I want to care about the Indiana Pacers, but if the Pacers themselves play as though they don’t care about the Pacers, why should I bother? That was the thought that rang in my head like the bell in a church where it is always noon as I watched their pathetic lack of effort in Toronto last night. Basketball […]
Be honorable. That’s the only choice for Colts general manager Chris Ballard, and it’s the choice he will make. It can be argued that Ballard’s roster is imperfect, building from the inside out has left the Colts wanting on the exterior of both his offense and defense, and that his care in the quality of […]
Sickening. Pitiful. Heartbreaking. The Colts overtime loss to the Ravens was all those things. Any night, losing after leading 22-3 with 18 minutes left in regulation would be galling. At 1-3 on the road with playoff hopes on the line, it’s the kind of result that ends careers, a season, and devalues a meticulously built culture. […]
Transferring as an option for athletes facing manageable adversity cheats them of the best lessons that come from playing a sport. This post is prompted by the news that Indiana backup running back Tim Baldwin has entered the transfer portal five games into this season and Crispus Attucks basketball player Jalen Hooks will be transferring to […]
Hope is what gets us up in the morning. It’s what makes life fun. Sports mirrors life in many ways. Hope makes sports fun too. Yesterday, the Colts gave fans reason for hope. The first three games – all losses – sucked a lot of hope out of Indianapolis. But because the Colts beat the Dolphins […]
The recency bias that enticed Indiana fans to buy into the belief that their football program had turned a corner toward repeatable respectability was flawed – as is the case with most recency biases. The Hoosiers were outclassed, out-executed, and out-fought by Iowa Saturday afternoon in their season opening 34-6 debacle. Now, Indiana fans need to fight […]
The race for cash is claiming another high school student’s senior year as #1 2022 basketball prospect Emoni Bates is re-classing to 2021 so he might reach the NBA more quickly. There is a a troubling impatience for wealth and success that causes these decisions. In some cases, it can be justified by family financial needs, […]
Indiana fans are the Trappist Monks of college football, and their old habits die hard. Trappist Monks forego all measures of life’s enjoyable indulgences as they attempt to achieve enlightenment. At some point, Trappists forget all about the delicacies they left behind. They adapt to the new normal lacking all those things we covet that […]
Indiana Basketball fans are living in a dream world where everything is just the way it should be, and none of us wants to wake up. At least once a week there is great news about the direction of the program. First, the firing of Archie Miller was celebrated because he was clearly a bad fit […]
