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We'll talk a little IU football 1st and we'll move over to
basketball as. There hasn't been a flood of new
news on basketball yet, but we do have a couple of things that
we can bring to you. First off, let's talk about IU
football. We saw Kurt.
Signetti come out and talk on. I guess this would have been
Thursday and he was not. Happy if you go back.
And and look at his comments. He was displeased.
With the lack of juice. In practice on Thursday, the
lack of effort and it's funny like you can always if you
followed Nick Saban's. Career or if you follow some of
these other really successful football coaches, they always
talk almost to the point where. They get made fun of about, you
know, essentially taking every opportunity to.
To get as good as. You can on a day by day basis.
It's very unusual. For IU to have a.
Coach that talks in that parlance, but that's what
they've gotten. Kurt Signetti and and he he came
out and said, you know, I think today, this was on Thursday.
I think today we squandered an opportunity to improve as much
as possible. Probably not mentally prepared
to come out and do what it takes.
To have a successful practice. And improve as much as.
Possible. You know this is it.
Also, you know if there's many other.
Situations we've seen in. College sports, if you read
about it at all. This is the kind of of talk you
want to see out of your coach, especially at this time of year
where there's very. Little at stake.
There's very little going on but this.
Is where a lot of the material improvements can start to happen
in terms of execution, understanding the playbook,
understanding how to. Work with each other so I I
think for a lot of. IU fans, you know if you haven't
seen the clip from Signete. Go seek it out.
It was. It kind of.
It brought a smile to my. Face like here we.
Are in the middle. Of April.
And you've got a coach that's trying to push the team forward
to be better and that's refreshing.
I'm glad. To see that that's occurring.
There was an interesting set of interviews with the incoming
running backs and of. Course Caleb Black, who?
Stuck around from last year and, you know, Black was asked about
how the running back room compares to last year and noted
like he didn't see there being any kind of a drop off.
That they brought in some really heavy hitters who are.
Bringing it. As he put it to every practice
and so you like to. See that and hear that?
As with. Everything.
It's hard to necessarily. Take what you're.
Hearing in these media availabilities and translate it
into any kind of tangible expectation at this point,
everybody thinks they're going to be good.
Every fan base and and every team thinks they're going to be
good going in the next year in some way, shape or form.
I think for Indiana, you know what you want to see and what
you want to. Hear is this idea that hey, we
got a. Long way to.
Go to get. To the level that we want to get
to and that last year is over. And as we wind our way through
spring practice, getting ready for the spring game coming up on
Thursday of this upcoming week, I think a lot.
Of it for IU. Really just comes down to
maintaining that mentality that. There's a lot of work.
Left to be done and what are you doing to try to get yourself to
the point where you can really? Compete.
At the level you need to. You know, we'll we'll obviously
talk a. Lot more about schedule and
roster and what not later on in the summer.
But you know. So much of this ends up coming
down to this. Idea of you know.
What is the sense of urgency? There was a nice piece by Pete
de Premio on iuhoosiers.com. Regarded, you know, it really
talked about like. Needing the sense of urgency and
practice, you know there's there's a.
Real. They're just the.
Wind mantra from this team. Is.
I think it'll be an interesting one to see how it translates out
onto the field. This year is going to be a
little different than last year. You know, it almost felt like
last year's team. You.
You felt like they might have some potential, and then things
started to roll for them. But they snuck up on some people
in terms of, wow, is Indiana actually this good?
Then you'd play them. It's like, oh.
Yeah, they are actually this good.
So ultimately as as Signeti. Pointed out in an earlier press
availability, You know, I don't see any glaring.
Holes out there, he said. But he also said.
Like do we have any groups that are?
Ready to compete? For the Super Bowl right now, I
don't see that. Either I see a.
Work in progress, like every team in America right now.
So ultimately you. Got to integrate the new pieces
and there's a lot of new pieces that are going to have to play
well from. The word go as you do have.
A more challenging schedule in the way it's laid out than what
you had last. Year, you've got that early.
