Hoosierfan2017

It’s not. I barely watched last season and have no plans to change anything this year. Mike Woodson basketball is brutal to watch even when he does win.

You’re real hung up on me saying I’m not watching this year. And considering you think Woodson’s high school recruiting has been “just fine”, I don’t think you’d be the most reliable source on the team’s performance this season. Neglecting high school recruiting and bringing in 6-7 transfers every year simply isn’t a sustainable practice. But it does give Woodson a built in excuse each year, I.e., “we’re still getting to know each other.” You can’t have it both ways. Either Woodson put in a lot of effort into the Mullins recruitment and whiffed, or he didn’t because “long, drawn-out recruitments is no longer a thing.” Either way, it’s a bad look for Woodson.

He’s gotten what, 4 high school commitments since November 2021? 3 of those 4 commitments were spring ‘throw money at the player’ recruitments. The evidence is crystal clear that he is flat out terrible when it comes to long-term high school recruitments. I’m pretty sure Sisley is the only one of those he’s landed since Cupps committed in November 2021.

Would be a much sicker burn if that didn’t describe almost every IU season for the past decade.

Ah yes, another excuse. You mean Matt painter, the 2x defending conference champ and national finalist, still finds the time to hit the recruiting trail hard? Grandpa Mike could learn a thing or two, though that might require him missing a few naps and staying up past his bedtime. I’m rooting for this to be Woodson’s last season as IU’s coach. He’s a terrible coach and has an even worse personality. As long as he’s here, talented players like Mullins will continue looking elsewhere. I’m fine with whatever on court result we have to have for this to be it for Gramps.

Wasn’t Mullins one of the kids playing at sectionals when Woodson decided to stay home for wine and cigars with the fellas? Woody’s fans will excuse it (like they do all his actions) by saying he’ll “just buy someone in the portal”, as if in-state 5 stars choosing other schools because they don’t like Woodson is fine and dandy as long as he can use his buddies’ billions to buy another mercenary. I’m not even a “we should only recruit Indiana kids” guy, but a team full of mercenaries only coming for a check isn’t what I’m interested in either.

Live look at Woody’s phone before he gets NGW to insert the right phone number.

Mike Woodson is a low energy 66 year old with an offensive style even older than he is. It’s no surprise that Mullins and others don’t want to play for him.

The entertainment was one of the things Woodson actually did right. Just doing a scrimmage is boring, imho.

The out of conference wins are largely meaningless when you schedule the way Mike Woodson schedules. No one should be impressed by single digit wins against the Army’s and Florida Gulf Coast’s of college basketball. Having a better tradition than IU football doesn’t take much. We have more losses than any other school. But Rutgers doesn’t have a rich tradition by any means. Rutgers has 8 NCAA tournament appearances in school history and had last made it in 1991 before making it in 2021 and 2022. No one is saying Pikell is a great coach - he was 12th on that list. But there’s little reason to believe Mike Woodson would outperform him if they switched roles. Woodson is 1-3 against Rutgers. Woodson had two seasons of upperclassman TJD and mustered 1 tournament win out of it.

Sure, but yet Woodson only has 2 more conference wins than Pikell during those three years. When you consider the resource disparity between IU and Rutgers, that’s pretty sad.

Fire Mike Woodson

Making the tournament will be all it takes for him to last through the year, so we’re stuck on the Mike Woodson carousel until Mike Woodson decides to get off it. I don’t blame Mullins or any other player for choosing not to jump on board. Why come play for Grandpa Mike and his 1950s style offense when there are plenty of 21st century programs out there?

16th may be generous for Woodson. He has more resources than probably any other coach on this list but has nothing to show for it through 3 seasons.

Hopefully “has coached college basketball” is on his criteria list this time around.

We don’t have a top 10 coach in our own conference.

Watching the Ole Miss/LSU game. Targeting is the worst rule in sports. Seems like there’s at least one trash call in every game I watch. Change my mind.

No one is telling you to believe everything. Some people have a track record of credibility. Some people regurgitate things they read elsewhere. Other people just make stuff up for attention. You would have to ignore reality to believe that certain posters don’t have “inside information.” It doesn’t mean they’re right 100% of the time. Sometimes situations change. Sometimes people get bad information. But they clearly have connections based on the information they’ve shared on here. Why does it bother you when they share it? Even if they’re wrong it makes things more interesting on the board.

Hmmm

Because a team full of mercenaries who just come to IU because it offers the most money isn’t what some of us want from IU? But it’s the only option given Woodson’s laziness. Most coaches work their butts off 52 weeks a year while Woodson sits back and just throws his billionaire buddies’ cash at recruits for a couple weeks during the portal season. It’s not a style I care to root for.

First off, you’re wrong. Second off, I find it funny that you constantly whine about this thread but are one of its most frequent posters.

I mean just looking at it objectively, there’s really no comparison between IU and UConn as programs right now. The only thing Mike Woodson has to offer guards/wings right now is money. His offense has ranked 13th, 14, and 14th in the Big 10 the last three years in three point attempts. He thinks basketball is played “inside out” in the year 2024. He’s won 1 tournament game in three seasons. If you want to play for the highest bidder? Ok, maybe Mike Woodson’s IU is the team for you. If you care about winning and playing for a competent coach? Mike Woodson’s IU probably isn’t the right fit for you. UConn offers him a fun offense, money, and a coach coming off back to back national titles.

Coach Cig has IU freaking football at 6-0 but people claimed we couldn’t fire Woodson after three years because “it takes time to build a program.” Serious coaches can transform a program overnight in the portal/NIL era. Coach Cig and Woodson are 3 years apart in age but 30 years apart in energy. We’d be far better off putting all that basketball NIL toward the football team as long as Mike Woodson is around. Throw some of Woodson’s salary Coach Cig’s way too.

Rourke is the best IU quarterback since: _______. For me, I think he’s the best I’ve seen during my IU fandom. Penix obviously went on to kill it at Washington, but injuries kept him from ever fully putting it together at IU. Rourke is completing 74% of his passes and is consistently slinging it down field.

How is Jack Tuttle still in college lmao dude is 25 years old and graduated high school in 2018.