AKHoosier

This is the first coach I've started to genuinely dislike. I won't count Knight because I was only 15 when he was fired. Davis seemed like a really good guy. Just in over his head. Sampson wasn't here long enough for me to form an opinion. Crean and Archie seemed quirky and aloof but likeable enough. Woodson has an ego that he has never backed up in his coaching career. Now he's calling out the fans who can clearly see he isn't the answer? Talk about tone deaf.

More worried that we're celebrating a 4 game win streak against mediocre teams that we're more talented than. Woodson has earned every bit of that gallows chatter. Every single bit.

4 game win streak against teams we clearly have more talent than. They're ******* bringing him back for sure. We're in basketball hell.

Galloway and Leal returning just means we won't be worse than Crean's 2008/2009 team. That team had practically no seniority or leadership.

This seems to suggest if we want Woodson gone, then we should root for a W today, but be one and done in the BTT. You're gonna need to explain that one to me.

The problem is they still have to be recruited by a coach who won't even take the time to learn their name. That NIL $ pool didn't seem to register with Liam McNeeley. I'm trying to be optimistic about our huge increase in NIL funds but the reality will play out so much differently than our perception. Other schools have plenty of NIL resources too. The negative recruiting Woodson will have to deal with will be as effective as it will be relentless. Purgatory.

After we fired Archie there were random nuggets insinuating Mike Woodson was on our short list to replace him. Usually national guys like Goodman or Parrish. I would immediately laugh them off as uninformed. "No way we'll hire Woodson" I thought. And here we are.

I still can't believe we hired Mike Woodson.

That's probably part of Woodson's plan, to poach FAU's roster.

I'm thinking assistant coach defection. But yeah this handle knows something. He posted something cryptic last night, and 2 pages later the McNeeley news hit. Hold onto your butts...

Someone wake up Kathy I mean Cathy.

You're NGW using a different handle aren't you

Or Mike Woodson

Such a good photo. You can tell the guys just genuinely enjoy being around each other.

Man some of these posts and memes are the only thing keeping me sane and laughing. It's true, misery loves company.

Well this aged out quickly.

It's also what you do when you have neither the energy, desire, or ability to develop young talent.

The amount of money about to get spent to maintain IU's mediocrity is going to be unreal.

Right there with you. I'm nearing a state of apathy. 38 years old, and probably only watched half our games this season. Probably will watch even less next year, although I'll always peruse the message boards. This is playing out just like my Chicago Bears fandom. I stopped watching a few years ago, just couldn't take anymore after the decades of awful decisionmaking, mismanagement, etc. So I just stopped when I realized mediocrity had dug in and found itself a home in that franchise. IU basketball is no better.

Yeah and there's a Jersey-based Rutgers fan on Rivals who said Mgbako has been putting out NIL feelers to other programs lately. Who knows how true that is, but I feel like a majority of former 5 star players are going to at least gauge interest like that these days.

And after dropping all of our marquee nonconference games next season: "Honestly man, we had no idea Xavier Johnson would graduate. Totally blindsided us that he had been in college for 6 years. To lose his production and experience so suddenly and unexpectedly was devastating." "That's why I'd like to introduce my new Director of Player Eligibility, Mr. Kenny Payne."

It's more a product of him not thinking he has to, IMO, than not wanting to put the effort in. I legit think Mike Woodson believes he swings such a huge **** coming from the NBA, so he doesn't have to step into a high school gym and recruit 16-18 y/o kids. His reputation precedes him. In his mind, he's a few years removed from coaching Carmelo Anthony in NYC and some of the greatest athletes in the world. And now he has to go to Greenfield and shake hands with Braylin Mullins? Yeah, he's above that.

Still fuming this morning. Does Quinn Buckner really believe Dusty May isn't good enough for IU? But in his mind, Mike Woodson is? What a horse's @$$.

Not a bad lineup, but also not great either. And that's the frustration. An ok lineup coached by a below average coach is not a recipe for success. I don't think we'll be terrible next year, especially if we do have a boatload of NIL to throw around. Way too early to tell though. Best case scenario I see is something like 20-11. Good enough for a 6 seed in the tournament. Are we ok with that? Because I sure as hell am not. I'm sick of this basketball purgatory we have chosen to be in. I will never root for IU to lose. But I definitely don't have to take the time to root for mediocrity.