BobSaccamanno

She’s not my cup of tea. Very bland

That PI felt like a bail out call

Great use of replay. I don’t like the rule though. There’s been talk of changing it.

I like Domask a lot. Not sure how Wisconsin ever let him out of the state to So Illinois out of high school. He’s out of central casting for a Wisconsin player. Tyson Walker. Domask. Lance Jones. Mast and Williams at Neb. Lot of mid major guys stepping up to the B1G and really thriving. I don’t recall us being involved with any of these guys. It’s easy to spot Ware. Knecht. Those are easy. We need to do a much better job of scouting. We’ve got like 17 young guys in suits sitting behind the bench. Get scouting. Inexcusable to get out worked with that many bodies back there. Fight complacency. Let’s be real. The bottom 10-15% of major school players are probably mid-major talents and the top 10-15% of the mid majors can do well at big schools. Get scouting and don’t let the competition run circles around you. Aside from the mid major follies, we have not scouted the state well for years. It’s like we wait for the Indy Star to declare who the best players are. Get out there and scout. Indiana State is far better than IU. If IU had ISU’s guards, who are in-state guys, we’d be much more formidable. That’s not where we are supposed to be. Scott needs to assert himself. He’s the boss and make it clear. Get involved in the minutia of what will improve. What are each of the countless staff guys doing? Not just the assistants.

Exactly. Instead of elbowing him right in front of the ref, use the same tactics. I said immediately he was getting ejected in the game thread. It is not that I’m prescient, it’s just that it was so obvious that’s what would happen. And of course it precipitated Fisher’s comment. He’s around the team, goes to some practices, does interviews with the players, the staff talks off the record with him, etc. Don is a significant figure and, let’s be honest, he’s not usually critical of IU. He’s always made clear he knows who butters his bread. He tends to be an IU apologist, at least publicly. So this isn’t a minor issue when he speaks out. He carries weight.

I am sure CJ is a good kid and I put this as a reflection of the program. The players need to be taught discipline. They need to be taught that the jersey they wear means something. They need to be taught that they represent themselves, their family, their school, their state. The impression of the program is crystal clear. Ejections. Flagrant fouls. Etc. I think CJ is a good kid who made a mistake and it’s more a reflection of the program. It is out of control.

Questions for Coach: 1. What was the thought about doubling the post when they get going fron 3? 2. When Klesmit got hot, what was the strategy to adjust to that? 3. What’s your opinion on your guys frequently shooting long two’s even to the point where their heel is on the three point line? 4. Why have you had two ejections and several flagrant fouls the past few games? 5. What are you doing to instill the IU culture you grew up in? 6. What’s your opinion of the team’s ball movement?

Falling through the ice would be better than IU basketball

You think KenPom will like us giving up over 80 to Wisc?

I could do an entire tirade on Woody and where his head is at, starting with him making Scott fly out to meet him for the interview to quashing the Matta/Fife help, to him acting like this job is the victory lap for his career. But I’m not going there out of restraint and no one wants to hear it.

Woody deserves every bit of the heat that’s going to cascade onto him. The staff too. All of them. Surely Scott is going to get involved on everybody’s existence.

He very noticeably doesn’t want to be there. He’s been switching jobs frequently looking for something.

Klesmit isn’t good enough to be your daddy unless you’re totally in the fetal position. I suspect if we saw the inner workings of the program we’d be appalled.

Gunn is getting ejected

Whoa. Showing a little heart

And I don’t think any went in, either.

The announcers mentioned the 13-2 run but were too polite to point out it coincided with X checking in. X should have to earn his time and not have it gifted to him.

Another long 2. At some point you have to accept that the coaches endorse those shots. If the head coach is encouraging it, where are the assistants?

That long 2 by Walker should have come with a laugh track.

He looks like he got zero coaching in NJ high school ball.

X comes in and W promptly goes on an 8-2 run

Ann B Davis on the right

This guy is all competence. It's not just how he presents himself; it's the content of what he is saying, what he is looking for, what he demands, what he focuses on. The proof will be in the pudding but I think his approach is 100% right for us.

For those who like to speak in certainties, that’s not how the world works. You can talk about probabilities and not certainties. Everyone here should understand that.