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I had the same gut reaction as Marcus to 0 of 18 B1G coaches being black: WTAF?? It reallly is statistically improbable But the data to support any pattern of discriminatory hiring does not exist, and if it does, Marcus sure isn’t using it. If there were tons of highly successful minority...

You had me at “motion offense”

I don’t know what the IU job pays, but is it that much better a gig than West Virginia? It really hasn’t been a perennial top 10 program in 30 years, but you can’t tell their fans that. It’s pretty much a first-weekend-of-the-tournament team lately, which is just enough to infuriate their base.

In my opinion yes. A run puts more eyeballs on him, and if a really tasty job (Self retires?Cronin institutionalized?) opens up, it could trigger a domino effect where he becomes a primary target for someone higher on the food chain than us.

Well, for 4 years our offensive “scheme” and rotation management were incoherent. Maybe Ben operated as an army of one and didn’t utilize or listen to Thorson. But if Ben did listen to him, Thorson contributed to the yuck and he wasn’t effective at this level. Anecdotally, my neighbor is a...

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Admirable restraint. If I had that, I’d be the proud recipient of one divorce and numerous restraining orders.

Good lord, why? Because he’s got local ties? I’m local and I’m one of us, so can I have the job? An NBA coach with zero college experience doesn’t interest me. Teaching and developing is an important part of college coaching (and something Ben didn’t show much aptitude for), and NBA coaches...

Oh, I got it. Great voice. And maybe I googled old pictures of her and had to think of images of Bo Ryan and Gene Keady to settle myself down.

I The better example is those “oh, crap, they’re giving that guy another year?!” situations, which have predominantly benefitted white coaches. In fact, other than Patrick Ewing, who had a complicated connection to his team’s glory days, I can’t think of any black coaches who have gotten a...

You’re goddamn right! I wholeheartedly believe in following the rules, but the college sports system is broken, corrupt, and amoral (as is the country right now, but hey this is a basketball forum). Why can’t we also be broken, corrupt, and amoral? If I had a criticism of Will Wade, it’s that...

Programs will always find a way - violate NIL limits or give each player a concubine or something.

No no no, my first choice is Wade. He’s a strong-ass coach. We’d be competing for league titles in 2 years and barely avoiding the death penalty in 5. Right now, I’d make that deal. But being realistic, a known cheat is likely radioactive here and it isn’t gonna happen. I see no point in...

Occasional lurker, first time poster. Here to support the pro-Niko movement. I give not one crap about his local connections. I don’t think a few years here is any sort of benefit at the end of the day, and I curse Sid Hartman for making the “one of us” so important to the yokels here. However...