Game against. Illinois, you've got those Rd.
Games against Iowa and Oregon? You got that road game against
Penn State. Later on, so you know.
The one thing that is is. Pretty clear overall.
Is Signetti is still grinding and this team is starting to
figure things out. As far as what they are.
Expected to be and the idea that Signetti goes in and has a bit.
Of a blow. Up with them at a.
Practice about a week. Before the spring game, clearly
not accidental. And this is, you know, there's a
mentality there that's nice, but it's also to some.
Degree The. Kind of thing you expect from
coaches if you've watched coaches enough, if things are
going. Well, you have to create.
Some adversity or some kind of a a negative reaction?
Because you got to give. Your players something to play.
Against. As they're going through the
practice and going through trying to.
Figure out what they're supposed.
To be avoiding complacency, something that we hear about
over and over again in sports and certainly for a team like
Indiana going into last year, you don't have very much at all
to be complacent. About this year you could.
I mean, you go. To the College Football Playoff.
And you're celebrating the greatest season in team history
in terms of regular season. A.
Lot of it ends up getting to you in a negative way if you don't
have something to point to to say.
We have to get. Better off of that and.
It's what we've heard out. Of this team and the coaching.
Staff over the course of. Some of the availabilities this
spring, this idea that, yeah, we had a great season, but two.
Out of our last three games, you know we're not.
Good. Like we didn't.
Play to anywhere close to. Our, our level and we've, we've
got to fix that. We've seen some rankings of
different players in the Big 10 that have.
Popped up lately as we're. Starting to see some preliminary
media for next year as rosters are mostly set.
Not completely, as we'll talk about in a minute, but.
You know Elijah. Serrat I think I saw.
Him on a list the other day as like the.
Second best returning receiver in the Big 10 they're.
Probably right. I mean serrat.
Had a a great season last season, 53 catches and you know
but. I think you're also.
Sleeping on Omar Cooper at this point and Omar Cooper junior
with with almost as many touchdowns last year as Sarat
wasn't targeted quite as much. You do really wonder, the more
you learn about Curtis Work's injury, how much that might
have. Affected his ability to equally
target both sides of the field. And it's going to be fascinating
with Mendoza under center, what Indiana's approach.
Is with the wide receiver. Core.
I don't expect Indiana to have the same approach offensively
necessarily. That they had last.
Season, especially with the change up in the offensive
coaching personnel with Chandler Whitmer coming in to replace
Tino Sinceri as the COC and quarterbacks coach.
How that affects the play? Calling and how that affects the
way that Mike Shanahan decides to go about the offense is going
to be really interesting. And then of course.
Obviously, how effective could. Indiana's offensive line be as
they reconstitute themselves with some new personnel also.
So we'll see what happens with the spring game.
I didn't want to give everybody a little.
Bit of a weather update as far as the.
Spring game is concerned. Hopefully you're going to be
able to make it down, obviously moving the game from.
Saturday to Thursday hurt. In some ways, but probably
helped in some other ways in terms of maybe you can't get
down here on Easter weekend, which is what it was going to
be, but you can get down here on a Thursday evening, I'll say if
you're in Indianapolis and you can make it down.
It's a pretty quick drive. You know, you can get from
Zionsville to Bloomington, like downtown Bloomington in an hour
now thanks to the Interstate. So don't if you haven't been
back to Bloomington in a little bit but you'd like to come down
and check the game out on Thursday, it's not going to be
that long as they're only going to play, I think a simulated
half. But I would try to get down
there and and see what's going on with this team.
It should be a lot of fun. I'm going to be there in some.
Capacity, we'll see what? Happens with everything in terms
of who's playing and and what they end up doing.
We also got to keep an eye on the weather as it's going to be
pretty wet that day, supposed to have rain probability throughout
the day, although in the evening it's not supposed to be raining
and. It looks like.
You know, the rain probability drops pretty significantly, so
hopefully. We get at least.
