Comments on: Is A.J. Ratliff done? Yes, he is

By: iuAlum458

iuAlum458 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:40:35 +0000

Biggest Mr. Basketball Indiana flop ever. At least Tommy Coverdale played with some heart and intensity.

By: iuAlum458

iuAlum458 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:40:35 +0000

Biggest Mr. Basketball Indiana flop ever. At least Tommy Coverdale played with some heart and intensity.

By: DANE FIFE LULZ

DANE FIFE LULZ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:12:08 +0000

hahahah dane fife.. thats by far the worst person for this job. i saw him on “THE DANE FIFE SHOW” in fort wayne and he was sweating/shaking the whole time. hahah what a joke.

By: ray

ray — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:20 +0000

i have yet to read any of the linked articles and i am pretty clueless about the whole situation (there's a reason for that…no one is giving any details). but i would like to say that the slamming of ratliff may be a little early. for all we know (family issues) could mean something very devastating is happening in his life…and i would hate to be the one to eat my words under such circumstances. i will not play judge…at least not at this time.

By: JamesHardy

JamesHardy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:44:49 +0000

in relation to his BIG ass ears…those earrings weren't that big…just an observation

By: CoveyDale

CoveyDale — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:05:37 +0000

what a waste.

the 2004 recruiting class:
vaden – transfer
ratliff – washout
hardy – football
steijn – transfer
DJ – all-big ten, big ten POY, possible all-american

i guess one out of five ain't bad…

By: PostmanR

PostmanR — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:30:39 +0000

Hey all,

I just posted on the latest violations debacle, if we want to all cry there together. Ugh.

http://www.insidethehall.com/2008/02/13/katz-an...

By: Ryan_Btown

Ryan_Btown — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:22:11 +0000

Tim…the article says we'll address the allegations tomorrow. I'm not sure what they'll do to the team and to the rest of the season…but I have a feeling that we might want to go ahead and bend over…even if we don't impose sanctions on ourselves not allowing us to go to the tournament, this will be a major distraction, even if Sampson isn't canned right away.

By: IUPete

IUPete — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:17:49 +0000

AJ is as Tiger Woods would say “Ranger Rick.” He always looked phenominal in practices and seeing him in pick up games. He obviously has the skills and talent to play at a high level. For years he has been arguably the most athletic player on the team. Unfortunately non of his talents ever came to fruition on the court. His vaunted defense skills turned to sluggish hand checking which usually turned into 3 fouls in 10 minutes and he was out. And for such quickness and a great vertical leap he always would settle for jump shots and would never attack the rim. Lets be honest here, Mike Davis was not a “bad” recruiter…he just couldn't develop talent whatsoever. Being a loyal IU fan its hard for me to admit it but for years I have been calling IU the Bermuda Triangle of Talent….it comes in…doesnt come out. I would be very impressed with anyone that could name more than two players that left IU better basketball players than when they came in the last 5-7 years…..and AJ is just another player than falls into that group…..sad.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:04:17 +0000

We're fucked, aren't we?

By: Ryan_Btown

Ryan_Btown — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:57:07 +0000

*”I was never a fan of hiring him either.” I meant when his name was occasionally mentioned with the head coaching job. I thought it was great when he came this year as Pres. of BBall Ops.

By: Ryan_Btown

Ryan_Btown — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:55:19 +0000

Annnnddddd….That's all she wrote for Sampson…ideas on the next coach? I say we let Dakich finish out the rest of the season and hire Fife from IPFW…He knows the program, he's young and can really connect with the young recruits, and some call him up and coming…I think we have a hard time bringing in a big name right now after the firing of Knight, the Davis debacle, and now this…Not to mention, if we have to miss a postseason or two, what the hell does someone like Fife care, he's just happy to be here!

Hahaha, I know (at least hope) that there's no way we would hire him, just sayin for fun and to throw out some crazy scenarios. As much as I love Dakich, he has to share some blame with this bullshit too. He was the President of Basketball Operations. Isn't is part of his job to keep tabs on this crap? I was never a fan of hiring him either.

In fact, this whole post is for fun. Who knows what this might mean. Hopefully nothing, but I heard rumors of this when I was in Arizona for the bowl game from some alums. I dismissed it at the time. Anyone else think Greenspans gone if Sampsons gone?

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:52:20 +0000

IU IS SO FUCKED and not cause ratliff is gone. fucking sampson and his phone calls is gonna fuck over this program for a long time

By: hysteric

hysteric — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:06:31 +0000

check out the story on espn's front page about iu…what a disaster…sampson has got to go…worst mistake in iu sports history hiring him…i tried to support him but he has got to go

By: PB

PB — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:05:37 +0000

A.J. didn't play “thug ball,” he just didn't play good ball. ITH doesn't have a man crush on the kid, they just feel disappointed that he couldn't get his priorities in order.

I don't know anything about his personal life, and personally I don't give a sh*t. He's gone and I agree we should all move on without A.J. and his big ass diamond earrings.

By: Ryan_Btown

Ryan_Btown — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:25:10 +0000

There's no good place to put this right now, so I'm just throwing it here. I've never had such mixed emotions when watching our enemies…on one hand, damn purdue once again managed to piss off the next good team we have to play by beating michigan state tonight. On the other, Vandy beat UK by 41…Almost outweighs the purdue win, but not quite!

By: Sherron Wilkerson

Sherron Wilkerson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:14:00 +0000

Good! Maybe we will see him on the And1 tour with the other thugs who were too stupid to realize that playing organized basketball is a lot better that partying and playing street basketball (Apparently AJ would rather be like Hot Sizzle than Rafer Alston, good choice bro). Weird, I never took him for the typical dumb thug basketball player. I guess you cant read a book by its cover. Oh, and finally ITH can stop writing about this bum, stop your man crush, he is officially gone.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:13:00 +0000

Question, does anyone know how Ratliff’s attitude was? Could he have been bringing the team down? I hate to see a kid with so much potential end his B-ball carreer like this. I was just thinking that in the 2 games without him with the team, they seem a little different… just a thought I am throwing out there.

By: Sherron Wilkerson

Sherron Wilkerson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:14:56 +0000

Actually that was funny, get a sense of humor bro

By: HoosierSmitty

HoosierSmitty — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:06:35 +0000

I liked AJ. I remember seeing him at Kings Island one time at one of the basketball shooting games (I won a prize by the way, and he didn't win squat…he just couldn't handle pressure). He seemed like a really nice kid and I'll miss the moments when he was a happy member of this team.

For the 2007-2008 team, however, it makes no difference. He was a non-factor and we didn't need AJ in the lineup to win games. Had he not had academic problems, maybe it would have been different. I was encouraged when he made grades for the second semester, but he just never clicked with this unit. It's sad, but AJ was a major disappointment for the Hoosiers.