hoosier_exotics

1 hour ago, dgambill said:

Personally I think this is exactly what Putin wants. Control of Ukraine through installed proxy govt and to keep NATO away from his door step. Imagine if China entered into an agreement with Mexico and decided to arm Mexico....would we just sit idle by? The further Ukraine drifts from Russian influence the more dangerous to Russian motives they become. They don't necessarily need to simply overtake and absorb it...they just want to make sure Russia's interest are served first. I imagine they will overthrow the govt and place new leadership in its place and will then recede back. Power and influence...and tons of money....along with keeping NATO off Russia's doorstep.

I agree 100%. If China was sitting up shop on our doorstep,  it would be war.  China, Russia, the US will never allow the other to be that close. Ukraine should have never been considered for NATO

1 minute ago, HoosierFaithful said:

Incredible, XJ goes to the rim all game instead of settling for jumpers and he looks great!

We need to clear the middle out and let him go to work..  cramming race and trayce down there leaves no room

Hopefully Fife sticks around for a few more years. Woody won't be here much longer than that, I don't think.  Totally disappointed in the staff and the players

5 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

i am not saying you should think about whether you're a thread or not. I just stated that i never think its ok to just grab someone, unless i know them personally.  But hey, we all have different thought processes on when its ok to touch someone. 

You're correct.  It's pretty much just common sense. Howard deserves whatever he gets, but don't grab a man when he's mad. It's only going to throw gas on the fire

6 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

If Howard gets fired Gard should too. Gard called the bullshit timeout and was the first to put his hands on anyone.

Howard probably will rightfully get fired but Wisconsin being the pathetic classless athletic department it is won’t even lift a finger against Gard. 

Not sure about fired, but definitely multiple games.   Grab a man while he's pissed and you're eventually going to catch some hands....or a palm 😒😂

If I'm losing my job, I'm atleast closing my fist. Forget slapping the dude

3 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

Woody is not, and has not been the problem. 

Lack of athletic wings and lack shooters is the problem. 

We get plenty of open looks. 

I like Woody, on the defensive side of the ball...   the other side is lacking.  The staff will hopefully figure things out as we go just like the players.  But in my opinion the staff has to be better at in game substitutions, rotations,  and an actual offense. I do understand that we need shooters 

We need shooters and an offensive coordinator.  Our recruiting needs to pick up, because Woody isn't going to coach us to a championship of any sort.

We are better in certain matchups when TJD is on the bench. Today was one of those... everyone else stops being aggressive when he's on the floor. Which isn't a good thing when he's getting his ass handed to him.. love our staff, but still say they suck at understanding matchups and rotstions

1 hour ago, Indykev said:

Appears for the most part the starting line up isnt very good together. We usually dont sub until after the first media timeout. 6 or 7 mins in.

I'm not sure where to find Stewart or Kopps  +/- numbers. But,  I would be shocked if they aren't pretty bad. You can somewhat hide one defensive liability,  but not two.  The numbers are pretty telling

16 minutes ago, dgambill said:

So the question becomes....do you change the starting lineup at risk of destroying the continuity of your bench...or do you try to find ways to better utilize your starting unit and get them going faster. Have to be careful that by making lineup changes you don't destroy what is working at trying to fix what has problems and end up with two broken units. I could see a tweak or two but doubt it will be lineup driven....probably running different sets etc to get some easy looks for our wings early and do a better job of getting out of the gate. I don't have the stat but I'd bet the start of the second half mirrors this as well....as we have seen IU struggle coming out of the locker room as well....Wisconsin, Iowa, Purdue, Michigan etc.

I would make a lineup change.  Leads we have built in the 1st half, dissolve in about 90 seconds of the 2nd half...drives me nuts. the subs are constantly digging out of holes the 1st unit got us into.

Hopefully we see a gd, lineup change to start the 2nd

12 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Galloway is the straw that makes the 2nd unit work.  The difference between how that unit performed when he was out injured and how it is performing now is significant.  

If you swap Galloway with Kopp, the 2nd unit has no movement and nobody that can break down the defense.

I'm not disagreeing with you about the second unit. And you are correct about when he would rather be playing...  I think Woody is in a pickle, because not only is the 2nd unit better with him, so is the 1st... his minute total is higher, and he's on the floor when it counts for a reason. I just get tired of spotting teams points, until we get our more athletic guards on the floor...

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

But... we are winning. And other than a 3 minute stretch against Iowa, when the bench was in, we are playing very good basketball. 

Yes we are.  We can be a very dangerous team on any given day.

Just now, btownqb said:

They literally did in the first half, we didn't sub the first 7 mins of the game, other than Durr coming in for TJD. And yes, the All American did drive around Kopp once and then Race didn't rotate and TJD inexplicably drilled Jaden, yes. There were two other mistakes on that play and not just Kopp. 

Just so we're all clear... the majority of our damage was done, in the first half, when Jaden Ivey was on the bench. The bench didn't really guard him any better than the starters did. 

We are going to disagree 1000% but that's OK.  

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

What do you mean early? 

Once TJD came out, we couldn't keep Kopp and Parker in long. Same story both halves there. 

I mean as soon as he saw them getting shredded at the top.. which took about 3 minutes into the game...  TJD's 3rd foul (I think) came from 1of those 2 getting smoked at the top... they are physically not capable of defending more athletic wings

9 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Why are we making a big deal about who is a 'starter'?  The bottom line is the guys playing the best should play the most.  That's what happened last night.  

Rob and Galloway were on the court during crunch time, not Stewart or Kopp.  Nobody is going to play 40 minutes, so I ask you.  Given the way the game went last night, are we satisfied those two were on the floor at the end, or is it that important that we call them 'starters'.

If Galloway starts the game or 2nd half guarding Ivey, maybe he is in foul trouble and cant be aggressive at end of game.  Maybe if Rob starts out against Purdue's first unit, his early shots are more contested, he misses them, and he does not have his confidence build.

For those that are still hoping for a lineup change, please explain to me WHY that is so important.  And, always starting the best 5 is NOT a valid reason. 

It's all about matchups and being one step ahead of the opposing coach with your situational substitutions.  Having Rob, Trey, and Geronimo coming off our bench works to our advantage.  It's plain as day to me and I'm surprised not everyone can see it understand that.

 

I not making a case for who is starting...  it's more of identifying a match up, that is not in our favor.  Coach knew early in the first, he couldn't keep Parker and Kopp on the floor at the same time... so why give teams momentum back, by going back to something that obviously isn't going to work.  Again, it's not about starting,  but identifying the bad match ups