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  • #91
    Has anyone mentioned that the offense under Archie Miller is absolutely horrid? Even in the wins, it's not like the offense looked good. Yes, hitting FT's helps. But then, poor FT shooting is also a Miller staple.
    I'm almost missing that Crean weave.
    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."

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    • #92
      Originally posted by clownskull View Post
      Well, I could of course be wrong on this (it's happened plenty of times in my life) but, I don't share the optimism regarding Sampson. He was bringing in the same kind of guys he was at Oklahoma. Granted, Gordon was always gonna be a one and done but as far as I'm aware, at least he was getting decent grades while he was here. The other guys Sampson brought in though... not so much. Even if he hadn't been bought out, most of those guys he brought in weren't going to be playing that next year either from failing grades or drug tests.

      and now with this loss to Illinois, iu sits one game (for now) over .500
      they're likely gonna finish well under .500 too. I just don't see AM as the guy who is going to revitalize this sinking program. Frankly, I don't even know who can.

      Wasn't Sampson on track to bring in some huge recruits for the 08-09 season? Could someone with a better memory of that fill me in?

      Yeah there were some problem guys on that team, but I think everything falling apart exacerbated it. Sampson could just flat out coach. That team was what, 22-4 when he resigned? With IU's resources, he would have always been able to find enough quality players. That, combined with his coaching, would have always had us in the mix.

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      • #93
        Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post


        Wasn't Sampson on track to bring in some huge recruits for the 08-09 season? Could someone with a better memory of that fill me in?

        Yeah there were some problem guys on that team, but I think everything falling apart exacerbated it. Sampson could just flat out coach. That team was what, 22-4 when he resigned? With IU's resources, he would have always been able to find enough quality players. That, combined with his coaching, would have always had us in the mix.
        Yes, he had a huge recruiting foothold coming in headlined by 5 star Devin Ebanks who ended up going to West Virginia. There was also a guard who's name is now slipping my mind. I think he may have ended up at Xavier?

        Lance probably would have gone to IU if Sampson had not been fired. We were considered the leader for him because of that Sampson assistant that had a lot of connections in NYC.

        IU should have held their water on Sampson IMO especially since they ended up essentially giving us such a bitter pill anyway. It's insane that what Sampson did is now no longer even illegal in the NCAA. IU got ****ing hosed there especially when you look at what KU, UNC, and others have gotten away with in the past 10-15 years.

        Sampson is a fantastic coach. I think one of the 10 best coaches in college basketball easily. He would have won titles, not title, titles at IU. He had the state on lock and was also recruiting the east coast insanely well which is the magic recruiting formula you need at IU.

        The Sampson thing makes me so mad to this day. I also truly believed he loved coaching at IU and understood what the program represented. He was such a good hire and a guy like him seems a universe away at this point. Imagine getting a guy with that kind of resume now. Seems impossible. He was already so accomplished at Oklahoma.

        Ugh.

        EDIT: Yep the guard was Tu Holloway who you might remember. A 4 year player at Xavier who averaged I think like 18-20 PPG his junior and senior years. He started 3 years and played next to Jordan Crawford (who left IU) on those Xavier teams. My god we were so robbed. Armon Bassett also left IU and went on to take Ohio University to the sweet 16. Makes me sick thinking about this again now, especially when you think about guys like Yogi or Cody coming into this system. That was what Sampson was good at, getting 3-4 year guys who were talented and then also bringing in big 5 star recruit to supplement them. Eli Holman who was the guy who famously threw a potted plant in the coach's office also end up going to University of Detroit I think and having a great college career.

        I think Sampson has 2 titles and 4-5 final fours if he stays at IU. You might think that's aggressive, but look what he's done his entire career. He just wins and IU had the resources and still had the national clout to make it happen.
        Last edited by Trader Joe; 02-15-2021, 02:59 PM.


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        • #94
          Kinda hard to have anything negative to say about last night. IU played hard, were solid defensively, solid down the stretch, hit their 3's, and hit their FT's... and got to the line a lot where it's important to make your FT's, especially if getting to the line is a major part of your game.

