Comments on: The Steve Alford nonsense begins…now

By: IULobo

IULobo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:40:37 +0000

As an IU alum I never rooted for Texas Tech, but I watch as many New Mexico games as I can get. Makes what we have been watching, even with our winning record, seem like play ground ball.

After his failure with Pierre and his handling of JR giddens, I'd say he is now 1-1 with bad Apples.

I would welcome Steve Aford back to Bloomington in a second.

By: IULobo

IULobo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:40:37 +0000

By: LoboRich

LoboRich — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:41:18 +0000

Although a Lobo fan, I thought an IU fan brought up a good point that Alford succeeds at the “mid-major” level because he brings in a level of players greater that him conference couterparts but doesn't do as well when going up against other B10 schools.

That's fine with us; we'd love to have him as he's doing a remarkable job here and rekindling interest back in the Lobos that we haven't seen in years! GO LOBOS!

By: Lobos

Lobos — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:20:37 +0000

“We (alumni) came to the conclusion that we didn't want Alford during the last coach's search. He has already been fully vetted. We can do much better.”

Yeah, you obvisously have improved from the last 2 you guys ran out of town, well Sampson you didn't run out, he just cheated!
Don't worry, maybe third time is a charm. so much for that 21-4 record this year and post play.

By: Lobos

Lobos — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:17:17 +0000

Lobos fan here, fans in Albuquerque have embraced Alford, maybe that is part of the success he's had in his first year at 21-6 with the same team minus Dandridge plus Gary that went 14-17 last year and I believe 16-14 the year before.
He has pulled this team together and taught them to play as a team, he has brought back alot of excitement to the PIT and they are looking at possible NCAA play in his first year. They beat Texas Tech this year and almost have surpassed their road wins compared to last 5 years of 8-40 or something like that.
I'd rather not see Alford going as with the staff he has hired they have helped him bring in the #9 recruiting class for next year in the nation and UNM basketball will be heading back to where it once was and more!
Good luck IU with all the crap Sampson got you into, you scoff Alford and have no clue, yet you hire guys like this and while Knight I think is a great coach, as a person and human being, he's got major issues. He is a dick.

By: MJ

MJ — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:10:13 +0000

This article was written by a tool who as of Saturday, Feb 23rd no longer has a job because the paper he worked for shut down. And it does not reflect the feelings for SA out here. He is doing one hell of a job with pretty much the same team that sucked at 15-17 last year, now 21-6, with six road wins. We had 8 road wins total the last 5 years! He also has a recruiting class coming in ranked anywhere from 9th-20th in the NATION next season. Just because his Big ten (not overall record) record was below .500 doesnt automatically make you a bad coach and recruiter – just look at his successes at Manchester, SW Mo state and 1st year at UNM. Iowa is not exactly a bastion of college hoops (last big 10 title in 1979? cmon now) and the big ten isn't exactly worldbeaters -half the conference is worse than most teams in the mwc. Iowa has run off plenty of successful coaches (Davis, Raveling, Olson) so why not one more. If Indiana does not want SA and thinks he stinks that's perfectly fine with us.

By: cjonz

cjonz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:44:40 +0000

C'mon, everyone in Albuquerque knows Richard Stevens is an idiot…and we all know Alford would be an idiot to even want the IU job anyway. Where's the plus? Bloomington over Albuquerque? I think not. Having no chance to ever win over the IU faithful? Mike Davis got to the final game and got ran out of town…Coming in on the heels of probation? Hmmm…no. And the more you don't want him, the more he wants us. You know, a “failed” Big 10 coach heading to the desert where he belongs. Kind of like Lute Olson and his multiple final fours and a title in Tucson. Sounds good to me…
Go Lobos!!!!
Chris

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:06:20 +0000

Wow! What is worong with you people thinking that Scott Drew is a good canidate for this job!? I hope you are kidding. As I have said before; this job is a top 10 job in the college ranks. No reason we should not get a top 10 coach. I don't want one of these unproven coaches that coach mid-major teams ( I know baylor is in big 12 but still baylor isn't in the same sport let alone ballpark as IU). It is nonsense, you people make me laugh sometimes…. THAD MATTA.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:58:38 +0000

Agreed. I would put Matta at the top of the list, he knows what IU basketball means to Indiana. Plus you can't get a cooler name than “THAD”. THAD in the infamous south park episode “Guitar Queero” could play the guitar hero guitar acousticly. Now that is cool.

