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Re: ITH Super Happy Fun Time Player Profile: Matt Roth

bz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:50:19 -0000

i just don't see roth getting much pt in the big ten season. he'll get some minutes early in the year when the staff if trying to figure out what they have as a team. but save for a few last-second-we-need-a-big-three type situations, i don't see him playing a whole lot.

Re: Around the Hall: Jordan Hulls is Mr. Basketball

bz — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:50:12 -0000

he's not the highest rated incoming freshman, but when it's all said and done, i think he may just be the most important. if he doesn't go pro after college, i imagine he will work in pr because he's always saying the right things!

Re: Good, Bad and Ugly: Michigan State

bz — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:07:13 -0000

perfectly stated ryan. my thoughts exactly.

Re: Upset bid foiled: Hoosiers fall 64-59

bz — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:00:33 -0000

agreed. if there is such a thing as losing according to the hoosiers, this would be it. losing a game that all agreed you would get blown out in and nearly getting the upset. if we have to lose, making it difficult for the big ten champs is the way to do it.

if only we had hired ctc two years earlier...

Re: Dominique Keller: Not a fan of IU

bz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:11:42 -0000

i wonder what prompted that comment. it's not like this was a heated game. there were no fights, no stare-downs, no handshakes ignored. since mr. klee didn't feel the need to put the quote into a context - he just kind of threw it out there - i can't help but think that someone might have baited keller in to it.

with that said, change one word -indiana to illinois - and i completely agree

...and you can quote me on that.

Re: Wetzel on NCAA, IU: Justice not served

bz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:35:15 -0000

that article was disappointing. he gave a very one-sided argument. there was no mention of the fact that the "major" tag was questionable at best. we have been making the exact opposite argument of his - that iu was being picked on by the ncaa and myles brand.

i thought that the article was a classic example of someone with a national readership taking advantage of the fact that most, if not all, of the readers outside of indiana don't know the specifics of the circumstances well enough to call him out on his half-truths and partial facts.

if he really wanted to make the case of major programs getting away with major violations he would have talked about usc (reggie bush and oj mayo) and florida state (60 "student-athletes cheating through an online course of all things).

his point that major programs should get the same treatment as small programs as small schools is admirable, but his examples are disappointing. a simple google search reveals that texas southern got busted for paying student-athletes and playing a player under a different name because they were ineligible to play under their own. that's a bit worse than making impermissible phone calls. st. augustine college was busted for playing 29 ineligible student-athletes over a four year span. again, more serious than impermissible phone calls. again, the point wetzel is trying to make is admirable, but he needs to come up with better examples before he publishes his accusations of unfair treatment.

Re: The Morning After: A brief time of sincerity

bz — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:59:52 -0000

i, as well, hate the phrase "at least they played hard." but after last year, this phrase has new meaning. after watching a team that had final 4 talent go "up in smoke" and look like they were giving up, it's really is nice to be able to say, "at least they played hard."

Re: In the clear: NCAA accepts IU’s self-imposed penalties

bz — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:42:58 -0000

thank god. while no one thought that iu deserved even more penalties, i was pretty sure that the ncaa would take advantage of the opportunity to finish picking on iu. fortunately they didn't. after watching the games yesterday and today we have definitely been punished enough.

i'm excited to finally close this book and move on!

Re: Hoosiers prevail in final tuneup, 72-54

bz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:42:14 -0000

i turned off the streaming feed after about ten minutes. totally unwatchable.

this year is going to be rough, no doubt about it. i'm won't judge this year on wins/losses. as long as they show continual progress, i'll be satisfied. if they do progress steadily, i wouldn't be surprised if they play a role in bursting someone's tourney bubble.

Re: Report: Fred Glass to be named Athletic Director

bz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:52:01 -0000

it's amazing how the comments differ here vs. the hoosier scoop. i thought the obvious choice was de carolis, but from what the bio's say, i'm confident that mr glass has the experience to be able to get the work done. he hasn't been an ad, but he knows how to keep sports facilities profitable.

good luck mr. glass.

Re: Myles Brand: “I would like to see it at least two years”

bz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:59:03 -0000

why reinvent the wheel. use the same rules as baseball. i know it's not just up to the ncaa, i know that the players union has a large say, but the mlbpa doesn't have a problem with it. shouldn't that carry some bargaining weight for the league to use against the union? one and dones will severely change the college game if allowed to continue. get rid of it.

Re: Scouting Report: Jordan Hulls

bz — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:58:30 -0000

don't let the door hit you on the way out, billy! every march i start to doubt that this day will come, but come it has!

Re: Roger Franklin still high on the Hoosiers

bz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:55:30 -0000

did i miss something? where's kelin_blab?

Re: Roger Franklin still high on the Hoosiers

bz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:54:35 -0000

judging by his picture, i would venture to guess that he just loves life and he's comfortable/confident with who he is. so many guys have that "i'm tough, don't mess with me" look on their face. if his smile and his attitude on the court are any indication of his attitude off the court, he could be just as valuable in the locker room as on the court.

