Another IU B-ball Coach makes me Question His Savvy-- Little Stuff Matters

    His name is DeVries. Rhymes with peeves, or Reeves. I have liked his coaching and decisions so far this season, his first in Bloomington, but tonight there were some lapses in judgment. I hope he improves, for the Hoosiers' sake. Us fans. The legacy of futility since Bobby Knight left decades ago. A huge portion of my life ago. It has been too long since we had superior players, coaches, teams.

    

    IU stayed ahead of Minnesota on the road in the first half, but we lost it in the last 7 seconds. Which deflated the team the rest of the way. Walk off the court with better, smarter shots. When the Gophers hit a game tying three to tie up the game at 33, there was over six seconds left on the clock, and three IU players collided with each other and knocked each other  down to the floor. 

    

    Coach! Call a time out? No. Players are banged up, literally lying on the floor in pain, maybe concussed. There are six seconds left, you have 3 or 4 time outs to use, (UTILIZE), and you do not call one, your players scramble to get off a terrible possession and shot.

    I am not perfect as a person, I make terrible decisions, probably on a daily basis, but I am not getting paid millions to coach a big time college program. To win.

    What should have happened?

    Obvious. Call the time out! 

    I hate this trend of not taking advantage of the end of first half last possession. Opportunities squandered.

    Mike Davis. Kelvin Sampson. Tome Crean. Arhcie Miller. Mike Woodson.

    Et tu, Bruto?

    Please Darian DeVries. 

    Make better decisions to help your team win. What would Bobby do?

    And the lost challenge with 18:32 left in the second half? By the way, the ball was lost of off Coner Enright, who bugs me by not directing the ball in the direction of the basket. The goal is the goal, POINT GUARD.

    Oy ve.

    The players made some poor plays and bad choices, not their night that much on the road.

    But coach, you need to give your players a better fighting chance to succeed.

    Please. Be that guy, that winner.

    Each possession matters a lot.

    Go IU. Fight, fight, fight!

    And be smarter.