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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

If OSU hires May and Woody is our HC next year I will just have to find a new hobby I guess

Trilly seems to think that Bruce Pearl's son being named coach in waiting is "the most important thing" to BP. Reading between the lines a bit based on some of the exact wording from Trilly, it sounds to me like Dolson is currently working through the pushback everyone has been anticipating. He mentioned getting people to "flip" ... this character in his Discord, who claims to be "a bit of a laughing stock" on HSN - goes by "backalleyguru" - says Pearl to IU is a done deal. He seems to just be blowing smoke though as Trilly could not confirm/wouldn't endorse what he said. That person is claiming Whitten is on board and if Trilly thinks she is not, then Trilly would be "flat out wrong" ... Trilly has not specifically addressed Whitten. The rest of the chat has been debating the whole BOT/QB angle, etc. When he says that BP would be "in line" to be the guy, I wonder how firm that is... It certainly would suck for Dusty to go to a conference foe. I completely agree he's unlikely to jump when we come calling down the road. But for me its tough to pass up a relatively sure thing, even when the alternate may be a home run. In 5-7 years, the Shrews timeline may look better. So much can happen in that time, it's impossible to account for the possibilities. What is clear IMO, is that IU would be instantly competitive next year with Bruce Pearl as coach. And that either Pearl or May would be better than year 4 of this staff.

In "news" (using that word loosely) actually related to this thread... Trilly just chimed in. Nothing groundbreaking, but echoing what Chris said that Dolson is working on it. He also said that if the right people get on board, BP is "in line" to be the guy.

Let's just stop engaging with him in this thread. If not, this thread will be close to 500 pages soon on no actual news. Lol coming back for more after yesterday's display surely answers the "troll?" question

I don't think that's what he was referring to, if Trilly's discord is any indication of what rumors are allegedly out there. Nothing from Trilly himself to be clear.

It's on page 403 of the Fire Woody thread

Chris's timely comment may be the only reason we haven't exploded in this thread yet... I mean I know people are apathetic but 5 pages?! Lol

Why the hell is the CBS camera trying to show Malik's face while he writhes in pain?

Someone on here compared Trilly's discord to Peegs on cocaine... I completely see what they mean. Lol A fun excerpt of someone telling their Tom Pritchard story: "Days after his last season ended, saw TP at Roy's. Sitting at the bar and hear a deep voice from 5 feet above my head say 'can I have some breadsticks?' Looked straight up and there he is, hovering above my head. Seemed like he was having a good time haha"

The consistency in his rate of scoring since day 1 is mindblowing. Came in great, still playing great.

This has to be the craziest ending to a game I've ever seen...

You've been at this pretty hard for a few hours straight now. I think you've earned yourself a break :)

The relentlessness of this board can be brutal at times lol. Knowing when to give it a rest is key. Myself included obviously

Your idea of what message boards are "supposed" to be like is pretty....interesting....