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Let's not forget that we also brought Thad Matta in to help Woody adjust to the college game and also brought in Fife as the heir apparent.

I think that a major factor in IU hiring Mike Woodson was the success that Juwan Howard had at Michigan at the time Woody was hired.

I will give Woody credit for admitting that he sat Ware and Mgbako for too long. That is a step in the right direction. I am not claiming that Woody isn't a great guy. I am sure he is very sociable and fun to be around, I just think that he is very stubborn about basketball and is stuck in his ways. I don't think that those two things are mutually exclusive. RMK was also beloved by his staff, his players, and by boosters (not so much by the board), and he was also very stubborn about basketball. I can't imagine RMK ever stepping down voluntarily either.

You are right, I am wrong. He is the exact opposite of everything I said. Woody enjoys feedback and criticism from the fans, listens to everyone around him and implements their suggestions, and constantly blames his own bad coaching for losses. He hasn't demonstrated a single one of the attributes I listed, I just made the whole thing up.

I don't think that Woody will step down. That would require a level of self-awareness that I don't think he is capable of. He is too damn stubborn to admit his failures. He can't even take criticism from the fans that are telling him that his NHL-style substitution patterns are insane. He is unwilling to change, will not listen, and almost always blames everyone but himself for the team's failures. This does not seem like the kind of person that is suddenly going to have an epiphany that he shouldn't be coaching at IU, because in his mind he is a great coach and we are all a bunch of fools that don't know the first thing about basketball.

But that strategy flies in the face of always starting the same people and doing wholesale NHL-style line changes, so there is little hope this will ever happen.

Dude, you went to see the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie. What did you think my kids were going to do when they saw Tay-Tay? BTW, thanks for the friendship bracelet. I didn't realize that you were such a Swiftie.

4. Kelvin Sampson returning as Indiana's basketball coach The only thing sweeter than redemption is absolution. I don't care how much groveling Dolson has to do, make it happen.

I would legitimately like to know how much coaching CMW actually does. Didn't we find out last year that the assistant coaches take turns doing the scouting and developing the game plan? If that is the case, do the assistant coaches also determine the substitution patterns or does CMW make all of the in-game decisions. I think it would be interesting to know what the actual division of labor looks like.

Food Crimes! He puts ketchup on chicken sandwiches. Of all of the people on this board, nobody should be offended by such an abomination more than you.

I just vomited in my mouth.

@ Rutgers - 1/9, vs Purdue - 1/16, @ Ohio State - 2/6, and vs Wisconsin - 27 are all going to be on Peacock. I am particularly pissed that our home Purdue game is going to be on the extortion racket posing as a streaming service.

Stupid Peacock! Can we put these games back on channel 4 in Indy? I am more than happy to bust out a CRT and some bunny ears if it means I don't have to subscribe to another stupid streaming service. Who's with me?

Yeah. Once they swell to the size of grapefruits it is time to turn the game off.

Why would we change anything? We have one of the most brilliant basketball minds to ever coach in the NBA. He is revolutionizing the college game with his "stand around and turn it over offense" and his bold "swiss cheese, dumb foul" defense.

Hold on. Did the announcer just say that Woody is bringing an NBA style to college basketball? I just spit out my bourbon when I heard that.

I am pretty sure that you have to have shame in order to feel embarrassment.

Well, at least we followed it up with the felony of fouling a 3 point shooter. We are moving up in the basketball crime world!

You are going to need to take another shower to wash the stink of this game off.

I think this team has the runs. They are pooping all over themselves.

You are crazy

Not only does it sound like you do get it, I think you nailed it. Bad basketball.

I think that repeatedly punching myself in the junk would be less painful than watching this.

I love watching this Dusty May coached team.