JerryYeagley23

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

He was a coach, wasn’t he?

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

Bird was a good dude, and shared some good info

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

The resurrection of Birdman? Anyone remember that guy from way back??

So, if I am following the posts we are expecting a commitment from Conner today and Carlyle this weekend now?  Potential for another between Malone and Ben H...
Those in the know, is this about right?  
 

I wish I could like this way more than one time. THIS IS SPOT ON. Woodson is all show and no go, as they say.
He's definitely not a team player if the stories are true - not interacting with other sports programs, refusing to talk to other teams when the coaches ask him to, his distain for Teri Moren and the women's program ... and those stories came from a source that I trust implicitly.

If that's the path, I fully support blowing the NIL budget this year to build a competitive team that hopefully can make the second week of the tournament at least, then Woodson retires paving the way for Brad Stevens in 2025.
I can dream.

Now damn it, don’t post Rabjohns tweets in an IU transfer portal when they are about guys that just committed to somewhere else.  That’s serious Rick-Rolling.

100%

The more I wait to hear news, the more it is striking me that this is a very important portal for the IU women’s program. Bear with me: this is the last year when we will have a solid core of veteran returnees with proven success in CMM, Syd and Yarden. Although we all obviously love CTM and her success in building the program, we really haven’t parlayed our recent success into next level recruiting. I see Mich, Neb, OSU, Iowa all with McD’s AA’s coming in and outside of Iowa none have had the success we have in recent years. We still seem to hunt good program fits in the 50-100 range out of HS, and haven’t really had an impact frosh except for Yarden who was an international get. I think to climb the next tier from sweet sixteen team, to final four team were eventually gonna have to get more athletic impact young players out of HS. My concern is that if we don’t nail the portal this year, we finish a respectable 3-6 in the big ten and win a game or two in the tourney, and then lose Syd and Clhoe and start to slide back to mediocrity. I don’t want to see that happen. I trust CTM like most on here do, but talent is talent. We need to continue to upgrade it. We can’t rely on an underrated Holmes to walk in the door every four years and be generational talent. I hope we can compete in the portal and put together a team that can win another conference title and challenge the UConn’s, South Carolina’s, and LSU’s of the world so we can reload with some top 25 talent after next year. 

The more I wait to hear news, the more it is striking me that this is a very important portal for the IU women’s program. Bear with me: this is the last year when we will have a solid core of veteran returnees with proven success in CMM, Syd and Yarden. Although we all obviously love CTM and her success in building the program, we really haven’t parlayed our recent success into next level recruiting. I see Mich, Neb, OSU, Iowa all with McD’s AA’s coming in and outside of Iowa none have had the success we have in recent years. We still seem to hunt good program fits in the 50-100 range out of HS, and haven’t really had an impact frosh except for Yarden who was an international get. I think to climb the next tier from sweet sixteen team, to final four team were eventually gonna have to get more athletic impact young players out of HS. My concern is that if we don’t nail the portal this year, we finish a respectable 3-6 in the big ten and win a game or two in the tourney, and then lose Syd and Clhoe and start to slide back to mediocrity. I don’t want to see that happen. I trust CTM like most on here do, but talent is talent. We need to continue to upgrade it. We can’t rely on an underrated Holmes to walk in the door every four years and be generational talent. I hope we can compete in the portal and put together a team that can win another conference title and challenge the UConn’s, South Carolina’s, and LSU’s of the world so we can reload with some top 25 talent after next year. 

Really hope we don't blow it like we did with IU Baseball. Just need to pump up the  NIL money and get one or two top players. Stanford's coach retiring also helps. It's ripe with opportunity.