tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post5897062641928127678..comments2023-10-20T04:16:20.694-05:00Comments on Cracked Sidewalks: It's official: Crean is goneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-23885344601016884982008-04-02T13:00:00.000-05:002008-04-02T13:00:00.000-05:00I am shocked by this one and not shocked by this o...I am shocked by this one and not shocked by this one. It reminds me of the 1984 Classic Film "Hardbodies" where Scottie, the lead character was charged with taking 3 older guys and teaching them to land "Harbodies", who of course were California's young mid-1980s beach blondes. The secret to Scotty's success was not his natural good looks, and surely not his intellect, but on his advice. Hard Bodies go for the BBD - the Bigger and Better Deal. So the metaphor, Tom Crean is the Hard Body, IU is the Bigger and Better Deal, an allurement of something in life more attractive than the life currently lived. So the extended metaphor goes. Tom Crean is the attractive blonde in a dead-end job selling tanning lotion pool side in a dead-end beach town. IU is the Hollywood Acting contract, the photograph shoot that lands the big modeling contract. IU is Janice Dickinson. IU is Larry Flynt. But this scenario goes badly. For once the initial euphoria of the BBD enticement wears off, the hard body realizes how much she misses that lotion stand and her friends at the beach and the hollywood modeling gig is not all it is cracked out to be. She had to sleep with the photographer to even meet Janice Dickinson and then Janice gives her a brush off and tells her she is too fat. The whole thing was a set-up and she's booted out the door, and she can't return to her old lotion stand for fear of embarrassment. IU isn't the bigger and better deal. It's allure is a brand that the basketball world used to respect, but it went under different ownership, they changed the recipe and now the brand still has a name but the product sucks. IU is Schlitz Beer. Tom Crean, perhaps he remembers that his dad enjoyed a good Schlitz beer. Maybe Tom Crean believes he can resurrect the brand and everyone can revere the return of the 1970s brand Schlitz, pull off metal tab and all. But come on. No DJ White, No Arman Bassett, Eric Gordon fleeing way too early for the NBA, two recruits bailing on their commitment. That is one skunky beer. I realize that I've passed over one metaphor in favor of a more relatable beer metaphor, but as an MU grad, it only makes sense. You leave Jarel McNeal, Wes Matthews, Lazare Hayward, and a run at a much better conference championship and another final four in the rear-view mirror. What is the bigger and better deal? That's one dumb blonde. And hopefully, young Bennett, welcome to the High Life.MU Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028138540406601704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-78006170259106094422008-04-02T11:02:00.000-05:002008-04-02T11:02:00.000-05:00Yeah we did get what we wished for Gene now go cry...Yeah we did get what we wished for Gene now go cry in your pillow you baby!anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786806753315320411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-59938106651145252642008-04-01T22:16:00.000-05:002008-04-01T22:16:00.000-05:00I hope they at least make a run at the likes of lo...I hope they at least make a run at the likes of lowery, bennet, miller, and grant. I'd look at Skiles too; he can coach, fight, and doesn't snitch, but recruiting is the great unknown. I just hope it's someone that is already proven.stringer bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735359207501994309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-5288726191950171142008-04-01T21:45:00.000-05:002008-04-01T21:45:00.000-05:00No let's not. O'Neal would be a TERRIBLE move. Jus...No let's not. O'Neal would be a TERRIBLE move. Just awful.<BR/><BR/>Again, why keep going either a) back to the past or b) with someone local or with roots to Milwaukee?<BR/><BR/>Get the best candidate available and frankly, O'Neal and Majerus shouldn't even be in the top 25 of anyone's choices. <BR/><BR/>But for those of you that hated Crean and wanted him gone, congrats! You got what you wished for.Gene Frenklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219722201995664841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-86178152388639463072008-04-01T21:22:00.000-05:002008-04-01T21:22:00.000-05:00Sorry to see Coach Crean go. He had us dreaming of...Sorry to see Coach Crean go. He had us dreaming of brighter and bigger days ahead but this is the way of the coaching world. We'll see him in a few years at the Final Four.<BR/><BR/>Is Kevin O'Neill available to come back? Rumor is he is not getting Arizona and he fits well with what we want and need!<BR/><BR/>Let's start a movement -- BRING KEVIN BACK!!!!Championships Matterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554899243261404007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10389503.post-48294831851223776152008-04-01T21:11:00.000-05:002008-04-01T21:11:00.000-05:00Classy response from the university to some bad ne...Classy response from the university to some bad news.<BR/><BR/>Onward. Let's get someone who can recruit and coach from the bench.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979564544150982510noreply@blogger.com