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cthomas

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  1. Been a long time since we have been really in the hunt for the top kids. NIL helps tremendously, but Coach Woodson's NBA pedigree is the closer. We may be on the cusp of something very good.
  2. CMW seems to be the right coach at the right time. We have always needed a coach with NBA credibility to compete for top ten kids. We could not have a better coach for the NIL era or to compete in the portal. Hard to have more NBA cred than CMW. Kids are noticing. Without the CMW, we wouldn't even be on Harper's radar.
  3. If this goes bad and we have to roll with who we have, they might surprise us and everything works out fine.
  4. Absolutely. Back in the old days, I would listen to WIBC just to get practice updates. I couldn't get enough of who was fast and who wasn't. Now I have to search for info. The more free television time the sport gets, the better. Even a reasonable pay per view locally would be better than the blackout. I have never understood the argument that allowing a local broadcast would damage attendance. The 500 is an event you either go to or you don't. Television plays no part in that decision.
  5. I have no idea where all of this ends up, but the saying that money corrupts everything is usually not far from the truth in my experience at least.
  6. My thoughts exactly. For a few years you could watch the on car camera feeds on the IMS website. Not recently though. It's an over the top reaction to something that wouldn't happen anyway. So, I'll be setting on my deck listening to the radio and watching timing and scoring.
  7. Not trying to derail the thread, but I have a 19 year old grandson who fits the demographic of the gun violence in Indianapolis. As a grandfather, I worry about him constantly. He's a great young man, but you can always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  8. I have defended Indianapolis for years as a great city. I have a daughter and five grandkids who live on West 10th Street. I pick them up and drop them off nearly weekly. The kids go to Ben Davis and I attend sporting events there. So, I'm not going to argue the state of the city. Based on my experience and my daughter's, the city has problems. The question was if some people would choose to watch the Mad Ants instead of going to a Pacers game. My opinion, I think some will.
  9. I've lived either in Indianapolis or near by for over 70 years. I always felt safe when in the city whether attending events or going to restaurants. That's not the case anymore. I retired in 2009 after working downtown for over 33 years. I just don't go down there unless I have to. It makes me sad. So, if I have an entertainment alternative outside the city, I'm taking it even if it's not quite the same.
  10. Not my point. We, as fans, get caught up in kids should pick us based on our pedigree. They don't. At this point IU basketball is no different than an NBA franchise shopping for the best players we can afford.
  11. He is a kid trying to make the best decision for him. There is no loyalty to a school involved in any of these decisions. They all selfish in nature and have nothing to do with playing for the glory of old IU. They are always about what gets these kids where they want to go the quickest. In this college basketball world, especially with the portal, they are all mercenaries. I hate everything about it.
  12. I hate that we invest so much time and energy into the decisions that teenagers make. I want IU to accumulate as much talent as possible but not at the point of groveling at the feet of kids. I'm sure that CMW conducts himself in a very professional and business like manner. But we fans can get over the top. Even with this kid, we will have a lot of work to do to integrate this many new players into a good basketball team.
  13. I'm not sure there is anything to discuss until someone commits to IU. The kids already on the team want to play too. If I were them, I'd be working my ass off to make sure I was better than whoever was being added to the team. If they aren't, then it's on them if someone takes their spot. I think everyone who has ever played team sports knows that is how it works.
  14. Like this addition as well. Also like that we have CMW to make the pieces fit.
  15. I've just never understood how men can abuse women and children. It has always felt instinctual to me to be protective also. I can be in any store and not hear a thing going on around me, until a child starts crying. Then I'm looking to see what's happening.
  16. Not just with kids, in the old days guys always took the street side when walking with women.
  17. So you grew up around the Purdue athletic department.
  18. I wonder if he was sober at the time? Sounds exactly like something he would do.
  19. I'm not sure what the requirements are, but I remember listening to a radio broadcast many years ago where Al Unser, Jr. was going to drive for some promotion. Glad to see it's still around.
  20. I'll take Galloway on the wing and add a backup guard and wing and let's play. He's earned the spot. I also think we are way underestimating what we already have on the roster. Let's see what Banks and Gunn bring after a summer of development. These kids are not that much different than the Greg Graham's of years past. I don't know how we ever build a program if we are constantly trying to recruit over the young kids already on the team.
  21. I hope he can continue down the road to sobriety. No matter how long it's been since the last drink,you are always an alcoholic. I view as suicide, one shot at a time.
  22. I'm 74 and I don't have a clue. I wait for someone to translate it for me.
  23. Yes he was....and rumored to have some other endeavors besides basketball.
  24. Love these granddaughter pics. I have four ranging in age from 6 to 25. Enjoy them because they grow up so fast.
  25. When you are invested in what you are doing, you are sometimes blinded to the faults.
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