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1 hour ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Too easy to guess why.

Yep. I tuned in to watch her get beat. Must See TV.

How crazy would this be. 
Scott Drew to Kentucky. 
Bryce Drew to Baylor. 
BTW, I have not seen anything about this whatsoever (other than the rumors of Scott to Lexington), so it's not like I'm backing anything with fact. I just made it up. 

30 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Marcus Domask lawyering up to try to get a sixth year, claiming he deserves a redshirt for 20-21 despite:

1.  The fact he was over the minimum number of games to be eligible for a redshirt and

2.  The NCAA already not counting 20-21 as a year for anyone, meaning the redshirt would be meaningless.

Even the NCAA can’t blow that case.

Don't bet on it.

2 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

I used to have that same belief. But this is national sentiment amongst the majority of cbb and I’d assume that’s the case with coaches, since we cannot seem to attract top tier coaching talent. 

Is it the goal of the administration that ran the program into the ground - to make the place so toxic for the upper tier of coaches that none would ever consider coming here? It seems to be working.

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

I’ve tried to be fair and give Painter and Edey the credit they deserve. The did make it to the championship game. Edey and the staff put the work in. On the other hand I just feel like the Giant standing under the basket is sort of gimmicky? Edey reminds me of my teenage years with my nerf basketball goal in my bedroom. I think it is unhealthy for the game and I’m glad it’s over for now.

His whole career he make me think of the Chief Bromden (Will Sampson) in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

32 minutes ago, KNOBYDOX said:

I believe it is administration and BOT. But behind all of that over the years is incompetent BIG MONEY.

I do wonder how people smart enough to amass millions, even billions of dollars of wealth can be so stupid, so short-sighted, so uninformed and so misguided at times. Seriously. It's mind boggling to me.

9 hours ago, str8baller said:

Indiana- 5 national championships 
Uconn- 6 national championships 
 
:(

It’s better when you add:

Indiana - 5 national championships
UConn - 6 national championships
Purdue - STILL 0 national championships

12 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

go_iu_bb posted that hiring Calipari shows that Arky's AD cares more than IU.

Kowtowing to big money boosters to hire an old Calipari who underperforms is not caring. It's a bad decision and that has nothing to do with Dolson or Woodson.

• It's the exact same situation that Indiana is in. They hired an unqualified coach at the rate of $3-4.5M/year and he's being retained because the billionaire supporters say so. Clearly Dolson and Buckner kowtowed to the Cooks and Simons. If it's a bad move for Arkansas, it was a bad move for Indiana. From where I sit, I'd say neither of them care as much about the future of their respective programs as they should.

40 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

The transfer portal has changed things since then. To fire a coach in June now would be a terrible idea.

I hear what you're saying, but IMO, there's never a bad time to fire Mediocre Michael Dean Woodson.

If you believe what [mention=9265]KathywithaC[/mention] had to say, QB told Dolson if he missed on Stevens he had to hire Woodson, which would mean that Woodson was the back-up plan.

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Oh... forgot about that. Yes, the Miller brothers are Calipari Pittsburgh acolytes. I guess that means Archie is a 'no' too, and that therefore Bruiser will not stay on with the new coach!   ;)

Still, Sean Miller would be a great hire for them.

Goodman is reporting:
I asked 4 SEC head coaches to anonymously rank the following 6 Kentucky candidates:

“Who do you fear the most?” 

Here are the results:

1. Scott Drew 
2. Bruce Pearl
3. Nate Oats 
4. Billy Donovan 
5. Sean Miller 
6. Chris Beard

10 hours ago, AH1971 said:

Rice will be a 22 year old RS sophomore, Hickman a 22 year old senior, Humrichous a 22 year old senior, someone like Amari Williams would be a 23 year old super senior, and then Carlyle obviously a 20 year old sophomore. Throw in Galloway, Reneau, etc and there’s nothing young about that roster.

"We're young" was the excuse Woodson used all last season to "explain" why he was a crappy coach.

