Hoosierfan2017

No but it’s the same administration that hired Woodson, raised his salary $1 million/year, and then brought him back for a fourth season.

I didn’t root for wins in those games for this exact reason, so I’m not really the target demographic for this question. But this is why I hate the “true fans wouldn’t root for losses” take we’ve seen from certain people. A Mike Woodson led basketball team is a miserable experience. We all seem to want him gone after this season. Losing games is the way we get rid of him. It’s as simple as that.

Maybe as lead sommelier.

Why would I want B to happen when it decreases the likelihood of A happening? He got a million dollar raise for making the tournament. Two years later he’s going to get fired for making it? The IU administration has given us zero reason to trust it to do the right thing. From hiring Woodson in the first place, giving him a fat raise for making the tournament, and then bringing him back for a fourth season. The administration has made the wrong move every step of the way. Why believe it’ll be any different now? The team needs to bottom out to leave no doubt of a change.

This game sucks. I enjoy a notre dame beat down as much as the next game, but I didn’t want the last CFB game for the next 7 months to be a blowout.

Could just be me, but it hasn’t felt like there’s been much buzz for the championship. I kept forgetting that it was on tonight. It’s been almost two months since the regular season ended, and we’re now deep into the NFL playoffs.

I mean yeah they do it for school, etc., but I can’t remember the last time I sent an email to a friend. I don’t think I even know some of their email addresses. In any event, based on what was shared on here, I feel pretty confident that I’ve guessed what happened.

Are college kids even sending emails these days?

I mean, the athletic director wanting to move on but not being able to doesn’t inspire confidence.

No one should be surprised by a fifth Woodson season, imo. This is the same administration that hired him, gave him a million dollar raise, and brought him back for a fourth season. It’s been a while since doing what’s best for IU basketball has been the priority for those running things.

I know villain sounds harsh. But the only Quinn Buckner I know is the guy who forced IU to hire his completely unqualified buddy and then forced IU to retain said unqualified buddy for a fourth season instead of hiring Dusty or Pearl. Mike Woodson is the guy that has halfa**ed his head coaching job for four seasons and intentionally drove a massive wedge in the fanbase because he didn’t meet expectations. They’ve written their stories for the under 50 crowd, and they're not pretty ones.

Not me. His behavior during his coaching tenure far exceeds whatever he did as a player long before I was alive. Same with Buckner. They're villains in my IU fandom story. I have no other memories of them.

Some people make things up because they like attention. Some people pass off other people’s information. Other people actually are connected, but things are fluid and even good information can change. People are free to believe or not believe whoever they want. I know there are some people I believe, some people I don’t believe, and some people I just don’t know enough about to believe/not believe. As long as the season ends with Mike Woodson leaving his job I don’t really care when it happens. Sooner rather than later would be great because we’d know it’s for sure happening, but I’d personally be surprised if it happens before the season’s over. A retirement announcement could happen, but I don’t expect a mid season termination.

Hope. My ~20 years as an IU fan have nearly killed all of it, but there’s still a little left. A fifth Woodson season would finish my hope off, though.

Quinn will have the extension paperwork on Scott’s desk by morning. The few days of hope were nice but alas.

I hope he’s still the coach for the next home game so Woodson gets the reception he so richly deserves.

No new posts for a 15-minute period. I got excited that Woodson resigned and everyone transferred over to a new thread…

Buckner really is such a cancer and needs to be completely removed from any authority over IU basketball.

Yup. A school that cares about optics over winning to the extent IU does will definitely not take that chance.

There’s a 0.0% chance IU hires him, imo. If we make a good hire it won’t matter, but if we make another dud of a hire (which I fully expect), it’ll be infuriating knowing we could’ve had Beard.

Well that depends - what’s his record at the time of pass out?

I’d be all aboard the Beard train. He has his issues, but as a basketball coach, chances are whoever we end up with won’t be as good of a coach as him.

It’s the same reasoning behind the initial takes on Woodson, Fife, etc. He’s an “IU guy.” The interim guy doesn’t even really matter. Whoever he is, just make sure he can’t trick the administration into keeping the gig full time

Yes

Buckner, Woodson, and CFBHeather are my three least favorite Hoosiers by a wide margin.