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In today’s society your aunt could have nuts. Just sayin.

Not totally disagreeing with you. I’ve said in previous posts that I never felt X was the answer. But he is a better PG than Cupps as a freshman and out of position Galloway.

So if IU won more than the metrics would indicate, then one could argue that’s good coaching. lol. Nobody and I mean nobody is saying IU is going to be UConn or Arizona. What people are saying is the most dominant team in the country plays with 2 bigs. The arguably best team on the west coast plays with 2 bigs as well. Those teams offenses are very good to elite. The idea that IU is going to suck bc they have 2 bigs is just emotional IU fan hate towards Woody. And I say that as someone who would have supported a change. Now for the not blowing out lesser teams. The debate point for me is X missed significant time and Cupps was starting and wasn’t ready for D1 basketball. He needs to physically develop. That made Galloway play a position he was also not ready for. It took time for Galloway to get where he needed to be in the PG role. That is why IU’s metrics sucked. Now there was an open scholarship that everyone was clamoring to be used on a guard and that’s on Woody. The argument for Rice, Carlyle, and Ballo isn’t that will get them to a top 50 offensive efficiency and a bubble team. It’s that it’s an immediate upgrade at the PG and one wing spot. And it’s a Center that doesn’t need the offense to play through him. Which should indicate a more guard oriented offense. Which circles back to UConn playing with 2 bigs and their guards can still get to the rim without it being overly congested. UConn only had a couple good shooters on the court and were in the 90-100 range in 3pt attempts (Purdue was like 270ish, 5 more per game), averaging 8 more attempts per game. Besides Mgbako IU didn’t have anyone that I felt comfortable shooting the 3 at a high volume. He had the green light to shoot it and did. I’d expect in a guard focused offense under Woody, IU will increase their 3 point attempts bc the talent will be better in that area. Also, the guards we may be getting are also far superior at the free throw line. Which has been as big an issue than 3pt shooting imo. Freshmen to sophomore development should see Rice and Carlyle both at 34-36% 3pt shooters. They are good FT shooters and that translates well to 3pt % development. I think people have pitted themselves into a corner of wanting Woody gone so everything IU doesn’t is wrong and terrible. I’m in the camp of he is back, and we are going to play a 2 big system, so go get the players that can optimize that. Depending on how the rest of the roster fills out officially, will set expectations for next year. But I want a top class so that expectations is to be a top 25 team after Atlantis and to chase a conference title. We shall see how the Big Ten rosters fill out but the top teams are losing a lot of impact.

They can. Michigan football paid a lot of NIL to have an extra 20 players on the roster above the scholarship limit so kids had free tuition and play football.

His offense also got a lot of open shots that players missed or passed up on bc they aren’t good shooters in game situations. A lot of people point to the Kenpom off efficiency being around 100 as poor offense. But a lot of it comes down to poor guard play. We beat the mid majors on the schedule by a larger margin, the. IU’s offense is around 50 with the same win loss record.

The other part that can help compensate for lack of 3 point shooting by getting to the rim, is also making free throws. I felt part of IU’s issues were the guards couldn’t finish well at the rim and would miss free throws. Causing empty possessions. Rice is over 80% and Carlyle is over 77% at the FT line. Typically it’s said that good FT shooting translates into better 3 pt fg%. So I’m hopeful both Rice and Carlyle have jumps into the 34-36% 3pt shooting range. Add in an ascending Mgbako and IU will be fine with shooters.

RTZ said that days ago on the other site.

Had a UK fan describe Pearl as the diet version of Calipari. lol.

I was skeptical of the staff shakeup angle. Who would want to come here as an assistant if the entire staff could be out the door in a year? Always seemed more likely to me that the staff stayed intact and would try and fix the issues.

They will probably use the women’s team. S Carolina uses guys from school to scrimmage against.

Dylan Burkhart had an interesting take on the latest Podcast on the Brink. Dylan is the UM Hoops guy who is friends with Bozich of Inside the Hall. Anyway, his theory is that Cals approach stopped working bc of Covid extending players playing eligibilty. So instead of high end 18/19 year olds playing against 22/23 year olds, they are up against 24/25 year olds and UK hasn’t been the same. Now that the extended eligibility is almost over, Cals system of landing the top high schoolers could still be successful.

They will probably leave roster spots open, which will allow them to spend the NIL war chest on the top players.

I’d say he had united the fanbase. Just not the way the administration thought he would. lol

That’s where I am. Though an influx of talent at PG and the wings would have be optimistic.

Oh it’s ruled out. lol

Yeah. NGW who was a poster here and left. He/she started a Twitter acct by the name Tyme. And posts arrogant posts about being right and other insiders being wrong and strokes Woodsons ego regularly.

Have you noticed the same accounts respond to him in a positive manner. I’ve identified 2-3 that are clear burners imo.

So the riddle is solved as to who NGW/Tyme is? lol. That description sounds very familiar.

Maybe he is Tyme. For his sake I hope not.

Maybe he is having second thoughts bc he wants to come to IU instead. Lol

Woodson better be watching UConn and taking notes on how to build a championship team.

UConn is taller and longer. Also quick enough that they are recovering before Purdue can get the shot off. UConn is just superior.

Same issue tonight that has beaten PU in the past, going back to the baby boilers, backcourt and overall team athleticism is lacking against the elite teams. Just a notch below. Guards can’t get open bc UConn is superior athletes. Edey is now gassed. Game is over imo.

Yeah Edey will be gassed by 7 min to go.

I didn’t either. Goodman did say he was told the buyout is only estimated at $4.5 mil. So it’s financially doable. But to your point about being religious at a Christian university is a good fit. With Oats staying out I think UK will end up with Pearl or Wade. Maybe beard but the baggage is too much imo.