If IU is such an elite program and such a coveted job why did IU have to go with Plan k, l, or m for your hire? A guy who didn’t even make the tournament? Am I correct that of all the new coaches in the BT IU hired the only guy who didn’t make the tournament? Why could you not pluck a FF or E8 guy? I mean it IS Indiana Basketball. People should be begging to follow RMK.They’ve never been elite. They’ve had better teams than IU much of the past 10 years, but that ain’t saying much since we’re at a low point in program history. But PU & elite have never belonged in the same sentence, unless it’s in the context of playing second fiddle to an elite IU program for decades. It really chaps them that in spite of recent struggles, IU is listed as a better job/program in virtually any listing of such. One of the reasons they’re over here trolling all of the time, & the same reason some IU people troll over there, to try to make themselves feel better. IU about recent history& PU about forever….
And if IU is such an elite program and blue blood why did all your players jump in the portal? Do they not know the prestige of wearing the candy stripes? I mean, they wouldn't have only bern playing for a check? I mean. It’s INDIANA BASKETBALL. They should pay you.
And to me your yearly non-con schedule looks like something for a mid-level Summit League. Who was your marquee this year? South Carolina? Just how many 300 plus Ken Poms can one school schedule?
Acceptance that it is not the 1980s and your program is more similar to Iowa and Rutgers than Duke and Kentucky may center you moving forward.