Tag Archives: Fire Tom Crean

Indiana Basketball – Hoosiers are what they are – middle dwellers in the Big 10
March 16, 2017

There is a mythology about Indiana Basketball that the 2016-2017 season was an aberration caused by injury, inexperience, and a unique lack of leadership. No question the injuries to Collin Hartman and O.G. Anunoby diminished the Hoosiers ability to successfully compete, but so did irresponsible recruiting and complex schemes. As Indiana fans and administrators evaluate […]

IU Basketball – Five myths dispelled about the coaching position and Tom Crean
March 8, 2017

People are talking about the Indiana Basketball coaching job – again. The Hoosiers have just finished languishing through their third non-winning Big 10 season in the last four, and alums and boosters are getting restless. While there is still work to be done for Tom Crean and the 2016-2017 squad in the Big 10 Tournament and […]

Indiana Basketball – How does Tom Crean measure up in Big 10 & among past IU coaches?
February 28, 2017

Is Indiana’s mediocrity this season because of injuries or incompetence? Is it an inability to recruit Indiana high school stars or an inability of current players to invest in the process? Is it Tom Crean as a coach, Tom Crean as a recruiter, or a series of unpleasant and unlucky circumstances? All good questions that can be […]

Indiana Basketball – Is Tom Crean the right coach for Indiana in 2017-2018?
February 16, 2017

When I evaluate the work of others, my first step is to break the production of the employee into component parts.  By measuring contributions in individual silos, I tend to be more objective and through that objectivity discover whether my visceral gut feeling is accurate. Let’s do that as well as we can from 35,000 […]

Top 10 reasons Tom Crean should be replaced as Indiana’s head coach (Part 1 of 2)
March 28, 2016

This is the first of two lists regarding Tom Crean and the future of the Indiana Basketball program.  Tomorrow’s will provide a list or reasons coach Tom Crean should be retained.  Today’s enumerates the reasons a change should be made. There have been no NCAA compliance or academic issues to fuel talk of a need […]