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Waiting for the key players here to confirm. We will know soon. If this is true, it makes it a lot easier to not care about a program that clearly does not care about the fans. Will still support soccer and women's bball but no more money for men's tickets + merchandise. It's embarrassing.

I just got a targeted ad telling me the new KD "Aunt Pearl" will be out later this year. Don't ignore the signs.

Arkansas after Musselman leaves for UofL? Or Michigan (but that seems doubtful)

Yeah I thought that seemed like a stretch. Musselman or Cronin maybe.

Better idea: IU gets Bruce Pearl. Dusty May spurns O$U, but Bron loves him so May takes the job as the coach of the Lakers when Darvin Ham is fired. Coach Pearl leads us to 4 FF and 2 national championships in the 9 years he is here before retiring a hero. After years of proving himself at the highest level as a Popovich/Spoelstra-esque basketball mind, Coach May decides to change scenery from LA to Bloomington. The reign of supremacy continues. (Unrelated: I may be about 2 bourbons deep.)

For those of us that don't have Peegs account, what did ISP say?

Yeah it's so weird how quickly this has fallen. I didn't like the hire at first but tried to have hope, as with any new hire. First 2 years gave glimmers of hope but looks now like it was just one of the best players in school history covering a lot of holes.

Is this a bad thing though? I guess shows how Woodson has lost the vast majority of support.

As sad as it is to say, Crean teams were some of the most enjoyable of my lifetime.

Yeah oversight on my part. Probably would.put him in with TJ and McDermott, good call.

Tier 1a Pearl, Oats Tier 1b Otzelberger, McDermott Tier 2 May, Shertz, Shrewsberry Tier 3 We're f*****

Exactly. I think Pearl and Oats would be absolute grand slam hires, but there are people that do not think so. No single prospect will make eveyone happy. Dolson can listen to fans when they refuse to buy tickets/concessions or make donations, but he absolutely should not take "fan consideration" into the hire (unless, of course that fan is me).

Short term embarrassment for the long term good of the program. It sucks, but I hope we lose out as well (ugh it hurt typing this).

Wasn't Sean Miller thought to be the leader there?

Do we feel Pearl.is even realistic? He seems to have a soft spot for.the state of Indiana but he is established at Auburn. In addition, he has leveraged open gigs recently for raises. To people who would know, is this anything more than a crazy long shot?

Please god no. May should be the only "Knight guy" under consideration. I know you specifically are not advocating for Lewis, but he has accomplished nothing so far.

While this might end up being true, I would gladly give Dusty a grace period (maybe not 3 sh*t years) if it means we pull the plug on Woodson before this gets worse. Dusty, I believe, could at least make early headway with local recruits.

Exactly how I feel. Losses used to sting badly, especially to Big 10 rivals. Now, if I'm too busy to watch with family, work, or university, oh well. A good coaching search always sparks interest again..

Apathy has set in. No longer appointment television. Makes the losing easier to handle when it isn't a priority. I wish it was not this way but nothing I can do.

In terms of recruiting, it seems like the answer is somewhere in the middle. Getting TJD on board was huge, as was landing JHS, Ware, and Reneau. Same could be said for Cupps and Mgbako (I believe both will be good college players, but jury is still out). The bad is strikingly similar to Crean. Finishes 2nd place in lots of recruitments, very boom or bust. This leads to inconsistent roster building and imbalance. We have yet to see Woody take players with only DIII offers, but I believe that's because he thinks he can do better. Has not consistently proven it.

Sadly, it seems like we are stuck with Woodson. And 1 more year of this spiraling product will only make it harder on the next guy.

Make the 2025 tourney, don't get bounced 1st round. Preferably be top 4-5 team in Big 10. Any worse and we should be looking elaewhere.

This would be absolutely huge.

Part of that was Booker not blowing up until he got to the league. In college he was good and everyone could see the potential but not yet polished. Also Cal made the mistake of giving the lion's share of minutes to the Harrison twins, while Booker probably deserved more than he got.

Not OP, but yes very likely. Unless he drops like a rock he is gone. And he should go if he is projected 1st round or early 2nd.