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time will tell

to me if we can win the first two games we likely have a good chance at the big dance in dayton.

Maybe Dane Fife knew something within this group on staff well before us casual fans did lol It sure seems like it.

ahh CMW and his cigar celebrations post game with his "dudes" regardless of wins or losses, golf, and his laziness when in comes to the time required to recruit not just to get a kid to commit but post commitment as well has hurt IU more than Archie did during his 4 years. This decommitment of Liam is on CMW 100%. Offense sucks, calling out players and not taking accountability, and now we sit here with 0 recruits for 2024 when its due or die for woody AND 2025 isn't necessarily going too hot from a recruiting perspective. Go ahead and give the guy an advancement and get him out. More damage will be done to the program with him returning for a single year then restarting now.

ahh CMW and his cigar celebrations post game with his "dudes" regardless of wins or losses, golf, and his laziness when in comes to the time required to recruit not just to get a kid to commit but post commitment as well has hurt IU more than Archie did during his 4 years. This one is on CMW 100%. Offense sucks, calling out players and not taking accountability and now we sit here with 0 recruits for 2024 when its due or die for woody AND 2025 isn't necessarily going too hot from a recruiting perspective. Go ahead and give the guy an advancement and get him out. More damage will be done to the program with him returning for a single year then restarting now.

for me and my opinion which likely means nothing lol, an early potential indication on how the 24-25 season will play out will be determined early on in the portal(opens in 11 days). We NEED guards that can score at will

so does this thread die in the short term or will this continue onwards to 1000 pages?

agreee - reminds me of James Blackmon. Believe he reopened his recruitment and once new coach came in JB stayed at IU

if this holds true, for the better of IU over the long haul I am fine with Liam asking to be released(chance he'd still return assuming we get BP imo).

yay so Quinn is on board now? Or is he the outlier still and will be outcasted regardless? lol

sounds as if CMW would need a very STRONG finish to the season(more than just a tourney appearance and at least a sweet 16 appearance minimum to remain HC at IU) with BP waiting in the wings.

thanks for the recap.

so what'd I miss from this thread since oh about 2pm on Friday?

the upside is probably greater over time with May compared to Pearl given their age differences, however, greater risks involved with May compared to Pearl. Pearl has been around the block at big universities and Pearl likely gets us back to winning sooner rather than later than May would. To me we tried the "May" route with Archie seeing how he worked his way through smaller schools as a HC whereas Pearl has been on the big stage much longer. But at this point, I'd be on board with either option vs what we have now.

sure, but if money was truly the concern Cuban has alot more now than prior to selling the team. He may not donate to basketball specifically but that wouldn't/shouldn't stop him from donating to IU in general, right?

Mark Cuban just sold majority stake in the Mavericks. Sure, other doners will help but I don't see money being the reason it wouldn't get done

Pearl or we riot.....Well we're already rioting so it cannot get much worse can it?

wouldn't shock me if more than just Gallo transferred if CMW returns.

Is CMW fired yet?

Fife would have the team competing at least at the levels that they are expected to be at. CMW is not elevating the team to the levels that they are expected to be at or greater(constant blame game on anything but himself until very recently).

I've heard yes and no so not sure

who is ready to take our talents to the portal ya'll for incoming talent

philosophy differences(a few other things) between Fife and Woodson was the main issue here as to why he was relieved of his duties. I think you are starting to see some of the concerns Dane had with CMW

out of all the list of schools that are affiliated with Adidas, I wonder where IU is in terms of pecking order for most funded schools

no he is not