A dry period during the game. Itself, but hopefully we'll see.
You down here for the spring game Should be a lot of fun.
I'm looking forward to seeing this team back in uniform for
the first time in what will essentially be four months since
the last time we saw them up in South Bend.
So we'll it's nice because that that ends up.
Being kind of the marker and you get past that marker and you
realize. We're only.
Four months essentially at that. Point little over.
Four months away from. The start of the regular.
Season and that is certainly exciting.
As we're really looking. Forward to seeing what IE
football does in year 2 of the Curt Dignity era.
Let's go ahead and jump over to basketball on the.
Indiana side real quick, not a whole.
Lot of. Additional news from what?
We talked about before. When we.
Discussed all of this of. Course I I think.
It was after the last podcast I. Did I was on a trip so I'm I'm a
little bit behind, but they signed Reed.
Bailey, the 6:10. Forward from Davidson Reed
Bailey Interesting film. You should go check this out if
you haven't yet. Bailey averaged 18 points,
almost 19.6 rebounds 4. Assists in about. 33 minutes a
game at Davidson and was an All Atlantic 10 first team
selection. Really looks like an intriguing.
Prospect. Definitely a guy who is.
Not a banger in the paint, more a player that you know, shifts
and moves. Almost like a point forward.
In some ways, in terms. Of the way he distributes.
The basketball, at least in the way Davidson was using him.
And if you've watched enough? Film of what Devries is like to
do. Offensively, you can see him
fitting in potentially in terms of of how Indiana would want to
go about running their offense. Not entirely certain on the
defensive front as you know Bailey certainly not the most
physically imposing of individuals and average less
than one block shot a game. So obviously just one piece in
in part. Of a larger puzzle.
That Indiana's trying to put together, but a nice piece to
have and and certainly I think a piece that's going to slide in
well. To this particular system so you
look at Reed Bailey you you've. Added him now to.
A roster that has Tucker Devries, who?
It's funny, like, you know, for a lot of people, they are.
Looking at what Indiana's done so far in the portal and.
Underwhelmed because of the lack of numbers and I've heard a lot
like where are the top level? Players and I think.
We forget Tucker Devries, one of the best shooters in the portal.
Came here and yes. He's here because his dad's
here. But.
That's still a very nice pick up for Indiana Connor Enwright.
The the guard from DePaul. Also in the mix.
And then a bunch of players that.
Indiana's still waiting on and I know some people.
Still getting nervous? We talked about this about 9
days ago. I would just say pump the brakes
a little. Bit we've still got.
Plenty of time, a lot. Of the signings that we're
seeing last year that were really good.
Didn't happen until later on in April and with the house
settlement not having been finalized.
The rush. Again, as I said.
Last week, the rush that a lot of people.
Thought there might be to get these deals signed.
Has lessened. Because it does not appear.
We are in imminent danger of getting a final ruling on that
settlement, and even if we did, I don't even know when it would.
Necessarily take effect so a lot of what you're.
Seeing right now, I think is players evaluating what their
possibilities are shopping themselves around.
We've seen a couple of instances already now.
Where players have backed out or have utilized the.
Recruitment by one group of of teams.
As a way to get. Recruited by another group of
teams in the portal. Indiana's out there.
Essentially kind. Of swimming in the same.
Waters that everybody else. Is at this point and.
The roster I think is. Slowly building.
There's some visits on campus this weekend and a lot of it now
just comes down to. Is there a fit?
A mutual fit between the two parties.
Can you? Close can you get the types of
players that you. Want knowing that?
Well, hey, if you don't land a. Particular player There are many
other players out there that. Not just fit the statistical.
Profile but also fit the personality profile that you're.
Looking for if you're daring debris?
So you'll see names. Pop up and this is.
As I think I talked about a couple of weeks ago, this is a
great time. To not be on social media and
not be on the message. Boards because what we're
seeing. Over and over again is a name
will get mentioned. Everybody rushes to watch.
