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I think you overestimate some MLB GM's.

Cutler is having a rough year. But at this point I think we could bring in Manning or Brady and ruin them too. No I'm not saying Cutler is as good as Manning or Brady, what I am saying is that we ruin QB's. ](*,) But on a more serious note, I think we desparately need a good QB coach and/or OC who can really work with and develop a young QB. A guy like Shanahan would be a nice fit in that role but as somebody else mentioned I highly doubt the Bears would be willing to pay the money to add him to the staff. This whole season is just a disaster any way you cut it and plenty of blame to go around. Cutler isn't immune to some blame too but I still don't regret making the trade. But man I never realized what a mess this team would be. I really did not. There is so much to fix, a lot more to fix than a 1st round pick and 2nd round pick could aid with.....and trading away that 2nd rounder for Gaines Adams just looks more and more brutal right now.

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Dude, they only had like 10 days to prepare for this game. I mean c'mon that isn't enough time to prepare the team. :rotfl:

LOVIE SMITH IS OUR COACH

Bubble screen on 3rd & 11. LOL.

This team is so awful.

Then we are truly screwed. I don't know that I have ever been less excited for a Sunday night game. I just have zero faith in this team turning around the season.

Tough loss for Indiana 69-66 to George Mason. GMU hit a couple really tough 3 point shots late to pull away including a ridiculous banked in three. So 8th place in Puerto Rico, 2-3 overall. Oh well.

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/kkk-planning-rally-in-miss-1.2090515 I saw this link posted on another site........so did the rally go down? :-))

Okay I just saw it on Sportscenter. Wow. :shock:

What exactly happened at the end of Ole Miss-LSU? I am lost here.

Oh wow, that changes everything. The Pirates are such a well run organization. The Cubs really got lucky to be able to retain Grabow at such a bargain price.

It sounds like Marmol said he would like to see the Cubs sign Pedro, not that the Cubs intend to sign him.

Geez even NBC seemed like they were throwing Charlie under the bus tonight, lol. I liked when they replayed the clip of him saying "I'm not here to coach a .500 team" or whatever it was.......when he first got hired I'm assuming.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=3631948 You can't say Crean is not trying to get a big. We have offered Cody. I don't know where we are on his list exactly but all I'm saying is I know he has been going after Cody and I'm pretty sure he has been attempting to pursue other bigs. Just because we don't have one favoring Indiana yet doesn't mean Crean is not working on it. And yeah Cody is not a 7 footer but he is a PF and he might grow a bit more by 2011.

As much time as he needs. He has recruited well enough already that I really don't find myself feeling too doubtful of his ability to get IU back on track. It will happen. But I don't know that we will get back to the NCAA tournament until his 4th season as coach. By then the current freshman class will be juniors and Verdell & Pritchard will be seniors. I mean you have to keep in mind we started from ground zero last season. One nice recruiting class doesn't cement his success, and he certainly doesn't get as much time as he needs. If he had recruited one or two legitimate post players, then i think IU could have had a shot at the NCAAs as soon as 2010/2011. As it stands, 2011/2012 is probably the earliest. edit - it doesn't look like IU is favored to land any of top 20 PF or C in the 2011 recruiting class either, although a nice SG and SF have already committed for that class. If IU is still seriously overmatched in the post for the 2011-2012 season, then Crean won't have fulfilled his obligation to the university, imo. I guess we are hoping Bawa Muniru develops. Why shouldn't he get as much time as he needs? So if he gets us back in the NCAA tournament in 2011-12 then are you saying that is too long? His first season he had to start out way behind on that recruiting class and was lucky to even field a full squad of warm bodies. This season's incoming class is his first official class as far as I'm concerned and given the quality, why wouldn't you expect him to continue to recruiting well? Do we need more quality big men? Yes. Has Crean been ignoring this? No, not in my opinion. He has been recruiting some future big men, you can't say he has not......Cody Zeller being one of the bigger names I've heard. Also I think he was trying to recruit one of the Plumlee brothers. So the effort is being made IMO. It isn't like he can just click this fingers and magically get a top 20 center and PF right now. For now we need Bawa to develop. Which is why I was confused that he did not play last night. Not sure what the story is there. Bottom line, I guess I'm just amused by any IU fans starting to freak out right now. I just don't know what else to say, it IS going to take some time.

As much time as he needs. He has recruited well enough already that I really don't find myself feeling too doubtful of his ability to get IU back on track. It will happen. But I don't know that we will get back to the NCAA tournament until his 4th season as coach. By then the current freshman class will be juniors and Verdell & Pritchard will be seniors. I mean you have to keep in mind we started from ground zero last season. I don't know that it will take 2 years. Guys like Jones and Rivers made major strides during the year last year (Jones in games, Rivers in practice). Get a couple more players to improve their games (Elston, Creek) and add muscle (Watford, Hulls), and with the players going to be leaving the conference this year (lot of great players coming in too), I think they can be a tourney team next year albeit a very borderline bubble team. Well I did not say it would be impossible to get on the bubble next season. I'm just not going to expect it. I am trying to keep a patient mindset in place. Shoot, on some of the IU message boards people were picking THIS team to win 18-20 games THIS season.....lol. I know the fan base is anxious to see us get back into being a legit Big Ten contender and NCAA tourney team but man, some of them are already ranting and raving about our play. It just isn't a quick fix. We did improve our talent level by a lot, it is just going to take giving these kids time to develop and grow.

As much time as he needs. He has recruited well enough already that I really don't find myself feeling too doubtful of his ability to get IU back on track. It will happen. But I don't know that we will get back to the NCAA tournament until his 4th season as coach. By then the current freshman class will be juniors and Verdell & Pritchard will be seniors. I mean you have to keep in mind we started from ground zero last season.

Okay so I was just reading up about Ole Miss and.......yeah they are going to destroy IU. I take back what I said the other night. :?

Oh yes Gus Johnson is announcing the IU game on BTN right now! \:D/

7-9 in a bad basketball conference too. Meh. Not impressed.

I went to the Pacers-Celtics game last night. \:D/ Suck it, Celtics.

Yeah they had a bit of a slow period there early in the first half but then they finished the half strong and got the lead up to 31 points in the 2nd half at one point. Overall a fun game to watch. Hopefully they can have a strong showing in Puerto Rico.

Yeah because this entire season is Cutler's fault.