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2 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

I don’t see Goode as a 4 at all. MM can play some 4 but serious doubts how that helps the team. 🤷‍♂️

Confuses me. To each their own. 

10 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Elite recruits more likely to transfer if they don’t go Pro!

I know it’s a reach, but wonder if one of the NBA combine dropout players would consider IU? With Ballo’s 26min/game and Malik’s 28min/game there’s 26 minutes left in the front court!

Where are MM and Goode playing? 

Get Hatton and convince Moreno to re-classify to 2024? I'd like that a lot. 

On 8/31/2023 at 2:45 PM, Boiler Sam said:

Not confusing at all. They are headed for yet another bad season with a mediocre at best roster. 
 

 

Here's one...

On 8/31/2023 at 4:53 PM, IU Scott said:

They have like the bottom 4 rosters in the NFL 

@Boiler Sam another one.... 

His job is to put talent on the field, he does that. Clearly. 

oh wow 

I did NOT have Clay Travis sticking up for Doyel on my bingo card today. 

10 hours ago, Boiler Sam said:

And … zero division titles. 
 

No more excuses now. Time to win it. 

Doesn't fit the bottom of the barrel narrative. 🙈🙈

🙈🙈

42 minutes ago, rico said:

He has to perform.

Of course. They all do. 

He certainly did last year. 

Crazy how much better the Reds lineup looks with TJ Friedl back.. not sure it fixes everything, by any means, but solid piece to get back...

I can't figure out which of the 4 missed calls were the worst... shew

3 minutes ago, Hoosierdave said:

grrr

I just can't get over XJ, Cupps, Gunn, Banks, Sparks, Walker, and Leal playing 1400+ mins in conference alone and then you guys coming on here and calling that group talented. Like where? What skills do any of those guys possess that make them talented, especially at the Power 5/B1G level? 

Now-- that collection of talent, along with an injured Newton, and open scholly is 100% on Woodson and staff, but my lord. 

39% of our minutes were played by these guys, in conference. 2 of them were on the court, on average, at all times. Cmonnnnnn. Be realistic. Not everything HAS to be a knock on Woodson. 

Talents there now, in spades. 100% has to make it function well this year. 

18 hours ago, Inequality said:

Is Woodson a great recruiter or not? It has been thrown around that he has proven his critics wrong by his recruiting prowess yet now the new supporting stance is lack of talent and options? It cant be both.

Not that I completely disagree with the options narrative. Not long ago, I said specifically that freshman Jalen was easily leaps and bounds ahead of any IU guard on the roster and the X defenders wasn't having it.

At the same time, I don't buy the narrative of lack of talent or options as an excuse from a fella that is making 4.2 million dollars and is supposed to be some kind of basketball wizard yet he cant assemble and/or develop a competitive team with all of the available IU resources until mega donors who wont admit their beloved Mr Nice Guy of their glory days is not the coaching expert they had put their mouth and money on step up and increase the ante to purchase the talent needed that he couldn't on his own create or provide through traditional means.

Who has said the bold though? 

8 minutes ago, Kdug said:

Yeah the lack of talent argument is just looking at the end result imo. At least when put in the context of we had the talent to at least be a bubble team, not necessarily the talent to be a big ten title contender.

If you look at the first four teams, none of them had any sort of a bench except Colorado. Even Colorado really only had 2 bench players who played, their other bench guys were complete liabilities. The rest of the teams all had benches that looked like IU’s. And I don’t think any of those teams had starting rotations that were more talented than IU’s, except for probably Colorado again.

Not when XJ went down/was dysfunctional. 100% on Woodson for that, but no way. 

The rest of the teams had clearly better guards. 

One thing I will say about the people drafting the QBs this season... while I'm not sold on Maye, Daniels, Penix, or Nix... they are certainly better options than this coming drafts QBs.... MERCY... 

THAT IS AWFUL

16 hours ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

I have no idea.  Maybe doing the same thing over and over and over and getting your ass handed to you is also not the correct thing to do.  But i don't know anything.  And not really wanting to argue over it

Only have 13 guys, well us 11, last season.

11 hours ago, thirdgenhoosier said:

I guess Cincinnati is sitting at 67 in the RPI and is 5th in the Big 12 so tomorrow’s game is a big one.

Catch it on BTN+ 🤣

1 hour ago, thirdgenhoosier said:

I can’t like this enough.  BTN sucks at covering baseball.  I wonder if this will change at all with the addition of the west coast teams?

I just don't understand it. There should never be re-runs that trump live baseball. 

heyyyy ooohhh!!! 

upland samples at the game tomorrow 

1 minute ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

My complaints are this and are based off my personal interpretation of basketball. Some are just my personal annoyances and some i think might be legitimate complaints.   But as always, my opinion.  Not fact.

1. Starting the same players every game and every half feels strange to me.  Even if someone is playing well off the bench or playing terrible, it was almost always the same. 
2. Killing momentum runs with weird subs, whether platoon style or just a couple.  Don't mess with a winning momentum swing. 
3. Seeing a player in the first half who played well in the time they got, not getting any playing time in the second half.  Why would a player not get time in the second half if they played very well in the first, i think you should lean into this and team them that playing well is encouraged and gets more PT. 
4. The Auto subbing of a player with 2 fouls, and then sitting them for way to long, same as a substitution.  Your starters should not site for 5-9 minutes of the game.  You should also trust your players to play through having two fouls (There are always exception to this of course). 
5. Same offense and defense, even when you're getting toasted.  Very little adjustment throughout the game or the year.  Just the same think, hoping for the outcome you think will happen.

These to me are things i think Coach Woodson could be more flexible in.  Again, just my 1c worth.

1. Is very normal and basically the strategy used by every coach, I would not be a fan of changing lineups regularly... And in fact, as a player, it would piss me off. 

2. You have to sub, they get tired. Sometimes that happens during a run, but why does that sub have to effect momentum? The sub should continue the good play. 

3. When does #3 happen? Is there an example? 

4. Reasonable. But more depth behind the player who gets his 2nd foul would be my preferred route to tackle this issue. I don't think trusting Malik to not get his 3rd foul is a smart strategy, same with XJ. Others we've had could probably navigate it. I've argued mightily for 6 fouls in college BB, 2 fouls affect the game too much. 

5. Same offense-- yes when your guards suck, like ours did, there are only so many options to go to. 

31 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

To bring this back to the top...Ate at Torchy's in Kingwood yesterday, and off the "secret menu" got these 2...

You guys in Indiana have Torchy's in Fishers and Jeffersonville...If you've never tried them, they certainly are "Damn Good Tacos"  

hmmm these look pretty good. They just closed a REALLY good taco play in Louisville. 

On 11/18/2023 at 3:20 PM, Naturalhoosier said:

I used the Taco Bell app for the first time yesterday.  Ordered as I was leaving the house and within 30-45 seconds of arriving they were calling my name.  Not sure why I never used it before.

I use the app, basically everywhere I go.