Film you fall. In love with that player and
then the player. Goes somewhere else and and it
really just underlines. A core tenet of the portal,
which is that you don't know. And a lot of times the names
that are getting mentioned. These are leaks that are.
Coming from managers or, you know, assistant coaches?
That have relationships with journalists or agents a lot of.
Times it's agents. Because they're trying to drum.
Up interest in in their. Player so these are almost
always rumors that are not. Attached to anything concrete,
they're they're half information or.
They're, you know, they're not necessarily fully.
Something that you can count on, but the problem is the average
fan online gets really attached. Because they think, oh, this
player is going to come to IU or this player.
Is going to come to whatever institution and then they don't
and you get upset because you've now invested yourself in some
way, shape or form in that player being there.
Even though there was no assurance necessarily that that
player. Was coming even in the.
The Truly. Donovan, you know, message.
Boards of the world where you'll get these very definitive.
Statements like this player is. Going to this school the the hit
rate on. Those is not what you would
think that it is and one of the issues that you run into right
now is that. For a lot of players, this is
still open. Season in terms of figuring out
what their actual market. Value is teams are also.
Trying to discover that as well, and teams are trying to balance
a certain degree of salary cap management for lack of a better
term. With the idea of hey.
We're going to go. Get this particular player and.
Again, what I would warn. People on is You've.
Got to be cautious about what you are guessing.
A player is worth or how good a player?
May necessarily be or not. Be as we've seen over the course
of the last couple of years, you've had some players.
That have transferred from big program to big program that
everybody got excited about and they ended up not necessarily
panning out for the majority of the season.
Maybe they would pan out late, but maybe not pan out at.
All we've also seen. Players that were only
marginally regarded because they came from smaller.
Schools I I saw a. Thread on one of the message.
Boards for IU where? Someone was lamenting the.
The list of. Players that Indiana look like
they were in for and there was some kind of comment.
Like, you know, the IU is going to really regret having hired
this coach because. Clearly they're not in for very
many top. Level players or top level?
Athletes and and yet when you go around and you look.
At a lot of the really top level players.
For many of the top level teams that transferred in, a lot of
them came from. Smaller schools we've talked
about. Several of them on the.
Show so you know it's. It's a mistake to automatically
assume that you know how good a player is going to.
Be or what type of? Of player Indiana is even
looking for in the first place. So.
Again, I'd counsel some patience.
There was some news from. This past week.
About Indiana making some moves finally, on the coaching staff
front, there was an announcement that.
It. Wasn't an official announcement
yet, but the Kenny Johnson is coming back.
That's an interesting 1. Kenny Johnson, of course, was on
the IU staff for many years under Tom Crean and then ended
up at. Louisville was.
Kind of part of that whole scandal down there and then.
Was actually at Rhode. Island and then Georgetown.
Over the course of the last. Few years.
There was a lot of. Initial consternation from
certain circles about the Kenny Johnson signing and And yet when
I look at it and I got an e-mail from a from a couple.
Of folks like Wow. Indiana, you know, must be.
Really willing to go. In on the deep end in terms of
signing. Coaches who have.
Gotten in trouble with the NCAA? Before.
You know, and look, I I would caution people in terms of
thinking that way for a couple of reasons.
First of all, the the Louisville.
Situation with Kenny Johnson. What I would look at there is.
All of the things that Johnson ended up getting taken out on
that. Job for are things.
That I would caution you to read too much into in terms of the
current rules landscape of the NCAA.
And you know, ultimately, I think it's interesting that I
you and and Darren Devries. Look at this, at this.
Particular potential hire and said this is a guy that we want,
Johnson opens. Up a lot of doors.
Obviously in terms of the DMV. The you know the the DC area
basically. In terms of recruiting, where
Indiana has gotten some excellent players in the past,
you know, it's interesting I I find with IU fans that once a.
Coach leaves. Rarely is there a situation
where people are really excited to see that.
Person come back. There are a couple of.
Exceptions to that, obviously, but.
