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Indiana University Athletics Thread 2017-2018

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  • Originally posted by LuckSwagger View Post

    This kind of game is exactly what Crean would have done. That's why it's so disappointing. I really thought we were beyond stuff like this happening anymore.

    At any rate, I'm starting to seriously lose interest in IU basketball. I'm tired of rebuilds and tired of games like this. I'll probably watch a few more games this season, but it's no longer must-see TV for me. Just tired of this program and its 20+ years of drama.
    This is why Crean should've been sent packing sooner... It just delayed the inevitable (firing, rebuild, down year...).

    Of course, it was a trap game for IU and they fell right into it. They were fat and happy after beating ND. Probably, a little spent mentally and physically. Ft Wayne came to play their NBA Finals Game 7 as the underdog. They couldn't 'lose'.... Lose on the scoreboard and it's "Oh well, they got 'em last year and of course they lost the revenge game AT IU!"
    Win on the scoreboard and it's "These guys weren't picked to finish first in their conference?" "The Mastadon coach had a brilliant game plan" "Greatest win in school history!"

    As soon as Ft Wayne figured out they could play with IU their energy just doubled, and IU was already behind the 8 ball and making turnovers and feeding the Mastadon fire.

    Oh well.... This season is going to be like this. The turnovers will be key, as will IU's 3 point shooting and FT's. If the 3's aren't falling, then they CANNOT be missing FT's. Davis is bad enough but Morgan cannot be missing.
    Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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    "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

    -John Wooden

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    • This is a team that needs in between coaching, practice, rest, and prep time between games. I think we can start looking at the schedule and finding competitive games and likely losses just by looking at the schedule more than the opponent.

      They will need to be prepared, practiced, and rested. They will need to play with energy and hustle. They can't afford to be mentally drained, nor physically drained. In a normal Thurs-Sat BT schedule, look for a competitive Thurs game, and a likely Saturday loss.
      Maybe that will change as the season goes on... but I just don't think the talent is there to change that.
      Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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      "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

      -John Wooden

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      • Disappointing after the ND win, but I have low expectations. I don't think there's much chance this team is consistently competitive - and I don't mean B1G contenders competitive - until more of Archie's recruits are in. Crean's leftovers are not that talented and they've got a lot of bad habits to unlearn. We'll get some games like Duke & ND when we can play with optimal effort and execution based on the magnitude of the opponent, but those will be coupled with these types of miserable misfires. This group is not there talent-wise or mentals-wise.
        I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

        -Emiliano Zapata

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        • Originally posted by cdash View Post

          Yeah, I am too. We're a mid-tier B1G program at this point. It is what it is.
          It's a program with a colorful ambiance, passionate large fanbase, and rich ancient history........that produces an incredibly mediocre and dull modern product until consistently proven otherwise (hopefully Archie can do it when his guys come in).

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          • I kind of have to agree that this is just who we are as a program now.


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            • By my count, this performance against a decimated Wisconsin team is the fourth legitimately embarrassing performance by IU this season.

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              • Man, it's brutal. Davis is just awful. The team is just awful.
                I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

                -Emiliano Zapata

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                • Originally posted by D-BONE View Post
                  Man, it's brutal. Davis is just awful. The team is just awful.
                  Zero effort, zero heart. I wasn't expecting much out of this team, but the effort in some of these games is inexcusable. C- on the first 15 games of the Archie Miller era.

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                  • I too had low expectations, but I did think they would play like they care. I could not have imagined a more disinterested, dispassionate performance than what we've seen so far. Clearly they can summon up intensity - ND, Duke - for example. Is this the holdovers, Archie, or simply the radical disconnect between Archie and Crean's approaches?
                    I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

                    -Emiliano Zapata

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                    • Wonder what the buyout for Archie's contract is. ha ha

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                      • We'll see what happens when Archie gets his own players, but this is the third time we've hit the reset button since canning Davis 12 years ago. I'll believe it when I see it. We hire coaches who say all the right cliche Indiana basketball things at the introductory press conference, but then reality hits. I have zero expectations for a program that has been nothing but a mediocre disappointment for almost 25 years, which is virtually my entire memorable life.

                        The Colts gave us elite excitement for a long time with a championship. The Pacers have been one of the more successful franchises of the last 25 years with numerous deep playoff runs. But IU has just been such an overall disappointment for the last quarter century. A bunch of mediocrity and falling short of expectations, with one random deep tournament run in 2002.

                        As D-Bone says, the effort against Duke and ND shows that the ability is there. They just don't care when they're playing lesser opponents.
                        Last edited by Sollozzo; 01-03-2018, 11:58 AM.

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                        • #1 Indiana's guards are crap. Decision making is poor and can't shoot.
                          #2 Hartman overall has been a disappointment. I don't have an answer for why that is.
                          #3 I'm sure Archie arrived in Indiana and focused on defense and discipline. Possibly that sucked all of the joy out of the game for players that came to IU to play for the exact opposite of that under Crean.
                          #4 Indiana's depth must be crap because Archie doesn't seem to have much incentive to use the bench... But he could be rewarding the older players for sticking with him and the program. Possibly he made promises to them that he now regrets.
                          #5 Durham hit a rookie wall awfully quickly after a nice start.

                          I do think the team is trying... they're just not getting it. The losses have taken their toll mentally on the team and instead of making them more determined they've had the opposite effect. They need a consistent shooter, and two would be even better. Instead, they've got none. Hartman and Johnson should easily be those shooters. And anyone that Crean recruited should be able to shoot 3's since that is all he cared about anyway. The only answer I have is that Archie focused on defense with players not used to playing defense, and between that focus and players having to spend mental and physical effort on the defensive side of the court, they just lost their mojo. Definitely lost their RoJo.....

                          But the good news is, it appears a player problem, not a system problem. It's just players going from one system to the next and not handling it well and Crean's poor recruiting and declining results coming home to roost. Losing to Wisc at Wisc is nothing new for IU.
                          Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

                          ------

                          "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                          -John Wooden

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                          • Meh, the Fort Wayne game officially put me in "next year" mode with this bunch. Didn't even bother with last night's game.

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                            • DeRon Davis out indefinitely with lower leg injury...
                              Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

                              ------

                              "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                              -John Wooden

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                              • Originally posted by Bball View Post
                                DeRon Davis out indefinitely with lower leg injury...
                                No big loss. He's been mostly ****, and this is already well past the point of being a throwaway season.

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