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😂😂😂 Lisa E off the top rope

Frankie Fidler to Michigan State... Pharrell Payne to Texas A&M

Just filed his KMQJ-KHNB flight plan...Departing at 1845Z (2:45 PM local) 🙂

Just now, IU Scott said:

That is probably the Mount Comfort Airport which is probably 6 miles from Greenfield 

Used to.be known as Mount Comfort, but called Indianapolis Regional now (KMQJ)

Just now, btownqb said:

3.5hr drive Bloomington to LaPorte-- 215 miles

2hr 55 min drive LaPorte to Greenfield- 170 miles 

3hr 5min drive Greenfield to Heritage Hills- 165 miles 

 

It's not even doable in a day. 

Driving, no, but the same plane that went to Laporte from Bloomington this morning at 6 am, landed at Indy regional (12 northeast of the city) about an hour ago...short drive to Greenfield...

Be looking for a flight plan from Indy regional to Huntingburg airport this afternoon 

4 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

no wonder our recruiting budget dwarfs everyone else's budget.  Can't even drive for in-state visits lol

Laporte to Heritage Hills alone would be a 5 hour + drive.

There just happened to be a flight from Bloomington to Laporte this morning 🙂 

So they're probably not driving 

36 minutes ago, IUaic said:

Hasn't most of Duke's team entered the Portal? He probably will get that much playing time.

 

They have, but I'm sure Duke will be a prominent destination for the uncommitted portal kids, and they do have the #1 (high school) recruiting class coming in...

I guess we'll see...

22...got a couple of guys I'd been wanting to get in...Moe "Toys in the Attic" Drabowsky and Kyle Farnsworth (Not a favorite of Reds fans 🙂)

18 minutes ago, Indykev said:

 

Well, he ain't exactly Cream and Crimson...more Wedding Gown White and Auburn...but I'll take it 🙂

1 minute ago, Zlinedavid said:

Ugh....Eric Gregg and the Livan Hernandez game.  I'm a Mets fan, and even I will say the Braves got robbed in that one.  His strike zone was so wide that day that he could have fit through it. 

Sucking it in so far his backbone bulged with a 60s church certified girdle maybe 🙂

41 minutes ago, Indykev said:

you just blame the raking services.

Mine left a lot of sticks and leaves behind last time, and I'm looking for a new one...know anybody?

58 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said:

Thank God Ted Valentine didn't have any offspring that followed in dad's footsteps. 

Or Eric Gregg...

And if I'm in the HR department of MLB and we're hiring umpires, any resume with the last name "Hernandez" gets relegated to the circular file automatically 

1 hour ago, Seeking6 said:

Aaron Boone is eventually going to die in the dugout. Gets tossed today early by home plate ump. Problem was Boone didn't say anything. You can see the guy in a blue polo shirt in first row yelling something to the ump and the ump thought it was Boone.

SMH...Hunter Wendelstedt...Harry's kid...And just as bad...

2 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

This is pretty much what I just said...by the time it became apparent there were holes that wouldn't be filled, there weren't any difference makers to be had.  IU had enough to practice with already.

If you want to criticize Woody for anything, it would be for chasing talented guards that didn't come and then not having enough time to execute a backup plan.

It's all water under the bridge...But I'd agree with that

2 minutes ago, Kdug said:

Chances aren’t given they’re earned. Gunn and Banks hadn’t done anything to have earned a rotation spot going into last year.

You GIVE the chance, you EARN the minutes...

1 minute ago, iuswingman said:

Maybe not injury prone but he played in 11 games in 22/23.  You think relying on him and a freshman PG as backup was a good idea?    

I think Cupps was a backup to XJ and Galloway at the point, with hopes that Gunn would develop and get time at the 2, and Leal picking up spot minutes...

The point has been made by @Zlinedavid that you have to give kids, especially sophomores, a shot to develop and earn playing time...And that's true...

1 minute ago, iuswingman said:

Woodson wasn't to blame for going into the season with an injury prone PG, Galloway and a bunch of unknowns/unproven backups?

Yea, I don't agree with that one bit.

Up until he broke his foot against Kansas, XJ had played in every game (118) at Pitt and IU and started 115 of them...That's injury prone?

And if you remember, there was talk of him coming back at the end of 20-23...so he was pretty much healed, then had a whole off season to recover as well...

And every team has unknowns/unproven backups...That's where you hope kids develop

Just now, btownqb said:

It's all relative!! They should have been sent packing! Same thing with holding onto JG a year too long! 

The conversation started with "why wasn't that 13th scholarship filled" and now has morphed into Gunn and Banks needing to be cut loose and our talent upgraded...

So, yeah, it's apples and oranges...

4 minutes ago, 02Hoosier said:

I think there’s a difference between giving players a chance and being honest with yourself and knowing where you need to upgrade talent. Anybody could’ve looked at our guard situation last year and noticed it was a little suspect. You have to do your due diligence and put together the best roster possible. It’s ok to admit that Woodson failed in that department last year

You're mixing apples and oranges...

If Woodson wanted to upgrade talent, and gave Gunn and Banks their walking papers, that's one thing...

Worrying about the 13th scholarship after that fact is another...

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

No. Not at all. But again, that's the issue. We should have been in on, and SELLING, way more mins last off-season than we were. It was coaching malpractice to go into last season and think Cupps, Gunn, and Banks could play major mins. 

Hindsight is always 20/20...

Just now, btownqb said:

Of course, until my job is on the line lol 

Evaluation is a massive part of coach's job. 

His job WASN'T on the line though...He was trying to get kids to develop and contribute...

It doesn't always work out...

Just now, btownqb said:

I find that incredibly stupid 

So you coach...You never give kids a chance?

1 minute ago, tdhoosier said:

What can go from an attitude of 'a meaningless spot to just appease the fans', can quickly go to 'oh shit, we don't have as much depth as we though and 3 players are injured'. I'm sure I can dig up posts of people shrugging off that 13 spot last year. 

There are, what, about 2000 players in the portal? Nobody is talking about walking down to the rec center to find a player. I'm sure there are plenty of worthy players in the portal who can contribute as a valuable teammate, with potential to give minutes. This is still Indiana University, a top 3 program in terms of value. We can get a player. No unwarranted 'gifts' given. No fans being appeased. Just coaches utilizing all the resources given to them.

 

If you remember, Joey Hart was a name to know at one time...Does anybody really think he would have made much of a difference last season?

Just now, btownqb said:

Yeah it was.. because he should have been sold on playing MAJOR mins before Banks, Gunn, Cupps, and whoever else. 

Disagree, but that's ok...

9 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I don't believe that, but trusting Cupps, Banks, CJ, and Leal was more of an issue for me. 

The bottom line-- lack of guard depth shot us in the foot two years in a row, that can't happen. 

Sometimes you gotta trust to get the results you want...

I don't think Woodson was guilty of anything other than giving Gunn and Banks a chance to earn their spots...