Comments on: Could Rick Pitino’s indiscretions put Marquis Teague back into play?

By: jaywiz

jaywiz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:40:24 +0000

thanks for dippin your pen in company ink rick!

PLUMLEE is our man. has to be. much more important than teague, but i think we will be grateful for whatever we get.

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:17:31 +0000

Maybe it is the 9 technical fouls last season…
Or the jawing as Bloomington South (with Jordan Hulls) were blowing you out by 25 at home….

By: CraiginOR

CraiginOR — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:03:55 +0000

Pitino wears Armani suits to coach, disliked the food in Lexington so he opened his own restaurant…Viva Pitino!…and when he had an affair it had to be adultery involving a married coworkers wife. When Teague's dad says he “knows who Rick Pitino is” I wonder if he remembers the inner ring of hell is reserved for those who “betray”. judas and Rick hmmmmmmm (indiscretion=screwed her on a restaurant table)

By: MemphisHoosier

MemphisHoosier — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:49:04 +0000

thank you jerry “bran” thats exactly what I was going for I just didnt know how I wanted to put it. Id love to have IU be like Duke in many of those ways. Crean is the perfect guy for putting us in that direction

By: jaywiz

jaywiz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:40:24 +0000

thanks for dippin your pen in company ink rick!

PLUMLEE is our man. has to be. much more important than teague, but i think we will be grateful for whatever we get.

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:17:31 +0000

Maybe it is the 9 technical fouls last season…
Or the jawing as Bloomington South (with Jordan Hulls) were blowing you out by 25 at home….

By: CraiginOR

CraiginOR — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:03:55 +0000

By: MemphisHoosier

MemphisHoosier — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:49:04 +0000

By: JerryCT

JerryCT — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:20:36 +0000

You make a nice point about “not screaming Indiana”. Only one team , in my opinion seems to have a “brand” other than their style of play and that is Duke. The brand is of a bunch of kids who do not get into trouble, go to class, mostly graduate, compete hard and are loyal to the team, school and coach. Although some players have left early it is not Memphis or UNC.

I would like IU to have a similar brand. I think Crean is the right coach and these freshmen and sophs are the right kids to establish our brand. If Teague does not fit this brand, he likes the UL brand whatever it is, then he is just another good player but does not help us grow.

Duke is after KI hard. That tells me that he is part of the brand I want at IU. Basketball is a sport but also a business and thinking in terms of a brand, once it is developed, can be like having an extra recruiter.

By: MemphisHoosier

MemphisHoosier — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:41 +0000

well this is an interesting question and many of you have already made some great points so I wont just try to point out one. Let me say personally I know teague is an amazing talent but I am more worried about gettin Plumlee and Zeller for 11. I would never say dont take him. He's too talented and whenever you can get that much talent at any position then get it.
However somethin about this kid doesn't feel right. I dont know what it is but he doesn't scream IU to me. I dont know what it is but I'm more excited about guys Like KI, Carlino, Etherington, and hopefully Zeller Plumlee etc….

However if he comes to IU I hope to be proved wrong and will enjoy every second of being wrong. And for those who say this Pitino thing has no effect cause his father says so don't be so quick to believe him. of course he wouldn't say so publicly but privately this might really bother them or it could mean nothing. We'll see…