Dan Dakich coached them last year. That's all you need to know about the current state of IU basketball. Dan Dakich couldn't keep his job at BGSU, fer Chrissakes. He also lost this game because he didn't want to bring his team back out for 0.6 more seconds of basketball where an in-bounds pass would have won the game.
"That's because Knight on the video doesn't so much show you how to coach the game, but rather how to watch it. How the real beauty of it all isn't the guy shooting, but rather the six passes and three screens it took to get him open. Knight asks you to appreciate filling the lane, spreading the floor, blocking out, setting a proper screen, throwing a proper pass and getting back on defense. It's about the sublime artistry of footwork, and moving without the ball. And of how depending on each other is everything, and playing for yourself is a dead end."
The guy who played Ollie in Hooisers spoke at my company's National Sales Meeting about 8 years ago. Wow, is that guy inspiring. Hearing him tell the story of how he pretended to overcome his meekness and hit those free-throws granny style propelled our Western Region to a 3-year high in sales the following quarter.
Now, obviously I am a little biased because I am a student at IU, but I don't see why the program can't turn around quickly. Compared to other towns with great basketball programs, Bloomington might as well be New York. Have you been to Storrs, CT lately? There is literally NOTHING to do. You think Lawrence, KS is hopping with urban nightlife? Bloomington is a college town through and through, just like Chapel Hill, Athens, or Knoxville. They seem to do okay bringing in talent.
Also, we have a top ten recruiting class for next year, so Crean must be doing something right.
@BubbaCJ24: You know why they call it Storrs? Because they have two now!
Part of what brings guys to UConn is Calhoun's reputation of developing marginal players into NBA prospects. Also, proximity to New York helps for a lot of guys from the city. Nevertheless, when Calhoun leaves I'm afraid of what will happen to the program.
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In conclusion, Dan Dakich.
[twitch]
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You know some of us live in San Jose and can call bullshit right?
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In many ways this also applies to watching porn.
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/even 2003 can't make up for 1987
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-John Kruk
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Oops, I appear to have stumbled onto The Big Lead by accident.
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Also, we have a top ten recruiting class for next year, so Crean must be doing something right.
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Part of what brings guys to UConn is Calhoun's reputation of developing marginal players into NBA prospects. Also, proximity to New York helps for a lot of guys from the city. Nevertheless, when Calhoun leaves I'm afraid of what will happen to the program.
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Or the University of Washington.
/cries into his Beno Bryant jersey
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