20 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Getting Rice, Carlyle, a shooter (BH or Hickman), and a defensive 5 who can play 20-25 mpg along with Reneau, Mgbako, Tucker, and Galloway is a damn good team.

They will be young and getting to know one another clean up to February at the least. Woodson "recruiting" this way brings built in excuses for his coaching ineptitude.

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

If Cal does indeed leave for Fayetteville, I fear the fallout from out end ... 

Someone at IU will hit the panic button, thinking UK will try to poach Woody and give him a four-year extension and jack up his buyout to $20M. 

Stranger things have happened. :D 

I guess I could see Cal leaving Kentucky.. After all, they're blue blood, and been down of late. Maybe time for them to make a change. Not sure Arkansas is the place, if the rumors of impending NCAA activity are true. But Cal is the guy to just deny, deny, deny and pick up the pieces.

IU Basketball: Meeting the bare minimum requirements since 1997!  
 
Print up the shirts. 

FIRE MIKE WOODSON.

32 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Unfortunately, you’d have a hard time convincing me our staff isn’t a COMPLETE joke.

Yeah, they ended up in Quinn's home town (Phoenix, Illinois). Only missed it by about 1,800 miles.

24 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

You don’t think he does that?  It is my opinion, but I think he promised Mgbako to start the 3.

I don't doubt that Woodson promised players starting roles, but that's the stupid part. He still doesn't know what the team will look like. He has SIX openings on the roster and has (apparently) already promised 3 or 4 starting positions. All of this "top flight" talent that the Simons and Cooks are buying for him is not going to be interested in coming off the bench. As usual, Woodson's infinite wisdom has painted himself into a corner.

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Feel free to comment with pissed-offness:

Blaming Buckner and Dolson for keeping Woodson. 

27 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Here is a current picture of Dolson:

Wow. Buckner has a huge, white @$$.

2 minutes ago, TTT said:

Is MW out of NIL money?  
Does he ask for more NIL money?

Actually, does anyone here know the specifics of NIL money/donations whatever you call it/Rules/Regulations/Guidelines?  Can family members of players receive benefits? Etc…..what is the rule book or is it like the wild wild west?  I suppose it was like what before in some places and circumstances.

 Information would be appreciated.

 

I don't think there are many rules. And with the courts staying any NCAA "interference", they're completely hands-off, it's a free-for-all situation today.

As far as family members getting benefits, not sure, but there are ways around it. You could argue that whoever donated Leal's NIL last year paid his sister's student loans - that's always an effective workaround - give the cash to the player and let them hand it out to family members.

15 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

My guess is, MW has already promised Tucker that he would be a starter.

Which makes ZERO sense, given that Mediocre Mike doesn't have a clue what his team will look like for 24-25. That's the idiocy of all of this.

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

His job is on the line by having another season like he just had he will be fired whether he and Dolson talked about it or not. I'm told they did. I think his ego is just so big that if he gets the right players he will be right back going 12-8 in the league. Which to him is an amazing job. 

Well, 10-10 in a down league is a crappy job. I don't see a two game swing suddenly making it an amazing season. What are they smoking in Bloomington?

On 4/4/2024 at 9:32 AM, Chris007 said:

There are always ways around that. If he wanted to make a change he could have. He tried to play both sides and then did nothing. Now he can sit behind my hands were tied. 

Surely though, many can see through that game.

On the surface, it appears that Buckner is calling the shots. And I have been one beating the "it's Buckner's issue" drum. But I can also see another scenario here. Remember when you were younger and were invited to a party/sleepover/camping trip by friends that you really didn't want to go to, and had your parents say "no" for you? That's what I see happening here. Dolson was scared to make a move, so he's pointing to daddy Quinn and trying to shift the blame. But as athletic director, those calls are Dolson's job. It's his job to fight for what he thinks is best. Clearly he's not done squat in that regard.

Fire them all: Buckner, Dolson and Woodson.