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#5
#5
Kudos Hat. That win over Illinois last night was arguably the biggest win of Crean's Indiana tenure, IMO.
 
#7
#7
iuvol2012 said:
Kudos Hat. That win over Illinois last night was arguably the biggest win of Crean's Indiana tenure, IMO.
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I was talking about that with a coach last night. That'll keep the wolves at bay until everyone gets healthy and Zeller arrives next season.
 
#9
#9
I told everyone the beginning of the year that Weber would screw it up at Illinois. I'm not the least bit surprised.
 
#10
#10
Also, completely agree on Utah State. They have a pretty balanced team along with experience. That may pay off in March.
 
#11
#11
TennesseeFan07 said:
I told everyone the beginning of the year that Weber would screw it up at Illinois. I'm not the least bit surprised.
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I don't like Weber, but that team should be damn near idiot proof. The only thing that's saved him is that Indiana and Iowa have been in the tank most of his tenure. If those two get back on their feet, he's done.
 
#13
#13
hatvol96 said:
I don't like Weber, but that team should be damn near idiot proof. The only thing that's saved him is that Indiana and Iowa have been in the tank most of his tenure. If those two get back on their feet, he's done.
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Indiana should be back soon. I think the jury is still out for Iowa. Fran should have a much easier time to build Iowa back up than he did with Siena.
 
#15
#15
hatvol96 said:
I was talking about that with a coach last night. That'll keep the wolves at bay until everyone gets healthy and Zeller arrives next season.
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I guess the fans must be really unrealistic there in Indiana if there were some wolves out after Crean. That team he inherited would've struggled if they were in D2. One of the worst teams I've ever seen at a storied program.
 
#16
#16
tvols75 said:
I guess the fans must be really unrealistic there in Indiana if there were some wolves out after Crean. That team he inherited would've struggled if they were in D2. One of the worst teams I've ever seen at a storied program.
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True, but when you're three years into your tenure at a traditional power and your team is still bad the criticism is going to start.
 
#17
#17
hatvol96 said:
True, but when you're three years into your tenure at a traditional power and your team is still bad the criticism is going to start.
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I agree, but the circumstances he had to endure is something that no coach could turn around by his 3rd year. Didn't he have something to the tune of 6 scholarship players and having to play a bunch of walk-ons? My memory is foggy, but it was something close to that.
 
#18
#18
Crean has done a great job. He's assembled the supporting cast and next season should be ready to go.

It is no secret that if I was mike hamilton that my first call would be to Bloomington to see if there was any amount of money to make him consider moving south if it comes to that.
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#19
#19
tvols75 said:
I agree, but the circumstances he had to endure is something that no coach could turn around by his 3rd year. Didn't he have something to the tune of 6 scholarship players and having to play a bunch of walk-ons? My memory is foggy, but it was something close to that.
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Not Hat, but that pretty much was the situation that Crean inherited.
 
#20
#20
tigervol9802 said:
Crean has done a great job. He's assembled the supporting cast and next season should be ready to go.

It is no secret that if I was mike hamilton that my first call would be to Bloomington to see if there was any amount of money to make him consider moving south if it comes to that.
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Can't believe we agree on something :) If Pearl is let go, I would love to have Crean. However, as you said I think he knows he is about to do great things at Indiana.
 
#21
#21
tvols75 said:
Can't believe we agree on something :) If Pearl is let go, I would love to have Crean. However, as you said I think he knows he is about to do great things at Indiana.
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My wife is from Indiana. Its given me an excuse for them to be my #2 team I follow. He's about to have them back.
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#22
#22
Tom Crean should have to send half of his paycheck to Dwayne Wade every week. His record without Flash on his roster is completely underwhelming.
 
#23
#23
tvols75 said:
I agree, but the circumstances he had to endure is something that no coach could turn around by his 3rd year. Didn't he have something to the tune of 6 scholarship players and having to play a bunch of walk-ons? My memory is foggy, but it was something close to that.
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Of the 6 scholarship players, 5 were Freshman.
 
#24
#24
TennesseeFan07 said:
Of the 6 scholarship players, 5 were Freshman.
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Yea, he definitely went into a Hell of a tough situation. But, I honestly think he should be challenging for a tourney bid this year, and it appears that he's not even going to sniff that. So, he gets a pass for the first two years, but this one has been certainly disappointing.
 
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