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<blockquote data-quote="FatGreg" data-source="post: 1299146" data-attributes="member: 562927"><p>It's insane that so many Indiana fans are unimpressed with the Archie hire. It's a terrific hire and the best IU was going to do. Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens were never going to quit their jobs as successful NBA coaches to come to Bloomington. That's a ludicrous proposition. Gregg Marshall was certainly plausible and would have been a tremendous hire, but he probably isn't leaving Wichita unless it's for UNC. It was always going to be Archie, Alford, or someone like Scott Drew. Alford didn't leave UCLA for Indy because UCLA is a better job right now and the Big Ten is a meat grinder. Indiana is a great program with impressive history--top 7 all time--but it's a tough job due to outsize fan expectations and complex competitive dynamics. Archie was the best realistic candidate. Absolute homerun hire. </p><p></p><p>PSA to Hoosiers: this isn't the 1970s. You're not perceived as a top-5 super blue blood program right now. There's work to do to regain your place in the kingdom - just like at Illinois we're no longer perceived as a top 12-15 program. Lots of work to do. I hope that Underwood and Archie lead our respective programs back to prominence. The Big Ten is at its best when IU and Illinois are part of the national conversation year in and year out. I think Archie is going to absolutely kill it at IU and I'm pumped to see the conference getting stronger! </p><p></p><p>But the idea of hiring Donovan and seeing an immediate influx of 5-star talent on the way to multiple national titles over the next decade...come on. You had to know that was absurd. Right? Right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FatGreg, post: 1299146, member: 562927"] It's insane that so many Indiana fans are unimpressed with the Archie hire. It's a terrific hire and the best IU was going to do. Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens were never going to quit their jobs as successful NBA coaches to come to Bloomington. That's a ludicrous proposition. Gregg Marshall was certainly plausible and would have been a tremendous hire, but he probably isn't leaving Wichita unless it's for UNC. It was always going to be Archie, Alford, or someone like Scott Drew. Alford didn't leave UCLA for Indy because UCLA is a better job right now and the Big Ten is a meat grinder. Indiana is a great program with impressive history--top 7 all time--but it's a tough job due to outsize fan expectations and complex competitive dynamics. Archie was the best realistic candidate. Absolute homerun hire. PSA to Hoosiers: this isn't the 1970s. You're not perceived as a top-5 super blue blood program right now. There's work to do to regain your place in the kingdom - just like at Illinois we're no longer perceived as a top 12-15 program. Lots of work to do. I hope that Underwood and Archie lead our respective programs back to prominence. The Big Ten is at its best when IU and Illinois are part of the national conversation year in and year out. I think Archie is going to absolutely kill it at IU and I'm pumped to see the conference getting stronger! But the idea of hiring Donovan and seeing an immediate influx of 5-star talent on the way to multiple national titles over the next decade...come on. You had to know that was absurd. Right? Right? [/QUOTE]
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