By: stanklove83

stanklove83 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:57:12 +0000

We (alumni) came to the conclusion that we didn't want Alford during the last coach's search. He has already been fully vetted. We can do much better.

By: RStevens

RStevens — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:55:24 +0000

Postman. Thank goodness you are loathe to attack a writer's work. I would have hated to see what you might had written had you loved the task at hand.
And, by the way: The first two of those non-sentences were sentences. They had subjects. They had verbs. Like “Jesus wept.” That's a sentence. So is that. But not this.
The others were fragments. Poetic license. That's a fragment.
Thanks for the pub: RStevens, Abq Tribune

By: td

td — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:31:50 +0000

Lou Watson was also an Indiana legend in high school and college at IU. Became the coach at IU, failed miserably, and was given the heave-ho. Unless you're saying the current administration has no gonads, I don't see it as a problem. Our next coach has to be sqeaky clean first and successful second. Our problem as IU fans is we put success first for too many years when it became apparent we didn't have to worry about clean.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:40:33 +0000

The big problem with Alford coming here to Indiana is that he IS an IU legend. If Alford were to be named coach here it would be difficult, at best, for the University to handle his teams not succeeding or, god forbid, any kind of other problems.
It would be hard to remove Alford, then again, maybe we could get another president just career hopping trying to make a name for himself to make the move...

However, I for one also do not believe that Alford is the answer to our problems BUT I also do not agree that his Iowa resume is totally representative of his ability. Their is QUITE a difference between recruiting at Indiana and Iowa. This is not a cure-all, but we all know what a difference a name can make when it comes to calling, well maybe visiting haha, a recruit.

Mark Few, anyone?

By: SocksShortsSwish

SocksShortsSwish — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:06:50 +0000

As my username suggests, I'm an Alford guy. But only as a player. He's an awful fit here, not a great coach, and if you think KS is arrogant…oh man.

By: mike p - chicago

mike p - chicago — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:50:22 +0000

speaking of pierre pierce…after he got kicked out of iowa for the second time, went to jail for 1 year of a 2 year sentence, was released to 4 years of probation in iowa – he served the 1st year in iowa, got his probation moved back to his hometown of westmont, IL – just outside of chicago. now, he spends 6 hours a day prepping for another shot at the nba…….and plays basketball in a sunday evening recreational league in the western suburbs of chicago…..a league that i happen to play in, lol…….what a stud that dude's turned out to be

By: td

td — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:52:24 +0000

I haven't used the word, “Diatribe” in a long time however, this certainly fits the bill. I'm not here to root for Steve or defend his coaching record. But, my god, give the guy a break. I lived beside Steve's girlfriend(now his wife) for several years and got to know Steve and his family pretty well. I would agree Steve has some traits that some would look down on. He's cocky, maybe even conceited, but not to the degree we put up with for years at IU. I think once you get near anyone who is or has been very good at something one may find them a little self-centered, conceited or whatever anone wants to call it. Steve has done many good things in his young life, probably more than most. He's been called on to help IU work out problems with alumni that Steve knew well and did so without fanfare. Did he deserve at least a phone call from the current administration when Sampson was hired, you bet. They called him at other needed times. Do you think for one moment our interim coach won't be hired permanently if they do well with someone elses team the remainder of the year. We do it all of the time at IU and, although I have nothing personal to add about any of our current assistant coaches, none have had the coaching success Alford has. So I will leave it this way. I'm not campaigning for Steve as it would do little good anyway. I don't think you should campaign against him either. I fear we're headed for something less palatable if the administration goes their normal route.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:43:02 +0000

Baylor has LOST 6 of its last 7 games with another shot at a loss tonight against KSU.

Sorry , but he is WAY down my list unless we want to bottom fish after starting construction on a 80,000 sq ft practice facility. I love the guy, Penn HS ,I am from SOuth Bend but can't we aim higher ?

By: Matt J.

Matt J. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:06:20 +0000

And by tournament team, you mean bubble team, right?

It would help if the Big XII wasn't one of the best conferences in the country this year.

By: Matt J.

Matt J. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:04:47 +0000

In Doherty's defense, UNC's last championship was with his players. Doherty can recruit. It's just that he can't do much with them when he's got them.

By: Matt J.

Matt J. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:02:13 +0000

Didn't Brand hand-pick McRobbie after Herbert resigned?

Having Bob Knight come back to be the AD sounds more plausible.