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I agree. Does not dismiss concerns about the long term trajectory of the program but 5 wins in a row with the 2 at home vs Wis and MSU is still something to take notice of. We also seem to move the ball a little better and have been looking for the 3 a little more.

Didnt he then go on to say what they intended to do? It was intended for X. I think there are several other things to be concerened about but I don't think his comments here were concerning at all.

Anyone seeing anything about Amir Abdul Rahim and potentially moving up? He is doing a really good job, yet again, here with USF and has his team sitting ahead of FAU in the conference. He brought in some cupcake to Bloomington and nearly beat us but I forgot he landed here at USF. Hoping he stays so I can have a team to follow down in FL

Ive been one to think he would leave. I guess we will see.

and while we are at it, do the same for Purdue to win the championship

Was that in Indy? Doubt many IU fans will be in Minnesota (is that where we play this year) to notice any booing

Was it deposited based on having Woody though? If not then Pearl first with May a close 2nd.

It seems the plan is that they have better contacts with agents now plus more NIL $ and are confident they are going to land even better players from the portal. Woodson and the staff have had success with these short term recruitments but has not had success evaluating his teams needs. So I think there will be a plan presented and unless they get into the weeds on which positions, which style of play and how to build long-term Woody will be able to show enough for next year not to get fired. Dolson has to look past the short term side of this and evaluate the long term health of the basketball team.

And if he is not and wants to make a change, and if he is a good AD, he does not need consensus but will get it like all good ADs do but they wont vote it will just be a subtle head nod or something. Then we go and look for the next great coach but as a good AD, or maybe his isnt really so he cannot make the hire on his own really, but there is no consensus or voting on the next hire. If he was a good AD he would just be able to hire his guy but the BOT does not think he is a good AD so they will offer suggestions and they will not vote again but will do a sublte hand wave this time, so as not to be confusing with the head nod not vote to make a coaching change. Simple

Perhaps. Didn’t have to beat friends but he shared the tennis playing stories during an interview I heard last month. Seemed they played several times.

Would be crazy if true and he did not have good reason to not speak to them. Especially since RMK and poppa Yeagley were pretty close. Those 2 used to play doubles together until one match where RMK got a little RMKish lol.

Where is the “other coaches don’t like him” ideas coming from. I am sure I missed a post but have not seen soon that

Exactly. If we have different expectations than the head coach then maybe we need to adjust but Woodson's own goals are to win Big Ten and National titles. Sure we cannot expect to win every one of those, but no BT titles in 3 years is falling short. We should not readjust our expectations if the staff fails to recruit well should we?

Ok so you are on board with a change but just telling us why the administration might not be

Well you said no one is contemplating a change right?

This was a quote from Media day. "Woodson is laser-focused on his goals: Big Ten and national titles. He lamented falling short in his first pair of seasons, and knows he’ll need more from his group to reach the pinnacle." So, beginning of the year Woody lamented falling short in years 1 and 2. His goals are to win Big Ten and National titles. My, I would argue our, expectations are the same as his - to win Big Ten and National titles. If the staff builds a team that is not capable of doing this after the 3rd year and we have no recruits lined up for next year then it is completely fair to conclude that Mike Woodson is not capable of meeting his goals. The fans are not responsible for building the team (outside of our money into the NIL and corporate sponsorships) but we are reasonable to expect the results promised by the coach.

Their topics are so different though i don't think it is him. I know prior boards could determine if the poster was posting from the same location. Can this still be done?

If there is little concern to make a change now, have the results over 3 years met their expectations or are they expecting better results? What do you think the vision is from the BOT for the "bridge" to the next coach?

Seems like the Indy Star and SI articles would be far more alarming to me than getting on a message board. I also think as a recruit or recruits parent, the coach's age, lack of 24 recruits and not meeting his own goals for the program (BT and National Titles) would be more concerning.

I agree. Not sure I trust Sparks to back up MR though when he gets in foul trouble.

I don't think Woody, or really any on that list is terrible, but man are the mediocre enough to hang around. That is the problem I think with the strategy we have had in hiring coaches. Not sure if KathyC was real, had BOT sources, or was loony but she paints a picture many have alluded to regarding our admin. That they are not the ones we want to pick our next coach. Is a coup possible? I kid...

Were the stories true about his mother calling Woodson to see if he was going to be the coach next year? If so, I presume that means they would be fine with him returning assuming the NBA is not an option and we are in the ballpark on NIL.

This is probably true but dont follow them on X or peegs. I do listen to a podcast if they have an interesting guest. Here recently, they had Brian Evans on who is not shy to speak out about his displeasure with the team. He does stop short usually of saying they should be fired but his other comments leaves that as the logical conclusion. Ward has been sour on the program for about a month now and does not hold back and even Eric has been much more critical on the podcasts. So that does not seem like they just trumpet what they are told to at least on the podcasts.

I think IU was a little more shiny last year than this year. I do think with the staffs work now with TJD and Ware, getting a big with NBA aspirations becomes easier for us. The other positions, I think we may have to pay up for and those are ones (PG especially) we really need. I could see some of these kids being a little wary but I think if we return a strong core, finish the year strong and have playing time available we should be able to get a high end PG

I have been saying the same about freshman decommits being part of this. Right now though they seem more likely to need to go to our depth vs being a starter. Will that sit with them? How was Newton's outside game?