Hoosierfan2017

I want to be Duke/UNC/Uk/Kansas, lol.

It’s not money, so I just want IU to hire the best, most proven coach that you can. And if you’re a donor who’s not looking to have to buy out another coach4 years from now, Bruce Pearl makes that a lot more likely than Dusty May.

Sounds like we’re starting from scratch next year regardless. Better to do it with a coach who has more than a few years left (and a coach who didn’t put us in this mess in the first place).

Imo, he only goes after plan A guys because his talent evaluation abilities are poor and he doesn’t put the time in to identify under the radar guys. He goes after guys top schools are going for because if they’re going for them then they must be good.

Rumor is that Woody caught wind that Trey was going for his cigar stash after the game and had to put an immediate stop to it.

I don’t think this administration can identify those, though, so I think they need to bring in a proven winner.

If Dakich was the AD he would fire everyone and make himself the head coach.

Sitting here putting off some work I need to get done... Why don't reporters ever ask Woodson the important questions? It's always what went wrong tonight, what can you do to get the team turned around. What I want to know is if tonight is a red or a white night for Woody, and if tonight is a dry or a sweet night.

I don't want Dusty and I have no appetite for waiting, but the excitement of a new coach/no more Mike Woodson would be enough of a dopamine hit to last me... until our first loss, lol.

This quote sounds like a compilation of posts from this thread imitating Woodson.

Ahh, optimistic of you to think this is the bottom...

Does Woodson know they don't play 82 games in college basketball? 14-12 in the NBA has you right in the thick of things.

I can smell the cigars from here.

I think all but the most devoted sunshine pumpers have been broken at this point. Mike Woodson has sucked every drop of life out of this fanbase.

Down by 20 at home to a Nebraska team that is 1-7 on the road. Mike Woodson is pulling off one of the greatest heists in American history.

The double hump from today being hump day is too much for this team to overcome.

Unfortunately people almost certainly bought those tickets, so the administration still gets its money and will remain satisfied.

Because only three schools have more national championships than IU basketball. Because IU is centrally located in a basketball rich state with tons of local talent. Because IU has one of the largest fan bases with one of the best home atmospheres in the country. Because IU has every tool at its disposal to succeed in college basketball. And it’s frustrating as hell watching them squander those tools year in and year out. Mediocrity is something you expect and accept from a program without those intangibles

I don’t really care what they did 40+ years when I’m forming my feelings about someone. Why would I? Some fans still love Woodson and Buckner because they have fond memories of what they did as IU basketball players in the 70s. I didn’t experience any of it. They’re just names in the record books. My only memories of those two are Mike Woodson’s coaching tenure.

Those comments are directed to the segment of the fanbase that rejects change and refuses to acknowledge that the college basketball world in 2023 is far different than it was in 1983. That segment is part of the problem. Not because they’re “older,” but because of the beliefs they hold.

How do I rail on the older fans?

A .500 conference record and 1 tournament win in three seasons doesn’t earn you another season. Not at a school with standards.

You don’t have to be there when their buddies tweet out pictures lol. 24-hour old account immediately starts defending Woodson when the heat is rapidly intensifying. Very coincidental..

I don’t particularly care about what they were doing decades before I was born. I care about them actively destroying the basketball program I root for now. The cigar smoking, wine drinking, nap loving guy half-a**ing his job, and the guy forcing him down our throats, aren’t going to be able to take the heat off themselves by pointing to their tenures as players 40+ years ago. Not a chance.

Woodson and Bucker are actively destroying their IU legacies. They will be utterly despised by the vast majority of the fanbase this time next season. How’s that for “legacy”?