Do ya think Justene Smith would play hard if Knight were in attendance??? Ya me neither.
Geez, Bob's not that bad, at least he wasn't when I saw him driving the streets of Bloomington a few weeks ago. That said, as disillusioned as the IU fans are now in coaching, it doesn't seem like a good time for Knight to be introduced back to the AH crowd. It would be disruptive as hell, and not fair to Archie, who's trying to do the best he can with what he has to work with. Distractions aren't needed at this time. Maybe later...if Bob can make it that long.
Both sides just need to quit their childish behavior, unveil a statue in the Ken Nunn Plaza during a special ceremony, whether Bob chooses to accept his invitation or not, and then be done with it, hatchet buried. This tip-toeing around by the IU administration as if Coach Knight never existed, but for the banners, is getting old, literally and figuratively.
I think everyone agrees Archie will get a fourth year, but if this experiment doesn’t work it’s time to take a risk on a bigger hire. The amount of time it’s taking is beginning to gash the fanbase and permanently damage the Indiana basketball legacy.
You got guys like Bruce Pearl and Scott Drew with top 10 teams at football schools. Basketball is an after thought and those schools yet they are light years ahead of us and we are and always have been a crazed bbal school. Are those guys a bit slimy I guess so but the ncaa does not care. The ncaa has made it clear recruiting in a grey area is allowed. We either pony up on a bruce pearl type continue to stink the next 20 years again.
As don fischer said on the radio he has seen the fans in a state of apathy since zeller left and it continues to get worse. Even if Archie gets the fourth year theapathy will only get worse unless this team somehow can make the tourney and show some signs of promise. If not the fourth year is nothing more than killing time before the new hire.
It's a game, for entertainment purpose .. nothing to have or lose hope over.
He’s already done that, the baseball game, the golf cart thing and all. Hell, he might have even been back to Assembly Hall and we just didn’t know it. How would that be for Bob’s last laugh? Bob’s not going to go out of his way to watch inferior basketball. He recognizes it as soon as he smells it. He doesn’t need to step in it, too.
While Bruce Pearl is a proven coach, I sure hope we don’t hire him. He’s a drama queen. Give me Gregg Marshall.
Yea, she's a bad drunk. He's not very well thought of away from a basketball court.
Our Assembly Hall entertainment for 29 years was fired nearly 20 years ago. It hasn’t been nearly as entertaining since that time. At this point, booze would only numb the pain without anything ever getting better.
You describe why RMK likely doesn't want to come back. If he likes Archie, he wouldn't want to draw the attention away from the team. He would likely come if he could sit and watch without a crowd following him around.
RMK already gave Miller his stamp of approval. Paraphrased "because this guy can coach"
It would be pretty hard to hide Knight in “the house” without drawing attention. I remember the player, Jay Shidler, in name only. Was he a blond haired kid? Wasn’t Marty Simmons from Lawrenceville, IL, too?
Shidler had bleached longer blond hair. He was called the Blond Bomber even in high school. Marty came a few years later. I had a chance to meet Marty and told him about the game I went to. You could see the look of a fan that looked up to a legendary player. Lawrenceville had the Blond Bomber and the Mule a few years later.
Knight didn’t offer him and he ended up at UK. He absolutely torched IU in A.H. his freshman year. “White Lightning” was his nickname.
Whether “White Lightning” or “Blond Bomber,” he sounds like one tough hombre. He’s the kind of player we miss so dearly today.
He averaged 32.7 ppg his senior year. With his range, he could have averaged 40 ppg easily with the 3 point line.
