Haven't read the more than 30 pages on this subject, but I feel IU sucks and have being doing it for years.
They tried for big names but IU was shunned by all, so Archie was the best they could get. Still laughing about Fort Wayne! LolGood coach, terrible fit IMO. I still don’t understand why big programs keep going after “good but not great” coaches with little success from mid major programs. Same goes for football. I don’t see him recruiting well enough to get them past the sweet sixteen, really no different than where they were with Crean.
Right where you belong!
In the lifetime of a person turning 25 in a few months, Indiana has been passed the Sweet 16 once.
Among the programs that have been to the Elite Eight more recently than Indiana: George Mason, Davidson, Memphis, Gonzaga, Kent State, St. Joseph's Xavier, Dayton, Marquette, Virginia Commonwealth, Butler, Wichita State, Baylor, South Carolina, Oregon, etc. etc. etc....Kentucky has been to FOURTEEN Elite Eights in the time period in which Indiana has been once.
Archie has been overrated by everyone including this board for a while. I always thought It was an average hire, and definitely not someone who would take Indiana back to where they once were.
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I thought it was laughable UK fans were saying it’s a good hire. It’s more of a “eh” hire. His highest ceiling will be the Sweet 16
It IS a good hireThis.
I thought it was laughable UK fans were saying it’s a good hire. It’s more of a “eh” hire. His highest ceiling will be the Sweet 16