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Probably means a player has decided to stay or is getting a big bonus to stay, but he's going to need way more than one IMO.

IMO this new model only works if several key players stay on board and the portal is a grand slam with starter level players who have 2/3 years of eligibility left. Tall task year in and year out.

And to add to your point, is whatever happened to the Bob Knight philosophy when he used to go and (recruit) talk to the parents and tell them that his number one job was to make sure the kids get an education and to help them be successful in life. This new fangled approach seems to be only about $$$$, winning and nothing to do with college or academics for the young Highschool players. Strange that an older Bob Knight protégé would be in this mindset.

It does seem like a really good way to not have to go out on the high school recruiting trail though.

I would offer Sampson a fat contract to atone for our past transgressions.

That’s great news! She is such a great player!

So no going to high schools and just sitting around waiting for portal players to come visit? Strange plan imo..

How does that give you an edge in recruiting which is the cornerstone of any program. Sounds like playing Russian roulette.

What also is baffling to me is how recruiting has pretty much dried up even with all the assistant coaches we have who are younger and should actually have the energy to go out and recruit. Why weren’t our assistant coaches at that game last week for Braylon Mullins when Painter and other coaches were there…why do we not have a presence with at least our assistant coaches, what are they doing?

I may be old-fashioned, but I have a problem with a young kid still wet behind the ears telling an old man what to do. I would’ve got a razor strap on my behind.

It’s all good if you’re living your passion…we are all on here quite a bit either posting or reading..lol

Well, I think we need to cut him some slack because all this time he’s been trying to get over the hump with a monkey on his back, but now he says the monkeys gone and they’re over the hump so let’s see what happens.

It does seem like the take here is that QB has some sort of vested stake in Woody staying on come hell or high-water, which is completely baffling to me. If he's your good buddy though you certainly don't want him to be a gluten for punishment when retirement is so much easier imo. QB would probably know better than anyone that what this job requires is more than he can handle at his age etc..

Seems like just another hump to climb instead of BB revenue etc..

Why does Quinn want Woody to be the coach so bad...what does he get out of it?

There is no excuse that the Woodster hasn’t had Sarah Scalia come over and show the boys how to shoot in rhythm behind the ark

Humpty Dumpty’s wall

lol..yuck

The hump is growing

Sorry, I got the wrong quote, but this is the one I was referring to. Lol.

So Dane was an assistant at Michigan State for 10 years and there was no word of him being disloyal, but he comes to Indiana for a few months and now can’t get a coaching job. That doesn’t make any sense to me.

Kurt Rambis style!

My only concern is, why does he wear safety glasses during press conferences?

If I’m not mistaken, I think all teams travel the day before Big Ten games

Thanks for the update, glad to hear!