Hoosierfan2017

Ahh the weekly “why do you guys keep talking about this” post from Scott.

The people questioning the legitimacy of Eric’s story confuse me. Everything in the story matches what we know about Woodson to a T, including not knowing Dane Fife’s or Michael Wilbon’s names.

There’s a zero percent chance that Woodson has even the slightest clue who Sydney Parrish is.

Really bleak sort of circumstances after listening to their podcast. They raise a good point about Woody’s billionaire buddies. Now that he has a couple guys bankrolling things, he can completely drop the mask and quit pretending to give a crap about the fanbase. I have no idea how he survived as the head coach of the New York Knicks (well, he didn’t really. He lasted 2.5 seasons). Just an incredibly small, petty man.

How Mike Woodson still has supporters, especially such diehard supporters, is beyond me. In no way does his job performance warrant it. And at the end of the day, Mike Woodson would put those folks in the same category as the rest of us non-true fans if they dared to question his job security last spring.

The Hysterics are complete dorks who should never have been involved with the program, but I have absolutely zero doubt that what they’re saying is true. You wouldn’t see someone like Sydney Parrish tweet out support for them if the things Chris and the Hysterics have been saying weren’t true. Mike Woodson is exactly who we’ve been told he is.

Also ironic as hell that Woodson didn’t like being thrown under the bus by the Hysterics when all he does is throw other people under the bus to mask his failures.

If I didn’t already feel this way before, I absolutely feel this way now. Mike Woodson is not someone I have any interest at all in rooting for. Thank god he’s nearing retirement age.

Comments aren’t made in a vacuum. You’ve been one of Woodson’s staunchest supporters. Your ‘question’ was already answered before you asked it when the poster said that Cignetti was at the coaches conference.

Yes. Do you have to search for a way to excuse Woodson whenever he does something questionable?

It wouldn’t have been Wednesday if Cignetti was at the coaches meeting too, unless Coach Cig can be in two places at once. Time for another excuse.

If you wanna meet with Mike Woodson, you gotta come to Mike Woodson.

Would be surprising if true. The golfing in California is probably great this time of year.

His age is incredibly important and it’s silly to claim otherwise. There’s little reason to go through a rebuild with a guy who will be retired in a few years anyway. IU head coach shouldn’t be a lifetime achievement award for guys who played there 40+ years ago.

Your “point” completely ignores all context. If Dan Hurley was 66 years old would they have fired him after his first four seasons? Yeah, probably. They fired Kevin Ollie four years removed from a national championship (you’ll probably say they fired him because of the ncaa investigation, but they’re keeping him if he was delivering results). No one was calling for Archie’s head after year three, and his first three years were worse than Hurley’s. But yes, no big boy program is keeping a 66 year old coach with Woodson’s first three seasons under their belt. No big boy program is hiring Mike Woodson in the first place, but that’s another discussion.

IU hadn’t played in a tournament game since 2016 because a once in a century pandemic canceled the tournament in 2020. He got blown out in the round of 64 his first year, blown out in the round of 32 in his second year, and missed the tournament entirely his third year. Not taking a giant step back in year 3 is certainly something you expect from your aging head coach. But, of course, I’m forgetting that it’s Indiana! Simply making the tournament gets you a hefty raise. Leave your expectations at the door.

Are you intentionally being dense? Coach K was 33 years old when Duke hired him. Mike Woodson is literally double his age. You give a coach time to figure it out when there’s a potential long-term gain for doing so. When he’s a guy who could be around 30+ years. Mike Woodson is 66 years old. Why give him additional time to “figure it out” just in time for retirement when you could fire him and find a potential long-term solution?

Archie had a worse first three seasons than Hurley and few were calling for him to be fired going into his fourth season. So, no, you’re not correct. But when you hire a head coach in his mid-60s you’re kinda banking on immediate success. The clock was ticking from day 1.

So, he improved his overall record and conference record each year, and was under 50 years old at the time? Oh yeah, very comparable to Mike Woodson. Mike Woodson is not the long-term answer for IU. He’s 66 years old. He won’t be around 10 years from now. He probably won’t even be around 5 years from now. There’s zero point in waiting around for a senior citizen coach to “figure it out” when he’ll be retirement age by the time he does.

Sounds like a great way for our 67 year old coach to then ride off into the sunset.

He’s done absolutely nothing during his three years at IU to warrant “credit.” Nothing positive, at least. I’ll give him credit when he retires for the good of the program because he recognizes that he’s not the right guy for the job.

#2 is the most likely option given the astronomically los expectations IU has for its basketball program these days (1 tournament win in 2 years gets you a million dollar raise as if we’re a mid major Cinderella story), and it’s the option that should piss everyone off. It’s unlikely Woodson misses the tournament given the roster his buddies bought for him, though if anyone could do it, it’d be Mike Woodson. And if he makes the tournament then they’ll stick with him because hey it’s IU, making the tournament is the new final four run.

No thanks. I’ve seen more than enough already.

We can’t get rid of this guy fast enough.

If you’re talking solely the product on the field/court then I probably agree (except bowl season). But college sports is way more than that to me. It’s the rivalries between schools. It’s the players developing throughout their careers. Watching players go from freshmen to seniors. It’s not two teams of mercenaries from USC and Rutgers playing an 11:00 pm Friday night Big 10 football game. But, it is what it is I guess.