IU Scott

https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2024/4/5/24073643/zed-key-enters-transfer-portal-after-four-years-at-ohio-state-jake-diebler

Zed Key from OSU is in the portal 

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2024/4/5/24120847/the-colts-continue-to-stay-the-same-while-the-afc-south-grows-stronger

7 minutes ago, jv1972iu said:

Reds defense looks pretty bad right now.  Elly De La Cruz has made 4 errors, mostly on throws, in 7 games.  That’s beyond bad.  He’s going to have mgmt thinking about switching him to the outfield if he keeps this up.  Or he may find himself back in the minors.

Didn't help that they took Green out after 6 great innings. The reliever then walks 3 straight batters and gives up 1 run without giving up a hit

2 hours ago, Parakeet Jones said:

With unbalanced conferences schedules, I don’t worry about the conference as much as I used to. 

I think the first priority should always be winning the conference. If you win the conference you will get a high seed and that makes your path to the final four easier 

7 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Who is that lmao

I assume he was talking about Tucker 

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

Shooting is a skill.  It will deteriorate if not practiced 🤣

It sure has 

1 hour ago, 5fouls said:

I hear you.  Whenever I go out and shoot in the driveway with my son, it gets more embarrassing each and every time.  My range has probably been cut in half and my shooting percentage might be down more than that.

Not an excuse but when I was playing basketball I never wore my glasses. That day I had them on and it made the goal look a lot closer 

27 minutes ago, Dawg Bawls said:

1975 and 87 was my 81

I loved 87 as well

13 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Shiny new thing syndrome.  As a fan base, we get excited about each and ever commit.  Every recruit is automatically better than what we have now, and most of them would have started for our undefeated '76 team.

Heck, if @IU Scott announced, we would tout his church league stats and pencil him in as the starting 2.

I don't think you would want that to happen. At the state finals me and my brother went over to the outside courts next to the Fieldhouse. I haven't shot a basketball for years and let me tell you my shit wasn't pretty. Back in the day I would take my shooting ability but not now 

6 minutes ago, Indykev said:

These coaches working hard from home. No one in today. Well except the ladies staff

It is the dead period for recruiting 

Born 1970 and RMK was the only coach I knew for my first 30 years. I don't remember everything about the 76 team but remember everything about the 81 team. That team was probably my favorite IU team I remember watching at IU.

I think the expectations should be competing for big ten championships and making the tournament every year or at least 8 or 9 out 10 years. Even under Knight we weren't competing for a national title every year but built a strong team over 3 or 4 years to a championship caliber team. I think that shot be the expectations at IU

19 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

 

Where does Perkins factor in, if at all?

I'm a big Tony Perkins fan, and while I know some look simply at the 3 point numbers, Tony brings 3 things we sorely lacked last year...Experience, leadership, and toughness...

Can't overlook intangibles when we're rating these kids...

Watching Assembly Call last night and they are hearing that the coaching staff is trying to to bring in players with multi years of eligibility left.

18 minutes ago, kyhoosier29 said:

That stinks…. 

What stinks

58 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if Rice visits after the dead period. Possibly for little 5 

That will be a great weekend with the spring game that weekend as well

40 minutes ago, btownqb said:

That's great and all... 

Rick went 3-48 as a HC in D1 and NFL. This was also mentioned about RV.... "Additionally, all but one of the black players on the football team had protested against the unequal treatment of African-American student athletes within the program.

RV was part of the Colts staff from 1984-90 (before the season he was the interim)--- the Colts were 38-57 in those seasons... then 1-15 in 1991 when he was interim HC and DC. Sooo 39-72 during his tenure with the Colts. 

1995- CLE DC- Cleveland went 5-11

The Saints from 96-05- Saints record during that time-- 53-97

Rams in 06-08- Rams record-- 13-35

You know two other coaches on that Cleveland staff. Bill Bielichek and Nic Saban

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Did they look--- with Buckner, Stewart, Franklin, Kenny-- and the rest of the DL-- like the 25th-ranked defense? 

