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As a middle school kid, I shot baskets in the driveway pretending to play with Woodson.  I can appreciate what he means to IU's history.  I welcome him back to IU, and wish him a lot of success,

That being said this whole thing perplexes me.  If I were going after a former player with NBA experience I liked a Keith Smart hire better, but that is only a matter of degree.  I think this goes to show you that IU is no longer a top tier destination.  If Woodson was choice A, B, or C.  I think this deal would have been done a while ago.  

As someone who has talked about how my apathy to this program has grown over the last 5 or 6 years, for me this doesn't do anything at all to build excitement.  The only thing I am excited about in regards to college BB now, is hoping without much hope that someone is going to knock off Gonzaga. 

Somehow, there is less hope now than there was before the search.

I can’t even put words to this. I guess I’ll say, I’m not surprised.


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I mean come on.. The Drews, Beards, Musslemans, Oat had to have said no. Hell, even Matta had to have said no right!?
We're hiring a guy who has a losing career record and hasn't coached or recruited college basketball. That doesn't happen at "basketball" schools. 

That has always been the case.  The real insiders don't post on boards like this.  It would cost them way too much.  I am sure there are some that post that "know" some people, but even then the knowledge is limited. 

Your assuming that we got stuck with a former player because everybody else said no.  
 
For 3 straight hires big donors cried for somebody related to Knight. Well they finally got their wish. 

As a middle school kid, I shot baskets in the driveway pretending to play with Woodson.  I can appreciate what he means to IU's history.  I welcome him back to IU, and wish him a lot of success,

That being said this whole thing perplexes me.  If I were going after a former player with NBA experience I liked a Keith Smart hire better, but that is only a matter of degree.  I think this goes to show you that IU is no longer a top tier destination.  If Woodson was choice A, B, or C.  I think this deal would have been done a while ago.  

As someone who has talked about how my apathy to this program has grown over the last 5 or 6 years, for me this doesn't do anything at all to build excitement.  The only thing I am excited about in regards to college BB now, is hoping without much hope that someone is going to knock off Gonzaga. 

As a middle school kid, I shot baskets in the driveway pretending to play with Woodson.  I can appreciate what he means to IU's history.  I welcome him back to IU, and wish him a lot of success,

That being said this whole thing perplexes me.  If I were going after a former player with NBA experience I liked a Keith Smart hire better, but that is only a matter of degree.  I think this goes to show you that IU is no longer a top tier destination.  If Woodson was choice A, B, or C.  I think this deal would have been done a while ago.  

As someone who has talked about how my apathy to this program has grown over the last 5 or 6 years, for me this doesn't do anything at all to build excitement.  The only thing I am excited about in regards to college BB now, is hoping without much hope that someone is going to knock off Gonzaga. 

As a middle school kid, I shot baskets in the driveway pretending to play with Woodson.  I can appreciate what he means to IU's history.  I welcome him back to IU, and wish him a lot of success,

That being said this whole thing perplexes me.  If I were going after a former player with NBA experience I liked a Keith Smart hire better, but that is only a matter of degree.  I think this goes to show you that IU is no longer a top tier destination.  If Woodson was choice A, B, or C.  I think this deal would have been done a while ago.  

As someone who has talked about how my apathy to this program has grown over the last 5 or 6 years, for me this doesn't do anything at all to build excitement.  The only thing I am excited about in regards to college BB now, is hoping without much hope that someone is going to knock off Gonzaga. 

Did we hire a coach for our new basketball coach. 

Woodson, placeholder for 3 years, and then enter Matta 

Matta on the staff?
 
So we have a guy who has never coached college basketball or recruited
and a guy who can barely walk up stairs AND hasn't coached or recruited in 4 calendar years.......

Heh, on the plus side, tickets should be measurably easier to get going forward

So this means we didn’t even have sit downs with Musselman, Drew, etc.
I’ll root like hell for him, and I really hope he succeeds, but damn if this isn’t disappointing.

If that’s a serious question and not a passive aggressive condescending question, I’ll try to answer it.
Yes. Big time.

The Star is reporting it as fact.  I tend to think this one is real.  

The Star is reporting it as fact.  I tend to think this one is real.  

just goes to show you how a lot of these people on these boards who claim to be insiders are not. They just make good guesses sometimes and fool a lot of people.

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Nah even the indy star has said it 

What a huge disappointment but it’s what I’d expect for this administration. I’ll never stop cheering for IU or watching but this has become a bad joke and a sad commentary on the IU job if all we can attract is a guy with a career losing record in the NBA and not a day of college coaching experience. 

I get what you're trying to do. But I just don't think that resonates as much as you might think. 

What took so long if this was the hire? Seems he was the fallback plan.

Hope for the best. If this fails, I don't want to hear from the "IU Guy" crowd for the rest of time. 

So is it safe to assume that some of you will no longer be posting on btb?

Wow, and SD just became the most hated AD