I shudder to think of IU hiring Cal and then UK subsequently hiring Crean in 2009. That would have been a nightmare of biblical proportions.
Yup.
IU would have 3 Finals appearances along with 2 other Final Four appearances over the last 9 year. I am glad IU had a certain mindset back then.
So, Crean would be considered a success at IU? This is why they have been irrelevant for 30 years.
Stripped pants and 1987 MWHAHAHAHAHA FREAKING WHAT A JOKE OF A BASKETBALL PROGRAM!
Isn't it about time to extend your creepy screwball coach for another 5 years or so?
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PLEASE IU administrarion and fans..........................................please always keep that mind-set.
Seriously. I used to really hammer on Tom Crean and point out how terrible his resume is. It's really really bad. But then I realized he was on the verge of getting fired, and that might mean IU goes out and hires a competent coach. We really don't want that, so we should just keep the Crean bashing to a minimum.
When a coach gets universities suspended and players aren't getting college degrees, that Coach has not met the very minimum bar of competence. That's why Sampson was an example of a disaster of a college coach, even if he was a good in game coach.
Ahh, but you see, No.1............The facts say Cal didn't get anyone suspended. No 2. The facts say all of his players at UK graduate unless they leave early for their chosen profession. And, No 3. The facts say that UK has one of the best APR standings in the nation.
AND he goes to Final Fours and wins championships.
Why do ALL Indiana fans bring up graduating players. I know why but we are talking about basketball and winning. Isn't that what college football and basketball is about? Who wins it all. Why doesn't Indiana fans talk about graduating football players? I've never heard it mentioned. If they want the graduating trophy give it to them or compete against Cornell for that trophy. Just blows my mind how All and I mean all Indiana fans reach for anything to justify being second tier. Please NCAA, give Indiana the graduating trophy! Please
They did what to Calipari? That town just gets creepier.
"Monday a report in the Bloomington-Herald Times fingered Calipari as the top candidate for the Indiana job. But instead it goes to Sampson. He's spent the last 12 years at Oklahoma, rebuilding their program. The Sooners went 20-9 this season and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament."
Why don't you post the video of Crean french kissing his son?
Any IU fan is lying if they say they don't wish IU would have hired Cal back then. Your team would have won multiple big ten titles and made multiple final fours along with being one of the most talked about programs in the nation.
And spare me the graduation notion. Its a hilarious notion as many other schools players stay four years and still don't graduate. The reality is college athletics are a joke. I love UK and get a ton of enjoyment from watching college athletics, but it makes no sense combining school with a multi billion dollar industry where a majority of the players don't have the time to get a real education and generally don't care about getting one in the first place.
But Whosiers want all four-year white guys from Indiana who can shoot the 3!!!
They want to brag about business degrees.
NITS? Who cares. It's about academics!!
Holy crap.
After all the grief Crean gets on this board, please tell me that video is not real.
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Anthony Davis got spanked then turned around and spanked Indiana's arse in the Sweet 16.
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Can I get interpreter?I'm just thankful Clappy, is iu basketball coach and not UKCan I get witness!!!
He made a play on fingered, which I found funny considering the video. Too bad you can't see the humor through your hate filled eyes. Let it go man, let it go.
You do realize we have a pg in Robert Johnson on our roster? Of course you don't, you don't really know much beyond this board. I do enjoy the stories you've come up with in your head that are presented as facts, though entertaining, aren't based on anything real. Rather than staying on topic and having an actual discussion, people attack on Indiana's program/fans/coach which is weird and mildly disturbing.
Md; I know you guys have taken that screen shot of Crean moving in to give his son a kiss (I assume he gets all the way to his cheek) to the max. Never seen that video of (I think) Davis before. It was posted by an IU fan so I take its veracity with a grain of salt, but it appears to be on UK property.
Is that thing real? ...and if it is, why on the world does anyone here ever post the Crean screen shot as a point of embarrasment?!?
Crean certainly has coaching deficiencies, but holy crap.
For a freshmen that was injured for part of year he didn't do bad. 9pts/2.5 ast, thankfully next year he'll have another year under his belt which I'd expect him to cut his turnovers down. He's a bit of a combo guard but I think he'll do well this year and next.
R Johnson was waaayyy too turnover prone last year to be even a moderately effective pg.
Great kid, strong work ethic, excellent student.
If he can fix the to problem he'll be excellent going forward.
Tom Creans buyout Counter is always running, July 1st 2016 the buyout drops significantly but July is too late to change coaches so they got him 2 more years minimum I think.
http://www.tomcreanbuyout.com/
http://www.tomcreanbuyout.com/
Again try and stay on topic instead of regurgitating the same clappy blah blah blah crap. He had fairly similar numbers that Andrew had. I'd like to see him cut his turnovers down like Andrew did from his Fresh-Soph year. As the other IU fan mentioned he's good a good work ethic and is a smart player. I'd expect him to improve quite a bit with the usual fresh-soph jump.
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