Comments on: I support Mike Davis

By: miles

miles — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

north carolina vs. illinois

sorry ui……

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

I’m with you Mark. What i see on the court from our team doesn’t appear to be coaching as much as it does problems with the players. You also cannot argue how the teams Davis coaches might start the year pretty poorly… but they also get better and and better throughout the year. I think the kids like Davis and they play for him. I LOVE his recruiting. I don’t think we could land a better recruiter then Davis.

I say give him at least one more year. If he can’t win next year (with or without Bracey Wright) then maybe we should start shopping for a new coach… but for now let the man coach without the axe hanging over his head.

David
IU Alumnus & Employee

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

I agree with Mark about Mike Davis’s recruiting. I also agree with Miles’s prediction of an Illinois vs North Carolina Final in this NCAA tournament. Of course I am biased as I can simply walk down the street from my office to the Assembly hall here in Champaign to watch the Illini play during the regular season.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

Bracey is really a disappoinemt so far. I’m sure he will be even more marginalized next year for the freshman/sophmores and he knows it. Most players think having zero structure would be great but you see how it worked out for Davis this year.

Davis’es spiel about “come to IU…It will be great…do whatever you want…play however you want…leave whenever you want…go to the NBA…” won’t hold a lot of water. NO one goes to the NBA if they lose games for 1-4 years. Hard to get stats on a crappy me/I team… Sux to see IU and the Big Ten in general doing so poorly (even if IL wins..which I doubt will happen)…

All IMHO of course

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up mark. Lots of rumors around IU trying to lure away Rick Barnes. Us longhorns can rest easy for a bit.

By: dragondawg

dragondawg — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

Mr. Cuban,

Hopefully the other important boosters at IU do not share your opinion. It is understandable you may see recruiting as the end all measure of coaching. After all in the Pros it’s who you buy at what price that’s the most important personnel issue. But fortunately (or unfortunately for IU) that is not the case in the college game. Do you remember all of the IU teams that were out-talented but still managed to win because of the coach involved? It takes a little more in college ball to be a very good coach than just recruiting the top talent, and rolling the ball out onto the floor.

Maybe when the time comes you will change your mind. For sure the economics of the Athletic Department at IU makes the future even more difficult without appropriate participation of key alumni.

Best wishes to your endeavors.

By: CMLuce

CMLuce — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

The talent he has assembled over the last 2 years should start to pay off for IU. Too bad Bracey Wright kind of wasted his senior year knowing his chances of making the tourney were slim and none.

On a side note….U VERMONT BABY! (my Vitale immitation)

By: Martin Weddle

Martin Weddle — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

In response to dragondawg’s response.

You can not measure player’s personalities and how it effects team chemistry. The 2002 team had it! Should one player leave for the NBA (Bracey Wright) it’s my feeling this team will challenge for an NCAA title with Davis at the helm!

Indiana will go from young to all grown up in one season with the additions of Marco Killingsworth and Lewis Monroe. IU will have size and depth at every position. The team chemistry will yet again evolve. The program is moving in a positive direction.

New York wasn’t built in a day. Making the transition to head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers is no easy transition with all the speculation and high expectations the state of Indiana places on IU Basketball.

In fact, it’s doing more harm than good. We should all just support our coach and our team. Our support will help the coach, the players and the University!

IU Alumni
Class of 97

By: Willie Smyth

Willie Smyth — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

Sorry Cube, but I think you’ve been sniffing the NBA jockstraps for too long if you like Mike Davis and support him.

Hell, here’s a novel idea…If you like him that much, make him YOUR coach.

After all, the NBA is his playground.

By: Mike Sigers

Mike Sigers — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:20 +0000

Mark,

As a Kentucky fan, I too want Mike Davis to stay at IU forever. It’s a real pleasure knowing we are going to beat them silly EVERY year.

As a basketball fan, who lives just minutes from the Ohio River, that separates us from the heathen red, I cannot justify Mike Davis’ coaching, recruiting or the way he has represented the university, but then again, when did IU want someone to represent them well to the world ( sorry to those of you who loved Coach Killer, I mean Knight) ?

Surely, you guys at IU can see that you have no shot of even finishing anywhere but barely over .500 with Mike Davis as coach.

Please do us a favor, all you 5000 ( yes, only a few above 5000 attended the game at Assembly Hall ) who attended IU’s home loss to Vandy in the first round of the Nobody Invitational Tournament, call and write to your AD and President…get rid of Coach Davis, so we can have a rivalry agian !