BobSaccamanno

Rico? No relation to @rico lol

No worries, my friend. I would hate to be called out on every thing I post. No one is going to be clean by that definition. We are all IU fans and want the best.

The 13th scholarship is not the same issue year over year. This year after Goode and a big man sign, it wont be critical. That’s because the roster fits together. Last year, the offseason was an unmitigated disaster. The missing player wasn’t the 13th man. It was a significant player in the rotation that they didn’t fill. It is two different things. If you’re good with 12 this year no one should have any confusion whatsoever that that would excuse what happened with last season’s roster. They bombed on it and all you can do with that is try to improve on your decision making. But that’s the thing with sports. The record sticks. The good news is that the next year is a fresh start.

Tom Crean was just talking about that on Hoosier Hysterics. Your assistants should be geared toward player development. My two cents but I would add strategy and scheme. No need to waste time on assistants who are there to “recruit.” That should be handled in the player personnel (GM) office. IMO that’s how it should be divided up.

Yeah if you are a good player a few of those guys are of no concern to you.

Luke Goode is a 38.8% career 3 point shooter. Just a guess.

Based on position, you’d think it would be Anderson OR Humrichous. I am perfectly fine with Leland Walker even if we get Carlyle. Kid seems to want to be here and he looks like a bulldog out there. I don’t know if there is a 6’4 ish guard with range out there if Essegian isn’t happening. Malone at backup C. Tucker, Ballo, Rice, Carlyle, Malone, Walker, Humrichous/Anderson would be phenomenal.

Do you know what happened with Power? His reasoning for excluding us?

Clearing needed roster space for several new additions. I’d assume heavy emphasis on defense. Our two deep isn’t there yet on that side. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a couple more.

Not a political statement whatsoever but times must have changed quite a bit. I don’t even recall seeing homelessness in my seven years in Bloomington (80s and 90s).

Yeah from pictures it sure looks like he needs to get some chiseling work in.

We’ve got 4 more spots, I believe. Essegian, Power, Malone, and Carlyle. Woody wants to play 10 deep. That’s probably a legit 10 deep rotation. He can shut everyone up about having shooting and dynamic guards.

TJ Power is an absolutely perfect fit.

I see that Kenny Payne is also going to Arkansas.

Interesting that he’s interested in basketball. I wonder if NFL rules prohibit him doing the same for football.

I look forward to the first portal announcement that doesn’t use the words “with that being said.”

Man, Duke is getting gutted. I read that this is their eighth departure. Power is someone we recruited so I wonder if we reach out.

I like Reneau in the post on offense but his defense and rebounding wouldn’t be good enough, as of now at least. He can also improve his passing. Ballo from what I saw (not a ton, mind you) can come out and hunt screens. That might be a clever way to give Reneau space inside. But on D he can be essential.

You would have enjoyed the short shorts we wore in the 1980s. 🤦‍♂️

I had been a backer of hers but mainly because the last president was incompetent. However, and I don’t have any dogs in these fights, I do know enough about large business and leadership to know that this isn’t good leadership. Good leadership can find compromise and creative solutions to resolve competing interests particularly in a university where exchange of thought is critical. This will bear watching but I wouldn’t call this a ringing endorsement of her ability. We will see if she recovers.

Regarding Indiana State, I posted this a couple of months ago, but I think they probably would have finished third in the B1G. Granted, it was a pathetic league this year, but after Purdue and Illinois, I think they were better. They got totally screwed by big school bias in the tourney. The proof is basically that all their starters are switching out to big schools. So, by definition, they had big school talent. Kent and Larry moved to Texas. Duke and a host of other big schools mentioned with Avila. We know about Conwell. Etc.

I was pounding the table on Conway as early as anyone so I am not going to walk it back now. I truly think he’s the perfect starting two guard for us. Tough kid, plays hard, good shooter. I think he would go to the top of Woody’s favorite players if we were to get him. If Carlyle and Rice were a package deal and were sold on being a combo, then that’s smart recruiting through because you get two dynamic guys in here. But I do think Conwell would start and Carlyle would have still gotten heavy minutes in a rotation since he can come in at either guard spot. If we want to really go for it, that would be a very strong team. I do hope though that Woody can get the bad shot selection out of Carlyle. Let’s get back to smart Indiana basketball. Woody is part of that. We should have enough depth to deal with that. It makes the players better for their own good.

I would be surprised if that’s it. Rabjohns is saying that other schools recruiting him are using negative recruiting to show him IU’s numbers with guard shooting. The actual data is what we have to overcome.