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Can't wait to see Dusty stalking the IU sideline in a Michigan sweater.

I agree that Dusty is somewhat of a risk, but I also think that opinion is another case of letting great get in the way of good. The reality of the situation is we let a native son who was a serious commodity on the market go elsewhere to keep a program “legend.” One HUGE difference is Dusty is fireable whereas Mike Woodson, apparently, is not. And herein lies the conundrum. Instead of taking a chance on a guy we can move on from if he fails, we are keeping someone we can’t. I’ve moved on to acceptance, and that means I am going to hope Woody doesn’t crater the program for being gifted an ego year. Despite common sense pointing in that direction.

I am not a smart man, nor am I a "numbers guy." However, based on my rudimentary understanding of mathematics, it would appear we are Grambling State. In all seriousness, this is a pretty amazing data set, and to see just how far we are from the UCONNs and Arizona's of the world. You are doing the Lord's work. Feels like you could juxtapose this over guard/wing commitments over the last three years of recruiting and find some trends...

If that actually happens, it will be a great example of what serious basketball school looks like. Assuming there is not some sort of negotiation and they straight up fire him, that would be the second largest NCAA coaching buyout in college football history. It is a staggering amount to move on from a basketball coach, much less one with his history at the school. And you can bet the farm they would throw some HUGE contracts at the usual suspects. Like nine figures-- and I don't care what anyone says about "not coaching" anymore or staying put, you start putting Alabama football HC numbers around, people are going to listen. Kentucky opening after the success Cal has had would be an absolute market resetting nightmare.

That is certainly a take. The problem isn’t us, we are the rubes who still spend outrageous amounts of money on a program that’s been mostly .500 in the B1G for half of my lifetime. If you’re saying the standards are too high, that’s almost something I can agree with. I’m not what I would consider old or young, but I’m nearly forty and I wasn’t alive when all those guys played for IU and hung banners. I know them in the abstract as legends, I know them in reality as failed NBA coaches or front office. Or in Isaiah’s case a guy who MJ disliked so much he wasn’t on the dream team which was coached by his former head coach. That kind of thing doesn’t happen in a vacuum either. People don’t get blind respect from me. Past actions do not allow for blanket support in the face of detrimental program decisions. And CMW and QB are clearly making decisions at the detriment of IU basketball— the program is more important to me than the feelings or status of people that played there in the past. And right now? Those two are bigger than the program. Decisions aren’t being made for winning basketball, they’re being made to allow for as another poster stated— a vanity project. And that deserves all the criticism they get.

Dolson: "Tom, if I do this, it is with the understanding that you will get pants and a belt that fit properly."

Crean is IU Family.

If Kentucky actually ponied up and fired Cal, we would finally know if Jay Wright will ever coach again because I am guessing they would offer him a godfather deal and make him turn it down. 100 Million dollars can change a mind lol.

I never thought he was leaving unless he really wanted to be on a good team. There isn’t an offense in the country where he’d get more touches or a bigger green light than IU. I actually think him staying makes Woodys portal needs more difficult. His defense, foul problems, and rebounding are such a net negative Woody has to find pieces to make up for them. The offense is good, but he’s also a ball stopper. How many times did he try to split double teams instead of finding an open shooter. Malik back basically guarantees the offense is going to be more of the same. He is a catch-22 as a player for us. Woody needs an NBA caliber forward/center to play along side him. Not an impossible find, but also not likely. I don’t trust Woody to try and go smaller for a large part of the season. Which would require a starter level 3. The roster is a mess.

If FAU beats UCONN 1,000 pages is going to seem like a distant memory lol

I was referring to people who would mention it on a forum or use it in an argument. I couldn’t make money on a podcast, but I have zero eligibility remaining in a sport. I would say they all played at a high enough level to support a podcast, it was at least high enough to coach.

People that played at a “high level” don’t talk about it. Unless they played at a high enough level to support a podcast.

Found the ngw alt. Lmao

I bet we wouldn’t be last in the B1G in FT% at least.

I think he truly looks at it like a business no different than the NBA. I doubt he sees high school recruiting the way most coaches do.

What the hell is “sports media press?” Lol, we really pumping out propaganda pieces on fringe media sites now to justify his existence as head coach? This is embarrassing.

This is my thinking, spring Creaning because given everything we have heard from Woody I think he genuinely believes he can rebuild the roster buying better players and be successful next season. We are like three weeks removed from the "inside-out" comment and a couple from "I have done my job" and one from "not enough talent." Cognitive dissonance is helluva drug.

I just hope everyone has fun.

Assuming Ware to NBA that brings us to 7 open I think.

So the #6 overall and #1 SG is already off the board (current portal dudes). Hot start here.

He has been posting IU centric stuff in his IG stories, could be nothing, but it seems like most of the time these guys go radio silent when plans are to leave. I know nothing, just happened to notice, and he didnt post much during the season as I recall.

Ahh yes, as my friend in Little Rock calls it, Pulling a Mussleman.

I think he might be his cousin. His Uncle is named Darius.

Tyson Acuff just jumped. 6-4 CG. 22 points a game at EMU. Bad team, but hes a scorer. Only 30% from 3 but huge volume he wouldn't have to shoot at IU. Good FT shooter.

This is my biggest fear for Team Portal. It would seem most of the guys we need/want will probably only have one year eligibility remaining or are only looking for one high major season of production to get drafted (Ware). This roster is going to be in almost the exact same position next March, and most likely with a new coach. Even if Woody pulls a rabbit out of his hat and makes the tournament and gets another year, HS recruiting is still going to be broken. It is really the most insane portion of this whole thing and keeping him.