower or Ted Valentine about a voodoo curse.
Even through the UNC game Reneau did look like a mainstay in the rotation and potential starter. I heard Dustin Diporak from the Indy Star say he was quite surprised that Reneau had fallen off so much. During the UNC game Bilas commented on how Reneau was going to be really good. I don’t know what’s happened, but it seems everyone felt he and JHS would be major pieces of the puzzle this year.
