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.