AZ Hoosier

Well done. And welcome home.

Miami probably didn't start it, but they sure jumped on the bandwagon and are drinking the kool-aid now on that canesinsight crapfest.

They're all morons. It's just Miami folks preemptively trying to explain them getting their @$$es whipped on the 19th. Plain and simple.

Buckner absolutely IS ranked above Scott Dolson in the management structure.

I worked for many years in IT, as a technician, systems programmer and eventually a manager. Most of my career was spent servicing (consulting contract and then management) at a Fortune 500 company, as well, so I've seen how influence could be effected in this situation. The issue of "inserting oneself" is easily done in an environment like Indiana and the BoT. Of course there's a heirarchical structure, but the boss' boss' boss, having a strong opinion, can easily apply pressure to effect his will, regardless of what anyone beneath him in the structure thinks (or knows). And Buckner has shown himself to be "influential" enough to pull this off. After all, the BoT hires the president, who hires the athletic director, who hires the coach. And the BoT, chaired by Buckner has to sign off on the contracts. Of course Dolson could have fired Woodson in defiance of Woodson, but at the risk of losing his job. Woodson also had buddies supplying the funding for NIL and providing funding for the coaching staff's salaries and potential buyouts. The fact is well known that Woodson was buddies with all of these guys and IMO, the result of those relationships was protection for Woodson. Further, it's obvious to many that extending Woodson that last season cost Indiana a shot a Dusty May who wanted the IU job and would have been incredibly successful here.

Sour grapes before the game is ever played... it's a crock, obviously.

Sparty 77 Hapless Hoosiers 62

Never Daunted 49 Convicts 22

That's some pretty heavy paranoia, most likely fueled by some pretty heavy pharmaceuticals.

FWIW, I hold W Quinn Buckner responsible for the shambles that the IU men's basketball situation has become. Buckner should never have inserted himself into the management of the program. His "job" as chair of the BoT is to manage oversight of the university, not hire and protect his incompetent buddy as coach. With that said, here we are, and not sure what we do or where we go from here. Thank God we're a football school now. And I'm dead serious about that. 'cuz basketball sucks around these parts.

Have any of the mods/admins reached out to 41? This place is absolutely unusable today. It's taking 30-90 seconds for each click to register and load today. Apart from BTB, my internet sites are loading fine.

Well, this is fun. I'd rather sit through a root canal.

Hammy appears to be hung-over from last night's celebrating... get him some bromo or hair of the dog...

Solid first half... now, can we please play the second half like we have a clue?

Somebody needs to feed Hammy. I guess we've been working him pretty hard this week, but he's not doing to well this morning...

BTA? (It's still early in Arizona). :D

In the post game presser, I thought Cignetti said he had some portal guys coming in on Sunday. Let's do this, coach. Lock 'em down.

I keep finding duck feathers in mine. But, yeah, hot and tasty this morning.

"You can't beat a team twice in a season", my @$$

Seeing the guys sing in in the locker room is special. But this was incredible - to see the crowd. This was not just the team in the locker room. The fans, the band, the team, was absolutely incredible to watch.

So, you're saying that you really aren't a fan? :D

We call that a "teaching moment".