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Zuckerkorn

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  1. True. Heck, in 1988 Bob Knight considering leaving IU for New Mexico - just a year after winning his third championship.
  2. I completely forgot about those two (but that bolsters my point, lol). I wonder how NIL & "professional status" pertains to younger Euro players. IMO if you're getting paid, you're getting paid.
  3. IU has always stunk at finding foreign born players. Our"best" was Uwe Blab and the rest were Hanner Perea quality. Heck, our only outstanding foreign guy was fictional - Ivan Renko. 🥸
  4. I listened to the post game interview with Rosemond. Right from the start it was Woodson-esque - excuses followed by the old "we don't make excuses". Injuries, lack of preparation time, blah blah blah. At least he didn't cry about being tired from travel. Regarding the ejection, two things: 1) As Woodson slowly walked off, it was the first time he just looked old. 2) It was interesting to compare Underwood's behavior at the refs in the earlier game to whatver it was that got Woodson tossed. Working the refs works but you can't wait untilMarch to start. Overall disgusting performance, lackluster season, and lowest optimism level I can remember. Pew.
  5. And no matter how hard ya try, you can't polish a turd.
  6. CJ working on his highlight reel for the portal, I guess.
  7. Wahob is totally intimidated by Ware..
  8. Very likely the next statement he makes will be his new commitment (Kansas).
  9. Man, that was some combo of defensiveness & arrogance. Almost sounds like he has doubts about his future. Almost.
  10. It meant "something" mostly because of who we beat.
  11. Much deserved win on the strength of an outstanding second half!
  12. Looks like we're gonna need to run the "fire alarm" play.
  13. Maybe not. '25 players aren't going to save his bacon. He might be thinking the portal is where to focus all of his attention. Obviously, if things crap out for him we end up in even worse shape.
  14. You touch on an unfortunately common sentiment - we are all so starved for quality IU basketball that we get our excitement and fun from coaching changes (real or not) instead of competitive games.🙁 Following recruiting & coaching searches is how we can express a degree of optimism & hope for the program.
  15. I've seen posts demeaning Gard for bringing it up in his post game interview. I'm not a fan of his, but if the situation were reversed we'd all be griping about it and few would be upset if our coach referred to it (well, if it was a coach we wanted 😉).
  16. This is exactly my view. Those two are, IMO, the only "home run hires" currently being discussed. Heck, from a coaching standpoint, they may be better than Stevens, who hasn't coached/recruited at the collegiate level for several years. I haven't heard anyone complaing about Cigs age and both programs need the same thing - a savior to rebuid them.
  17. Of the two choices it has to be Woodson. Certainly both are factors but the tiebreaker is that Mike Woodson chose the roster and who plays.
  18. Does this sound familiar (because it should): "No college or pro organization is going to hire or fire just because the fans want it to happen. That is the best way to get yourself fired. If they listen to fans the coach would he fired after every game. In the the pros a player would get traded after every bad game. "
  19. Mike Woodson IS the hump. We're still in the thick of it.
  20. Indeed. As a fan, I feel we got the old "bait & switch" with Woodson. We were to believe we hired a guy with no CBB coaching experience but were surrounding him with a support staff to guide him along. What we ended up with is an uprepared coach and a mentor who was locked in a basement for a year before he escaped. Basically like this guy:
  21. Hell, at this point I'd be happy just to have a team that has movement on offense, tries to play defense, and doesn't make me dread game days. Serious.
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