JL21 wrote:Are the Hoosiers still dealing with sanctions left over from Kelvin Sampson?
I like Crean and I feel like NCAA basketball is a better world when IU is a power. Aside from 'Sconnie, IU is a Big Ten hoops team I can get behind.
Ugh...I've never understood this "logic"
The sport you like "is better" when YOUR team is a power.
You can cut out the smarmy quotes around the word logic. They aren't really MY team or anything. It's not like I follow them religiously. I barely follow them at all. I always liked Knight because he ran a clean program (other than his own shenanigans), and they won. NCAA is a better place when clean programs win. Granted, it might be different with Crean now but AFAIK he hasn't had any run-ins with the NCAA.
Who micturated in your Frosted Flakes this morning?
Crean's idea of good coaching is having the fans hold up large beheaded celebrities and Bobby Knight was a real [expletive] from everything I've ever read about him. Also further indicting Knight is that Kevin Slaten likes him.
I'm in the minority on Knight when it comes to IU fans. I did like the clean program and the graduation rate and that he cut out some of the BS (uniforms never looked ridiculous, fans were somewhat kept in line.) But I was glad when he left. He was a jerk and a crybaby. Not the kind of guy I'd want my son to look up to, and in my opinion committed worse offenses (ethically) than Sampson did.
About Crean, come on. I'm not counting any chickens yet, but he had a proven program at a small school.
ghostrunner wrote:
Who micturated in your Frosted Flakes this morning?
Crean's idea of good coaching is having the fans hold up large beheaded celebrities and Bobby Knight was a real [expletive] from everything I've ever read about him. Also further indicting Knight is that Kevin Slaten likes him.
I'm in the minority on Knight when it comes to IU fans. I did like the clean program and the graduation rate and that he cut out some of the BS (uniforms never looked ridiculous, fans were somewhat kept in line.) But I was glad when he left. He was a jerk and a crybaby. Not the kind of guy I'd want my son to look up to, and in my opinion committed worse offenses (ethically) than Sampson did.
About Crean, come on. I'm not counting any chickens yet, but he had a proven program at a small school.[/quote]
ghostrunner wrote:Purdue will stomp IU this year, I'm afraid.
I don't think there are restrictions this year. Crean got a very good class (and will next year) from what I understand, but they're again mostly new.
Oooh - one other thing. I hate this big-head thing IU's students do now. They hold up big cardboard heads of random celebrities, and apparently Crean brought this over from Marquette. It's really stupid. I'd be pissed if one of those things was in front of me.
This is starting at Missouri State as well (they did it in football also)...it's funny to me.
JL21 wrote:Are the Hoosiers still dealing with sanctions left over from Kelvin Sampson?
I like Crean and I feel like NCAA basketball is a better world when IU is a power. Aside from 'Sconnie, IU is a Big Ten hoops team I can get behind.
Ugh...I've never understood this "logic"
The sport you like "is better" when YOUR team is a power.
You can cut out the smarmy quotes around the word logic. They aren't really MY team or anything. It's not like I follow them religiously. I barely follow them at all. I always liked Knight because he ran a clean program (other than his own shenanigans), and they won. NCAA is a better place when clean programs win. Granted, it might be different with Crean now but AFAIK he hasn't had any run-ins with the NCAA and I'd assume after the troubles they had with Sampson that they wanted a character hire.
Sorry if I struck a nerve, but your comment reminded me of the monumentally trite notion so often spouted around sports that "baseball is better when the Yankees/Sawx are good" or "it's important to college football that Notre Dame is winning"..... Bullspit to that.
'ol red pullover Bobby was a fabulous motivator and teacher, but the guy was absolutely incapable of practicing what he preached--he flat-out disdained the standards he absolutely demanded of everyone he ever came in contact with--players, authoity figures, the media--whomever. He built quite a program in Bloomington, but in many ways the university and particularly the athletic program is still paying for the unchecked autonomy he wielded there for so long.
I'm hoping that Iowa somehow figures out how to not be last in the conference. But I don't think it's gonna happen. I haven't seen any promise. Like, at all. It's just really hard to watch unless I attempt to pretend that the teams accidentally switched jerseys before the game.
Maclowery wrote:I'm hoping that Iowa somehow figures out how to not be last in the conference. But I don't think it's gonna happen. I haven't seen any promise. Like, at all. It's just really hard to watch unless I attempt to pretend that the teams accidentally switched jerseys before the game.
my dumb optimistic arse bet over 3 1/2 big ten wins this season for $20. not looking too good so far.
