Dan Dakich

[gright]

Blasted IU and their coach. Saw the article on KSR. pretty entertaining to listen to this.

 

[Blueblood410]

"I'll accept your criticism!"
*blocks everyone on Twitter*

Dakich seems like a sorry excuse of a human who constantly is trying to cause drama because he's not the IU head coach, which he seriously thinks he deserves to be.

 

[Aike]

I’m not sure why I decided to listen to that, but it was highly entertaining. Trashing IU, and a couple of hat tips to Coach Cal. Can’t beat it.

 

[akaukswoosh]

"I'll accept your criticism!"
*blocks everyone on Twitter*

Dakich seems like a sorry excuse of a human who constantly is trying to cause drama because he's not the IU head coach, which he seriously thinks he deserves to be.

Yep. Dakich will block you if you if you even tease him.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

LOL. When he's right he's right. And any Anti-IUsetobe Hoosier diatribe which repeats the phrase "1987" several times is certainly amusing to me. NINETEEN (clap clap) EIGHTY (clap clap) SEVEN (clap clap clap.)

Even more amusing - a Thread on their Rivals board wondering if they got rid of Clappy the Clown too soon. When your fan base is missing Creepy Crean, the new guy's honeymoon is over.

 

[ManitouDan_anon]

Hes desperate for attention. Attention ***** he is .

 

[gright]

I actually enjoyed his commentary during the Bahamas trip but otherwise do not usually listen to him.

 

[Mike-D]

Everything he said was spot on. Even praises Cal twice.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Im going to go drop the off to our Indiana brethren. They will enjoy it

 

[*CatinIL*]

I'll take DD calling UK games over any of the other goobers on eSpN.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Everyone here should be okay with dackich. He treats Uk fair and generally has good things to say about Cal. He also gives IU a hard time. They hate him because he actually says they suck, unlike most of their fan base who think every year is the year finally.

 

[JHannibalSmith]

Everything he said was spot on. Even praises Cal twice.

And, said the Langfords didn’t like Cal bc he didn’t play Romeo very much & wouldn’t kiss their asses when he coached him on the US team. Kinda backs up the opinions of those fans who think Cal is missing on some kids bc he won’t play the bs games or tell them what they wanna hear.

 

[Cbbcrazy2]

I have only watched IU one time this year and Dakich is right. Langford would struggle for playing time at UK, don't see the flare for this guy. Archie is out of his league, he needs to run back to a mid major before he gets fired imo.

 

[Poetax]

"I'll accept your criticism!"
*blocks everyone on Twitter*

Dakich seems like a sorry excuse of a human who constantly is trying to cause drama because he's not the IU head coach, which he seriously thinks he deserves to be.

As long as he is dissing IU, I have no problem with him. He actually was fun to talk to in the Bahamas.

 

[drew_ukfan_rivals]

Definitely worth a listen. When talking about Langford, Dakich said and this isn’t word for word

“They didn’t like Calipari because Calipari wouldn’t play him all the time, they didn’t like Calipari because Calipari wouldn’t kiss their a$$”

 

[Drcats2025]

"I'll accept your criticism!"
*blocks everyone on Twitter*

Dakich seems like a sorry excuse of a human who constantly is trying to cause drama because he's not the IU head coach, which he seriously thinks he deserves to be.

“Sorry excuse of a human.” Jeez. I’d bet you’re a joy, yourself.

 

[hotelblue]

"I'll accept your criticism!"
*blocks everyone on Twitter*

Dakich seems like a sorry excuse of a human who constantly is trying to cause drama because he's not the IU head coach, which he seriously thinks he deserves to be.

he probably does. which speaks more about iu’s decline than him.

 

[UK90]

I gotta give credit to Dakich for one thing, the dude has HUMONGOUS balls, more so than any other commentator out there today. He is never afraid to say what he wants, because he just does not seem to care whether others like him or not.

I've heard him do this sort of thing several times, and on an INDY radio station, where nearly all his listeners are IU fans, he'll rip the hell out IU (his own former team), declare why they're inferior to UK, piss all his listeners off, yet does not care.

