Hoosierfan2017

Oops, that’s Friday night brain for ya

Two of the ten. Arizona State/Texas and ND/PSU

My hot take is that Ewers is overrated and Texas should’ve went with Arch this year..

Should’ve put Arch in down there.

I just can’t square his “deep love” for IU with the effort he puts into his job.

Woodson’s probably an alright guy off the court. The players he does get to come to IU seem to like him enough. The way he’s approached the IU head coaching position and everything that comes with it has been a total disgrace, though.

If one really feels the urge to defend Woodson at this juncture, high school recruiting really just isn’t the hump to die on…

We have 8 guys who play at least 15 mpg: Ballo, Reneau, Mgbako, Rice, Galloway, Goode, Tucker, and Carylyle. Really only Galloway and Goode fit that bill, and Goode has only been on the team for a few months. Leal plays some too I don’t want to sidetrack the conversation, but I’m just not a fan. Maybe it’s because I’m older now, maybe it’s because I don’t live in Indiana anymore, maybe it’s due to the transfer portal. I don’t know. But I really just don’t feel any connection. It used to feel like these are guys playing for my school. Now it just largely feels like a random group of dudes wearing IU jerseys. 7 of the 13 scholarship players this year are new, and 6 of them are transfers. Before we’d follow these guys in high school recruiting for a year or two before they’d get to campus. Now IU doesn’t really do high school recruiting and then we find out in April who will be on the team the following year. It’s not just an IU problem, but I don’t like it.

Not me. I’m on an iubb watching hiatus until Woodson is gone. Just not a guy I care to root for. The team being filled with mercenaries who came/stayed for the check doesn’t help either. My belief that he’ll be back next year is rooted in the incompetence of the IU administration. From hiring him in the first place to bringing him back this year, and everything in between, it’s been a disaster.

I really don’t see that happening, honestly. He doesn’t really have to put up with any of that stuff because he just doesn’t do it. He doesn’t recruit. He doesn’t show up to support other programs. He doesn’t really do the usual iubb radio shows. He just shows up on game day and then goes back to smoking/drinking with the fellas. All while clearing $4 million a year. Pretty sweet gig. At least we have Coach Cig while we wait out this tenure.

Yeah Bigfoot ain’t going anywhere.

The Mike Woodson influence.

I was never a Dusty guy but he took over an 8-24 team and has his program in much better shape in year 1 than Woodson has his program in during year 4.

Making the tournament and then getting the doors blown off like Woodson’s first two seasons would be a horrible result. It would likely save his job, but it won’t make any fans happy, and it won’t solve any of the other issues with the Woodson administration. The only thing it would accomplish is subjecting us to another year of this.

If that was the case then the administration should’ve come out and said it. Ordinarily you wouldn’t because you don’t want to hurt recruiting, but Woodson doesn’t do any recruiting so that worry isn’t there. Instead we’re in a position where wins aren’t enjoyable because each one increases the perceived likelihood of going through another year of the crappy Mike Woodson experience.

Imo I don’t know that crow would be the proper dish in this situation. We basically all want him gone after this season. Some of us just don’t have faith in the administration doing the best thing. We’ll all be losers if he’s back.

What makes you think he won’t get another year? He’s a former player with very influential/wealthy friends. If the inside information is to be believed, the AD wasn’t the one who decided to hire him. IU’s expectations are a fraction of what they were 20 years ago. Put all that together and I see zero reason to believe he’ll be fired if we make the tournament this year.

Hope the check cleared this month my guy. Must have since you finally showed your face again.

Look who decided to crawl out of his hole after going into hiding for a month and a half after the Bahamas. Please just go away again.

Seems very likely, imo. As Mike told Dolson, he’s the coach until he decides not to be.

We’re so screwed.

But but how can this be? He loves IU so much!

There’s definitely less pressure on Dolson to make a move now that IUFB has arrived. Basketball had been king at IU, but football is king within college sports at large. Maybe it’s just me, but basketball feels like an afterthought at this point. It’s all about the football transfer portal and reloading for next year. May not be worth rocking the boat when IUFB has fans happy.

I simply have no faith in the administration that gave him a $1 million raise for making the tournament then firing him after making the tournament.

Bracketolist or not, you don’t have to be one to see that sneaking into the tournament would be devastating for the program. Mike Woodson cannot be the head coach after this season.