Comments on: Good, Bad and Ugly: Illinois

By: silklyslim

silklyslim — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:00:18 +0000

WELL stated Kelin Blab. The focus is on basketball and NOT bs violations, & off court problems, etc. I wish more people took your realistic viewpoint on our team & this season.

By: Ryan_T

Ryan_T — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:08:57 +0000

four words for you….

zero big ten wins

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:20:03 +0000

two words for you….

Finkelmeier time

By: silklyslim

silklyslim — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:18 +0000

WELL stated Kelin Blab. The focus is on basketball and NOT bs violations, & off court problems, etc. I wish more people took your realistic viewpoint on our team & this season.

By: Ryan_T

Ryan_T — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:08:57 +0000

four words for you….

zero big ten wins

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:20:03 +0000

two words for you….

Finkelmeier time

By: Ryan_T

Ryan_T — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:28:36 +0000

any word on how long he may be out for?

By: BornRed

BornRed — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:13:12 +0000

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm on campus and heard Dumes may have a broken ankle.

By: Taskmaster75

Taskmaster75 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:46:01 +0000

and another first rounder along with that lottery pick

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:16:58 +0000

Silky I keep telling myself these things.....

1. This season we are analyzing losses and not suspensions

2. We are talking more our players on the court than off the court

3. We are NOT on ESPN for allegations, violations, and improper phone relations

4. Our frustrations is losing with a young inexperienced team, not losing with a team that had final 4 talent, a lottery pick, and went 8 deep with good players....now that was frustrating....

By: silkyslim

silkyslim — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:49:12 +0000

I was worried about a letdown after the michigan game being so young, but wow that was a butt-whuppin' , ouch!
I hope our boys realize the growing pains will be painful & not let bumps in the road derail their confidence, it is to be expected to suffer sometimes to grow.

IU players & fans battle through the tough times and keep your eyes on the goals ( and the progress.)

By: HoosierSmitty

HoosierSmitty — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:37:38 +0000

What about Tijan? He actually touched the ball a few times and even had a “shot attempt” when he slammed an offensive rebound attempt against the glass. Now that's improvement!

By: Ragamuffin

Ragamuffin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Kelvin Sampson is laughing

By: coachv

coachv — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:11:00 +0000

weber can kiss my black ass

By: coachv

coachv — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:11:00 +0000

weber can kiss my black ass

By: Taskmaster75

Taskmaster75 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:29:49 +0000

Well, it wasn't KS, so he had no beef. Come on Tijan, I wished you would have decked him in the face with your massive muscles.

By: msdiu81

msdiu81 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:45:58 +0000

Look on the bright side. Only 9 months and a few days till the new recruits and our current team start official practice for the 09-10 season. It will be here before you know it! Also, Weber actually shook hands with all coaches and players after the game. So there are some positives!

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:34:16 +0000

My observations:
1. Wasn't it nice for Illinois to jump up and down on the sidelines as if they accomplished something big by beating a 4a high school team. Hope they feel good about themselves

2. I love listening to Leary but I feel for the guy cause he makes the same statements over and over this...."Learning process....has to grow.....keep fighting etc."

3. We HAVE to get a WIN soon!

4. Not sure if anyone else thought about this at some point during the game, but how much I despise Kelvin Sampson even more.

5. I was thinking ahead and wondering how much would Creek, Elston, Wateford, and Hulls helped in this game.....then I realized......they are not walking through that door ..YET.

6. I have a good feeling about Jerimiah Rivers sitting watching and teaching.....a point guard who can spend a year as a coach will help a ton.

7. My last point....these have to be the worst benchwarmers we have ever had. NONE of them wanted to shoot, they were not chucking up shots, and not sure who it was but the kid that dunked at the end I was shocked.......

Here is a quote from 2004 to make us all feel better....

Help is on the way. Davis' third full year of recruiting has been his best, with four top 50 signees highlighted by likely McDonald's All-Americans Josh Smith and D.J. White.

"The Lakers lose because Shaq and Malone are out, but everyone knows when they heal up, help is coming," Davis says. "No doubt, my help is coming."

By: Ragamuffin

Ragamuffin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:07:00 +0000

Somewhere, Sampson is laughing his butt off. Indiana shouldn’t be this bad. But they are. Sure, Sampson’s roster was loaded with thugs that made even the most liberal of Hoosier supporters cringe. But at least they weren’t this bad. You’d think Indiana could pick the top 10 IM players on campus and still compete in conference. Instead the Hoosiers look like a team that has sustained a death penalty blow. Are they trying to be this bad? Seriously? Unless they’re actually trying to kill the program, you wouldn’t think an Indiana team would look this poor. Maybe Crean isn’t the answer. Can you say “Pat Knight” in two seasons? ILL-INI

By: aceman07

aceman07 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:16:58 +0000

Hey. Look on the bright side. Our inbound plays were working so at least you can see that they're losing because of sheer lack of talent and not a lack of coaching. When we're required to bring the ball all the way up the court and execute an offensive play we don't have a player that can handle the road pressure and contact and get into the offense. But I did see a lot of open looks and even some layups out of our inbound sets so you can at least see the coaching working in that aspect of the game! And, there's no where to go but up, I hope!