With the with. The Kenny Johnson news at the
end. Of it all like the the.
Majority of the things that IU fans would have looked
negatively at with Johnson are now not impermissible by NC.
AA rules, so you're in a different.
Era at this point and ultimately.
As you have to go. Out and get players.
It's I, I saw somebody say like, why would you bring a guy in
whose primary staple is recruiting when recruiting isn't
that important? Recruiting is still incredibly
important. Like I, I, I, I'm fascinated by
the mentality that somehow recruiting is not an important
part of college basketball now. Because as we've talked.
About on the show many times. There is a a real.
Need to build relationships and that's.
Really what recruiting is all about when you think about the
way that IU. Has gone about this in the past
and you look at the. Last eight years of.
Recruiting, it's been a pretty uninspiring approach from IU in
terms. Of the way that they have.
Built and sustained relationships.
You know, we saw throughout the Archie Miller era.
And throughout the Mike Woodson. Era that.
I you really struggled in this? Category and so I'm really.
Fascinated to see what ends up happening here with with Kenny
Johnson and whether he can. Rebuild.
Some of the old relationships that he had and how that plays
in to what Darren. Devries's overall.
Mission is, we have heard. Quite a bit about, you know, the
idea that this is going to be a large.
Staff and so you know Kenny Johnson is 1 member.
Of that larger. Staff, I think could only be an
asset to Indiana in terms of what they want to do in terms of
talent acquisition. I'll also note this.
You know, Bob Knight of all people?
Used to regularly bring in former head coaches or former
not so much former assistant coaches, but.
Former head coaches who were. Damaged.
Goods and they would rehabilitate.
In his system, Nick Saban, as you'll note, often does the same
thing with Alabama. And you know a.
Lot of it really is what? Is the environment that Indiana?
Is able to. Provide and when you think about
the war chest Indiana's got with nil when you think.
About all these other factors. That Indiana will have in the
mix and you think? About the fact that.
As we move forward, Indiana's going to be in a position where
they can take advantage. Of a larger.
Than average amount of money in an era.
Where you have to. Have people who know how to
build relationships and know how to get people to come to your
institution to play basketball. You want coaches with Kenny
Johnson's resume on your staff? So I understand some trepidation
from certain IU fans, but this is one of those hires.
I think that makes a lot of sense and I'm curious how they
fill. Out the rest of the staff.
Another new hire for Indiana is Mike.
Bargain or bargain? I haven't.
I'll be honest, I haven't figured out exactly how to
pronounce the name yet, but. Coached at.
Bradley in the Missouri Valley as associate head coach and
offensive coordinator and was a coach that this is an off.
The court roll. That he's been hired at.
That's according to the Indy Star coached with.
Darren Devries before they both work together at.
Creighton under Dana Altman. So this is.
Another coach that IU head coach Darren Devries has.
Some past history with so it'll be interesting to see how he
integrates and and what this off.
The court roll looks. Like I'm, I'm always fascinated.
With what exactly these roles are?
Going to look like overall. And how they all play out but.
I think for Indiana, the idea they're building a large staff
and they're going to have both recruitment and player
development is a good thing, obviously.
And, and look, Mike Woodson had the same thing.
So this. Group now includes.
Those two coaches alongside. Nick Norton, who came with
debris from West Virginia, and Drew Adams, who came from
Cincinnati. So it'll be interesting to see
if anybody. Else.
Gets added to the mix and even though there hasn't been an
official announcement on this. I expect we're pretty close to
what? Indiana's going to end up with.
As far as their total setup of coaches and that can only help.
On the recruitment front, I don't think it's any coincidence
that right. Before these recruits that.
Are coming in this weekend to visit I US campus.
You've got this kind of unofficial announcement that
you've got 2 assistant coaches that are now completely in the
fold. So things are coming together.
For IU. And as we look around the
college landscape, you're still seeing guys hop into the portal.
I think there's another. 12 days left for where?
