you know a lot about being in way over your headDoes anyone think Coach Doorknob has the ability to fire up or inspire his players? He’s another Archie, in way over his head.
Assuming Drake and Harris return, are they impact players? Starters? Or just unknowns?
@ribbont Harris can rebound. Neither will start IF IU gets the players they need in the portal. That's a big IF they don't portal out
@ribbont Harris can rebound. Neither will start IF IU gets the players they need in the portal. That's a big IF they don't portal out
honestly , do we know he can rebound at this level. I mean at mid major he could .., but I've been told that all these mid major kids could do "xyz" and that hasn't really panned out
The good ones will probably portal and look great at their next stop. We keep the rest.
NVM, just in a mood. 🤣
The good ones will probably portal and look great at their next stop. We keep the rest.
NVM, just in a mood. 🤣
thats not off base.
you know a lot about being in way over your headDoes anyone think Coach Doorknob has the ability to fire up or inspire his players? He’s another Archie, in way over his head.
I’ve been exactly right about IU athletics for years.
It doesn't take any special insight to predict IU basketball being mediocre.
It takes insight to recognize that IU has the most inept athletics department in the country. How it has managed to not hire a single good basketball coach in 25 freaking years should be a Harvard Business School case study in poor management.
The core of the issue is the university had two presidents who either hated or were indifferent about sports and two athletics directors who either had zero athletics administration experience prior to taking the job or who only ever worked for the university and lacked outside perspective. Neither played sports as well.
Greenspan gets a lot of flack but he hired Terry Hoeppner and wanted to hire John Beilein but couldn’t get the contract buyout money.
You're right about the presidents. Brand wanted to deemphasize sports and McRobbie just didn't care as long as he didn't have to deal with any scandals. The ADs in those years (particularly Glass) were more fundraisers than anything, and they did fairly well at that but they didn't know anything about athletics.
@iugradman You're right. IU Athletics does a lot of things that make people shake their head. Trust me, there are many, many things that make me want to put my hand through a wall. But Scott Dolson isn't going anywhere.
You're right about the presidents. Brand wanted to deemphasize sports and McRobbie just didn't care as long as he didn't have to deal with any scandals. The ADs in those years (particularly Glass) were more fundraisers than anything, and they did fairly well at that but they didn't know anything about athletics.
A President's job description has finances at the top (no matter what they might say about academics and student life or whatever). They look at the money involved with athletics and can't help but think that they could put that money to better use than the football or basketball teams. Brand was openly hostile; McRobbie was able to actually pull some athletic department revenues away and apply them to other campus projects. Whitten is different. She knows the value that big time sports brings and understands that over time they will benefit the university's larger mission. While I'm not a fan of many of her initiatives, with regard to sports she's been stellar.
Basketball has been trash under her though. Neither coaching hire worked out.