And, fwiw, he's actually been very complementary of UK and Cal in recent years, far more so than he is with other teams. Yeah, he's criticized us on occasion (as he does with every team), but he seems to like us more than he does most (and, boy, is that ever starting to annoy his listeners).

 

[wildcat1515]

I would rather have Dakich do our games any day than Vitale or even Bilas sometimes.

 

[jwheat]

I could listen to people talk **** about anything regarding Indiana on loop

I’m gonna bookmark that. Thanks op

 

[Bluegrassking]

Nice tirade.

I hope no one in the Indiana basketball powers that be or even fans listen to a word of it because they might get better if they did.

 

[WildMoon]

Dakich seems to love Cal and Cal's ability to coach these young kids.

He also mentioned about how Cal utilized Knox, and why the heck doesn't IU do it. etc. etc.

 

[carolinacat]

Ouch. Dakich is one of the rare commentators who let's it fly.

 

[Gothic1960]

Dakich is 100% better than any ESPN analyst, including Bilas. He tells the truth and don't sugar coat crap. He ripped Crean a new *** many times for the Hoosiers lack of effort and they deserved it. Is he a prick? Yep and doesn't deny it... but he knows basketball and isn't a BS artist. As for blocking asses on media... I'll block you if you annoy me on my social media. He does the same, bet you do too..So what?.

 

[WSU/UKfan]

Hard to take him serious when you know he is just salty that the head coach isn’t an “Indiana guy”

 

[anon_013cn8yrfncx2]

Like his commentary. Politically incorrect, always the right choice.

 

[chroix]

Hard to argue with him. And clearly he’s lobbying for Alford.

 

[Kooky Kats_anon]

If Pitino went to IU 20 years ago instead of UL, dude wouldve been unstoppable.

 

[TeleTubby]

That's about as nasty a rebuke as you're ever going to hear. Imagine Rex doing that to UK.

 

[Kentucky31]

I get so tired of hearing IU fans say we got 5 banners! Yes you do and it's been over 30 years. Knight was a sociopath and abusive maniac. Enjoy that legacy.
#iused2be

 

[TopCatCal]

IU during the 70's, 80's & early 90's could rival any basketball program in the country, including us. But now they have been so bad for so long, that I've come to the conclusion. That the Indiana we've seen over the last 25 years is as good as they will ever be. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving fan base.

 

[corypedia]

Wow.

 

[stoneycat_20]

With the right coach IU will win big. They need aPitino or a Cal hire. I dont think Miller is going to get it done i said on here he's not a huge upgrade from Crean. They have to pay more than 3m.. id offer Billy D 6-8 mil next year

IU during the 70's, 80's & early 90's could rival any basketball program in the country, including us. But now they have been so bad for so long, that I've come to the conclusion. That the Indiana we've seen over the last 25 years is as good as they will ever be. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving fan base.

 

[Orange Soda King]

Lol that was funny. And so true. Dan Dakich is awesome

 

[mhroe1984]

Just listened to it. Freakin hilarious! Crushes Archie and Co.

 

[MNantz]

IU during the 70's, 80's & early 90's could rival any basketball program in the country, including us. But now they have been so bad for so long, that I've come to the conclusion. That the Indiana we've seen over the last 25 years is as good as they will ever be. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving fan base.

I agree and I hope this is exactly what happens to Dook when the Rat Faced Bastard is gone !!

 

[ukalum_rivals311718]

I always got the impression that Dakich wasn't a big fan of Knight.

 

[UK90]

I always got the impression that Dakich wasn't a big fan of Knight.

He's not. Apparently they haven't spoken in many years.

But he clearly is a fan of his former teammates and players he coached during those.years. He goes to bat for those guys, but not Knight.

 

[zannmann]

I will take Dakich over Bilas, Vitale and Dykes.

 

[Pickle_Rick]

Next big coaching hire by a blue blood will be Pearl. Everyone else has turned down big time offers. (Donovan, Few, Wright) I can see Self going to Uncheats, Capel going back to Duke( he'll last 4-5 years). I don't know who we would get when Cal retires. Who would want that kind of pressure? Maybe Nevada's coach?