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1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said:

Getting deal finalized with Lewis.

Any update on Mike Roberts situation?

Just now, 5fouls said:

I have a hard time seeing both Fife and Lewis.  I've always like Fife, but I think Lewis makes more sense from an X's and O's standpoint,  Then you have Hunter as #1 recruiter.  That would make Fife kind of a 3rd wheel, which may not be what he is looking for.

 

You know his preferences? 

1 minute ago, Steubenhoosier said:

Just as long as we don't start dabbling in the 50 Shades of Gray.

8 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

I agree. I just don't see _____ going outside the family

Sounds like a UK family reunion, right Blue? 

Just now, rico said:

Need some catsup?

I had forgotten about that from the initial recruitment until you brought it up again.

8 minutes ago, rico said:

That would be news to me.  All the diehard UK fans that I know, want him.  

Regardless, I would take him.  KBJ now has a chip on his shoulder.  The land of unicorns and the NBA lottery have evaporated in front of him just as the bluegrass did.  Being surrounded by familiar faces in his home state would do him good.  

Pass the catsup!

Here we go again.

37 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

Oh great. Here come UK fans to call us cheaters. This will get interesting. 

51 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

I think we hear he is coming back today or tomorrow 

Are you hearing anything about Franklin? I understand if you don't want to share.

10 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

At first I did not think we would have Fife and Lewis both but could we end up Hunter, Turner, Lewis and Fife with Roberts as DOBO. thinking it could happen

That would be amazing if it happens. 2 options for next HC some day.

Edit: Wouldn't that be a demotion for Roberts?

2 hours ago, rico said:

I would say Ole Roy deserves his own thread.

Or 2.

So if you keep Kenya. There are 2 spots for Roberts, Lewis (if he is even being considered), and Tucker?

3 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Sage is on board...which is always a good thing!

 

 

The worst part about hiring a new coach is you have to wait 6 months for Midnight Madness or Hoosier Hysteria, then another couple of months for games to start. 

Patience has never been one of my strengths.

23 minutes ago, JABBATHEHOOSIER said:

Worry is what drives most of the posters on this board. The sky is always falling.

Anxiety isn't about worrying too much, it is about caring too much.

22 minutes ago, GrangerHoosier said:

SMH. Yeah the only reasonable explanation for someone not totally on board with this hire is that they're a hater. 

SMH. I've read enough of your posts to have you pegged.

2 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

He's way more proven than Juwan Howard was.  Why don't you give him a chance?

Haters gonna hate.

Disappointed when the news broke yesterday, but things I am looking forward to that I am sure are just repeats of other posts. My only concerns are really of not coaching/recruiting in college previously.

My Positives:

1. Offense minded Coach who won't ignore defense - Obviously Crean's biggest issue. 

2. His teams in the NBA did really well and we have all seen/read the players interviews who love him - this might be Archie's biggest failure.

3. He is an IU guy who played 4 years for Coach Knight. I don't consider that a criteria for the job, but I do think it will help him. Not only is he an IU guy, he was raised an Indiana guy.

4. Going to have Matta around to help when needed. I think this was a really smart move.

I am looking forward to seeing how this thing goes.

15 hours ago, dbmhoosier said:

Can you change your avatar to this one now that Fred is gone?

2 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said:

What an incredible amount of assumptions you make so flippantly, and with no real evidence, in only three sentences. 

There were more sentences, just lacked punctuation.

17 minutes ago, CincyHoosier said:

This solidifies IU as a program living in the past. 

Actually, we are a football school now. Basketball just a time filler until spring scrimmage.

1 hour ago, Zlinedavid said:

It's a curse. What am I right about?

15 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said:

Not sure why all the hand wringing about this.

CAM is charged with winning games and returning the program to an upper echelon one. 

There has been plenty of complaining on here that we haven't won enough in the last 20 years (legitimate complaint, imo)

As long as there is no cheating or unscrupulous behavior by the AD, coaching staff, players and anyone else associated with the program, are people really going to care how we go about winning?

I would love the program to be at the point where we are discussed as legitimate contenders both for conference championships and on the national scene. When we get to that point, whether it has been accomplished by recruiting one year players or 3-4 year "career players", is anyone on here going to come on and complain?

Probably so.

17 minutes ago, addictedtoIU said:

Maybe Garcia is not a good example, but I would take Romeo any day. 

And Eric Gordon. I get the hesitation with Vonleh as he didn't seem to buy into IU, but Romeo and EJ certainly did and have continued to do so since.

43 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

But it has showed lately that teams that wins the championships don't have one and done players on them.  Also if it is just one OAD player that is alright but I don't ever want us to be built around OAD players like UK and Duke.

I started the post referring to Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis, but decided to try to keep the example closer to home.

To all of the OAD haters, you wouldn't take Dawson Garcia for 1 year if it meant winning a National Championship?

1 hour ago, BobSaccamanno said:

I think he was taking an extreme example to make his point.  That's how I took it, anyway.

 

If you are referring to my post, you are 100% correct.