Disagree this is a message board by fans and his post is exactly what everyone is asking themself. You just happen to always chime in to be the board asshole
This isn’t Indiana basketball.
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I remember the good old days when he said in one word what takes him 30 words now.
Funny to think about how NBA players would be as college coaches. Shaq would be good, pizza after every practice. Draymond would put players in a choke hold when they screwed up and Arenas would always have his pistol ready to put a cap in someone’s butt. When you think about it it does seem unlikely that former NBA players would be great college coaches.
Steph Curry would just say pull up and take the 35 footer when you are open-simple. Poor Steph if he had to coach this team.
It might be more productive than wasting 2 hours watching this squad.
But at least we will never have to listen to guys like Joe Hillman and others about how you have to hire an IU guy. They were truly convinced just hiring an IU was the key to major success.
IMO the radical changes brought about by NIL and the portal makes any comparison with previous coaches irrelevant.
Soon to be 16 (15+) blowouts. I'm sure we'll reach twenty before the end of the season.
The school to our north has figured out how to recruit disciplined players who seem more than happy to lay everything on the line for the name on the front, not the back
This was not by accident. This IU team reminds me of Purdue 2013-2014. Painter completely abandoned recruiting players who would not listen, work hard or be coachable. This is a culture that has to be built brick by brick with players who are willing to redshirt or sit the bench for a year to learn the system. There is no guarantee of playing time. If you come and earn your spot - you will play. NIL and portal constructed teams might buy you success for a while. But it's fleeting. UK wanted Calipari's head because they had no sustained culture of excellence.
Yea, I know - FDU, right. But Painter has really protected the integrity of how the game should be played - not just chasing the Machiavellian goal of a national championship.
I was listening to pre-game interviews last week and something stuck out to me. Off the top of his head, Paint went through several Indiana players and talked about their game by game development in detail so far this year. He went all the way back to players from the IU Purdue rivalry back to 1989, and he knew their performance in detail. When I listened to Woodson - I'm not even sure he knew that much about Purdue's roster outside of Edey.
I listened to some audio of Paint's pregame comments before taking the floor - he sounded just like Bob Knight!! In fact I had to listen to that audio piece a couple of times because it sounded so much like Knight in tone and message. Painter is as close to Knight in terms of the integrity of the game than anyone I can think of.
Jay Wright probably fits that bill - but you can tell by listening to him he was no longer interested in coaching in the NIL and portal world.
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With the condition of this team as it is....you cannot worry about current recruits. After all, if a coach like Beard or Pearl were to come....they are going to have completely different ideas about the makeup of the roster and individual players they need to continue with their success. It isn't about what the recuit thinks about the new coach...its what the new coach thinks about the recruit. IU hasn't got the coaching decision right since it fired RMK. Any reason to think that is going to change?
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