Players can enter the portal. So a lot of things that are
going to be really fascinating to to watch here, I think over
the next week or two as Indiana starts to round their roster
into shape now that they have the coaching staff, it looks
like mostly squared away. Indiana's tried with some other
assistant coaches as well, you know.
Unofficially, we heard there was a lot of.
Back and forth over an assistant at one institution that had
coached with Darren Debris. Before looked like that coach.
Was going to come to IU and then their school.
Offered them a. Bunch of money and they ended up
sticking around and I think you're going to.
See a lot of this. Within the confines of the
college basketball landscape. Because everybody tries to
figure out what what is it? That we need to do to sustain
success. I think a lot of.
Schools that have the financial backing are just like what we
need to spend money and we'd rather keep.
A really good. Staff member in.
Place obviously if the guy. 'S going to go be a head coach
somewhere. You're probably not going to
stop him from being able to do that.
We talked about that a bunch in football with Kaylin de Boer.
Like there were people that. Were arguing like why didn't I?
You offer him more money to stay rather than him taking the
Fresno State job. And it's like, there's a huge
difference between hey, someone wants to hire me as an assistant
somewhere else versus hey, someone wants to hire me as a
head coach and I get all that increased responsibility and and
prestige. So.
It's not a foregone conclusion, as it might have been in the
past, that if Indiana or Kentucky or Kansas or whomever
comes calling. That you're going to leave your
role and go. Be an assistant coach somewhere
else. Especially if your.
Institution that you're currently at.
Is like, hey, we'll pay you whatever.
They're going to pay you maybe even more to stay here.
And at that point, if you're Indiana or Kentucky or Kansas or
whomever. You've got to think, well, how
much do we really? Want to spend on this person and
are there similarly good options elsewhere and?
So, you know, much like the player situation.
That Indiana runs into. Sometimes it might.
Be that you could. Spend the money on the player,
but. Is it worth it after a certain?
Threshold and we've seen that in some of the things that are
going on in. College Sports.
Movement right now with. Players where you know, there
was there was a recent. Announcement about a new signing
or I don't even know if signing is the right word necessarily.
But you know, there was. A.
A note that what? What was the name of the player
Rob Wright, who had been at Baylor, is signing at BYU and
there were other schools interested in?
Rob Wright, but he's reportedly. Signing at BYU for three and a
half, $1,000,000 for this upcoming year.
Which is nuts, but that's the. Landscape you find yourself.
In If you've got a school that's willing to open up the.
Pocketbook and go out. And and you know.
Pay a lot of money for particular players.
They may not be like, no, I don't want the extra money, I'd
like to. Go to this this one school, you
know, at this point, I think for most of these players, you know,
yes, you'd like to play on a a highly competitive.
Team but. You're often times going to a
school if they've got. A bunch of money that can be
competitive and will be competitive, so why not just go
ahead and do? That as opposed.
To Oh, I'm going to take less money to go to a.
Supposedly more prestigious school.
I mean you. Look at what happened in.
The Elite 8 this. Year and or the Sweet 16 and
some of the teams that were there, I mean the idea that
Houston, which 10 years ago was not a major player really in
college. Basketball at all?
They were an afterthought, like. Barely could get people.
To their games on campus. You know they accrued enough
talent over the course of time and and recruited smartly.
And now have the nil. Money available.
That they became a destination. Just by steadily improving over
time. And this is where it's almost
like the new world order of college sports.
In as much. As you've you've got to take
into account this. Idea that it is not a.
Requirement that you go to one of the very.
Top teams in college basketball. In order to be able.
To compete for a national. Title or or the latter?
Stages of a a tournament and and I I can't.
Kind of overstate this enough. Indiana does not have a lot of
built in market advantages right now.
Brand new coach. Not a lot of players on the
roster. And for a lot of.
Players, they're looking at the landscape.
And they're saying. Well, why accept less money to
be part of one of those? Organizations if I've got a.
