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Re: Is Christian Watford ready to commit?

iumike — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:42:38 -0000

Tc seems to be gradually erasing the problems / faults / mistakes of the past but still does not seem to be able to rid us of the "just can't seem to get that QUALITY 6'9'' or 6'10'' & up big man to sign on". Hopefully this is simply from the fact that he has had sooooo many other things to try and straighten out that this is still on the to do list and is going to be taken care in the not too distant future. When he signs this quality big man ,it will I think, be a true sign that we have turned the corner on our long road back to our rightful spot at the top.

Re: IU Schedule Breakdown: Man, that’s a lot of losses

iumike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:44:53 -0000

With the situation as it is this year the biggest things I will be looking at is not the wins and losses but rather 1) Are they playing hard ALL the time for TC cause you just know he wil be coaching his ass off. 2) Do they show continued improvement through out the season as it goes along (win or lose) and 3) Do they seem to be giving up as the losses begin to mount and the season starts to wear them down. I started to list whether or not they have the right system in place to succeed but at this point I think we have to trust that TC has the right sytem in place even though it may not seem like he does as he will probably be doing alot of coaching with next year at least somewhat in mind and I agree with that type of thinking because this is truly a rebuilding year the likes of which the Hoosier Nation has never seen before and hopefully will never see again. To Kelvin Sampson : May your failures be many and NOT far and few in between. You have for sure secured your place in Hoosier bball history but only in the worst possibe way. If there is a silver lining in all of this it is that it did bring us TC.

Re: Roger Franklin still high on the Hoosiers

iumike — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:54 -0000

With the way high school bball players are these days you just about have to no all the litle details about them espcially if you are IU. Just as I trust TC to make the right decisions on so many other things I trust him to make the right decision on which one of these young men is the best fit for IU as he probably knows these guys better than any of us.

ITIT (In Tom I Trust)

Re: Third assistant announcement could come in August

iumike — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:16:27 -0000

This is the kind of decision making that must be done with all of the things that have happened AND with what MAY happpen. These are the kind of smart decisions that I expected when TC was named as our new head coach. These are the kind of smart decisions that will have to be made for years to come and I for one think TC is up to the challenge. Take notes RG for if you find someone dumb enough to hire you you will need all the help you can get.

Re: Possible AD candidates start to trickle out

iumike — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:45:47 -0000

I, like hoosierkingdom, live very close to U of L and when Jurich was hired one of the first things he done was hire Pitinio. More than just a few people said that he overpaid him by millions and it was not a financially sound decision. But it you spend 2,3 or even 5 million dollars and get a return of 2 or 3 times that (or even more), which is what U of L is getting, it is a good decision, Yes you take a big risk but that is why you pay the big money for the person that makes those kind of decisions. U of L is also reaping the rewards of having a somewhat successful football program. What is the common denominator in both of these.......Jurich!! Think what the reward may be if they become very successful year in and year out which is what will probably happen with Jurich in command. U of L was in the red when Jurich was hired then went in the red even more at first when he came on board but in my opinion that just further shows that if you spend the right amount of money the right way there is a big payback not too far down the road which is excatly what U of L is now reaping. I recently read an article that said that U of L is now one of the top revenue reapers in college sports. I don't think is by shear accident that this happened at the same time that Jurich came on board. Some things, simply put, boil down to "you get what you pay for" which is more true in high profile coaching hires than alot of other things that fall in this category. That having been said it makes even more sense that you spend the money to get the right person who makes those kind of extremely important decisions. There was no shortage of people who said that Pitinio would NEVER come to U of L after coaching at UK...........but MONEY TALKS I don't care who it is. Pitinio was not exactly hurting for money when he took the job he has now.

Re: Possible AD candidates start to trickle out

iumike — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:10:56 -0000

Couldn't agree with tberry more. Just because someone is an IU person does not make them someone that is the best person for the job or make them someone that is uncorruptable and could very well "owe" someone.. It seems (for now anyway) that we did pretty damn good with the last hire in TC and he was not an IU person. tberry makes an even better point in that we seem to worry the most about the bball hire. While yes this was a very very important hire, the hiring of a high quality football coach will more than likely be the most important hire the next AD will have to make. While I consider myself a bball fan first and a football fan second that does not mean that I donot understand that is also a very important hire because done correctly it could very possibly surpass bball in the amount of money it can generate if the right decisions are made that allow it to reach that level of success. Stop and think about how much money we are paying people that are not even coaching our football team anymore. I would really like it if someone could please tell me how not just putting out the money for the right person years ago could be any more expensive then what we are paying out now. While I believe coach Hep was a very good hire circumstances beyond our control had put us in the position of having to hire another football coach and while I very much hope I'm wrong I am afraid we did not learn from our past history so we were doomed to repeat our past mistakes. Break this terrible cycle and hire an AD that can see these past mistakes and will not repeat them. If Jurich from Louisville , or any other AD with a proven track record, is willing to listen to an offer from us then I think we owe it to everyone concerned that we at the very least make him our best offer. While there is no gaurantee that he will do every little thing perfect I also see it as a better chance of us not adding still yet another person to the payroll that is not even at IU anymore and yes whoever makes the final decision should be willing to let everyone know that it was them who had the final say and that if something goes wrong I"m the one to blame.

Re: Rick Greenspan gone at IU; Univeristy charged with ‘failure to monitor’

iumike — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:19:45 -0000

This is only one reason why RG should not have been sent out the door with KS and that is we needed to keep him around to take some heat. If he left w/ KS the check he got was more than enough for them to split. Regardless of who done what behind the scenes he had to know that when it was all said and done he would be the one to take most of the blame if something went wrong just as if things went real good he would get most of the credit. He might want to rethink that one again if anyone is foolish enough to hire him. Now he faces the same questions that followed KS around after he left OU and we all know how that worked out for him. If he could not see that he had to stand up for what was the right thing to do regardless of the results afterward then he is definatly not the kind of AD we need or want at IU. GOOD RIDDANCE RG

Re: Inside the Hall turns one year young

iumike — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59:09 -0000

I have just recently found your page and what a blessing it has been for a IU b-ball news junkie like me. I used to scour all of the usual b-ball sites for anything related to IU b-ball but it did not take me long to figure out that I needed to go to only one place and that place being ITH. Now this is always the first place my computer goes to each morning when I sit down to start my day. Keep up all the great work and a big happy b-day to ya. Thanks a million !!!!!!