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• centralbucksfan

  Laley23;694195 wrote:Not liking the guy is fine, but some people on here and nationally just arent looking at the big picture and arent giving this guy a fair chance to succeed.

  
  Its been 3+yrs already. College basketball is a sport where you are able to turn things around pretty quickly through recruiting. I realize, and do understand he has had some bad luck with injuries and such. But people in this business, as well as fans and media have short memories.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Laley23;693957 wrote:1. Indiana was the first that did the chant, when Jordan Crawford schooled his brother Joe in Assembly Hall. Jordan was a FR and Joe a SR.

  
  I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure Seton Hall created that chant in the early 90s. Whenever Danny Hurley had a bad game, the fans crucified him with the "Bobby's better" chants. Really got in his head, which is sad considering it was a kid on their own team! He even left the team at one point because of mental issues.
• Laley23

  

  BigAppleBuckeye;694521 wrote:I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure Seton Hall created that chant in the early 90s. Whenever Danny Hurley had a bad game, the fans crucified him with the "Bobby's better" chants. Really got in his head, which is sad considering it was a kid on their own team! He even left the team at one point because of mental issues.

  
  I stand corrected. Recent trend at least I think is IU.
• Laley23

  

  centralbucksfan;694447 wrote:Its been 3+yrs already. College basketball is a sport where you are able to turn things around pretty quickly through recruiting. I realize, and do understand he has had some bad luck with injuries and such. But people in this business, as well as fans and media have short memories.

  
  Thats fine, but Indiana fans are patient with him. So the talk of him being fired are just asinine, thats all Im saying.
• Laley23

  

  Big Gain;694419 wrote:How soon you forget. Matta in his 2nd season won a Big Ten Title with very little talent. In one year he turned Terrence Dials a 3-star recruit into Big Ten Player of the Year, from a lost Junior averaging 9ppg. This is what Matta had. Jamar Butler a Soph and Ivan Harris a Junior were the only players on the roster recruited by anyone higher than a MAC school and Harris didn't do squat until he was a Senior. The rest of the roster: Braydon Bell, Sylvester Mayes, Samuel Payne, all house hold names??? Jekel Foster a 2-star, Ron Lewis a transfer from Bowling Green. Matt Sylvester who was known for one shot in his entire career, Twigs, and JJ. Not another coach in the Big Ten could have won a Big Ten Title with that roster.

  Cool. Matta doesnt win the Big Ten title with Indianas roster last year. No chance in hell. Those players are all better than Kyle Taber....the only player Crean had. you just proved that what Matta inherited talent wise blows out the 1 player, a walk-on, Crean inherited.
• Laley23

  

  Big Gain;694420 wrote:Zeller weighs 210 pounds, he can defend Sullinger?

  
  Hell no, lol. But he wont have to anyway. Id assume Pritchard will be matched up with him.
• Laley23

  

  Big Gain;694422 wrote:If Buford leaves early, next year Thomas will average 20 and Sullinger will average 10. Thomas won't pass into Sully.

  
  You dont think Matta will go "smaller" and have Thomas play the blocks with Sully. Kind of like Dallas does, and just allow him the ability to go to the wing at times.