I thought they were really bad against New Orleans, CLE, and ATL. Outside of that... maybe blowing the lead in week 1 we could be upset about? That certainly wasn't all on the defense. 

Oh and against LAR they weren't tremendous. Idk that they were bad, though. 

Yes they were horrible last year. I was at the NO game and it was the worst defensive performance I have seen. Venturi was a DC for years in the NFL and he just can't stand the defensive philosophy of Bradley. He thinks it is to conservative and vanilla and they don't make it hard for WR's to get off the line

2 hours ago, btownqb said:

by what ranking? Did it look like the 25th best defense at any point? 

"none of their TEs are difference makers" ehhh, as a whole I love the TE room. Mallory, Woods🙏, Ogletree, and Granson. I don't see what Bowers brings that we don't already have. 

Pittman is pretty much a possession WR-- ok? ... he had 4 TDs.. are you somehow trying to convince yourself that Pittman isn't a weapon? 

I heard that stat from Rick Venturi on the radio. Just had a chance and Sports Reference

28th in PPG

24th YPG

11 minutes ago, btownqb said:

It's not an excuse. It's reality, Scott. 

So how long does he get to get on from Luck 10 more years LOL!. I hope you are correct on this team and Ballard but you are in the minority you still backs Ballard 

I have a question for you. Why are you so willing to keep giving Ballard passes after 7 years but you want Woodson gone after 3

 Woodson has had more success than Ballard's teams had.

10 minutes ago, btownqb said:

THAT IS CRAZZZZZZZY.(the bold) Blackmon and Richardson back alone are HUGE improvements to the team. 

They have a good defense, that is VET led, plus Pittman, Taylor, Downs, and a plethora of TEs and a Top 5 OL in the league. 

The defense was ranked 25th last year. None of the TE's on their roster are difference makers. Pittman is pretty much a possession receiver and doesn't go down field and only had like two touchdowns last year.

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

 

these are my thoughts, quite honestly. 

We waxed the Texans when QB1 was healthy, then absolutely gave them the game in Indy with our backup, in multiple ways. 

The thing is the Texans are a better team today than they were in that last game. The Colts aren't any better today than in that lady game.

I think it is putting to much pressure on Richardson to expect him to come in and be the saviour of this team. You need to build around him and give him as much help as possible. He needs playmakers on offense and give him a good defense so the offense doesn't have to always win the game

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

We were ROCKING AND ROLLING when Luck quit. 

Look at what he'd done in those two drafts. Not being able to admit that is incredibly difficult to build, in the years after that, makes any conversation incredibly hard. 

No GM just takes that punch and keeps on trucking. 

Luck has been retired for 5 years so it is time to stop using that as an excuse 

Reds beat the Phillies 4-1

Frankie Montas with his second straight good start 5.2IP, 1 run 

18 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Matt Painter took 19 years to get to final four…but look how great he is doing. So what….maybe 10 more years and if we aren’t showing promise than sure…we can move on. 😀

Like I said earlier he would have been fired already in most organizations. I find it funny that some of you who support Ballard are the ones who wants Woodson gone. Woodson has a winning season ever year and made the tournament 2 out of 3 years and has 4 BTT wins and two tournament wins. Ballard has a losing record and made the playoffs 2 out of 7 years with 1 playoff win.

7 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Grigson basically went on a colts fan forum and took a flyer on ever single guy that someone said…”We should sign so and so” thread. No real vision for building a team. 
 

Sure Ballard has missed…as does most GMs…but he has a solid plan and he has a vision for what he wants. Focus on trenches and focus on elite athlete measurables. He has his qb so it certainly is time to lay the cards on the table now…and his seat will get mighty hot if he can’t turn this team into a playoff team. But what he has built with basically a bunch of plug n play qbs so far….they’ve at least been competitive.

That plan hasn't produced for 7 years, how long are we supposed to wait 

2 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Umm he committed to KSU

I know that. 

Thing I don’t understand is if Dusty is such a home run hire why are all the players abandoning ship? Afraid they’re going to get coach Primed?

you asked this question and I told you the reason, they left before Dusty got there