          But it's not like Minnesota is a basketball machine. So there's that...

          IU needs to play like that every game. They have yet, in the Archie Era, to prove they can do 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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          • #95
            That msu loss is pretty much the nail in the coffin on possible post-season hopes. Rutgers, Michigan & Purdue remain. Likely gonna be riding a 4 game losing streak heading into btt. Toss in factors like iu's history in the btt plus the fact this team just isn't very good and we're looking at 4 more games for the rest of the season.

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            • #96
              Originally posted by clownskull View Post
              That msu loss is pretty much the nail in the coffin on possible post-season hopes. Rutgers, Michigan & Purdue remain. Likely gonna be riding a 4 game losing streak heading into btt. Toss in factors like iu's history in the btt plus the fact this team just isn't very good and we're looking at 4 more games for the rest of the season.
              I'm much more optimistic than you... I think we can head into the BTT riding a 1-3 'wave'....
              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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              • #97
                Originally posted by Bball View Post

                I'm much more optimistic than you... I think we can head into the BTT riding a 1-3 'wave'....
                Yeh, pulling off one win in these last 3 games is possible. Wouldn't even surprise me too much if they somehow pulled one more.

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                • #98
                  Every team in the Big Ten has their down years. Injuries, transfers, recruiting misses add up. But IU has had 4 straight years of terrible offense. It SEEMS that they have finally managed to improve FT shooting of late. But at this point, even that would be an outlier (instead of a return to the norm).
                  A lot of years are now in the rearview mirror for Archie Miller's coaching for someone to tell me what we are seeing these 4 years are the outliers and the foundation of something different, and something better, being built.
                  It looks to me like we're simply seeing IU basketball under Archie Miller. If he could fix it, he would've fixed it by now. IMHO...
                  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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                  • #99
                    I’ve been highly skeptical about Archie ever since we lost 12 of 13 (or whatever it was) two seasons ago. It’s one thing to have a slump, but that was just unbelievable. Surreal.

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                    • I just saw a question that is popping up a bit now... Is IU now a football school?
                      So, reading the comments and thinking about the question my answer is that there seems to be a clear goal and expectation for the football team. Positive program momentum and being in position for bowl games, and being competitive in bowl games.
                      The gravy boat would seem to be top 10 rankings and competing for the B10 championship, but I don't think anyone really is expecting that. So, I'd like to say "no, IU isn't a football school".

                      But then we think about coaching turnover for the football program. They definitely seem to have some clear expectations and no problem moving on if those expectations are not met (both with the record and with professionalism by the coaches).

                      So, what is the expectation for the basketball program? Mid-pack in the Big Ten? NCAA tournament bubble team with a CHANCE to make the tournament? Fighting to have a 20 win season each year? It doesn't seem to be BTT success or deep NCAA tournament runs. Crean held on a long time without much BTT success or much in the way of tournament runs.

                      Did Crean get canned because he missed the tournament, or because his recruiting was slipping? I wanted to believe it was because it had become clear he was not a coach that could get something from nothing, and could do less with more. Now, I'm not so sure.

                      I think I gave Miller a fair chance before deciding he is not the answer. But, that is me... It begs the question- What is the question the administration is asking of the basketball program these days? What IS the goal?
                      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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                      • ^ I’ve been wondering this for years now. The glory days of this program are akin to The Roman Empire or Ancient Egypt in the history books. The banners have the symbolism of the pyramids: Ancient monuments to a long lost age.

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                        • Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post
                          I’ve been highly skeptical about Archie ever since we lost 12 of 13 (or whatever it was) two seasons ago. It’s one thing to have a slump, but that was just unbelievable. Surreal.
                          The glimmer of hope that Miller was building something and there was a method to the madness dimmed greatly for me (and it was already a dim flicker) with the way IU played last season for the "Knight Return" game against Purdue.
                          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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                          • ...And doesn't that game seem like FOREVER ago???

                            Geez... Covid....
                            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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                            • An offense this bad in modern college basketball at a university that USED TO BE one of the blue-bloods.

                              Not any longer.
                              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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                              • Michigan is gonna smoke us on Saturday.

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