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From the little bit I've gathered about Dolson, he seems well experienced at the shaking hands and kissing babies/fundraising side of things. If it's a dog fight between Scott and Quinn, I have no choice but to hope like hell that Scott can bite back. Quinn's got a lot of bark but being out after next year how much bite can he be packing? Dolson will need to finesse this masterfully

Maybe all the Bruce Pearl talk was a QB psy-op to distract us from the obvious candidate in May long enough for him to go elsewhere and lock up a 4th year of Woody when this should be a very straightforward change to make. Mainly joking of course lol

A lot of the appeal in a Woody tenure was "bridging" the old and the new IU... what a shame for his tenure to basically flame out in a struggle between the two.

All in on Dolson for this power struggle. We're all counting on you Scott!!!

If you are the religious type, prayers for Scott Dolson to work a miracle would be appreciated.

If Woody is still the coach after 5pm on the Monday after the BTT I'm assuming he will be coaching next year. Let's hope it does not come to that.

The Scott Drew to UofL talk does not seem serious per TD

Gonna be tough watching Malik on Bama of Florida next year. I'll root for him... hope like hell we can keep him.

You could tell they didn't want to shoot a 3 for fear of being yelled at all year long. This staff doesn't know what they are doing and the players all can see that. To give CMW a year 4 is to basically play pick up basketball with a mish mashed roster. No thank you. I am hopeful Woodson can get comfortable with the idea of retiring.

Trilly dropped minor update into the discord. Nothing we didn't know. But if Woodson stays, expect "some serious" player movement on the roster

UConn fans are starting a petition for Cam Spencer to get one more year because he only played 5 games during the COVID year then got injured. They apparently denied his request, not sure how the appeals process goes. I don't want to see that kid playing CBB next year.

Could be wrong but I read that he wanted to go all in on Dylan Harper. Even more ridiculous because he was all RU from the start and even basically trolled us with his visit pictures by copying the poses his brother would hit against us in games during his photo shoot lol. This just solidifies to me his recruiting is literally all about chasing stars and rankings.

Yeah, a good college coach/recruiter would take the opportunity to point out a few things they observed and give advice on how to handle certain game situations or drills to work on to improve a weakness that was being exploited. That helps build trust and show genuine interest. They definitely don't just watch a bad game from a highly rated recruit the staff has prioritized and say "nah I'm good actually. He's not close enough to being a pro yet"

Yeah, it depends on what you'd value. If Dusty really wants to be a great basketball coach, it's definitely not appealing because of all those strings attached. But if he's open minded to doing something similar to Brad Stevens... LeBron is a pretty good contact to land you in a cushy NBA FO role some day. We'll see what happens!

If I'm Dusty May and LeBron is actually lobbying to get me in at Ohio State, send his son to play for me, and make donations contingent on me being hired... I am walking to Columbus and don't care about the obvious strings that will be attached. LeBron could completely transform Dusty's world, boost his stature, and create tons of opportunities... inside and outside of basketball. Easy call IMO. Considering it's apparently a tough pitch for many donors to replace an IUBB legend with a former manager... and Pearl is probably just using us for leverage... Year 4 with Woody looks very likely right now. Hopefully the wind is blowing in the opposite direction soon...

The fact that Dolson is clearly not laying down without a fight gives me hope. Other than that, I don't have much in the way of hope for IUBB right now. Let's get it done Scott! Hoosier Nation is rooting for you lol

We are not allowed to post content from premium sites I think. I elaborated in my next post.

I don't think any influential people are reading those boards, but I do think that type of chatter helps shape the narrative for the more casual fans (which these donors/alum, etc. most likely fall into that category). I think right now, I agree with how you see it playing out ultimately.

I don't subscribe to Peegs but from what I am reading on Trilly's discord, sounds like Woody "didn't jump in and that ultimately screwed him" ... not sure exactly what they mean by jumping in. But people are pointing out he was prioritizing Dylan Harper earlier in the cycle. Dylan Harper who was ALWAYS going to Rutgers. This recruiting strategy is so broken. If he is back next year we need to create a GM role as soon as the season ends and let them "own" the 2025+ recruiting plan.

Sounds like Rabby just added a note on the Fland recruitment that will make some peoples blood boil. A lot of people on Trilly's discord are speculating Dolson must have asked Rabby to unload on Woody.

Willard pulled out all the stops for this one! Trilly Donovan — Today at 3:20 PM Maryland head coach Kevin Willard is expected to hire Team Thrill AAU founder Donnell “Mookie” Dobbins as an assistant coach, per source.

He seems disinterested in the most important aspect of building a program. Imagine if Mgbako's mother hadn't reached out to Woodson? We may have literally never gotten involved. We probably took him without any assessment based on his rating alone. How will we ever field a team with a system or chemistry... or both? He landed one stud in the portal last year. Because of the lack of recruiting, he's going to have to fill 4-6+ spots in the portal. If he's only going after ready made guys, you're banking on an awfully successful portal. All the stuff off the court is as much a negative as the product on the court. But making the donors aware of that/fully appreciating it, is probably a tough task when they're getting counter narratives that support Woody based on false hope. So I guess we're really going to give him 1 last go round, then have the next coach step into a truly bare cupboard situation.

Scott Drew to UofL is the rumor

This is strictly me hypothesizing based on nothing but internet gossip, so take with mounds of salt obviously. Some of the smoke yesterday, on various forums, IMO alluded to Bruce Pearl indicating he'd be open to the terms IU shared through back channels. That may have been when he also brought up his "most important" ask of having his son as HCIW. Which would explain why the tone is a lot more negative today. Knowing that would be a tough sell could present a number of issues making this already tough job a lot harder on Dolson. I'm not too surprised that we're hearing quite a few rumors at this point, given the internal politics at hand. Probably an open secret that Dolson is trying to get Woody out and Woody is trying to cling on by stringing together wins while his supporters provide cover. Again that's entirely my own speculation. That's where I think the rest of the season is actually pretty important. It looks like an uphill battle right now. Rooting for Dolson hard on this tbh

We knew we were in for an emotional roller coaster with the possibility of a search... still not an actual opening. And very well may not be one this year. The vibes right now definitely suggest Pearl is using this as leverage to get what he wants from AU and that Dusty would be a hard sell over Woodson for a lot of key people who are in the mix. Maybe the last few games do matter quite a bit from that perspective, since this entire process is apparently very optics-driven. Woody may pull off a Mark Twain "The reports of my death (retirement/firing) have been great exaggerated." But, the vibes could change again plenty of times over the next few weeks. I'm going to try and mentally prepare for no change