Re: Inside the Hall turns one year young

bz — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:42:57 -0000

happy birthday! i always have a sense of anticipation when the ith link is lit on my reader. thanks a, e, and r for your unswerving dedication to this sight. your enthusiasm, intelligent insights, and management/encouragement of a civil commenting base makes this a must read iu blog.

Re: Skullets on the prowl

bz — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:33:46 -0000

that is incredible! i thought i was back in college for a second.

Re: Bruce Weber: ‘Indiana Will Suck’

bz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:57:01 -0000

i hate bruce weber, but i don't know if i hate him that much!

Re: Bruce Weber: ‘Indiana Will Suck’

bz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:56:21 -0000

do i really need another reason to hate weber? no, but i'll always take another. good job brucey. your chances at beating a team that "sucks" as much as iu will just went down substantially.

Re: Should IU block Jordan Crawford from transferring to Kentucky?

bz — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:13:42 -0000

as just about everyone else has already said, just let him go. this isn't the team/coach that he committed to anymore. the only school i would even consider blocking would be detroit mercy.

Re: Open thread: Friday the 13th in Seattle

bz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:44:35 -0000

i tend to think that the ncaa will be nice to us. reasons:
a) we sacrificed our coach and our season already. we may as well have given ourselves a post season ban last year because, let's face it, we didn't really show up for the first round.

b) we have restricted our head coach with the amount of contact he can have with recruits already.

c) we have a new coach who is saying (and doing) all the right things about running a clean program for the sake of the program. program comes first, wins come second.

d) we have turned over our entire roster. (we still have the two troublemakers in fink and taber, but now that their buddies are gone, the will be forced to go to class and behave).

adding penalties to this program seems like overkill to me. the mess has already been cleaned up. there is no point it making it worse then it already will be. if they are really desperate to punish someone, why don't they go down to tallahassee or socal. there's definitely more to find there.

Re: Report: Crean to go on the road for 10 days

bz — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:54:05 -0000

this surprises me. i really hope it doesn't come back to bite us in the butt.

Re: Bennie Seltzer, Kelvin Sampson and Indiana

bz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:00:07 -0000

i trust coach crean, but i am VERY uncomfortable bringing in someone who is so closely associated with sampson.

i have no problem with judging him by his association with ks. ks wreaked some much havoc on the iu program that anything related to him should be considered a cancer. it's not a double standard. iu will be synonymous with ks for quite a while. he will be talked about, along with the damage he did, for years to come. as many years as he set us back, i don't want to have anything to do with him.

Re: Stern and Brand ponder new age limit rule

bz — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:27:34 -0000

a. i'll look at their resume, but if it only says high school, it gets weeded out.

b. it's not solely their age at all. i specifically said that it was because of their experience. it just so happens that because they are young, they don't happen to have that experience. it is my right as an employer to require a certain amount of experience.

you are right in that the union has a certain amount of power in whether or not this happens, but the fact of the matter is that the nba does have the right to require a certain amount of experience outside of high school.

Re: Stern and Brand ponder new age limit rule

bz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:15:14 -0000

playing in the nba is a PRIVILAGE not a right. there is no law that says an employer HAS to employ someone or that someone HAS to be employed. that's capitalism. i turn people down for jobs every day. it's not their right to work for me, it's a privilege. this in turn makes it my privilege to employee who i wish.

certainly it would behoove me to employ the best and most talented, but sometimes the best and the most talented aren't necessarily the same person. i can hire a kid straight out of high school, but there is a lot i'm going to have to teach him. he may have raw skills, but he doesn't have the experience of being in this position before, and he most likely won't have a developed business acumen or an understanding of common business principles. i also will question his ability to represent my company when put on the spot. in short, he may become my best salesperson, but he's not going to be for a while. most business people would rather hire a kid out of college who is more likely to succeed sooner rather than later. he's still going to take some polishing, but only a couple of months, not years. i can take the best and the brightest right out of high school, but i'm going to have to educate them on my own dime and time. see any parallels?

everybody's favorite success stories are bryant, mcgrady, and garnett (lebron doesn't count because he is in a league of his own). those three weren't anything more that sixth or seventh men their first two years in the league. it wasn't until their third year that they because starters and started posting the numbers that we are used to today.

nba owners and gm's have established a practice of hiring kids straight out of college who don't have the experience, acumen, or savvy to contribute in the same way that they can contribute after if they had attended college, but the thought of losing out on that potential is something there are willing to pay for.

this age rule has come about because there is more talent in the association that ever before and gm's/owners feel like they can afford to miss out on the potential because of all of the options that will give them immediate returns. a day will come when there isn't enough talent to go around and they will look for ways to get around the rule in order to get the best talent back to the association.

edit: sorry that was so long. these fingers just kept on going.

Re: Don Fischer interviews Tom Crean

bz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:18:04 -0000

well said!