Tom "terrible coach" Crean

[HICKMAN]

Crean really sucked today. LOL

yup, sucked so bad they'll probably stay #1 or #2.

 

[atvdave]

yup, sucked so bad they'll probably stay #1 or #2.

If Duke win's today, they will be back to #1. I can see IU going in at #2 or #3.

 

[Kagnew]

yup, sucked so bad they'll probably stay #1 or #2.

I'll take Coach Crean over whoever would be second choice. He has definitely brought us back from our days of wandering in the wilderness!

 

[atvdave]

Well... With Duke's poor performance, IU just might stay at #1. Duke won, but didn't look good at all.

 

[Knight Rider]

How cool that IU fans can complain about having three losses this deep into the season? If they were perfect, those same folks would be complaining about the margin of victory or assist to turnover ratio.

Even at their worst IU is still shooting better than those Keystones out in LA.

 

[nascarfantoo]

I best not weigh in on this one since I am an Illinois grad ... we have had our share of concerns with coaches and winning a big game.

 

[Kagnew]

I best not weigh in on this one since I am an Illinois grad ... we have had our share of concerns with coaches and winning a big game.

Ain't that the truth? We had to suffer through Mike Davis and the legendary Kelvin Sampson. You guys were cursed with Lou (The Whining Illini) Henson, and Bruce (The Mouth-Breather) Weber.

 

[Benny]

Who cares....BOILER UP!!!!

Just kidding. I am a Purdue fan...but not this year.

Why not this year ?

 

[rgrimm01]

I would take a hard working clean program that is competitive any time...

 

[Hotdoger]

Ain't that the truth? We had to suffer through Mike Davis and the legendary Kelvin Sampson. You guys were cursed with Lou (The Whining Illini) Henson, and Bruce (The Mouth-Breather) Weber.

All though I disliked Davis,

I think he coached them in a finals game.

And I think since Weber you have kinda stunk it up.

 

[halfmileharry]

TC and IU lost a lot of close games early in his career to some good teams.
Yesterdays game against a good team they stayed focused, kept the turnovers down, made the shots with the pressure on.
Good Coaching goes a long way and even farther when the TEAM plays to the potential they're capable of playing.
OR...maybe a coach knows what % effeciency his players are playing at with so many minutes or seconds left? "Even the best laid plans of mice or men"
I'm a great monday morning quarterback and I'm sure none of my decisions will ever be wrong in hindsight.
I bought a Ford Pinto, AMC Pacer, and a Cadillac with a 4100 motor. Who am I to judge Crean?
It seems like he's done a pretty fair job compared to many coaches and teams around.

 

[rgrimm01]

All though I disliked Davis,

I think he coached them in a finals game....

In all fairness, I believe that was with a PO'd Knight team... I did find Knight's teams edgy and entertaining, but wasn't he on a 13 year championship dryspell?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Davis was AWFUL

 

[Bailey06]

The coach is doing a pretty good job to me.
Plus with the talent they have this year you would not expect the players to get burn't on a last second play when they don't guard there opponent.

 

[Hotdoger]

In all fairness, I believe that was with a PO'd Knight team... I did find Knight's teams edgy and entertaining, but wasn't he on a 13 year championship dryspell?

MD did a lot of the recruiting not Knight.

 

[Hotdoger]

The coach is doing a pretty good job to me.
Plus with the talent they have this year you would not expect the players to get burn't on a last second play when they don't guard there opponent.

I question not shot faking and getting the foul on Craft and getting him out of the game early in the 4th. Yogi had several chances and didn't even try.

 

[KLB]

I question not shot faking and getting the foul on Craft and getting him out of the game early in the 4th. Yogi had several chances and didn't even try.

Early in the 4th what?

If only it was that easy to get opposing players to foul out.

 

[Hotdoger]

Early in the 4th what?

If only it was that easy to get opposing players to foul out.

Sorry . 2nd.

Craft was playing very agressive with 4 fouls.

 

[rgrimm01]

MD did a lot of the recruiting not Knight.

So as an asst., he was able to get quality players but not as a coach? Or with a team that had been coached by Knight, he reached the final game. With teams coached by Davis, they managed season's such as 14-15 & 15-14?

I am sure he was a nice guy but seemingly could not win with his players/system. Crean is winning big with his players/system...

 

[Wheezy50]

MD did a lot of the recruiting not Knight.

True he probably did do a lot of recruiting for Knight, but the players were coming to play for Knight not Davis. Davis was an awful coach, I don't know his exact record but was let go from UAB after 3 or 4 seasons as well.