DChoosier

I’d like to see how we would perform with some minutes with MR at the 5, MM at the 4 with some combo of Tucker and guards.

Most on here aren’t Woody fans but why are you so compelled to infect every thread? Due to your thousand “Woody sucks” posts I believe even the slowest of us have somewhat of an idea where you stand. It would be great if you could post the same take, another thousand times, on the “Fire Woody” thread rather then here.

In a podcast with Coyle he mentioned offering to help with shooting but the staff wasn’t interested. Leary has said MM has by far the best stroke on the team and that it was apparent the very first time he saw MM take a single jumper. Called it perfect form. Claimed he could have quickly helped Gunn and Cupps as they each have, according to Leary, minor, easy to fix issues with their shots.

There are now multiple ways to win these days. UCONN’s three guards crushed PU’s guards. One of their three guards is a one and done 5* freshman while the other two guards both arrived at UCONN via the portal. All three are projected to be drafted in the 1st or second round.

I agree with that as our greatest need now, which is the exact same need we had this time last year, is to upgrade the perimeter. I really like both Gallo and Cupps but ideally they would be our 6th and 9th guys.

So we offered 32 kids and they are all going to the NBA? Woody must have an amazing eye for talent. In his first two seasons “One and Done/NBA Woody” signed JHS, MR, Banks, Gunn, MM, Newton and Cupps. MM was considered one and done by many, JHS by some while the other 5 were not. And when we do bring in a 4 year guy like Cupps , if he is not a star halfway through his freshman season half the fan base wants to dump him.

You twist things to an amusing degree. I didn’t say he was successful but rather was pointing out that your “take”, that Woody only cares about one and dones rather than guys that can be developed, was severely flawed.

You also have to “buy” high school kids and the payoff is that 40% or so of them end up transferring. I’d prefer a combination of high school and portal guys. In regards to your take that he did not focus on high school kids….we offered a lot of guys (Liam. Boogie, Queen…according to 247 we offered 32 guys) and spent quite a bit of time on some of them. Did the staff fail with the HS recruiting? Yes indeed but you imply they didn’t go after HS kids.

Woodson doesn’t develop guys like Cupps but is only interested in one and dones? Woodsons starters last year were: 6th year X (not exactly a one and done), who was replaced by Cupps (who, according to you, apparently doesn’t interest Woodson), Galloway (I’m going to check but I don’t think he was a one and done), MR (who developed and will be a junior next year), MM (who developed and will be.a soph next year) and Ware.

Many, many, many former IU players (from RMK through Woody’s days) never turned into impactful players but your two examples are admittedly two of the biggest head scratchers ever. When Priller committed I was 99.9% sure he wouldn’t work out, without ever having seen him play, simply because his only other offer was from Incarnate Word. A 6’9” forward from Texas, a state with 13 D1 men’s basketball schools, and his only offers were from IU and Incarnate Word???? LOL. As bad as Priller was he probably would have made six figures a year in NIL cash at IU.

RMK also had guys, like every other coach, that never “developed”. I read an article in which some head coaches stated they hoped 1/2 of their recruits ended up making some sort of impact. I wonder how many other fan bases are so focused on their 9-12th guys development and playing time? Some guys just aren’t good enough.

I wouldn’t totally equate UCONN’s development of players with Purdue. UCONN is using a hybrid model. Their top 2 scorers are 5th year seniors and both of them landed at UCONN via the portal. This is the second season at UCONN for one of them while the other guy just portaled-in this season (his third school by way). They are “old” but did UCONN really have a strong hand in developing them ? Kudos for them for going out and getting the guards they needed.

Agree that Kopp wasn’t utilized properly. However… Franklin never played for Woody Bates went to Missouri, not Georgia, he definitely played better but for a team that didn’t win a single conference game. Not one. Geronimo also escaped but had an extremely mediocre year at Maryland . I agree, we need to hit some portal home runs.

I meant it as self effacing humor because Chris provides a lot of good info and I mis-read his post…did not mean to be snarky.

Yes, I get it and the humbly bowing down comment was just a joke (and I didn’t even bow that far down)……