Maybe you need to go root for UK because you seem like a fan who only cares about winning and not how you win. Nobody is content with just getting to the sweet 16 but some people cans see that we are headed in the right direction. I, for one is not a fan boy of Crean but I will back him as long as he does things the right way. if or when he is gone I will be alright with that decision and then will back that coach if they do the things the right way.
I am not happy if they lose games but I will not stop backing them either. I also don't think he is as bad as some of you think he is and I think for the last 5 years he has been above average.
Again this does not have anything to do with Crean and you are right he can handle it. This has all to do with INDIANA program and all the negativity around it does not help the PROGRAM. If you truly want what is best for the program then back it and help the program out.
So when we complain about Crean's stewardship of the program it doesn't matter because Fred Glass isn't listening to a message board, BUT coaches from opposing teams will tell kids "Hey, did you see what Taz said about Tom on the Hoosier.com board? He's right , you know" . . .. I thought what our opinions are didn't matter?
Believe me (I know you probably won't), there is PLENTY opposing coaches can (and do) use against Crean without anything said on this or any other message board.
What is it that coach Crean does or does not do that is the main cause of your negativity?
No it is a small minority of outs spoken fans that are causing the negativity. Besides the fans most of the other people I have heard think the program is in good shape and Crean is a very good coach.
Again it is not so much supporting Crean but supporting the IU program which I will do until my final day I am on this earth.
So the first thing you mentioned is winning. What percentage of winning from Crean or the next coach would make you more positive?
I always wonder if we fired Crean how long would some of these fans give the next coach especially if it is a coach they really like.
It's usually a habit. The other thing is some things are beyond our control so we tend to make suggestions that cannot be held accountable. If there was an act that goes against a core belief then it may disappear. I could understand if it was leniency for the marijuana and alcohol or can't stand zone defenses.
Just teasing a bit, but there is a point that I would no longer be interested in supporting IU basketball. I can take a little losing... it's good for the soul. I can only support stupid basketball for so long though. It's just a game so there's no reason for me to bind myself by oath to support something that I don't like.
I still love IU basketball today as much as I did back in the 70's and 80's and look forward to watching every game.I thought you didn't take sports so serious as you once did?
I'm still giving Crean a chance to prove to me that this is the way to play basketball today, but eventually I'll turn my attention elsewhere. It's possible that I might just hang up on college basketball altogether since it's becoming more and more like the NBA... which I've never been able to watch.
Think whatever you want but if it was up to me he would have been gone after losing to WSU in the first round two years ago or after the Duke game last year. Since that did not happen I will back the program whoever the coach is.
I thought you didn't take sports so serious as you once did?
I'm still giving Crean a chance to prove to me that this is the way to play basketball today, but eventually I'll turn my attention elsewhere. It's possible that I might just hang up on college basketball altogether since it's becoming more and more like the NBA... which I've never been able to watch.
I think if it was up to most of us he would have been gone after losing to WSU but that proves my point that Glass loves him and will never fire him. Crean is here as long as he wants. He is safer than safe with Glass around.
So let me get this straight you want the IU coach today to have a better winning percentage than what RMK career winning percentage at IU. That seems fair to expect another coach to win at a higher percentage than one of the all time great college basketball coaches. RMK career winning percentage at IU is 73.1%
Can someone tell me with any kind of specificity what it is about Crean and/or his program that hurts his recruiting? Does anyone really know? Sure, we can all speculate (oversigning, overpromising, too demanding, he's a spaz, whatever), but I'd like to hear something definite. Same with what it is that the high school coaches don't like about him. That one quote from Wilkes about him being real or whatever it was isn't enough for me to take as an explanation for all the recruiting misses he's had across the board.
I think it has to do with the AAU coaches not liking him and not really the real basketball coaches who do actual coaching.
I have zero faith in the Indiana brass to do anything right when it comes to IU basketball. A big ten tourney title would be awesome but I think I have a better chance of getting hit by lighting.
It probably was a little harder schedule but not much. For some of his time we only played 10 non conference games and you had 4 automatic wins in the Hoosier and Indiana classics. Also for a lot of that only had 10 conference teams and had 4 automatic wins in UW and NW.
