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I think hiring the guy who was Nick Saban's recruiting coordinator when he started at Bama was a great idea. The personnel both seasons have been beyond fantastic. Landino is a big time player.

General wisdom or per reports/social media etc?

IMO, Cig isn't leaving until he retires Start commissioning the statue, Scott

Just watching this game back... We are pretty clearly the best coached team in the country IMO. This staff is incredible. And the players are awesome too. We can beat anyone anywhere on any given Saturday

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I truly could not be more impressed with Curt Cignetti and his staff and this team. Proud day to be a Hoosier.

Consider me ready for whiplash

This recruitment will be an interesting illustration of modern recruiting whatever the outcome is. This staff seems active on the trail and has a clear identity for their culture / play style. Also, if reports are accurate, pretty disciplined about their prioritization. They haven't been here long enough for us to have a very good idea of how they prioritize cost vs talent vs eligibility vs fit etc. Granted I'm no 5 star recruit but consider me unimpressed by Diebler. It's hard to imagine him offering a more compelling on-court pitch than DDV. Players are so focused on capitalizing on potential they stunt their development and in many cases end up really damaging their long-term prospects. $2M is big money. Life changing in a lot of ways. But it's a fraction of the NBA earning potential. Not many guys are willing to sacrifice a payday today for the idea you'll be better positioned in a few years. I'm sure many think they can succeed despite the circumstances in a scenario where they choose a school based strictly on the best financial package, being willing to overlook a staff they didn't like quite as much as another school that didn't match the highest offer. Imagine for some it will work out and for an awful lot of them it will be the start of the descent from highly rated prospect to maybe g leaguer or overseas if they're lucky. Ultimately some kids will "get it" and others will be blinded by the idea of big numbers in their accounts tomorrow.

Wonder just how much more OSU is offering

Semantics. I'm sure nobody is intentionally going about their day trying to sabotage the basketball program. They probably think they're helping. To your point the problem has persisted across multiple admins for decades. Most likely IU's system just breeds incompetent administrators who all love the sound of their own voice too much. Just astounding lack of ability for more than 25 years. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Most successful organizations can figure it out within that time span.

Also the point was specifically about undermining basketball from a $$ point of view. Just because women's basketball, baseball, soccer and football have been performing well doesn't mean their financial situation is any better or "good." Football obviously is an outlier in this conversation and if anything they're taking resources that would otherwise have gone towards basketball if we didn't have Cig right now. It's good that football is doing well. It'll take some time before that translates to revenue for the AD. So in the meanwhile, what are we doing to support non-football programs? Apparently IU's admin has a tough time chewing gum and walking at the same time, minimally

I'd genuinely love someone to help me understand why IU seems uniquely talented at getting in their own way, lol. It's apparently been the case over multiple administrations at this point. I understand being risk averse as an institution, but is there an inherent part of the administrative culture that seeks to undermine athletics/basketball or something? Asking in earnest because I just don't get "it" but "it" feels like a very real thing if we're actually taking a step back in the $$ sense

Totally. Seems pretty clear at this rate he thought he could do the job while sleep walking and hand the keys over to his son. Only problem is, you can't roll out of bed and expect to win CFB games... or run a college program where the staff doesn't even communicate with parents... or parade around with said girlfriend on the sidelines... and expect the school to still happily fork over millions of dollars. How badly could Bill Bellichik be hurting financially? Or is the humiliation ritual part of the package with the girlfriend, lol

What an insane idea and exercise this has turned out to be. If I were a UNC fan I'd hate him more than many IU fans dislike Woody, lol. In the tweet you shared, they say he'd be willing to take the 1M buyout if he finds a "soft landing" with another team or media. Can't this guy just retire and enjoy his 24 y/o girlfriend? Kinda pathetic watching him drag his "legacy" through the mud like this.

Yup, great post. At this point in time when it comes to HS recruiting, it's not something we have to live and die by anymore. If the staff thinks they can get better value in the portal, kudos to them for sticking to their guns when it comes time to put in final offers. Only point to add, flip side of that, hopefully the staff understands who/when it's worth paying top dollar to land a target they've been working on - probably can't all be portal guys. Like the idea of freshmen in the 25-60ish range coming for multiple years and adding big fish in the portal.