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Thanks! That was a really good article. Something that stood out is this line: "but those 10 lost years boiled off the emperor pressure at the heart of the identity crisis..." I believe this is very true. Nobody was going to succeed RMK immediately following his dismissal. By the Sampson Crean tenures we could have gotten back on the track with the right coach, but they weren't. Archie was just not a good fit. Hopefully Mike Woodson is the right guy. I'm optimistic that is the case.

IMO, this can be mutually beneficial for both IU and Parker Stewart. In fact, I think it's almost a certainty.

Could it be like Andrew Luck's contract with the Colts? No, you can't prevent an employee from leaving for a job outside the league, but you can "own" their rights in that league. Luck can't decide to come back and play for a team of his choice - he would still be under the terms of his previous contract. Maybe Stevens' contract is set up so that if he left for a college job, he would effectively be unable to return to the NBA.

You might be able to find his show(audio) from Monday on the 107.5 "The Fan" website. His interview with Coach Woodson was in the first 20 minutes or so.

Everytime someone asked him or brought it up he just flippantly said "I don't care" and down played it almost mockingly. Same attitude and comments about Leal's tweet and his mom's. Just typical Dakitch behavior, unfortunately.

Brings up something to think about. Good assistants come in 3 varieties: longtime guys that don't want to be or previously were head coaches, guys that are ultimately destined to be head coaches, and nomads that change jobs every 2-4 years. I hope Woodson is able to find a guy that will be around for a while along with some younger, ambitous guys that can recruit like crazy. Knight had guys that were with him short term that became HC's like Crews, Dakitch, etc.. Older guys like Felling and Ellenberger. Davis was one of the recruiter type guys. It'll be very interesting to see how the staff takes shape. Edit: Hunter is going to be our recruiting specialist. One down, two to go.

So, this is how the "Mike Woodson to be next IUBB coach. Thad Matta to be associate ADMike Woodson to be next IUBB coach." thread dies - endless bickering about hypotheticals and speculation. On to something more substantive!

Post of the day!

In the unlikely event the NCAA does anything to them, it won't happen until these guys have graduated, married, and have grandkids.

There's an old saying about "wanting"....in one hand.....

Unsurprised that he didn't return, but wouldn't have guessed he'd end up there. Best luck to him.

It occurred to me that Woodson might be an oustanding mentor for P Stewart, having just lost his father.

This talk about entering & withdrawing from the portal is best solved by what was earlier posted: set a deadline. If a player says he likes CMW but wants to think about it, cut 'em loose. That is not being fully on-board.

Heck, Bobby Leonard is still kickin' isn't he? He bleeds Cream & Crimson and knows how to motivate players (with hockey sticks, no less).

That stood out as soon as I read it. BTW - Coach Woodson said he was going to visit RMK tomorrow.

DD on Fred Glass: "Fred's the best at everything, except basketball." lol

So, that's basically what CAM was being paid (3.5 per).

Gettin' buckets, midrange and from the baseline. Like a lot of IU players in that era he had great shooting form.

Wow. That group is younger than the WI players!

That's the vibe I got as well. I don't have a problem swapping a player with potential for one with some experience and further developed via the portal at all.

I thought the Matta/Eels connection and that TM was at the game when May broke his arm in 75 was kind of cool.

I had completely forgotten about the Glen Grunwold connection until this press conference. Another former player with extensive NBA experience.

What is this "player development" he speaks of? Maybe we should focus on something like that.

I don't remember, but he didn't succeed.

"We gotta recruit players that can shoot the ball..." Music to my ears!