Smaller. Organization, smaller school
that's willing to pay me as much or more where I might shine a
bit more and have more opportunities, you know and
again like. You go back four or five years.
Florida not in particularly good shape from a record perspective,
you. You look at.
A A school like Tennessee. That's a That's a school.
That missed the tournament three years in a row between 2015 and
2017 and was going to miss the tournament probably in 2020.
And yet they've built their. Roster into something where it's
a destination location and and you know they were able to.
Pull a guy like Dalton. Connect a couple of years.
Ago or they were able to, you know, pull, you know, some of
the other. Players that have been out there
who was a Chaz Lanier, I think. Who played at North Florida for
four years. Comes in and, and, you know,
chose Tennessee and, and ended up being one of the best players
in the country. Auburn fits into that same
category. Alabama from like six or seven
years ago fits into that category.
Texas Tech fits into that category.
And they had that big dip post Chris Beard.
And and they've shot right back up again.
So my. Point is just simply, you know,
a lot of it comes. Down to resource management, and
this is where if you're in Indiana, you want to get.
The best possible assemblage of. Talent, but you don't want to
significantly overpay. Even if you've got.
More money than everybody. Else, unless you feel like it's
going to give you such a competitive.
Advantage that you have to have that player and.
I just, I've yet to see people. That I use been in.
For where it's. Like if we don't get that
player, we simply can't compete. There's no other player like
them in the portal. Like that's where I I think for
Indiana you look. Around and, and this is where
people have got to remember there are a huge number of
college basketball programs. There's a lot of really good
players. Some of those players are
playing at a level or two below in terms of school level where
their talent level is actually at.
And so that's what excites. Me about some of the names that
have been on Indiana's list, even if they're from.
Smaller schools at this. Point again, and I'll keep
saying this, like you got to trust the talent evaluation that
Darren Devries and his staff are going through.
With some of these players. Much as we did with.
Football last year. When Indiana brought a bunch of
JMU players in. Some other players from some
smaller FBS schools, couple of SCS players, if you looked at it
and you said. Well, those players can't
compete at the highest. Level.
Well, you were wrong. Because they did.
So you you do have to, to some degree check a little bit of.
What you know about plugging talent in and where talent comes
from at the door in this process.
It doesn't. Necessarily mean that it's 100%
going to work. But I don't.
Think that you can go into the process assuming that it's not
going to work. It's also.
Just it's crazy out there. Right now, for those of you who
didn't see the news this morning, Tennessee announced
that they're moving on from their starting quarterback.
Nico, I am Olivia or. However you pronounce his last
name. Doing my Scott impression this
morning but they announced that after he did not attend
practice. Submit nil contract discussions.
That they're like, sorry we're. Done.
You can assume perhaps he made an ultimatum.
On an nil number. And they said, no thanks, we'll
move on. But this is the domino effect at
work. 'Cause if they're actually
moving on, and we'll see, maybe there'll be some kind of
reconciliation here. This might be Tennessee's
ultimatum right back, you know? Teams that are desperately.
Looking for a starting quarterback?
Well. There's one in the portal right
now. So now who's going to be willing
to pay? So again.
Whether you're talking about basketball.
Or whether you're talking about football, it's not simply a
matter. Of we're going to go get
players, there are other players that you can.
Probably get that may not cost you as much money and it does
matter how much money you're spending on those players in
terms of a collective. I'm very fascinated to see how
this. Plays out.
We're going to talk a lot more once we get that.
House finalized the House. Settlement finalized.
Just talk through. What some of the implications of
that are going to be and how it ends up playing out.
So we'll continue to update you. Over the course of the next
couple of weeks with IU Basketball News, roster,
editions, whatnot, emergency pods generally go over to
assembly call for those, but we'll try to give.
You some updated analysis as we find out more about the
different folks coming in to play basketball for Indiana.
Anyway, that's going to wrap. It up for us today.
Thanks for joining me. Relatively short show, but we'll
be back with more coming up soon.
For the back home network. And for Crimson Cast, I'm Galen
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