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I kinda wish our fan base could get past Brad Stevens. 
He ain't coming here. 
He wasn't in 2021 and he won't if/when Woody departs. 
He's the President of Basketball Operations of the most storied NBA franchise, which is currently 6 games ahead of everybody else for the league's best record. He's stated several times he's happy in New England. He's not gonna give that up to return to recruiting and coaching kids. 
Yet every time we talk about a new coach, that name pops up. Give him all the money he wants, they say.
It's silly. 

The same landscape as it is now.  People were crapping on the idea of hiring Dusty May but that is the pool you will be picking from.  The "big" names aren't leaving their jobs anymore because the "big" names are often already established at places where they make good money and have job security.

This Kentucky search shoukd be a cautionary tale to some posters on here who believe getting a "home run " higher can happen when IU moves on from CMW. That isn't to say we fans shouldn't hope for a homerun and IU shouldn't try for one, but that it is possible IU settles.
Personally, I hope we get a home run hire and stick it to Kentucky

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In the last 3 years, 5 of the top 7 programs of all-time in this sport by my estimation have been open.
1. North Carolina—-hired Hubert Davis, no college HC experience 
2. Duke—-hired Jon Scheyer, no college head coaching experience
3. Kentucky——hired Mark Pope, coached at Utah Valley and BYU, zero tournament wins
4. Indiana——hired Mike Woodson, no college head coaching experience
5. Louisville x2——Kenny Payne no college head coaching experience and Pat Kelsey, coached at Winthrop and College of Charleston, zero tournament wins
Throw in Arizona whom I consider a top 10 program that hired Tommy Lloyd (no head coaching experience) as well as Syracuse hiring Adrian Autry (no head coaching experience). Ponder that, it’s a crapshoot.

Should show people where college basketball is right now to head coaches.  This isn’t the old days anymore. If you got a good thing elsewhere you don’t need the brand names to gain exposure.  Every game is televised somewhere.  Back in the day it wasn’t like that.  At least Kentucky went with a college basketball guy (who runs elite offensive sets).   Not the big splash fans would want but a guy that will make them competitive.  Good hire for them just won’t win the press conference 

Rupp Rafters is fun bedtime reading.

That is what I wondered too. If the duration of the season caught to him. I mean it has to be super taxing on a player under normal circumstances. But to have to throw in recovering from cancer it very much could have impacted his shooting.

I would run naked through campus with excitement with that lineup. As I tell my wife don’t worry no one is going to see anything. 
 
No I’m all seriousness that’s a home run for the portal.

Conwell, Evansville kid, whichever big comes first and Hickman along with Rice and we can wrap this thread up in a nice bow.  Leave last one open for a late add 

It's the age-old issue.  No coach has really had the players with the right skill set to employ in his scheme.
RMK, at the end, did not get his smart, team-oriented, ball players...until the Jeffries team which was too late.
Crean did not get the Dwayne pro or greyhound wing players.  But he did not realize that.
Archie didn't get his stellar guard that he needed.  That and long-limbed defensive oriented team players.
Woody has not gotten his outside-oriented ballers that can create and handle the ball. Where is that PG and SG and Sf?
It is tough to coach a team that doesn't fit.
 

Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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Gonzaga passed them in that category last year since Purdue lost to a 16 seed. So I guess Purdue took back what was rightfully theirs. 

They're #1!
At not being the actual #1.

Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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Is this a good record to have or a bad one?

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I feel your pain mods and do not in the least envy you.  Really want Conwell.  Not too overly interested in Boogie.  One and done, and we should be able to find better, more consistent production for that timeframe in the portal.  Just wish we could get some dudes (atleast 2-3) that could get their own shot as well as hit from deep 36%+.  Don’t recall who said it, but having a team that can hit 75% free throws would go a long way.  The mid 60s from the line is probably more aggravating than the horrible 3 pt percentage/takes even though that has more impact on the game.  

Not only an excellent post, but an mdn post!
Now that’s some good news.

I ain't mad at all and I understand your point (I think - I hope). Please allow me to take a stab at it from the mods' point of view:
There are two current diametrically opposing views about threads veering off topic:
The posters that are pissed when, in their opinion, any and every thread evolves into an anti-Woodson thread. The posters that are pissed because, in their opinion, they can't say anything anti-Woodson, even when they think it is relevant to the discussion at hand. My take? Both points of view are right.
It is a challenge to read the board and keep things kinda/sorta on track and reasonable. And it is a given that threads will occasionally veer off-topic. It is also a reality that an individual poster may only post off-topic (in this case anti-Woodson) once and feel it is overzealous to have the thread contain a warning or have a post hidden. But when that is done, it is because of a trend, not any particular post.
So here is how we try to do it (remember, we make mistakes too!):
Have a (very active) thread that is a place to vent about Woodson sucking and as a bad choice for IUBB Coach. Allow topics to veer some.  But when there are a series of posts that veer a thread, such as a recruiting thread, into an anti-Woodson "it doesn't matter who we get because the staff sux" thread, we try to steer the thread back to its intended and described topic. We want readers to be able to click on a thread topic and generally get the content relevant to the thread title. It's a subjective challenge, but we try to get it right.
Our hope? That posters take the totality of the board into consideration when they see a topic veering - making it a place for great Hoosier fans and adding to the success of the interactions.
Hope that helps!
Stu (on behalf of all of the mods)

IMO, a staff can work with a player to help them improve, but if a player doesn't want to put in the work outside of the sessions with staff, they either won't improve or the improvement will be minimal.

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I heard similar stuff last year after the portal. I'll withhold judgement until I see how they play together and under Woody

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This isn't the bash Mike Woodson thread. If you want to do that, take it to the appropriate place. Writing off Gabe Cupps after a single year after being thrusted into a role he wasn't ready for is just silly. 

Yeah I think's its crazy to write off Gabe Cupps after 1 year