I’m with you @Maedhros.
Get good and this all goes away. Right now IUMBB is not good enough. Pretend and hope all you want. It’s a crayon drawing of a pipe dream at this point unless something magical happens. This season is what it is.
Those of us “complaining” aren’t negative people because we want better and are vocal about issues we see. We would all much rather be discussing seeding predictions for the B1G and NCAA tournament. Incoming and outgoing players and how that’s going to affect the followings seasons. But here we are at ground zero once again with an uncertain trajectory.
It’s not just this board folks, it’s every board and social media platform. It’s fans, sporting news and beat writers seeing and pointing out the same issues.
At this point, there is no win one game and all this goes away and ‘boy you pessimistic people looked silly complaining about that loss last week.’
We likely aren’t making the NCAA tourney. We aren’t even considered first four out. I think the writing is on the wall for the players as well. If you’re good, you know it and own it. Beat downs from good teams has drained the pre season hype machine.
Yesterday a group of us carpooled to a meeting out of town. The vehicle I was in had 3 IU alum and one Wisconsin alum. All agreeing how bad the basketball team is and excited about the hype around the football team.
The sky isn’t falling, as some have jokingly said, because of one road loss. Just like a rebound win at home doesn’t fix the season. It’s the bigger picture looking ahead that most folks are concerned about.