Many of us that never went to Purdue , who support them, had just as much of an opportunity to like IU as we did Purdue. Hmmm... Nobody forced us into liking the teams we did, so the banner talk is ridiculous, I could of chosen to be a fan of IU just as easy as anybody else, just couldn't stand the site of Bobby Knight and his tactics on and off the court, so my choice was fairly easy. Anybody that supports that nonsense is crazy!
Rob Phinisee
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Many of us that never went to Purdue , who support them, had just as much of an opportunity to like IU as we did Purdue. Hmmm... Nobody forced us into liking the teams we did, so the banner talk is ridiculous, I could of chosen to be a fan of IU just as easy as anybody else, just couldn't stand the site of Bobby Knight and his tactics on and off the court, so my choice was fairly easy. Anybody that supports that nonsense is crazy!
It was just a stroke of luck with Crean. We went in and were walking around the upper concourse and he was actually running laps (it was an incredibly hot dry summer so I guess he didn't want to run outside), but I didn't want to bother him then. As we were leaving he was out talking to Derek Elston and so we approached them and started chatting, got the pic, and I told him about all the sites we'd visited and he said "then you've got to shoot in our gym!" and he arranged for the grad asst to take us to both Cook and Assembly Hall! The others we just stopped in w our ball. I'd actually made arrangements with a friend of a friend to get to shoot in Bankers Life but that got scrapped because they were working on the floor, but we did get to watch George Hill workout, which was pretty amazing as well. Hoosiers gym was easy, it was open for tours before 5 I think, and there was an old timer volunteer who showed us around and let us shoot. Hinkle, New Castle and SHS, we just stopped in and started shooting. All that and I'm still not sure Longs Donuts didn't make the most lasting impression on my son... but I understand: that is 1 good damn donut!
did not know you could just walk into basketball arenas and start shooting around. time to make a new bucket list
I think summertime was key as there weren't many people around to stop us. Hinkle was pure luck... they were having a volleyball camp and we got to shoot while they were taking a water break.
I didn't know you could do it either, but we tried and it worked, so we kept going.
Yup
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I'm too old to think about more chilluns! How about we go shoot somewhere and grab a beer after? Of course, i live in NC!
Unless you were planning on paying parental support, in that case, welcome home Son!
PS. and while I HATED the way Crean's teams played and I didn't think he was the right man for the job, he was very kind to my son and me that day.
My only other experience with IU's head coach was getting told by Bob Knight that practice was closed and me and my buddy had to leave when we tried to sneak in to AH to watch a practice.
hard to know last Spring? I'm sitting here right now, and we still need another big!
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